privacybadger

Highlights:

• Fixed style problems with Google Search results
• Fixed the setting to open results in new browser windows on Google Search

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.10.3...release-2018.10.3.1

Highlights:

• Added protection against outgoing link click tracking on Google Search, Google Docs and Google Hangouts (blog post)
• Fixed various site breakages
• Added Finnish translations
• Improved translations (Simplified Chinese)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.9.20...release-2018.10.3

Highlights:

• Added buttons to back up and restore the disabled sites list using Firefox/Google Sync. The new buttons live under the Manage Data tab on the options page.
• Added saving of in-progress error reports so that you no longer lose your typing when you close the popup for whatever reason
• Fixed popup layout problems when opened in the overflow menu in Firefox
• Updated popup and options to use a higher resolution Badger logo on higher pixel density displays
• Fixed problems with broken fonts and images on Google Docs
• Improved translations (Traditional Chinese, French, German, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.8.22...release-2018.9.20

Highlights:

• Added pre-trained tracker data for new Privacy Badger installations. Visit https://www.eff.org/badger-pretraining to learn more.
• Added reset/clear tracker data buttons to the Manage Data options page tab
• Fixed various site breakages
• Added Persian and Brazilian Portuguese translations
• Improved translations (Simplified Chinese, Danish, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Swedish)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.8.1...release-2018.8.22

Highlights:

• Fixed security issues with HTML5 local storage tracking detection as well as SoundCloud widget replacement. Thanks again to Cure53 for discovering and reporting these vulnerabilities.
• Improved Facebook link unwrapping; now enabled on the Facebook Onion domain
• Improved translations (Italian, Norwegian Bokmål, Swedish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.7.18.1...release-2018.8.1

Highlights:

• Added setting to disable sending Do Not Track to websites
• Fixed security issue with link unwrapping on Facebook. Thanks to Cure53 for discovering and reporting this vulnerability.
• Improved ordering of domain names in the popup and on the options page
• Improved handling of disabled sites with wildcards
• Added t.co link replacement to user profiles on Twitter
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Simplified Chinese, Dutch, Esperanto, German, Russian, Swedish, Turkish)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.5.10...release-2018.7.18.1

Highlights:

• Added protection against outgoing link click tracking on Facebook (blog post)
• Updated WebRTC protection to revert to browser default (off) when disabled
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Traditional Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.4.23...release-2018.5.10

Highlights:

• Fixed changes not being persisted for domains that appear after scrolling the tracking domains list on the options page
• Improved tracking domains search on the options page
• Fixed "can't access dead object" errors in Firefox
• Updated WebRTC protection checkbox to become disabled when the setting is controlled by other extensions
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Traditional Chinese, Czech, Danish, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.4.10...release-2018.4.23

Highlights:

• Updated the new user welcome page. The redesigned page is mobile-friendly, accessible and already translated into several languages.
• Fixed Do Not Track being checked sometimes in Private Browsing/Incognito windows. By default, Privacy Badger should not record anything in Incognito.
• Added setting to allow learning in Private Browsing/Incognito windows
• Fixed unwanted scrolling when switching tabs on the options page
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Bulgarian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Danish, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.3.21...release-2018.4.10

Highlights:

• Fixed Do Not Track not being recognized by sites that test for it by checking navigator.doNotTrack with JavaScript
• Stopped signaling DNT on sites where Privacy Badger is disabled
• Fixed popup in Private Browsing windows in Firefox
• Fixed certain kinds of site breakages (such as visual issues with charts) not going away even after disabling Privacy Badger on the site
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Bulgarian, Traditional Chinese, German, Italian, Swedish)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.2.5...release-2018.3.21

Highlights:

• Added type/status filters to the tracking domains list on the options page
• Reworked social widget replacement to avoid WebExtensions fingerprintability issue in Firefox
• New translations (Turkish)
• Improved translations (Danish, Esperanto, French, German, Polish, Swedish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.1.30...release-2018.2.5

Highlights:

• Removed the "unlimitedStorage" permission from the manifest
• Changed the tracker count badge color from red to "Privacy Badger orange"

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.1.25...release-2018.1.30

Chrome-only critical bug fix release.

Added workaround (0851983f57837ea97126f9678641107194e2ae2e) to avoid Privacy Badger getting disabled as "Not from Chrome Web Store".

Changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2018.1.22...release-2018.1.25

Highlights:

• Reduced amount of data stored as part of normal operation. Privacy Badger will no longer record (or check Do Not Track policies for) non-tracking domains. This should enable us to remove the "unlimitedStorage" permission with the next Badger update.
• Improved tracker detection status summaries in popup and options
• Added explanatory acknowledgement to Tracking Domains options page tab
• Fixed file download dialog not being shown when exporting user data in Firefox
• Removed "Requests to the server have been blocked by an extension" messages in Chrome and Opera
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Bulgarian, Danish, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.11.20...release-2018.1.22

Highlights:

• Disabled custom tooltips in Firefox to work around browser freezing issues
• Added validation to whitelisted domains form
• Improved translations (Dutch, Esperanto and German)
• Added Bulgarian and Polish translations

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.11.9...release-2017.11.20

Highlights:

• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (French, Serbian and Ukrainian)
• Added Esperanto translation

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.10.25.1...release-2017.11.9

Reverted manifest file change preventing upload to Chrome Web Store.

Changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.10.25...release-2017.10.25.1

Highlights:

• Added Beta support for Firefox for Android
• Updated popup to close after doing anything that reloads the page
• Improved handling of long domain names
• Improved tooltips
• Restored canvas fingerprinting detection to Firefox
• Fixed yellowlist updates not getting applied when importing Badger data
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Danish, French, German, Italian, Swedish)

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.9.12.1...release-2017.10.25

Fixed build script issue that reintroduced major site breakages on Firefox.

Changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.9.12...release-2017.9.12.1

Highlights:

• Fixed Do Not Track policy checking for blocked domains
• Fixed exporting large Badger datasets
• Fixed various site breakages
• Improved translations (Czech, Italian, Swedish, Ukrainian)
• Added Danish translation

Full changeset: https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/compare/release-2017.7.24...release-2017.9.12