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It is not "calling home" if you enable the collection... Privacy Badger isn't nearly as effective as Ghostery. Regarding Ghostrank -- isn't it better that ad c
by aroch 12y ago
It is not "calling home" if you enable the collection... Privacy Badger isn't nearly as effective as Ghostery.
Regarding Ghostrank -- isn't it better that ad companies learn to create non-intrusive, acceptable ads so that we don't have to rely on adblockers everywhere and can actually give sites their ad-revenue?
- atoponce 12y agoI would prefer that ad companies learn to create non-intrusive ads. I've been hoping for this for the past 15 years. Sadly, no progress is being made here.
- atoponce 12y agoOh, also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism
- aroch 12y agoThat's literally a rehash of the FUD in your parent post.
- atoponce 12y agoThere's no uncertainty or doubt about it. Ghostrank reports back about how it has disabled tracking in your browser. It may be "anonymous", but Ghostrank tracks your web usage, and sells it to advertisers. http://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-to-a-514417864 http://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actuall... http://www.informationweek.com/software/social/ghostery-makes-privacy-marketable/d/d-id/1317687 http://www.informationweek.com/software/social/ghostery-make... https://gigaom.com/2014/11/19/ghostery-uses-plugin-data-to-power-new-enterprise-marketing-suite/ https://gigaom.com/2014/11/19/ghostery-uses-plugin-data-to-p... Ghostrank tracks you. Plain and simple.