Chromium claims the Debian version of Privacy Badger is "no longer supported"

[ediosyncratic]

Is this just the panopticon trying to help stalkers track me ?
Debian still reports webext-privacy-badger version 2020.10.7-1 as installed, but Chromium's dialog (on a restart after updating it) about why it just turned Privacy Badger off "for me" initially made it look like there was nothing left to do but uninstall it. The "Manage extensions" dialogue reiterated that Privacy Badger is no longer supported. However, when I went to configure Privacy Badger, I was able to turn it back on.

In "Manage Extensions", I do still get a message:

Chromium recommends you review this extension
Chromium can't verify where this extension comes from, and it might be unsafe. Remove it from Chromium so it can no longer see and change your data on sites you visit, including personal info.

So it seems our Overlords who wish to be Omniscient are quite unsubtly trying to discourage folk from using Privacy Badger.

[ghostwords]

Hello and thanks for getting in touch!

Google is in the process of phasing out "Manifest V2" extensions, so what you ran into is expected. The latest version of Privacy Badger (as of now, 2025.3.27) is a "Manifest V3" extension.

If you can, I highly recommend updating to the latest Privacy Badger by removing whatever you installed through Debian and visiting Privacy Badger's homepage to get the correct install link for your browser.