Ads and tracking blockers don't pass EFF Cover Your Tracks Test

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by leocg

See, what result I got from EFF Cover your Tracks with ad- and trackingprotection enabled:

How does this happen?

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@himmelssheriff And that's what I got with Firefox:

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

@himmelssheriff Safari gives me a mixed bag, only partial protection. I don't post it here.

But why does Opera promote itself as private and secure with decent ad- and tracking blocking and doesn't even stand this standard test?

[A Former User]

A Former User @Guest last edited by

Thank you, @leocg, for adjusting the heading. Well, that's what I actually meant.
Strange that, if you go to news websites e.g., ads are really blocked, nevertheless. But with EFF it doesn't even make a difference if acceptable ads are allowed. Both options give me "no protection."
Hope, some dev will look into it, then.
Have a good one.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I also made this test on EFF Cover Your Tracks. I get the same results, definitely. No protection from ads and no protection from trackers. With both, ad- and trackerblocking enabled.
There's no difference when I block so-called "acceptable ads".
Which seems very strange, as this is one of the selling points of Opera.
This, then, seems absolutely misleading if not being an outright lie.

[operaoperandi]

operaoperandi @Guest last edited by

Built-in ad and tracking blockers do not seem to fulfill what they promise. I don't use them. With an external ad and tracking blocker (Adguard for Mac in my case), Opera passes these tests without any problems.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I can of course err on this side. But Opera‘s adblocker doesn’t seem that bad. It regularly gives me an ad free experience of YouTube.