Privacy Badger
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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?
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mojoceh 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?
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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.
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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 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 {} ;
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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