flurryUblock origin blacklisted trackers list might not be exhaustive so privacy badger will pick up.
Btw I’d love to have a nice explanation on how it works if you think I’m wrong
Kilgore TroutPrivacy Badger also relies on blocklists.
No I don’t think so, or they lie.
« Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger automatically discovers trackers based on their behavior »
Source : addons.mozilla.org/en-US/…/privacy-badger17/#:~:t….
Thanks to disclosures from Google Security Team, we are changing the way Privacy Badger works by default in order to protect you better. Privacy Badger used to learn about trackers as you browsed the Web. Now, we are turning “local learning” off by default, as it may make you more identifiable to websites or other actors.
Privacy Badger Is Changing to Protect You Better
Privacy Badger was created to protect users from pervasive non-consensual tracking, and to do so automatically, without relying on human-edited lists of known trackers. While our goals remain the same, our approach is changing. It is time for Privacy Badger to evolve.Thanks to disclosures from...
I was unaware of that change, even their website still promote heuristics.
That being said, it’s not the same list as uBlock origin so you might have trackers going through ublock origin blocked by privacy badger or the opposite.
My point is, why not use both ?
That used to be the default behaviour, now it’s disabled but you can still enable this feature in its settings.