Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spying
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2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
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HN comment orderPrivacy Badger doesn’t block ads unless they happen to be tracking you; in fact, one of our goals is to incentivize advertisers to adopt better privacy practices. There is an easy solution to this --- it is called "context sensitive" advertising. And the idea is simple --- ads are prioritized based on what you're currently viewing, not your viewing history (aka "personalized ads"). What's wrong with "personalized ads"? They are fundamentally rooted in the past --- and the past is…
Happy user for several years now. I prefer this over other more popular blockers because Privacy Badger doesn't directly go after ads. It just blocks the tracking aspect; which in 99% cases of today's web advertising also prevents the ad from showing up. In general I consider ads to be unethical cognitive burden. The exception is if the site owner keeps the lights on by incorporating non-tracking advertising, it would feel scummy to block off their ads and just take…
This is a good one too. Expands on multi-account containers: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/temporary-con...
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 1156
- Total comments
- 461
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-06-09 | Privacy Badger is a browser extension that learns to block invisible trackersFirst breakout | memorable | 261 | 112 |
| 2023-11-22 | Privacy Badger: A browser extension that learns to block invisible trackers | stefankuehnel | 46 | 15 |
| 2025-09-28 | Privacy Badger is a free browser extension made by EFF to stop spyingBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | doener | 849 | 334 |