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Oh, the irony! Ghostery reports 3 tracker javascript frameworks in the link refered by this post: Lotame, Comscore Beacon and (guess what?) Google Analytics.
by diego_moita 16y ago
Oh, the irony!
Ghostery reports 3 tracker javascript frameworks in the link refered by this post: Lotame, Comscore Beacon and (guess what?) Google Analytics.
For those interested in privacy I'd recommend: http://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/. It has protection for a lot of trackers in most web-browsers.
- MikeCapone 16y agoAre you affiliated with that link you posted in any way? Just curious.
- diego_moita 16y ago:-D No, I am just a plain and simple paranoid.
- ugh 16y agoHelp me out, I'm not seeing the irony.
- sudont 16y agoThe ars post contains the tracking code. In addition, Ars also once tested out blocking content for those who ran ad-block. Frankly, I think this is less irony and more solid reporting despite the conflict of interest. (Or rather, conflict of cash-flow.)
- Estragon 16y agoWhat does ghostery get me beyond what I get from the anti-tracking lists in Ad Block Plus?
- diego_moita 16y agoI use both in Firefox. Ghostery sometimes blocks trackers that ABP doesn't. E.g: I didn't find google-analyitics in ABP's EasyList.
- aerique 16y agoRephrase: what does Ghostery get me that ABP + NoScript (which does get Google Analytics) doesn't? (Serious question, just trying to keep my FF4 install somewhat lean.)
- lawnchair_larry 16y agoNot a lot. I think Ghostery is best for ABP without NoScript. People that don't like to manually allow everything, but want to block tracking javascript easily by default. Aside from that, it may add value in telling you which of those javascripts are for tracking. This is usually obvious, but not always. tl;dr: If you want a lean install, it probably is not necessary to add Ghostery to ABP+NS.
- Estragon 16y agoThanks, I'm trying Ghostery out.
- pavs 16y ago"Irony" is not what you think it is.
- diego_moita 16y ago> "Irony" is not what you think it is. Well, maybe. In English it seems that "irony" conveys only a rhetorical effect. In Latin derived languages (Spanish, Portuguese), however, it also conveys a situation that turns out to be not what it seems at first sight; as in the Greek root eirōneía (dissimulation). We call it ironia del destino (destiny's irony). E.g.: one would expect a site that publishes news concerned about privacy not to collect information about visitors without them knowing it. But I concede that English restricts the meaning of this word. Thanks for the correction.
- esmevane 16y agoYou used the word properly. In addition, your response smacks of philosophical irony. Further, I think it's ironic that even people who champion the proper use of ironic, don't know what it genuinely signifies. I'd love to say it's also unfortunate that people put much thought into correcting others' use of the term, but that in and of itself would be an ironic statement.
- Joakal 16y agoHow about Ghostery themselves providing services to the advertisement industry? [0] [0] http://www.ghostery.com/faq http://www.ghostery.com/faq (Last paragraph)
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- taylorbuley 16y agoInteresting. So Ghostery users appear to opt-in to being tracked, then Ghostery shares that information with others. http://news.ghostery.com/2011/03/04/ghostery-helps-the-bbb-track-the-trackers/ http://news.ghostery.com/2011/03/04/ghostery-helps-the-bbb-t...