LocateJS
Check if your location is actually hidden (by z0ccc)
privacybadger
Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers. (by EFForg)
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| LocateJS | privacybadger | |
|---|---|---|
| 22 | 176 | |
| 313 | 3,024 | |
| - | 1.4% | |
| 0.0 | 9.5 | |
| over 1 year ago | 6 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
LocateJS
Posts with mentions or reviews of LocateJS.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-10-18.
- LocateJS - Check if your location is actually hidden.
- Spoofing user agent on Bromite?
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Does using tweaked Firefox or LibreWolf etc. make you more fingerprintable or should I not be concerned?
https://z0ccc.github.io/LocateJS/ told me my exact location with Brave (probably through timezone) even though I was using a VPN. On Firefox+Chameleon however I was given a country on the other side of the world.
- How to know what info my browser sends?
- I created a site to check if your location is actually hidden (even with protection).
- From quick testing, PIA failed this - I created a site to check if your location is actually hidden (even with a VPN).
- I created a site to check if your location is actually hidden (even with a VPN).
- https://github.com/z0ccc/LocateJS
privacybadger
Posts with mentions or reviews of privacybadger.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-04.
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Can anyone verify this information about privacy?
~Using privacy plug-ins or browsers. You can block our site from setting cookies used for interest-based ads by using a browser with privacy features, like Brave, or installing browser plugins, like Privacy Badger, Ghostery or uBlock Origin, and configuring them to block third party cookies/trackers.
- Privacy Badger: A browser extension that learns to block invisible trackers
- X-ray CT scans of coffee equipment: Aeropress, Fellow kettle, Moka pot
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Tax prep companies shared private taxpayer data with Google and Meta for years, congressional probe finds
Everyone should install the browser extension Privacy Badger, created by the nonprofit privacy organization Electronic Frontier Foundation. It blocks tracking pixels like the ones described in this article as well as many other forms of tracking that AdBlockers do not.
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Game Thread: July 2 - Boston Red Sox (42-42) @ Toronto Blue Jays (45-39) - 1:37 PM
If you watch on a laptop or pc, try Privacy Badger. It's a browser extension made by the EFF that's blocks third party trackers from monitoring your web activity.
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Article About How to Safeguard Your Data and Browsing Experience with a Chrome Extension
Installing more extensions is the best way to compromise your security. You should keep your extension list as short as possible. So uBlock Origin and Privacy Badger which is built by the EFF
- The future of r/southafrica: Survey Results & Discussion
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YSK: Choosing 'Reject All' doesn't reject all cookies.
No-one should get close to the internet without running Privacy Badger and adblock.
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Game Thread: June 9 - Minnesota Twins (31-32) @ Toronto Blue Jays (36-28) - 7:07 PM
Do you watch mlb.tv on a computer? Privacy Badger is an extension created by the EFF that's designed to block third party trackers.
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What may be the finest VPN substitute?
I think what you may be looking for is alternative privacy options. I would highly suggest you download the web browser https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/windows/ Install the addons, https://privacybadger.org/ https://ublockorigin.com/ Make sure to enable https only mode in Firefox. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/https-only-prefs Then use a privacy oriented search engine like, https://duckduckgo.com/ Or, https://www.startpage.com/ And change your DNS to either, https://www.opendns.com/setupguide/ Or, https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/dns/what-is-1.1.1.1/
What are some alternatives?
When comparing LocateJS and privacybadger you can also consider the following projects:
CanvasBlocker - A Firefox extension to protect from being fingerprinted.
Consent-O-Matic - Browser extension that automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences
nothing-private - Do you think you are safe using private browsing or incognito mode?. :smile: :imp: This will prove that you're wrong. Previously hosted at nothingprivate.ml
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
vytal-extension - Browser extension to spoof timezone, geolocation, locale and user agent.
uMatrix - uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
ip3country - A JavaScript, zero-dependency, super small version of IP2Location LITE country lookups.
privacypossum - Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable
Reddit-Wherever - Reddit-Wherever Has been renamed to Voat. https://github.com/z0ccc/voat-extension
duckduckgo-privacy-extension - DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
extension-fingerprints - Renamed to extension-detector
Netguard - A simple way to block access to the internet per app
LocateJS vs CanvasBlocker
privacybadger vs Consent-O-Matic
LocateJS vs nothing-private
privacybadger vs uBlock
LocateJS vs vytal-extension
privacybadger vs uMatrix
LocateJS vs ip3country
privacybadger vs privacypossum
LocateJS vs Reddit-Wherever
privacybadger vs duckduckgo-privacy-extension
LocateJS vs extension-fingerprints
privacybadger vs Netguard