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I just mentioned Disconnect, but I make Disconnect. :-) You should try the new Disconnect (Disconnect 2) which has a lot more features than Ghostery and is eve

by byoogle 13y ago

I just mentioned Disconnect, but I make Disconnect. :-) You should try the new Disconnect (Disconnect 2) which has a lot more features than Ghostery and is even rated higher by users than Ghostery is. We just launched Safari and Opera versions today (and are also available on Chrome and Firefox).

rs232 13y ago
Any plans to accept Bitcoin donations?
- byoogle 13y ago
  Yeah, I think later this week. (We actually had a Coinbase implementation before we launched, which we decided to pull last minute because we thought there was a little too much Bitcoin and Coinbase uncertainty at the time.)
Semaphor 13y ago
And thanks for it! It's blocking is great and the interface is by far the most userfriendly of the bunch :) I switched to it when it was mentioned on HN a few months ago.
- deleted 13y ago
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nly 13y ago
Please consider accepting payments in Bitcoin! Also, does "Wi-fi security" conflict with HTTPS Everywhere? The features seem to be analogous.
Nux 13y ago
Good man! I shall try it ASAP.
JonnieCache 13y ago
Hello! Love the tool. Dropped ghostery for it a while ago. One criticism: It's not clear from the popup what the numbers mean. Are they counting scripts loaded, or scripts blocked? The same for the colouring. Are coloured icons blocked, and greyed ones allowed through, or vice-versa? And of course the tickboxes.
- byoogle 13y ago
  Thanks! Good feedback. The numbers indicate requests (as in HTTP requests) attempted by the tracking companies. Green (or checked) indicates the requests were blocked. Gray (or unchecked) indicates they were allowed. We'll beef up the help doc (https://disconnect.me/d2/help https://disconnect.me/d2/help) to clarify.
  - qwertzlcoatl 13y ago
    Ghostery has the option to block all trackers at once in a big list with 1490 trackers. Disconnect 2 doesn't provide this option, does that mean that all the known trackers are blocked by default? Some pages I visit show 100+ requests but when I enter the add-on it only shows 2 advertising attempts and maybe 1 analytics request. Where do these other hundred requests come from and were they effectively blocked from communicating with its third-party provider? Disconnect 2 basically replaces HTTPS Everywhere, which I find nice.
    - byoogle 13y ago
      We saved you a click. :-) Disconnect blocks (2,000+ tracking sites) by default. The number of requests in the dropdown menu should add up to the number of requests in the toolbar counter (we do group requests by company, which Ghostery doesn't do, so you will see less rows in Disconnect's UI if that's what you mean). Do you have a site where the two aren't equal?
      - qwertzlcoatl 13y ago
        The only thing I would like to do is block certain trackers manually. For example "geoplugin.com" is enabled by default in Disconnect while I can block it manually in Ghostery. And I became used to not seeing google +1's and tumblr share buttons etc. Isn't there the possibilty to block them even before I visit a page? Right now I need to disable them via the disconnect UI and the page needs to reload.
footoverhand 13y ago
Do you have any plans to support Seamonkey?
binxbolling 13y ago
It's weird to me that entering $0 then seemingly still requires my credit card or PayPal.

by byoogle 13y ago

rs232 13y ago

Any plans to accept Bitcoin donations?

byoogle 13y ago
Yeah, I think later this week. (We actually had a Coinbase implementation before we launched, which we decided to pull last minute because we thought there was a little too much Bitcoin and Coinbase uncertainty at the time.)

Semaphor 13y ago

And thanks for it! It's blocking is great and the interface is by far the most userfriendly of the bunch :) I switched to it when it was mentioned on HN a few months ago.

deleted 13y ago
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nly 13y ago

Please consider accepting payments in Bitcoin! Also, does "Wi-fi security" conflict with HTTPS Everywhere? The features seem to be analogous.

Nux 13y ago

Good man! I shall try it ASAP.

JonnieCache 13y ago

Hello! Love the tool. Dropped ghostery for it a while ago. One criticism: It's not clear from the popup what the numbers mean. Are they counting scripts loaded, or scripts blocked? The same for the colouring. Are coloured icons blocked, and greyed ones allowed through, or vice-versa? And of course the tickboxes.

byoogle 13y ago
Thanks! Good feedback. The numbers indicate requests (as in HTTP requests) attempted by the tracking companies. Green (or checked) indicates the requests were blocked. Gray (or unchecked) indicates they were allowed. We'll beef up the help doc (https://disconnect.me/d2/help https://disconnect.me/d2/help) to clarify.
- qwertzlcoatl 13y ago
  Ghostery has the option to block all trackers at once in a big list with 1490 trackers. Disconnect 2 doesn't provide this option, does that mean that all the known trackers are blocked by default? Some pages I visit show 100+ requests but when I enter the add-on it only shows 2 advertising attempts and maybe 1 analytics request. Where do these other hundred requests come from and were they effectively blocked from communicating with its third-party provider? Disconnect 2 basically replaces HTTPS Everywhere, which I find nice.
  - byoogle 13y ago
    We saved you a click. :-) Disconnect blocks (2,000+ tracking sites) by default. The number of requests in the dropdown menu should add up to the number of requests in the toolbar counter (we do group requests by company, which Ghostery doesn't do, so you will see less rows in Disconnect's UI if that's what you mean). Do you have a site where the two aren't equal?
    - qwertzlcoatl 13y ago
      The only thing I would like to do is block certain trackers manually. For example "geoplugin.com" is enabled by default in Disconnect while I can block it manually in Ghostery. And I became used to not seeing google +1's and tumblr share buttons etc. Isn't there the possibilty to block them even before I visit a page? Right now I need to disable them via the disconnect UI and the page needs to reload.

footoverhand 13y ago

Do you have any plans to support Seamonkey?

binxbolling 13y ago

It's weird to me that entering $0 then seemingly still requires my credit card or PayPal.