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by dcancel 18y ago
Good idea. Thanks for checking it out. David
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by dcancel 18y ago
I created Ghostery so I could see what trackers, analytics and widgets sites I visit use. Very different use case than the misnomer "spyware cookies". Spyware cookies are something invented by Spyware software vendors to sell more software.
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by dcancel 18y ago
Thanks for the comment, enjoy your blog. Not looking to reinvent the wheel. Old dinosaurs like myself will remember that the term "web bugs" was in use long before "spyware" and "adware" became popular terms.
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by dcancel 18y ago
A bookmarklet version is on its way which will work on any browser, including Safari.
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by dcancel 18y ago
Your totally right. If your worried about web bugs you can and probably already run tools like you mentioned. Ghostery is for those of us, like me, who just want to know what ad networks, widgets and other web bugs the sites I visit are usi
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by dcancel 18y ago
Actually not trying to spread FUD at all. I'm the founder of one of the companies detected, Lookery.com, before that Compete.com, which relied on 3rd party clickstream sources. It's not the data that is sent that is a reason for concern but
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by dcancel 18y ago
Your right I'm waiting for them to review the site. I meant to link to our softpedia "clean" page, http://www.softpedia.com/progClean/Ghostery-Clean-115003.htm... But your right, being an extension you can just peruse the source yourself.
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by dcancel 18y ago
Thanks for the comments. I'll incorporate everyone's feedback in the next version. I plan on adding the ability to click on any of the web bugs and find out more about that bug. The pages that you land on will be on a wiki so they'll be ope
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See all the web bugs tracking you - Ghostery(ghostery.com)
66 points by dcancel 18y ago|27 comments
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Domready - The smallest subset possible from jQuery to support dom Ready event.(code.google.com)
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A FREE alternative to the taxpayer funded Fed bailout(www1.daveramsey.com)
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Use our Angel Funding Convertible Note Template(blog.lookery.com)
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My Web Beacon Finder(davidcancel.com)
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by dcancel 19y ago
DNSMadeEasy for all my personal domains and Neustar for our work/production domains. Love DNSMadeEasy been using them for a while now, no problems beyond a confusing interface although Neustar's is much worse (interface).
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by dcancel 19y ago
I've moved to Django, huge performance difference. Also a simpler stack, apache + mod_python vs the nginx + mongrel or apache/lighttpd + fcgi or etc....
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Quick way to recommend links to friends(bzzster.com)
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Acorn - Develop your ideas online(managemyideas.com)
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