{"slug": "privacy-badger", "name": "Privacy Badger", "category": "browsers", "category_name": "Browsers and extensions", "description": "", "recommenders": 5, "commenters": 10, "warners": 0, "score": 5.754, "rising": -0.31, "first": "2025-11-22", "latest": "2026-09-02", "why": "Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 5, "neutral": 5, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "privacybadger.org", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://privacybadger.org", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Privacy Badger"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 792136034, "item_id": 49508502, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508502", "by": "roosterIllusi0n", "date": "2026-08-31", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Tell people to use firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.", "excerpt": "Google has done this before. They want to know what you click. There were extensions to undo it in the past. Then they seemingly switched to javascript and stopped the link jacking for a bit. Today, you shouldn't be using google for search. It is one of the worst options. So this new link jacking really doesn't matter. Tell people to use firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger. I am sure there are even better c", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking trackers", "switched_from": "", "story": "In less than a year, Google made scraping 10\u00d7 harder"}, {"id": 766267761, "item_id": 47891735, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891735", "by": "einpoklum", "date": "2026-04-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I would recommend beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance - uBlock Origin [1] and EFF Privacy Badger for example", "excerpt": "> Using technologies from yesteryear, we can solve the problems we face today on the modern advertisement riddled, javascript focused, etc. etc. I wouldn't say you need technologies from yesteryear to achieve that. Or rather, you don't need an old browser to not be on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and so on. Just visit _other_ sites, with your new browser. But I would recommend beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Using the internet like it's 1999"}, {"id": 761959616, "item_id": 47622476, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47622476", "by": "exiguus", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The EFF privacy badger browser add-on [1] try to block fingerprinting.", "excerpt": "If I understand this correctly, LinkedIn fingerprints your browser. And browsergate, now, shows how harmful this can be, combined with private data (like your job, full-name and ID) been sold to 3rd-party. Companies are in it to make money, and if something is free, you're the product. If you think about, to protect yourself: The EFF privacy badger browser add-on [1] try to block fingerprinting. Also, browser fingerp", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"}, {"id": 761843152, "item_id": 47615197, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615197", "by": "jamesgill", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on.", "excerpt": "https://browsergate.eu/extensions/ It seems to not scan for Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on. That's...surprising.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser privacy", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"}, {"id": 754845767, "item_id": 47177860, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177860", "by": "user205738", "date": "2026-02-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "NoScript (And/Or Privacy Badger)", "excerpt": "try firefox, librewolf, waterfox, chromium. In these browsers I had ublock origin (lite for chromium), adguard and NoScript (And/Or Privacy Badger) on my phone and PC, I didn't see any ads at all. I use the unhook and enhancer extensions with them)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["tracker blocking", "privacy blocking", "blocking trackers", "browser privacy", "tracker blocking in browser"], "compared": [{"slug": "ublock-origin", "name": "uBlock Origin", "co": 9, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "firefox", "name": "Firefox", "co": 4, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "noscript", "name": "NoScript", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "librewolf", "name": "LibreWolf", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "google-chrome", "name": "Google Chrome", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 747084608, "item_id": 46692788, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692788", "by": "ghostwords", "date": "2026-01-20", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "(I develop Privacy Badger.) There are significant benefits to adding PB or uBO to a browser", "excerpt": ">You need multiple extensions (I develop Privacy Badger.) There are significant benefits to adding PB or uBO to a browser that doesn't already ship with a real built-in ad blocker. While PB and uBO work well together and you may want to use both for various reasons, I wouldn't say you need both. Either one is enough by itself for most people. >HTTPS Everywhere HTTPS Everywhere has been deprecated and eventually remov", "context": "Privacy Badger developer", "use_case": "tracker blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Would you trust a new browser security extension in 2025?"}], "threads": [{"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47613981", "title": "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer", "mentions": 2}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49527748", "title": "Hang on to Your Firefox", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49506219", "title": "In less than a year, Google made scraping 10\u00d7 harder", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48970894", "title": "Orion Browser by Kagi", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47881198", "title": "Using the internet like it's 1999", "mentions": 1}, {"url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47172664", "title": "Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {"neutral": 1}, "2025-12": {"neutral": 2}, "2026-01": {}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"recommend": 3}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {}, "2026-07": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-08": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-09": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "versions": [], "version_unnamed": 0, "family_ref": null, "runs_on": null, "lines": [], "quotes": [{"id": 792498355, "item_id": 49531147, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49531147", "by": "pmontra", "date": "2026-09-02", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "privacy add-ons like uBO, uMatrix, PrivacyBadger etc", "excerpt": "Firefox performances have been good for so many years that I can't remember when it was the last time that I felt it to be slow. I only remember that Chrome used to be faster than FF (mainly the JS engine) and then it wasn't. Maybe it loses every single benchmark, I