Τι είναι το Privacy Badger; The foundation Electronic Frontier Foundation released a plug-in for your browser to help you determine which websites are tracking you. The plug-in is called Privacy Badger browser and it comes in beta form. Last May, its development began and today it was released for the first time as Public Beta.
The tool will show you how websites view your behavior and allow you to control what information these sites can see and which ones do not.
There are other plug-ins that offer similar services. The EFF explains, however, that everyone needs some customization to prevent unwanted trackers. The Privacy Badger browser uses strict algorithmic methods to detect and prevent such activities. "It creates code that could actually be adopted by other extensions, or by mainstream browsers, to give users maximum control over who does what and what they do when they visit different websites."
The tool looks for third-party domains that serve images, texts and ads on pages. If o server third party is tracking your activities without permission, Privacy Badger will automatically block the content.
The app has some sliders menu. Green means the site isn't tracking your activities, yellow indicates there is some tracking but the site is whitelisted, and red means you're about to enter a site that heavily tracks your online habits.
Download and test the new plug-in
