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[![Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/wp-content/themes/ghostery/images/ghostery_logo_black.svg)](https://www.ghostery.com)
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Last updated: 28 June 2022 | [download](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension#downloads)
Last updated: 16 August 2022 | [download](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension#downloads)
Ghostery helps you browse smarter by giving you control over ads and tracking technologies to speed up page loads, eliminate clutter, and protect your data.
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### 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] 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) ([pre-2020](https://portswigger.net/daily-swig/privacy-badger-turns-local-learning-off-by-default-following-google-security-warnings)) 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.
For example, Privacy Badger will try to learn over time which domains are "tracking" you then block these in the future, based on locally analyzed information. In contrast, Ghostery's anti-tracking is working out-of-the-box and privacy protection is derived from a global knowledge of trackers on the Web.