Ghostery is a Firefox add-on used to protect your privacy, see who's tracking your web browsing and block them.
Questions tagged [ghostery]
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Does uBlock Origin make Ghostery redundant?
I have uBlock Origin installed in my browser, as well as AdBlock.
Does having uBlock Origin mean there is no point to running Ghostery? Will Ghostery find and suppress any scripts that uBlock Origin does not already detect?
(I am using Google…
joeytwiddle
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Get blocklist from ghostery
I am using Luakit as browser, which does not have support for firefox plugins like ghostery. It does have an adblock plugin which can use a textfile with all the urls that needed to be blocked, like easylist from the Ad Block Plus plugin for…
Carlito
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Is the new Firefox Content Blocking similar to Ghostery?
I have been using the Ghostery plugin with Firefox for a while now as my main tracking and ad blocker. I've noticed that the new Firefox 63 also has content blocking. Do I no longer need Ghostery because Firefox 63 effectively does the same thing?
Rozgonyi
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Ghostery extension exception: 'failed to redirect a network request to ... because another extension (Privacy Badger) redirected it to ...'
I have installed both Ghostery and Privacy Badger extension in google chrome.
This error (as seen in the screenshot)
This extension failed to redirect a network request to
data:application/javascript;base64,...
because another extension…
Anthony Kong
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Is it possible to disable Ghostery Smart Blocking
I discovered today that Ghostery is allowing trackers (e.g. google) to function even though I have block all trackers set. It appears that their Smart Blocking overrides your choice to block all and allows trackers they deem safe.
What is Smart…
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Ghostery shows "chango" trackers on sites that shouldn't have trackers at all
If I visit pages which should not have trackers like www.google.com, my Ghostery addon signals that "chango" is blocked. I asked a colleague to install Ghostery and check if he sees the tracker too, but it only appears on my laptop.
I tried a…
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How to permit banner ads but block everything else
I want to permit banner ads on news pages. Yet retain a strict block on all other scripts.
I usually browse with NoScript and Ghostery on full block. My machine has modest processing power and memory. I often need many browser tabs open at once.…
markling
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If you're logged on gmail, and use Ghostery for Firefox, can Google still track your web browsing?
I find it confusing trying to work out whether Ghostery stops the Google tracking cookies (esp. the ones associated when you sign in) or whether Google can still track your web browsing (see the websites where you've been and associate your google…
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Ghostery Add-On would not block this time?
This is the first time it's ever happened, but I saw an unblocked tracker when accessing a site and when I clicked on the box to block it, I got a notice that Ghostery "only blocks sites beginning with http:// or https://". I did see that the site…
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Random removal of my extensions, Laptop, Windows, Chrome Extensions Ghostery & Adware Plus
My Chrome extensions are constantly being deleted.
It happens when my laptop is in use and I reload them every time it happens for fear of my data being corrupted. I estimate they delete themselves twice an hour.
I have found forums discussing…
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Ad-block preventing YouTube advancing to next video
I always had Ghostery, Ad-block and Privacy Badger installed. Now, after fresh Firefox install on Kubuntu Plasma 6 (about 2 weeks ago) I noticed different behaviour.
One of those ad-blockers is automatically rejecting or accepting cookies
One or…
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