firefox, trackers and ghostery

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 15 July 2013 09:10:45 Basil Chupin did opine:

> On 15/07/13 08:38, Gene Heskett wrote:
> > On Sunday 14 July 2013 18:36:34 pete smout did opine:
> >> On 14/07/13 19:00, Gerhard Magnus wrote:
> >>> I've posted in the past about how slow Firefox can be when it's
> >>> loading pages. Now I've found something that makes a noticeable
> >>> difference: the addon "ghostery" that blocks "trackers," which their
> >>> website defines as page elements - scripts, pixels, iframes, etc. -
> >>> that are normally invisible to the user. What "trackers" seem to be
> >>> all about is marketing, and apparently they've been wasting a lot of
> >>> my time.
> >>> 
> >>> http://www.ghostery.com
> >>> 
> >>> What's especially interesting to me is a list that shows the
> >>> trackers that have been blocked for each website I visit. For
> >>> example, the intro page for cnn.com includes 10 such unwanted
> >>> visitors with names like "Audience Science," "Dynamic Science," and
> >>> "Scorecard Research." Fascinating stuff!
> >> 
> >> Hi
> >> 
> >> Just to say +1 for ghostery!
> >> 
> >> Since the prism revelations I am 'trying' to prevent the general
> >> scooping of data, to at least make em work for it!
> >> 
> >> Pete
> > 
> > I just installed it, and it seems to work, but who is it sending data
> > back to?  Just asking, but I always have the TANSTAAFL principle in
> > mind.  Just like if you think the peanuts are free, check the price
> > of the beer. :)
> > 
> > Cheers, Gene
> 
> Add to Ghostery the following extensions:
> 
> Better Privacy
> 
> AdBlock
> 
> Cookie Culler
> 
> NoScript
> 
> RefControl
> 
> RequestPolicy
> 
> Secure Or Not
> 
> Trustware SecureBrowsing
> 
> BC

I have several o those, but theres about 3 there that are new to me.

Thanks Basil.

Cheers, Gene
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