[julioneander]

I recommend Privacy Badger, sponsored by the EFF, which is supposed to block trackers. I prefer it over Ghostery, which is backed by some company.

uBlock Origin is great for blocking Ads though. If you really need to block scripts, there's NoScript.

I recommend using at least the adblocker and the tracker blocker, even if only to reduce memory usage of the browser and take back a couple of CPU cycles from your computer stolen by pesky ads.

[cheeze]

Not to mention that ghostery used to sell your data to advertisers. I think they stopped, but how ironic can it get!?

[MandieD]

uBlock Origin + Privacy Badger are my combo of choice. They play nicely together, and are easy enough to deal with that my non-web-savvy father-in-law surfs comfortably with them. Privacy Badger's most glaring weakness is that it takes a new install of the plugin awhile to learn that Facebook, fbcdn, etc are up to no good, but once it catches on, it’s great.

[redwall_hp]

Privacy Badger is also based on AdBlock Plus's code, which is a weakness in itself. The entire reason uBlock Origin exists is because of inefficiencies with ABP that the author thought could be avoided.

I just check the privacy list options in uBlock Origin.

https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/uBlock-vs.-ABP:-effic...

[millak]

I've always wondered how well Privacy Badger works if you also have third-party cookies disabled - is there any benefit in that case?