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Privacy Badger

Automatically learns to block hidden trackers. Made by leading digital rights nonprofit EFF to stop companies from spying on you.

#9 in Privacy & Security
View in Chrome Web Store
★ 4.46 (2K) 1M users Works, with gripes v2026.6.16 by Electronic Frontier Foundation

What users praise

  • The EFF's smart tracker blocker that learns from behavior — "set it and forget it" from a trusted developer
  • Free (EFF), link auditing, plays nicely with uBlock/Malwarebytes
  • Fingerprinting protection; peace of mind

What users complain about

  • Lately breaks too many sites — some users are leaving
  • Occasionally causes about:blank redirects in Gmail and extra reCAPTCHAs in Google search
  • Forces pinning to the toolbar at install (annoying)

Compiled from real Chrome Web Store reviews. We only report what users actually wrote — no summaries were invented.

Score breakdown

Reliability0.69
Satisfaction0.68
Usefulness0.70
Safety0.25
Trust0.80
Substance0.85

Strongest: substance. Weak spot: safety.

Based on 2K reviews · computed Jul 18, 2026. Bars show only what we could actually measure.

What we checked

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Jul 10, 2026last updated

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