Notices by Privacy Badger (privacybadger@mastodon.social)

Did you know Privacy Badger replaces embedded tweets, video/audio players, and comments sections with "click to activate" placeholders?

Although potentially useful, these "widgets" often track your browsing. The tracking happens regardless of whether you interact with the widget. If you see a widget, the widget sees you back.

Privacy Badger blocks the widgets to protect your privacy, and replaces them with placeholders to put you in control.

Learn more at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/privacy-badger-puts-you-control-widgets

Do you remember Flashblock? How about ShareMeNot?

Would you like to make YouTube players click to activate across the Web?

We wrote about all of this and more at https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/01/privacy-badger-puts-you-control-widgets

Privacy Badger version 2023.12.1 has been released for Chrome, Firefox and Edge browsers.

The new version improves widget replacement for embedded Tweets.

Privacy Badger blocks and replaces certain external page elements (or, "widgets") like social media embeds, comments sections and video players with click-to-activate placeholders.

This opt-in approach protects your privacy while giving you control over when the widgets get to load.

To install Privacy Badger, visit https://privacybadger.org/

@dexternemrod @bruce @eff Thanks for asking!

You can help by letting us know whenever you think Privacy Badger broke something. To do so, click the "Report broken site" button in Privacy Badger's popup.

To open Privacy Badger's popup, click on PB's icon in your browser toolbar.

You can also support the development of Privacy Badger and other projects like it by donating to the EFF at https://supporters.eff.org/donate/support-privacy-badger

Thanks again!

Privacy Badger 2023.10.31 has been released for all supported browsers.

The new version blocks embedded Tweets by default, replacing them with click-to-activate placeholders.

This opt-in approach to loading external but potentially desirable widgets protects privacy while giving you control over when the widgets get to load.

To install Privacy Badger, visit https://privacybadger.org/.

Hello world!

Privacy Badger 2023.9.12 has been released for all supported browsers!

The main new thing is improved link tracking protection ("link unwrapping") on Google sites.

With this update Privacy Badger removes tracking from links in Google Docs, Gmail, Google Maps, and Google Images results. Privacy Badger now also removes tracking from links added after scrolling through Google Search results.

To learn more, visit https://eff.org/badger-link-tracking-protection-update

To install Privacy Badger, visit https://privacybadger.org/.