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Why is this episode of NOVA about data privacy recommending Privacy Badger? (www.pbs.org)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by hedge@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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I was under the impression that Privacy Badger wasn't considered useful any more . . . ? They should've just recommended using Firefox instead, yes?

EDIT: They spoke to, but IMHO, did not give enough time to, Cory Doctorow and Brewster Kahle. They mentioned Mastodon 👍, and described the Fediverse while not actually calling it that! A bit frustrating.

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[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe just bad research. I haven't tried, but I'm sure if you search for "how to protect yourself online" some of the SEO manipulating websites show up in the first results.

[–] hedge@beehaw.org 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well, they spoke with the EFF which made Privacy Badger, so maybe that's why. They did the password thing with the dice, tho, which I guess is good.

[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ok. Makes sense. The video is geoblocked for me so I probably should've kept my mouth shut

[–] kath@kbin.social 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

pbs.org is yt-dlp compatible

[–] hedge@beehaw.org 1 points 5 months ago

That's good to know, thanks!