mr.smashy
Jul 9, 2021

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Ghostery is owned by Evidon, a company that collects and provides data to advertising companies. It has a feature called GhostRank that you can check to "support" them. The problem is, Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information on you—but Ghostrank will take note the ads you encounter and which ones you block, and sends that information back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked. The data is anonymous, and Ghostery still does everything it promises to do to protect your privacy, while helping advertisers.

Disconnect is a good replacement for Ghostery. Also Brave is a fantastic replacement for Chrome, it's faster and has amazing anti-fingerprinting technology. If you need a VPN, get a good VPN. ProtonVPN is excellent, as is ProtonMail.

Test your browser for tracking protection here: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

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mr.smashy
mr.smashy

Written by mr.smashy

Cybersecurity architect. Security dev and researcher. Infosec nerd. Linux enthusiast. All opinions and views are my own. Polite, professional, prepared.

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