blocklists
Shared lists of problem domains people may want to block with hosts files (by jmdugan)
privacybadger
Privacy Badger is a browser extension that automatically learns to block invisible trackers. (by EFForg)
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| blocklists | privacybadger | |
|---|---|---|
| 47 | 176 | |
| 4,526 | 3,031 | |
| - | 1.6% | |
| 0.0 | 9.4 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 5 days ago | |
| DIGITAL Command Language | JavaScript | |
| Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
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.
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.
blocklists
Posts with mentions or reviews of blocklists.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-19.
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Meta wants EU users to apply for permission to opt out of data collection
I will be adding every Meta domain and property I can think of to my network blocking. A good list to start with is here:
https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporatio...
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blocklists VS Lists - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 19 Jan 2023
- Guys, recommend some good piracy apps that we should have
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Ad blocking is under attack
You would need to block all facebook domains https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...
- hBlock: A Posix-Compliant Ad-Blocker
- pfTop shows open Apple connection w/ no physical connection
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How to block Facebook? The right way
There’s a Facebook blocklist here: https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists I still recommend NextDNS though, and it‘ll find/use the closest servers to you 🙂
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After quitting drinking and attending AA meetings, I'm all of a sudden being bombarded with advertisements for alcohol products across all platforms.
https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/tree/master/corporations ... An example
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Facebook Is Receiving Sensitive Medical Information from Hospital Websites
I set up a DNS entry in my hosts file for all facebook/meta domains (https://github.com/jmdugan/blocklists/blob/master/corporatio...) to be blocked (routed to 0.0.0.0). The effectively blocks any data from the "pixel" because when it tries to send it, the request fails.
- Blocklist of all Facebook domains (2016)
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 blocklists and privacybadger you can also consider the following projects:
nextdns - NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)
Consent-O-Matic - Browser extension that automatically fills out cookie popups based on your preferences
Lockdown-iOS
uBlock - uBlock Origin - An efficient blocker for Chromium and Firefox. Fast and lean.
Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist - The Ultimate Unified Hosts file for protecting your network, computer, smartphones and Wi-Fi devices against millions of bad web sites. Protect your children and family from gaining access to bad web sites and protect your devices and pc from being infected with Malware or Ransomware.
uMatrix - uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
hosts - Hostfile blocklist for ads and tracking, updated regularly
privacypossum - Privacy Possum makes tracking you less profitable
block-facebook-with-little-snitch - This will block all Facebook IPs with Little Snitch
duckduckgo-privacy-extension - DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials browser extension for Firefox, Chrome.
AdguardBrowserExtension - AdGuard browser extension
Netguard - A simple way to block access to the internet per app
blocklists vs nextdns
privacybadger vs Consent-O-Matic
blocklists vs Lockdown-iOS
privacybadger vs uBlock
blocklists vs Ultimate.Hosts.Blacklist
privacybadger vs uMatrix
blocklists vs hosts
privacybadger vs privacypossum
blocklists vs block-facebook-with-little-snitch
privacybadger vs duckduckgo-privacy-extension
blocklists vs AdguardBrowserExtension
privacybadger vs Netguard