Learn to say popular browser privacy and ad-blocking extension names correctly.
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How is uBlock Origin (free, open-source browser extension for blocking ads and trackers) correctly pronounced?
uBlock Origin is pronounced 'YOO-blok OR-ih-jin' — 'U' spoken as the letter plus 'block', then 'origin' exactly like the everyday word. In a technical interview: "uBlock Origin cut the page weight in half by stripping every tracker before it even loaded."
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How is Privacy Badger (browser extension from the EFF that automatically blocks invisible trackers) correctly pronounced?
Privacy Badger is pronounced 'PRY-vuh-see BAJ-er' — 'privacy' plus 'badger', exactly like the everyday animal name. In a technical interview: "Privacy Badger learned which third-party script was tracking me across sites and blocked it automatically."
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How is DuckDuckGo (privacy-focused search engine and browser extension) correctly pronounced?
DuckDuckGo is pronounced 'DUK-duk-goh' — 'duck' repeated twice plus 'go', all plain English words. In a technical interview: "DuckDuckGo's extension stripped the tracking parameters out of the URL before I even clicked the link."
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How is Ghostery (browser extension that detects and blocks tracking technologies on websites) correctly pronounced?
Ghostery is pronounced 'GOH-stuh-ree' — 'ghost' exactly like the everyday word, plus '-ery'. In a technical interview: "Ghostery showed me a list of eleven trackers running on that single news article."
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How is Decentraleyes (browser extension that serves local copies of common JavaScript libraries to block CDN tracking) correctly pronounced?
Decentraleyes is pronounced 'dee-SEN-truh-lyz' — a play on 'decentralize', ending like the word 'eyes'. In a technical interview: "Decentraleyes served jQuery from a local copy instead of letting the CDN log every visitor who loaded that page."