Pantherina@feddit.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agoCursed Firefox Addons. A fun list of things you should NOT add to your browser.addons.mozilla.orgexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up167arrow-down127
arrow-up140arrow-down1external-linkCursed Firefox Addons. A fun list of things you should NOT add to your browser.addons.mozilla.orgPantherina@feddit.de to Privacy@lemmy.ml · edit-21 year agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareCheradeninelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up36·1 year agoGhostery started out great, then they were bought by an ad company. There was a feature where you could mark something that had slipped past Ghostery as an ad, which they then used to fine tune the ads to make it past the filter. The Wikipedia page is actually pretty good on this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery
minus-squareMario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 year ago Since July 2018, with version 8.2, Ghostery shows advertisements of its own to users Damn. I’m a bit surprised it’s labeled “recommended”
minus-squaremetaphortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIs there a general recommendation for a similar addon? Is PrivacyBadger the way to go?
Ghostery started out great, then they were bought by an ad company. There was a feature where you could mark something that had slipped past Ghostery as an ad, which they then used to fine tune the ads to make it past the filter.
The Wikipedia page is actually pretty good on this. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery
Damn. I’m a bit surprised it’s labeled “recommended”
Is there a general recommendation for a similar addon? Is PrivacyBadger the way to go?
uBlock Origin?