Die Hacker der Electronic Frontier Foundation haben ein neues Browser-Plugin veröffentlicht: Privacy Badger. Und so funktioniert es:
Privacy Badger is a browser-add on tool that analyzes sites to detect and disallow content that tracks you in an objectionable, non-consensual manner. When you visit websites, your copy of Privacy Badger keeps note of the „third party“ domains that embed images, scripts and advertising in the pages you visit.
If a third party server appears to be tracking you without permission, by using uniquely identifying cookies to collect a record of the pages you visit across multiple sites, Privacy Badger will automatically disallow content from that third party tracker. In some cases a third-party domain provides some important aspect of a page’s functionality, such as embedded maps, images, or fonts. In those cases Privacy Badger will allow connections to the third party but will screen out its tracking cookies.
Aus der Ankündigung:
This is an alpha release; we’ve been using it internally and don’t think it’s too buggy. But we’re looking for intrepid users to try it out and let us know before we encourage millions of people to install it. If you find bugs, you can file them on github against either the Firefox or Chrome repos as appropriate.
Während das noch restriktivere Firefox-Plugin RequestPolicy standardmäßig alle Inhalte von externen Domains deaktiviert, will Privacy Badger das damit verbundene händische Freigeben automatisieren. Neben NoScript und HTTPS Everywhere sollte Privacy Badger zum Standard werden.
Eine erste Vorstellung lieferte der Entwickler Peter Eckersley auf der OHM2013.