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* It is not necessarily possible to identify what a tracker even is by just looking at requests, without having a way to know if the values sent (e.g. cookies, query params, etc.) are unique to a specific users or shared by many. [^5] * It is not necessarily possible to identify what a tracker even is by just looking at requests, without having a way to know if the values sent (e.g. cookies, query params, etc.) are unique to a specific users or shared by many. [^5]
### Do I still need Privacy Badger? ### Do I still need Privacy Badger?
TL;DR: [Privacy Badger is easily detected](https://adtechmadness.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/detecting-privacy-badgers-canvas-fp-detection/) and additional blocking via [heuristics](https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-work) is redundant or negligible when using Ghostery or uBlock Origin (depending on your configuration). [^16] TL;DR: [Privacy Badger is easily detected](https://adtechmadness.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/detecting-privacy-badgers-canvas-fp-detection/) and additional blocking via [heuristics](https://privacybadger.org/#How-does-Privacy-Badger-work) is redundant or negligible when using Ghostery or uBlock Origin (depending on your configuration). [^16] In fact, as of late 2020, it is only using [static filters by default](https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/10/privacy-badger-changing-protect-you-better). Privacy Badger used to "learn" about trackers, but this was turned off as a default because of security and fingerprinting concerns.
Compared to Ghostery specifically: [Privacy Badger](http://https://privacybadger.org) is the only other popular extension which uses some kind of heuristics to block tracking. There are some fundamental differences in how Privacy Badger and Ghostery work, though. Compared to Ghostery specifically: [Privacy Badger](http://https://privacybadger.org) is the only other popular extension which uses some kind of heuristics to block tracking. There are some fundamental differences in how Privacy Badger and Ghostery work, though.