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They say "To investigate the pervasiveness of online tracking, The Markup spent 18 months building a one-of-a-kind free public tool that can be used to inspect
by not2b 6y ago
They say
"To investigate the pervasiveness of online tracking, The Markup spent 18 months building a one-of-a-kind free public tool that can be used to inspect websites for potential privacy violations in real time. Blacklight reveals the trackers loading on any site—including methods created to thwart privacy-protection tools or watch your every scroll and click."
But the EFF's Privacy Badger does exactly this. It's possible that I'm missing something, but how is Blacklight "one of a kind"?
- tweetle_beetle 6y agoI'm a fan of Privacy Badger, but if you use both on the same site Blacklight appears to cover more types of scripts and does a much better job of explaining potential issues with each. Privacy Badger deems scripts either "Potential tracker", or "Your Badger hasn't decided yet if these domains should get blocked", while Blacklight has 7 categories each with a short headline and a long description. Putting all that aside, maybe it's one of a kind in that it can be run on their infrastructure first, without risk to you.