Privacy Badger

[japers]

japers @ironbone last edited by

@ironbone: It works like a charm.

[mojoceh]

mojoceh last edited by

Opera Extensions page says it's installed. But where are extensions in Opera? Not the page for adding addons. But the interface to access the features that Privacy Badger mentions on its "take the tour" page. For example, it says: "you can click the 'Disable' button to turn off Privacy Badger for that site.Please don't forget to click on 'Did Privacy Badger break this site'. " How do you do that?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mojoceh last edited by

@mojoceh Extensions are in the extensions menu.

[mojoceh]

mojoceh @leocg last edited by leocg

@leocg: Thanks. I think the link you posted leads to the page for adding addons. But I think the answer to my question Might be that you can disable Privacy Badger when it displays its graphics on a website that has triggered its privacy-breach detection feature. I discovered that Disqus commenting system triggers Privacy Badger to block you from using Disqus, which seems consistent with what it claims to be able to do to protect PB-users' privacy. But I don't think I saw a "Disable" button. Also -- I don't understand what PB means by, "Did Privacy Badger break this site?" What does that mean?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mojoceh last edited by

@mojoceh I didn't post any link.

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer @mojoceh last edited by

@mojoceh The question seems to be very clear to me, it's asking if you have any problem with the page because of the extension.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I use it on all my browsers and it's very good

[jaekobcaed]

jaekobcaed last edited by

As with HTTPS Everywhere, I consider Privacy Badger to be an absolute necessity. While ad blockers can be relatively up to the individual, this extension is not. The EFF outdid themselves with this extension. It's easily the most advanced tracker blocker I've encountered, as it doesn't just use definitions lists to block these trackers. The extension learns to block trackers, even if they're brand new, based upon their behavior. As such, this is literally the most advanced privacy protection extension you can get right now. If you use it in combination with an ad blocker, maybe even on top of Opera's built-in ad/tracker blocking, you'll be in seriously good shape.

Privacy is not optional, it's essential.

[ellocco]

ellocco last edited by

I cannot install the privacy badger. My OS is Ubuntu 20.04 and my Opera version is: 76.0.4017.177
The error message I receive is: "Download interrupted with reason: FILE_ACCESS_DENIED".
Is this problem a known issue? Regards, ellocco

[augus1990]

augus1990 @ellocco last edited by augus1990

@ellocco: Try removing the "login.keyring" and setting the owner user and owner group of all your files in your user home directory to your user. Then restart your web browser.

rm ~/.local/share/keyrings/login.keyring

sudo find /home/[Your-Username] -user root -exec chown [Your-Username] -v {} ;

sudo find /home/[Your-Username] -group root -exec chown [Your-Username]:[Your-Username] -v {} ;

[bajelinek]

bajelinek last edited by

will try. am trusting the badger.

[ravenouswarrior]

ravenouswarrior last edited by

great!

[zusazusa]

zusazusa last edited by

cooooool

[Katsygin]

Katsygin last edited by

I installed Privacy Badger but Opera says it will soon stop supporting it.
I installed version 2024.7.17 from the Opera store

[efforg]

efforg @Katsygin last edited by

@katsygin: We just uploaded Privacy Badger version 2024.7.17.1. Once approved, the new version will fix the warning.

[Franwhoneverstops]

Franwhoneverstops @jaekobcaed last edited by

@jaekobcaed: Completely agree, but just read something that disturbed a bit but will not change the way I use it. From now on they will disable by default the most powerful feature of the tool, for they were approached by won't name who; (They talk about in their new policy anyways). The local learning feature to reduce the risk of traceability.
I do not engage anyone by saying this, I will definitely re-enable this option in my settings for I never faced any issues with my use of this app in the past.

[Weisskralle]

Weisskralle last edited by

"Do Not Track signal" but does that not make your fingerprint more Unique? And with that easier to identify? Especially as many sites just ignore these at the best case and worst case they than track you more/differently.

[Al-Jannat]

Al-Jannat last edited by

Privacy Badger is a solid extension—love how it automatically learns to block trackers without needing constant setup. Big kudos to EFF for putting privacy first in such a user-friendly way!