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I learned recently that Ghostery is owned by Evidon [1] and thus no longer trust it. My solution on Chrome is AdBlock, NoScript, turn off Flash, and turn off t
by pi18n 14y ago
I learned recently that Ghostery is owned by Evidon [1] and thus no longer trust it.
My solution on Chrome is AdBlock, NoScript, turn off Flash, and turn off third-party cookies.
I prefer Firefox, which I additionally use CookieSafe, BetterPrivacy, and RefControl.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evidon
- BUGHUNTER 14y agoBesides a certain feeling about the company, do you have any hard facts that might give some suggestions about ghostery not beeing trustworthy? If you do not agree to send them data (config wizard first checkbox I think), is there still data sent to them? Feelings are ok, but keep them for your friends and family. We need facts here, so please deliver.
- pi18n 14y agoI have absolutely no facts whatsoever that they are misusing information. The only fact is that they have an obvious conflict of interest. I assume people interested in privacy would like to be aware of it. I'm sorry that you don't consider it relevant but I am certain others do.
- BUGHUNTER 14y agoI consider it relevant, otherwise I would not haved asked.
- Silhouette 14y agoI learned recently that Ghostery is owned by Evidon and thus no longer trust it. For what it's worth, they have a clear statement in their legal docs about the data they send back (or the absence of such data, if you disable things like GhostRank). Moreover, the source code is unobfuscated and can be viewed directly in your profile directory in Firefox if you want to audit it yourself. I agree that any conflict of interest should be considered with care, but it would be hard for them to be significantly more transparent than they already are being.
- brokentone 14y agoThis doesn't have to be a conflict of interest (as they list themselves when they appear), but rather an attempt at self-regulation. Ghostery, and Scott Meyer, has done a lot to advance the discussion of privacy in advertising; they are educating the consumer-giving them tools that make it more difficult to do their job, or at least doing it in a shady and lucrative way for the good of the consumer and the industry. Similarly much of the opt-out discussions as well as the ad choices icons are industry-driven.