Privacy Possum #459

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jonah · 2018-05-14T21:17:50Z

woctezuma commented

2018-05-14 21:17:50 +00:00

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I have explained that Privacy Badger could provide a misleading sense of privacy in #335. I have just noticed that there exists a similar add-on, for Chrome and Firefox, called Privacy Possum, which claims to be stricter than Privacy Badger. It might be worth a look at its claims on its Github repository. Apparently, it is developed by someone who works at EFF, and has worked for 6 months on Privacy Badger.

I have explained that _Privacy Badger_ could provide a misleading sense of privacy in #335. I have just noticed that there exists a similar add-on, for Chrome and Firefox, called [_Privacy Possum_](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-possum/), which claims to be stricter than _Privacy Badger_. It might be worth a look at its claims on its [Github repository](https://github.com/cowlicks/privacypossum). Apparently, it is developed by someone who works at EFF, and has worked for 6 months on _Privacy Badger_.

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beerisgood commented

2018-06-03 15:34:23 +00:00

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Anyone tried it and can recommend this addon beside uBlock Origin, uMatrx, Decentraleyes and Firefox Containers?

woctezuma commented

2018-06-04 22:01:51 +00:00

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I have been using the addon and I don't have any problem with it now. There used to be a problem when I tried to log in on SteamDB.info but this issue has been fixed.

I cannot really tell how much additional privacy this provides for someone who has installed all the addons mentioned above.

I have been using the addon and I don't have any problem with it now. There used to be a problem when I tried to log in on SteamDB.info but this issue has been fixed. I cannot really tell how much additional privacy this provides for someone who has installed all the addons mentioned above.

privacytoolsIO commented

2019-04-10 06:19:42 +00:00

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Replace Privacy Badger with Privacy Possum?

https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/bbeumm/recommendation_i_think_that_privacy_badger_on_the/

Replace Privacy Badger with Privacy Possum? https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/bbeumm/recommendation_i_think_that_privacy_badger_on_the/

jonah commented

2019-08-15 00:38:41 +00:00

It isn't clear to me how adding this would be better than the combination of add-ons we currently recommend, which pretty much cover all bases.

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