Privacy Badger
privacybadger.org
Blocks invisible trackers, in order to stop advertisers and other third-parties from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at. Download: Chrome - Firefox
- Homepage: privacybadger.org
- GitHub: github.com/EFForg/privacybadger
- Privacy: tosdr.org/en/service/682
- Web info: web-check.xyz/results/privacybadger.org
Privacy Badger Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy Summary
- Conditions may change, but your continued acceptance is not inferred from an earlier acceptance flow
- The service provides a free help desk
- You can request access and deletion of personal data
- There is a date of the last update of the terms
- This service does not collect, use, or share location data
- Your personal data is used for limited purposes
- This service only shares user information with third parties when given specific consent
- Terms may be changed any time at their discretion, without notice to the user
- Your data is processed and stored in a country that is less friendly to user privacy protection (USA)
- The service provides a complaint mechanism for the handling of personal data
- The service claims to be GDPR compliant for European users
- Archives of their agreements are provided so that changes can be viewed over time
- A complaint mechanism is provided for the handling of personal data
- Information is provided about security practices
Documents
- Privacy PolicyCreated 23 Aug 18, Last modified 2 months ago
Domains Covered by Policy
- eff.org
- privacybadger.org
- starttls-everywhere.org
- certbot.eff.org
- coveryourtracks.eff.org
- sec.eff.org
- atlasofsurveillance.org
- openwireless.org
About the Data
This data is kindly provided by tosdr.org. Read full report at: #682
Privacy Badger Source Code
Author
Description
Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Homepage
https://privacybadger.orgLicense
NOASSERTION
Created
10 Jul 13
Last Updated
18 Jan 25
Latest version
Primary Language
JavaScript
Size
50,665 KB
Stars
3,239
Forks
388
Watchers
3,239
Language Usage
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Recent Commits
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Remove pixel cookie sharing detection for now
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Work around Chrome Beta test failures Worked with Google Chrome 132.0.6834.83 beta and ChromeDriver version 132.0.6834.83 Failed with Google Chrome 133.0.6943.16 beta and ChromeDriver version 133.0.6943.16
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Update Public Suffix List definitions
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Apply EFF DNT scan data to blocked domains
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Update seed tracker data from latest badger-sett
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Update MDFP domains from recent Badger Sett scans
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Update MDFP domains from recent Badger Sett scans
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Fix failure to initialize in Yandex Browser
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Update MDFP list for Google
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Add MDFP list for Mediacorp Pte. Ltd.
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Update French locale from Transifex
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Merge pull request #3040 Check when message sender is about:blank/"null"
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JJ (08 Jan 25)
Fix typo in how to fix broken sites doc (#3045)
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Revert to having all of stripe.com on yellowlist Fixes https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues/3041 We've run into too many broken site reports with selective yellowlisting of stripe.com subdomains. This reverts 31cafad9b722e6f929021ace22c37624790e8ee9
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Check when message sender is about:blank/"null" For clarity/explicitness, and to avoid URL parsing errors.
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Merge pull request #3039 Prefer MessageSender.origin for getting message sender's frame host
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Simplify computing origin from URL
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Improve two content script message names
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Fix var name
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More "origin" to "domain" renaming
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Fix domain property name in popup/options messages
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Fix another batch of "origin" var names
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Rename "origins" options/popup data prop
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Fix function name It blocklists domains, not origins.
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Fix variable name It holds eTLD+1 ("base") domains, not origins.
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Fix function name It logs domains, not origins.
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Prefer sender.origin for message frame hostnames For content script messages. When available (on all latest browsers), sender.origin should be always set and trusted, whereas request.frameUrl could be undefined (1518d01a6), or tampered with by a compromised renderer process.
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Prefer sender.origin for checking senders
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Get new message translations from Transifex
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Fix typo
Privacy Badger Website
Website
Privacy Badger
Redirects
Does not redirect
Security Checks
All 66 security checks passed
Server Details
- IP Address 173.239.79.206
- Hostname irc.eff.org
- Location Berkeley, California, United States of America, NA
- ISP Unwired
- ASN AS32354
Associated Countries
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US
Saftey Score
Website marked as safe
100%
Blacklist Check
privacybadger.org was found on 0 blacklists
- ThreatLog
- OpenPhish
- PhishTank
- Phishing.Database
- PhishStats
- URLhaus
- RPiList Not Serious
- AntiSocial Blacklist
- PhishFeed
- NABP Not Recommended Sites
- Spam404
- CRDF
- Artists Against 419
- CERT Polska
- PetScams
- Suspicious Hosting IP
- Phishunt
- CoinBlockerLists
- MetaMask EthPhishing
- EtherScamDB
- EtherAddressLookup
- ViriBack C2 Tracker
- Bambenek Consulting
- Badbitcoin
- SecureReload Phishing List
- Fake Website Buster
- TweetFeed
- CryptoScamDB
- StopGunScams
- ThreatFox
- PhishFort
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About the Data: Privacy Badger
API
You can access Privacy Badger's data programmatically via our API.
Simply make a GET request to:
https://api.awesome-privacy.xyz/security-tools/browser-extensions/privacy-badgerThe REST API is free, no-auth and CORS-enabled. To learn more, view the Swagger Docs or read the API Usage Guide.
About the Data
Beyond the user-submitted YAML you see above, we also augment each listing with additional data dynamically fetched from several sources. To learn more about where the rest of data included in this page comes from, and how it is computed, see the About the Data section of our About page.
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