John Olinda
Good grief. This is Privacy Badger on theverge.com :: dropbox.com/s/s4bp...
9y, 15w
6 replies
¬
Martijn
Do you have a reason for using Privacy Badger over something like Adblock Plus? Over at PRISM Break we aren't sure of including it.
9y, 15w
5 replies
John Olinda
I used ABP for a long time but I wanted to try something that specifically targeted elements that could cause privacy issues while allowing me to let harmless stuff through so that I could support (what I consider to be) legitimate uses of ads. I also like that it lets me set higher levels or lower levels than what they choose if I want to.
9y, 15w
2 replies
Martijn
You could do that with ABP by subscribing to blocklists like EasyPrivacy and not running any adblocking lists. For more of our thoughts, see the other reply I wrote: sublevel.net/re/12832
9y, 15w
1 reply
Mark Dain
AdBlock Plus and Privacy Badger are targeting different problems. That's like saying NoScript can be used to block ads; some ads will be blocked but it'll be more effective to use an ad blocker. Are you involved in PRISM break? That's really cool!
9y, 15w
1 reply
Martijn
I am the only official contributor apart from the project owner on GitHub. Mainly our concern was that because Privacy Badger builds its blocklist as you go it can never be as inclusive as an already existing list for ABP (e.g. EasyPrivacy). AdBlock Plus can definitely be used just to block trackers (with things like the aforementioned list). One idea mentioned was to run Privacy Badger for a while and publish whatever it had found as an ABP list for others to subscribe to. PRISM Break is anti-tracking and not anti-advertisements, just doubting the out-of-the-box potential of Privacy Badger vs ABP.
9y, 15w
reply