Privacy Badger Alternatives

    Privacy Badger is described as 'browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner' and is a well-known app in the Web Browsers category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Privacy Badger for a variety of platforms, including Mac, Google Chrome, iPhone, iPad and Firefox. The best alternative is uBlock Origin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Privacy Badger are Adblock Plus (Free, Open Source), Ghostery (Freemium), uMatrix (Free, Open Source) and Disconnect (Paid, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Sep 9, 2021
    1. A wide-spectrum efficient blocker. Which block ads, trackers and malware sites. Supports Chromium, Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Thunderbird. Fast and lean, and as of 2017 still being actively improved. Forked from .
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      uBlock Origin vs Privacy Badger opinions
      Almost everyone thinks uBlock Origin is a great alternative to Privacy Badger.
      AdBlock Plus sells data or goes hand-in-glove with ad-companies. uBlock Origin has stayed on a right path for long time.
      Positive comment • about 2 years ago

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      Custom filter, more options.
      Positive comment • almost 3 years ago

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    2. Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to - among other things - block annoying ads, disable tracking and block domains known to spread malware.
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      Adblock Plus vs Privacy Badger opinions
      Some users think Adblock Plus is a great alternative to Privacy Badger, some don't.
      Adblock does not stop trackers...
      Negative comment • over 5 years ago

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      Nopossibility to block trackers
      Negative comment • about 1 year ago

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    4. Ghostery

      • Freemium • Proprietary
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Android Tablet
      • iPad
      • Microsoft Edge
      • Vivaldi Browser
      • Google Chrome
      • Safari
      • Yandex.Browser
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      Ghostery sees the invisible web - tags, web bugs, pixels and beacons. Ghostery tracks the trackers and gives you a roll-call of the ad networks, behavioral data providers, web publishers, and other companies interested in your activity.
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      Ghostery vs Privacy Badger opinions
      Most users think Ghostery is a great alternative to Privacy Badger.
      Overview, customization and description
      Positive comment • over 4 years ago

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      ghostery offers advanced settings in which even less advanced users can easily stop tracking. Even the default mode is almost good... but still I prefer the block everything so I can enjoy the net as it is meant to be: free.
      Positive comment • over 3 years ago

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    5. Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc. uMatrix: A point-and-click matrix-based firewall, with many privacy-enhancing tools.

      Discontinued

      The repository has been archived and the development has been stopped. https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uMatrix-issues/issues/291

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    6. Disconnect was founded in 2011 by former Google engineers and a consumer- and privacy-rights attorney. We develop award-winning, user-friendly privacy and security software in San Francisco, California.
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      Most users think Disconnect is a great alternative to Privacy Badger.
    8. Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable. Companies gobble up data about you to create an asymmetry of information that they leverage for profit in ever expanding ways. Their profit comes from your informational disadvantage.
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      Privacy Possum vs Privacy Badger opinions
      Almost everyone thinks Privacy Possum is a great alternative to Privacy Badger.
      sabatorara The browser fingerprint will change each time the browser is fingerprinted. The fingerprint result is also a spoiled fingerprint, so that it is not worth it anymore to track you based on the uniqueness of your browser.
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

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    9. SponsorBlock

      • Free • Open Source
      • Online
      • Android
      • iPhone
      • Microsoft Edge
      • Google Chrome
      • Firefox
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      How it works When you visit a YouTube video, it will check the database to see if anyone has made any submissions for the video. If so, the segment will automatically get skipped when you reach it.
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    10. AdBlocker Ultimate

      • Freemium • Open Source
      • Windows
      • Microsoft Edge
      • Google Chrome
      • Yandex.Browser
      • Opera
      • Firefox
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      AdBlocker Ultimate is a cross-browser ad-blocker. FEATURES - Completely free - Block ALL ads - no whitelisted ads/websites - Block tracking and malware domains
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      It does without a lot of checking and leaves me to concentrate on browsing
      Positive comment • over 2 years ago

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    11. Privacy, simplified. Our add-on provides the privacy essentials you need to seamlessly take control of your personal information, no matter where the internet takes you: tracker blocking, smarter encryption, DuckDuckGo private search, and more.
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    12. A Cleaner Web Wipr blocks all ads and trackers in Safari and apps that use Safari to display web pages, so you can focus on the content that matters to you. Time, Data, and Battery Saver
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