--- title: An adblocker, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN do three... description: An explainer breaks down how adblockers, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN each solve a different privacy problem in the browser, using Among Us as an analogy. It... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/an-adblocker-privacy-badger-and-localcdn-do-three-different-jobs-real-request-logs-from-three-new-u8a8cu7z1 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: An adblocker, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN do three different jobs. Real request logs from three news sites, plus what a day of EasyList commits looks like. | daily.dev og:description: An explainer breaks down how adblockers, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN each solve a different privacy problem in the browser, using Among Us as an analogy. It... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/an-adblocker-privacy-badger-and-localcdn-do-three-different-jobs-real-request-logs-from-three-new-u8a8cu7z1 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/u8a8CU7Z1.png og:image:alt: An adblocker, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN do three different jobs. Real request logs from three news sites, plus what a day of EasyList commits looks like. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- [](https://daily.dev/simonee)[Simonee @simonee • Yesterday10](https://daily.dev/simonee) [Privacy tools explained with Among UsFrom stimmie.dev • Yesterday • 11m read timeAn explainer breaks down how adblockers, Privacy Badger, and LocalCDN each solve a different privacy problem in the browser, using Among Us as an analogy. It walks through how a typical news page loads dozens of third-party requests, how filter-list-based adblockers like uBlock Origin work off constantly updated lists like EasyList (with real commit data showing 138-187 daily commits), how Privacy Badger learns trackers behaviorally after spotting them on three sites, and how LocalCDN intercepts shared CDN requests (jQuery, Bootstrap, fonts) to stop IP leakage to CDN operators. It also notes that browser cache partitioning (Chrome 86, Firefox 85, Safari since 2013) removed the old performance argument for shared CDNs, leaving only the privacy cost.](https://api.daily.dev/r/52b0p3jxM) Comment Bookmark Copy Share your thoughts Post [](https://daily.dev/simonee) [Simonee](https://daily.dev/simonee) [@simonee](https://daily.dev/simonee) Joined Sep 8\. 2026 10 Software engineer, tinkerer, builder of weird things. Writes at stimmie.dev #### Would you recommend this post? 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