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From FAQ: "Privacy Badger is a browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner
by sequoia 12y ago
From FAQ: "Privacy Badger is a browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner."
If this is for average users, something like "Privacy badger stops advertizers from secretly tracking your movements and activities online" be better. "browser-add[sic] on tool that analyzes sites to detect" etc. etc. is too complicated, people won't read it IMO.
"When you visit websites, your copy of Privacy Badger keeps note of the "third party" domains that embed images, scripts and advertising in the pages you visit. If a third party server appears to be tracking you without permission, by using uniquely identifying cookies to collect a record of the pages you visit across multiple sites, Privacy Badger will automatically disallow content from that third party tracker."
Words you probably shouldn't use for a layperson friendly explanation: embed, script, server, disallow, "third party" (without explaining precisely what you mean in this context). The top question on the should be broken out into a "how does it work (generally speaking)" and "how does it work (more technical)." I'm afraid people will get stuck on that say "this is too technical" and not read the rest.
- sequoia 12y ago"When you see an ad, the ad sees you" this is excellent!! It succinctly explains the problem in a layperson friendly way. "When you see an ad, the ad sees you. When the advertiser 'sees' you it sees what site you are on when you view the ad. This information can be used to build a profile about you: where you shop, what blog or news sites you read, what forums you post on, etc.. Privacy Badger stops your browser from requesting the ads, so the advertiser never 'sees' what sites you're visiting. When you see an ad, the ad sees you... Privacy badger stops you from seeing the ad and stops the ad from seeing you!!" Ideally you'd just copy this: http://donttrack.us/ http://donttrack.us/ but specifically for ads.
- unhush 12y agoHi, I'm the main author of Privacy Badger's Firefox version. You are 100% right; I'll point this out to the text authors. On the other hand, EFF's fanbase is generally very technical compared to the average person and I'm sometimes afraid of coming off as imprecise or belittling to them. Striking the balance is hard.