If you’re concerned about the privacy of your browsing habits, you’ll want to check out the Privacy Badger extension. This add-on blocks spying and tracking by default, and it’s available for both Firefox and Chrome. To get started, just install the Privacy Badger extension from the official website. Once it’s installed, you’ll see a new menu item called “Privacy Badger.” From here, you can configure the extension to block spying and tracking on a per-site basis. To block spying and tracking on a per-site basis, first click on the “Settings” button in the “Privacy Badger” menu item. From here, you’ll see a list of all of the websites that are currently being tracked or spied on. Simply select the site that you want to block spying and tracking for, and then click on the “Block Spying & Tracking” button. Now, whenever you visit this site, Privacy Badger will automatically block spying and tracking. You can also disable blocking for specific sites if necessary. If you ever need to unblock spying and tracking for a specific site again, just click on the “Unblock Spying & Tracking” button in the “Privacy Badger” menu item. ..
If there is one thing we are all tired of, it is being constantly tracked and spied on while we are browsing the Internet. With this in mind, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has been hard at work on an extension for Firefox and Chrome that helps put an end to the unwanted attention so that you can browse in peace.
Once you install the extension, you will see a ‘first run’ page displayed with an explanation of how the extension works. Here is an excerpt:
This extension is designed to automatically protect your privacy from third party trackers that load invisibly when you browse the web. We send the Do Not Track header with each request, and our extension evaluates the likelihood that you are still being tracked. If the algorithm deems the likelihood is too high, we automatically block your request from being sent to the domain. Please understand that Privacy Badger is in beta, and the algorithm’s determination is not conclusive that the domain is tracking you.
Our extension has three states. Red means Privacy Badger believes this domain is a tracker, and has blocked it. Yellow means the domain is believed to be both a tracker and necessary for the functioning of the page, so Privacy Badger is allowing it but blocking its cookies. Green means that Privacy Badger believes this is not tracker. You can click on the Privacy Badger icon in your browser’s toolbar if you wish to override the automatic blocking settings. Or, you can browse in peace as Privacy Badger starts finding and eating up web trackers one by one.
The extension home page can be accessed via the Firefox installation link shown below.
Install the Privacy Badger Extension for Mozilla Firefox [Electronic Frontier Foundation]
Install the Privacy Badger Extension for Google Chrome [Chrome Web Store] Note: The screenshot shown here has an example with all three ‘tracking level’ colors displayed.
[via BetaNews]