didn't check, but it is fast enough to be my primary browser, the one I use when I work as web developer and also when I'm not working. I run FF on a 201", "context": "", "use_case": "privacy blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Hang on to Your Firefox"}, {"id": 792136034, "item_id": 49508502, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49508502", "by": "roosterIllusi0n", "date": "2026-08-31", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Tell people to use firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.", "excerpt": "Google has done this before. They want to know what you click. There were extensions to undo it in the past. Then they seemingly switched to javascript and stopped the link jacking for a bit. Today, you shouldn't be using google for search. It is one of the worst options. So this new link jacking really doesn't matter. Tell people to use firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger. I am sure there are even better c", "context": "", "use_case": "blocking trackers", "switched_from": "", "story": "In less than a year, Google made scraping 10\u00d7 harder"}, {"id": 783684673, "item_id": 48980292, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48980292", "by": "mediumsmart", "date": "2026-07-20", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use librewolf too with privacy badger and librejs", "excerpt": "fair enough - librewolf - same as Orion: 18.29 fingerprint uniqueness - I dont know the other browsers except Tor. I use librewolf too with privacy badger and librejs - good browser", "context": "", "use_case": "tracker blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "Orion Browser by Kagi"}, {"id": 766267761, "item_id": 47891735, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891735", "by": "einpoklum", "date": "2026-04-24", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I would recommend beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance - uBlock Origin [1] and EFF Privacy Badger for example", "excerpt": "> Using technologies from yesteryear, we can solve the problems we face today on the modern advertisement riddled, javascript focused, etc. etc. I wouldn't say you need technologies from yesteryear to achieve that. Or rather, you don't need an old browser to not be on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and so on. Just visit _other_ sites, with your new browser. But I would recommend beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance ", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Using the internet like it's 1999"}, {"id": 761959616, "item_id": 47622476, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47622476", "by": "exiguus", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "The EFF privacy badger browser add-on [1] try to block fingerprinting.", "excerpt": "If I understand this correctly, LinkedIn fingerprints your browser. And browsergate, now, shows how harmful this can be, combined with private data (like your job, full-name and ID) been sold to 3rd-party. Companies are in it to make money, and if something is free, you're the product. If you think about, to protect yourself: The EFF privacy badger browser add-on [1] try to block fingerprinting. Also, browser fingerp", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"}, {"id": 761843152, "item_id": 47615197, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47615197", "by": "jamesgill", "date": "2026-04-02", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on.", "excerpt": "https://browsergate.eu/extensions/ It seems to not scan for Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin, two extensions I rely on. That's...surprising.", "context": "", "use_case": "browser privacy", "switched_from": "", "story": "LinkedIn Is Illegally Searching Your Computer"}, {"id": 754845767, "item_id": 47177860, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47177860", "by": "user205738", "date": "2026-02-26", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "NoScript (And/Or Privacy Badger)", "excerpt": "try firefox, librewolf, waterfox, chromium. In these browsers I had ublock origin (lite for chromium), adguard and NoScript (And/Or Privacy Badger) on my phone and PC, I didn't see any ads at all. I use the unhook and enhancer extensions with them)", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Smartphone Mkt to Decline 13% in '26, Largest Drop Ever Due to Memory Shortage"}, {"id": 749937360, "item_id": 46871085, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871085", "by": "ghostwords", "date": "2026-02-03", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "PB works well in combination with ad blockers.", "excerpt": "Nah, Privacy Badger is different. PB doesn't use ad blocker lists and comes with its own special features like replacing tweets with click-to-activate placeholders. And if you want to block all ads, PB works well in combination with ad blockers. As for Firefox\u2019s Total Cookie Protection, cookies are not the only tracking vector: https://privacybadger.org/#Is-Privacy-Badger-compatible-with-Firefox%27s-built-in-content-", "context": "", "use_case": "Tracker blocking in browser", "switched_from": "", "story": "Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features"}, {"id": 740821235, "item_id": 46301327, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46301327", "by": "rurban", "date": "2025-12-17", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Privacy Badger", "excerpt": "I use several extensions on Fennec mobile: AdGuard AdBlocker, Google & YouTube cookie consent popup blocking, NoScript, Privacy Badger, Translate this page, Web Archives, uBlacklist", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Is Mozilla trying hard to kill itself?"}, {"id": 738908436, "item_id": 46181777, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46181777", "by": "lachiflippi", "date": "2025-12-07", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "", "excerpt": "Here's an exhaustive list of why I, personally, have been using Brave for years: - vertical tabs - maintained by more than a single person - support for extensions - not owned by China - not Firefox - not Edge* All the AI and crypto slop can be turned off completely, so I don't care at all about features I never see after initial install. *Edge is fine if properly configured via GPO, which I can neither be bothered t", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Nook Browser"}, {"id": 736290385, "item_id": 46018149, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46018149", "by": "tempest_", "date": "2025-11-22", "version": null, "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I had forgotten I was running Ublock origin / Privacy Badger / Ghostry", "excerpt": "I had forgotten I was running Ublock origin / Privacy Badger / Ghostry so I was a bit confused with the results from that site. I think it is Ghostry that is faking the responses but I still have a pretty unique fingerprint according to https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/kcarter?aat=1", "context": "", "use_case": "Tracker blocking", "switched_from": "", "story": "The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting"}]}