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>So it seems that it no longer actually "learns to block", not by default. It does learn, just not on your PC: By default, Privacy Badger receives periodic le

>So it seems that it no longer actually "learns to block", not by default. It does learn, just not on your PC: By default, Privacy Badger receives periodic learning updates from Badger Sett, our Badger training project. This “remote learning” automatically discovers trackers present on thousands of the most popular sites on the Web. Privacy Badger no longer learns from your browsing by default, as “local learning” may make you more identifiable to websites. You may want to opt back in to local learning if you regularly browse less popular websites. To do so, visit your Badger’s options page and mark the checkbox for learning to block new trackers from your browsing.

smichel17 4y ago
I'm hoping someone with technical knowledge of how Privacy Badger works will read this / be able to answer: With local learning disabled, is there any need for using the Privacy Badger add-on specifically? Would it be possible to distribute the tracker lists which are generated by Badger Sett in a format compatible with uBlock Origin? edit: Found that Badger Sett generates a json blob: https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett/blob/master/results.json https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett/blob/master/results.js... I am not that familiar with uBlock Origin's filtering syntax, but from a quick look, it seems like the json could be translated at least to the 'dynamic filtering' rules (accessible only when you enable "I am an advanced user"). Perhaps I'll open an issue.
- ghostwords 4y ago
  Hi, Privacy Badger dev here. Here are a couple of links to answers to start: - https://privacybadger.org/#Is-Privacy-Badger-compatible-with-other-extensions%2c-including-other-adblockers https://privacybadger.org/#Is-Privacy-Badger-compatible-with... - https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/discussions/2786#discussioncomment-1021999 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/discussions/2786#dis...
schoen 4y ago
For those who never worked with Privacy Badger developers (or with badgers), see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett
jlokier 4y ago
From https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changing-protect-you-better https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changin... > In the coming months, we will work on expanding the reach of Badger Sett beyond U.S.-centric websites to capture more trackers in our pre-trained lists. From the URL it looks like that was written in 2020, but it's in the text the extension links to today. Does the reach of Badger Sett by now extend to the websites visited by users outside the US, or should such users turn on local learning to be protected? I'm a happy user of Privacy Badger and didn't realise the behaviour had changed until today, when I clicked curiously on my badger icon! I've turned local learning back on and I'm looking forward to the feature below: > In the longer term, we will be looking into privacy-preserving community learning. Community learning would allow users to share the trackers their Badgers learn about locally to improve the tracker list for all Privacy Badger users.

smichel17 4y ago

I'm hoping someone with technical knowledge of how Privacy Badger works will read this / be able to answer: With local learning disabled, is there any need for using the Privacy Badger add-on specifically? Would it be possible to distribute the tracker lists which are generated by Badger Sett in a format compatible with uBlock Origin? edit: Found that Badger Sett generates a json blob: https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett/blob/master/results.json https://github.com/EFForg/badger-sett/blob/master/results.js... I am not that familiar with uBlock Origin's filtering syntax, but from a quick look, it seems like the json could be translated at least to the 'dynamic filtering' rules (accessible only when you enable "I am an advanced user"). Perhaps I'll open an issue.

ghostwords 4y ago
Hi, Privacy Badger dev here. Here are a couple of links to answers to start: - https://privacybadger.org/#Is-Privacy-Badger-compatible-with-other-extensions%2c-including-other-adblockers https://privacybadger.org/#Is-Privacy-Badger-compatible-with... - https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/discussions/2786#discussioncomment-1021999 https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/discussions/2786#dis...

schoen 4y ago

For those who never worked with Privacy Badger developers (or with badgers), see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sett

jlokier 4y ago

From https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changing-protect-you-better https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changin... > In the coming months, we will work on expanding the reach of Badger Sett beyond U.S.-centric websites to capture more trackers in our pre-trained lists. From the URL it looks like that was written in 2020, but it's in the text the extension links to today. Does the reach of Badger Sett by now extend to the websites visited by users outside the US, or should such users turn on local learning to be protected? I'm a happy user of Privacy Badger and didn't realise the behaviour had changed until today, when I clicked curiously on my badger icon! I've turned local learning back on and I'm looking forward to the feature below: > In the longer term, we will be looking into privacy-preserving community learning. Community learning would allow users to share the trackers their Badgers learn about locally to improve the tracker list for all Privacy Badger users.