New Privacy Badger Prevents Google From Mangling More of Your Links and Invading Your Privacy
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/new-privacy-badger-prevents-google-mangling-more-your-links-and-invading-your
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sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 73 pts · 2y
For those of you that don't want to install another add-on, this filter for uBlock does a similar thing: https://filterlists.com/lists/clearurls-for-ublock-origin
noorbeast@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 2y
Excuse my ignorance, but how are these added to Ublock, as it seems such a sensible thing to do?
Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 2y
If you follow that link you will see 'Subscribe' towards the bottom, that will add it to uBo
noorbeast@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
Much appreciated!
sabreW4K3@lemmy.tf · 1 pts · 2y
Sorry, just seen this. Glad someone else sorted you out.
neme@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 2y
What's the reason to use Google services to begin with? Asking because I'm genuinely curious.
folkrav@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world · 10 pts · 2y
You mean people don't just live in a bunker in the middle of nowhere using Thor to browse Lemmy?
AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
I wrote this while drunk as fuck, and completely forgot that YouTube exists lmfao
bignuts700@pawb.social · 9 pts · 2y
JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Agree with sibling: Youtube and Search. All the other supposedly essential Google services are not really essential, especially Gmail.
BrianTheFirst@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I used Privacy Badger for years, but recently removed it because it was breaking so many sites. ublock + adguard is good enough for me.
solitude@lemmy.one · 10 pts · 2y
I've used uBlock Origin & Privacy Badger for years, over a wide variety of different types of websites, and haven't had any problems.
naut@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y
I use ublock, but I think it is more aggressive than badger, can't remember it broke some, but will keep an eye
ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org · 3 pts · 2y
Or... Avoid Google products unless absolutely necessary,
I can honestly say I don't hit any front-end Google server for a few days to a week at a time. Occasionally I look some obscure technical issue that only Google search finds and that's usually when I break my streak. Otherwise, there are plenty of alternatives to get you 80% of the way there functionally without touching Google with a 10-ft pole.
Of course, and despite my best efforts, my browser probably hits a lot of back-end Google servers - you know, the gstatic.com, google.com and such that other websites inflict on you and you can't avoid half of the times without breaking the site.
Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 2y
Would badger break ublock?
naut@infosec.pub · 3 pts · 2y
no
Bicyclejohn@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Oh ok, just hears from other users that they conflict :3
naut@infosec.pub · 1 pts · 2y