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|Name=Privacy Badger
 
|Name=Privacy Badger
 
|Short description=Browser extension that detects and prevents third-party tracking
 
|Short description=Browser extension that detects and prevents third-party tracking
|Full description=Using a technique known as "heuristic blocking", Privacy Badger observes cookies and other data generated by websites you visit. If they appear to be used for tracking, for example an advertiser from a third-party website watching your browsing habits, they are eliminated.
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|Full description=Privacy Badger automatically blocks spying ads and invisible trackers as you browse. It's there to ensure that companies can't track your browsing without your consent.
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Privacy Badger sends the Do Not Track header with each request and evaluates the likelihood that you are still being tracked. If a domain appears to be tracking you on multiple websites, Privacy Badger automatically blocks your request from being sent to the tracking domain.
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Our extension shows you one of three states for each tracker. Red means block the tracker. Yellow means that we don't send cookies or referers to the tracker. Green means unblocked (probably because the third party does not appear to be tracking you - yet). You can click on the Privacy Badger icon in your browser's toolbar if you wish to override the automatic blocking settings.
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Nothing can stop the Privacy Badger from eating cookies when it's hungry!
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Privacy Badger is a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://www.eff.org)
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
 
|Homepage URL=https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
 
|User level=beginner
 
|User level=beginner
|Extension of=Firefox, Chromium
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|Extension of=IceCat, IceCatMobile, Iridium
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerfirefox.git
 
|VCS checkout command=git clone https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerfirefox.git
|Documentation note=[https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerfirefox/blob/master/README.md Firefox readme]
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|Documentation note=Works with Firefox 28.0 and later, SeaMonkey 1.0 and later
[https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome/blob/master/README.md Chrom/ium readme]
 
 
 
 
|Donate=https://supporters.eff.org/donate
 
|Donate=https://supporters.eff.org/donate
|Version identifier=0.2.1
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|Version identifier=1.7.0
|Version date=2014/07/23
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|Version date=2016/04/06
|Version status=beta
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|Version status=alpha
|Version download=https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerfirefox/archive/0.2.1.tar.gz
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|Version download=https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/latest/506646/addon-506646-latest.xpi
|Version comment=This is the Firefox extension. The Chrome extension is available at https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadgerchrome
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|Last review by=IanK
|Last review by=David Seaward
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|Last review date=2016/10/14
|Last review date=2014/07/31
 
 
|Submitted by=David Seaward
 
|Submitted by=David Seaward
 
|Submitted date=2014/07/31
 
|Submitted date=2014/07/31
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{{Project license
 
{{Project license
|License=GPLv3orlater
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|License=GPLv3
|License copyright=Copyright © 2014 Yan Zhu and other contributors
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|License copyright=Privacy Badger Firefox:
|License verified by=David Seaward
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Copyright © 2015 Electronic Frontier Foundation and other contributors
|License verified date=2014/07/31
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See the CREDITS file for authorship
|License note=Includes contributions from code licensed under MIT, MPL 2.0, Unlicense and http://www.webtoolkit.info/license1
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Licensed GPL v3 though many portions of the code are dual-licensed under other
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free/open source licenses. 
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LICENSES FOR INCORPORATED CODEBASES
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===================================
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Incorporating code from Vex,
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https://github.com/hubspot/vex
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Copyright © 2013 Hubspot, Inc.
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Licensed MIT
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Incorporating code from jQuery UI,
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http://jqueryui.com
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Copyright 2014 © jQuery Foundation and other contributors
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"This software consists of voluntary contributions made by many
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individuals (AUTHORS.txt, http://jqueryui.com/about) For exact
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contribution history, see the revision history and logs, available
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at http://jquery-ui.googlecode.com/svn/"
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Licensed MIT
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Incorporating code from CSS Toggle Switch,
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https://github.com/ghinda/css-toggle-switch
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By Ionuț Colceriu - ghinda.net
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Licensed Unlicense
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Incorporating code from Mozilla Add-on SDK,
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https://github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk
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Licensed MPL 2.0, available at https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/
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Incorporating code from AdBlockPlus,
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https://adblockplus.org/en/firefox
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Copyright © 2006-2014 Eyeo GmbH
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Licensed GPL v3+
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Incorporating code from WorkerQueue,
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https://github.com/infojunkie/WorkerQueue
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Licensed GPL v3+
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Incorporating code from ShareMeNot,
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https://sharemenot.cs.washington.edu
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Copyright © 2006-2014 University of Washington
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Licensed MIT
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Incorporating code from Chameleon,
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https://github.com/ghostwords/chameleon
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Copyright © 2015 ghostwords
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This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
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License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
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file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
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Alternatively, this code may be distributed or
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otherwise used under the terms of GPL v3
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|License verified by=IanK
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|License verified date=2016/10/14
 
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{{Software category
 
{{Software category
|Internet-application=privacy, web-browser
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|Internet-application=privacy
|Runs-on=Windows, Mac OSX, BSD
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|Runs-on=Windows, BSD, OS X
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|Use=internet-application
 
}}
 
}}
 
{{Software prerequisite
 
{{Software prerequisite

Revision as of 00:28, 2 February 2017


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Privacy Badger

https://www.eff.org/privacybadger
Browser extension that detects and prevents third-party tracking

Privacy Badger automatically blocks spying ads and invisible trackers as you browse. It's there to ensure that companies can't track your browsing without your consent.

Privacy Badger sends the Do Not Track header with each request and evaluates the likelihood that you are still being tracked. If a domain appears to be tracking you on multiple websites, Privacy Badger automatically blocks your request from being sent to the tracking domain.

Our extension shows you one of three states for each tracker. Red means block the tracker. Yellow means that we don't send cookies or referers to the tracker. Green means unblocked (probably because the third party does not appear to be tracking you - yet). You can click on the Privacy Badger icon in your browser's toolbar if you wish to override the automatic blocking settings.

Nothing can stop the Privacy Badger from eating cookies when it's hungry!

Privacy Badger is a project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation (https://www.eff.org)





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