NoScript blocks Javascript/Flash/etc. based either on a list you import, or on a case-by-case basis. I use it as a security measure, blocking potentially harmful content by default and enabling it only if I need it for the site to function.
Privacy Badger is not designed for security so much as it is for protection against non-consensual tracking. It observes which third-parties store high-entropy cookies on your device. If it sees a third-party domain doing so across three different first-party websites, it automatically blocks requests for any content to that third-party from your browser.
So I'd say the big differences are Privacy Badger is set-and-forget, while NoScript isn't; Privacy Badger protects against different tracking (including pixel tags); NoScript protects against some first-party tracking (if you don't allow JS on a first-party domain) and security dangers.
Full disclosure: I work for EFF which makes Privacy Badger.
That's correct; Privacy Badger doesn't block anything by default because it doesn't use a blacklist. Instead, it observes the behavior of third-party domains and blocks them based on their behavior. (So it may take a bit of normal browsing before it starts blocking things.)
Also, Privacy Badger recently transitioned from beta to 1.0, so if you last tried it more than a month or so ago, I recommend giving it another shot. And if you find bugs, please report them!
Full disclosure: I work at EFF, which makes Privacy Badger.
I might again, the show stopper bug was me attempting to repeatedly block a domain that would not remain blocked, and it was facebook related so the plugin got uninstalled.
NoScript blocks Javascript/Flash/etc. based either on a list you import, or on a case-by-case basis. I use it as a security measure, blocking potentially harmful content by default and enabling it only if I need it for the site to function.
Privacy Badger is not designed for security so much as it is for protection against non-consensual tracking. It observes which third-parties store high-entropy cookies on your device. If it sees a third-party domain doing so across three different first-party websites, it automatically blocks requests for any content to that third-party from your browser.
So I'd say the big differences are Privacy Badger is set-and-forget, while NoScript isn't; Privacy Badger protects against different tracking (including pixel tags); NoScript protects against some first-party tracking (if you don't allow JS on a first-party domain) and security dangers.
Full disclosure: I work for EFF which makes Privacy Badger.