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Just like standard AdBlock + Ghostery... and other assorted goodies to block that crap.

• ta_blockadead 13y ago
  Standard adblock would be adblock plus which is tied with advertisers through its infamous "acceptable ads" feature. see: http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-in-ein-mafioeses-werbenetzwerk/ http://www.mobilegeeks.de/adblock-plus-undercover-einblicke-... https://medium.com/surveillance-state/cd2cb53bcaba https://medium.com/surveillance-state/cd2cb53bcaba http://www.infowars.com/google-reportedly-paid-adblock-plus-not-to-block-its-ads/ http://www.infowars.com/google-reportedly-paid-adblock-plus-... http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-shaking-down-websites/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/adblock-plus-accused-of-sha... Ghostery works for the advertisement industry by building profile of blocked ads to allow them to tweak the ads so you don't want to block them. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516156/a-popular-ad-blocker-also-helps-the-ad-industry/ http://www.technologyreview.com/news/516156/a-popular-ad-blo...
  • alextingle 13y ago
    Yeah, just turn off the "acceptable ads" too. I used to leave them on, until I learned that they were paid for.
  • 6d0debc071 13y ago
    > Ghostery works for the advertisement industry by building profile of blocked ads to allow them to tweak the ads so you don't want to block them. From the wikipage and the copy I have installed, it look like only if you enable Ghost Rank. (And as ways to use data goes I can think of worse things than making ads less annoying.)