Alexei

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Thanks for the performance recording! It looks like the CPU is maxed out because while Privacy Badger failed to properly initialize, probably because of JS errors, maybe [the one above](https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues/2954#issuecomment-1981956984),...

Sure, testing would be really nice! We could also then [take another look at the errors](https://github.com/EFForg/privacybadger/issues/2954#issuecomment-1981902835) that cause Privacy Badger to fail on initialization. There are no extra steps, no...

>Would your fix have any visual indications that the extension failed to initialize? No, the only the thing I changed in #2955 is that the CPU-consuming infinite loop should terminate...

I updated #2955 to also style the badge with a red exclamation mark and to show an error message in the popup once failed initialization is detected (after ten seconds...

How does TrustPID work on a technical level? There are some suggestions [in this Twitter thread](https://twitter.com/johnwilander/status/1531387362894172160). If this involves third-party JavaScript, Privacy Badger might learn to block it, but I...

Previously: #956.

Hello and thanks for the report! >and that the FAQ entry cannot work (which I understand that Riot/Matrix cannot apply the DNT policy), because it would break session persistence I...

Please see the ["What does the dnt-policy.txt promise mean?" EFF DNT policy FAQ entry](https://www.eff.org/dnt-policy#What-does-the-dnt-policy.txt-promise-mean). A company wouldn't knowingly want to engage in this sort of behavior as it will put...

Hello and thanks for asking! I do think it is likely that Privacy Badger already knows to block (or at least block cookies of) most domains controlled by cookie consent...

Hello! Right now the list mostly consists of [a bunch of language codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1). What made you consider adding [country codes](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166)?