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Started by abarbarian , Jul 20 2012 06:56 AM
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#1 OFFLINE   abarbarian

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:56 AM

http://www.ghostery.com/

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Ghostery is a browser tool available for Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera and Internet Explorer. It scans the page for scripts, pixels, and other elements and notifies the user of the companies whose code is present on the page. These page elements aren't otherwise visible to the user, and often not detailed in the page source code. Ghostery allows users to learn more about these companies and their practices, and block the page elements from loading if the user chooses.

Neat add-on, Well worth a look. :breakfast:
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 08:50 AM

Indeed, I have been using Ghostery about a year or so and I find it very useful :thumbup:
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 01:16 PM

Yep, I used it for a long time, then I heard that it was owned by 'marketers' and didn't allow you to block. The former is true, but the latter is not. They do allow you to block! But I am not happy with it being owned by marketers/advertisers.

So, I have removed it in favor of DoNotTrack Plus by Abine.

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Extension available for both Firefox and Chrome:


Do Not Track Plus :: Add-ons for Firefox

Chrome Web Store - Do Not Track Plus


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Posted 20 July 2012 - 04:57 PM

Trying out Do Not Track now. :)

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 05:01 PM

Cool! :thumbsup:
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 05:19 PM

Does it simply enable DNT in the browser, or does it actually block things?

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 05:34 PM

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Ghostery users are anonymous. If you elect to download the Ghostery plug in, you'll note there are no registrations or sign ups required. The Ghostery plug-in does not place session cookies into your browser. Neither the Ghostery application nor Evidon receives any data from Ghostery users unless the user opts-in to participate in GhostRank. In that case, data is collected in aggregate form and without any personal information, for research and industry monitoring purposes (more on GhostRank below). GhostRank data is never used for advertising targeting purposes. GhostRank is a true opt-in feature - all the other features of Ghostery are fully available whether or not GhostRank is enabled.
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Giving DoNotTrack a go aswell.

Edited by abarbarian, 20 July 2012 - 05:40 PM.

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:22 PM

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Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:26 PM

I'm not sure when I installed DNT+ but it was sometime in the past 3 or 4 months and it has blocked 25,877 items for me!
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Posted 20 July 2012 - 06:33 PM

I just installed it an hour or so ago. :)

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 07:31 AM

50K plus so far with DNT+. I like it! :clap:
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Posted 21 July 2012 - 10:29 AM

From DNT+:

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Wahoo! Your all-time total is:
36,428 blocked

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 01:01 PM

I was late to the game with DoNotTrack Plus since I was previously using Ghostery, but here's mine:

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Cool! Your all-time total is:
24,762 blocked

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 01:26 PM

I did it a couple months back when Liz did. Like it a lot.

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Who's tried to track you? Total # blocked Social networks 14,331 Ad networks 31 Tracking companies 31,050

In total, you've stopped 45,412 attempts to track you.


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Posted 21 July 2012 - 02:24 PM

Nice to see that little stopped tracker count eh?

I started using it about the same time you and Liz did, frapper.
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