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Lifehacker just did a comparison of popular privacy extensions and called Disconnect the best (over Ghostery and others): http://lifehacker.com/the-best-browser
by byoogle 13y ago
Lifehacker just did a comparison of popular privacy extensions and called Disconnect the best (over Ghostery and others): http://lifehacker.com/the-best-browser-extensions-that-protect-your-privacy-479408034 http://lifehacker.com/the-best-browser-extensions-that-prote...
- w1ntermute 13y agoJust installed it. I'd heard of it before but never given it a shot. It's definitely got a nice UI.
- vidyesh 13y agoJust for everyone to know. byoogle is the mastermind behind Disconnect. :)
- fakeer 13y agoOkay, I have used both but didn't find Disconnect(good too) even near Ghostery or ABP(have used this too); ABP is bulky that's true.. Though I've been uneasy since Ghostery went closed source[1] but it's so easy to use and light on the browser. Disconnect is partially open source[2] too, and ABP is fully open source. I guess I might switch back to ABP if complains start for Ghostery. [1]https://github.com/jonpierce/ghostery https://github.com/jonpierce/ghostery [2]https://github.com/disconnectme/ https://github.com/disconnectme/
- Evbn 13y agoHow is browser JS closed source? Without auditing, calling a server open source is meaningless.
- D9u 13y agoI prefer Conformal's Xombrero browser. https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xombrero https://opensource.conformal.com/wiki/xombrero
- nnnnni 13y agoYeah... You really should have put a disclaimer in there to let everyone know that you were advertising your own product. That makes me never want to try the extension, no matter how good it may be.
- bti 13y agoI don't think he wrote the Lifehacker article he linked to.
- nnnnni 13y agoHe was advertising it on HN, not LifeHacker, with that comment.
- Evbn 13y agoHe tried, but his product is so good that it scrubbed out the identifying information in his post. (Kidding)
- w1ntermute 13y agoYeah, that left a bad taste in my mouth. Just switched back to Ghostery.
- jimSc55 13y agoI'm interested in Disconnect. Your FAQ says you don't record personal information like IP addresses but what about statistics? Ghostery, for example, has an opt-in option to submit anonymous stats on blocked content. Do you do the same?