"I'll be upfront here -- sites like Pocket-lint depend on ad revenue, so if you want technology news to continue, it's important that you allow ads on the sites that you enjoy. But I also acknowledge that web ads can get out of control, bombarding you when you're just trying to catch up on events or solve a problem. In the worst scenarios, ads can be or vectors for ."
"Strictly speaking, Privacy Badger is a browser extension (created by the non-profit Electronic Frontier Foundation) for blocking trackers. But as the EFF explains it, it's built to block any third-party trackers that continue monitoring you despite Do Not Track and Global Privacy Control requests, and most of those happen to be ads. If your primary concern is privacy and security, rather than distractions, Privacy Badger could be a good choice. It's completely free, and there are versions for Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera."
"Whenever you're on a webpage, you can use the extension to view the tracking at work and adjust what's allowed. Setting a tracker's slider to red blocks ads and cookies. Yellow blocks cookies alone, while green allows everything. Note that if your main concern is ads, you may still need a separate blocker. Indeed, while Privacy Badger used to block a lot of YouTube ads, most will get through now, since there aren't third-party trackers involved."
Sites like Pocket-lint rely on ad revenue, yet web ads can become intrusive, disruptive, or even harmful. A range of ad-blocking tools exists, from general-purpose blockers to narrowly targeted privacy extensions. Privacy Badger, created by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, focuses on blocking third-party trackers and offers per-tracker sliders to block ads and cookies; it is free and available for major browsers but may not stop all ads like those on YouTube. Adblock Plus is popular but controversial due to participation in the Acceptable Ads initiative. Users can use blacklisting and whitelisting to tailor blocking and support preferred sites.
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