# Privacy Badger

26 Hacker News commenters recommended Privacy Badger and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 11 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Blocks trackers automatically and is often paired with uBlock Origin for ads; one commenter notes it does not necessarily block ads on its own.

## Why people recommend it

- Works well alongside uBlock Origin (10 comments): "There are significant benefits to adding PB or uBO to a browser that doesn't already ship with a real built-in ad blocker." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692788)) "beefy adblocking and tracking-avoidance - uBlock Origin [1] and EFF Privacy Badger for example" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47891735)) "uBlock Origin and EFF's Privacy Badger are the only extensions I trust enough to install." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284613))
- Blocks tracking and fingerprinting (4 comments): "If you install something like Privacy Badger it will block all tracking, but not necessarily ads." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48595754)) "Together with Privacy Badger, Meta has no clue what you're doing on the rest of the web." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46871341)) "blocked 75 trackers on their site" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46682430))
- Open source and trusted (2 comments): "uBlock Origin and EFF's Privacy Badger are the only extensions I trust enough to install." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284613)) "I can't resist privacy badger and Ublock Origin since they are open source" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46284847))
- Long-running, low-maintenance staple (3 comments): "Looking at my own installed extensions, I have a password manager, Privacy Badger and Firefox Multi-Account Containers, which I suppose is the three I really need." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46974662)) "that seems to work, very nice, that's one less extension" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46976340)) "it's been a staple in my browser for years" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695393))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock.md): 137 recommend
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers.md): 76 recommend
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript.md): 61 recommend
- [Consent-O-Matic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consent-o-matic.md): 36 recommend
- [LibRedirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libredirect.md): 35 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Privacy Badger", https://hackerapproved.com/p/privacy-badger/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).