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Stop Annoyances: Say No To DuckDuckGo Popup Advertisement
Stop annoyances in their tracks by saying no to DuckDuckGo popup advertisement using a content filter, alternative websites or the command line.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/stop-annoyance-duckduckgo-popup-advertisement/
#blog #ContentFilter #AdBlocker #uBlockOrigin #Ghostery #web
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Ghostery is now available on Edge for Mobile (Android & iOS).
To the best of my knowledge that makes it the only Chrome based Mobile browser with extension support. (There was the Kiwi browser, but it has been discontinued in 2025.)
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Updated: Block or Disable Sign In with Google Prompt Popup
- Add AdGuard AdBlocker
A complete guide to a variety of solutions on how to remove the annoyance of Sign In with Google Prompts by following the step-by-step instructions.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/block-disable-sign-in-with-google-prompt/
#blog #AdGuard #AdBlock #ghostery #PrivacyBadger #uBlockOrigin #web #technology
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Update #1: A user tracked this to having #PrivacyBadger or #uBlockOrigin or #Ghostery extensions installed.
Testing with disabled #uBO made Fennec load pages instantly, but let's be honest, we can't use the Internet without uBlock... 🙄
uBlock issue tracked in: https://github.com/uBlockOrigin/uBlock-issues/issues/3770
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@hobbyblogging #PiHole (mit #DNSCrypt Verbindung), #NextDNS und #Ghostery zusammen, sorgen bei mir für Ruhe im Internet.
Zu Hause, mobil, bei der Arbeit 🙂
Und mit Private Relay, IPv6 und rotierenden Mac-Adressen, auch schwerer zu anhand der IP zu identifizieren (ja, Apple = böse und so. Mir egal 🤣) -
@funkvolk #Ghostery macht da IMHO nen recht soliden Job:
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We don't track you. Don't care where you come from or where you go (or if you would have been married a long time ago).
You don't need blockers on our website. Always good to have them enabled but you should always see a "0" on any extensions like #Ghostery.
This is how the web should be. It was how it was. You see that "0" on #mastodon too which is why it's the best social media.
Roastinghouse.co.uk
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European search engines 🔎
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
#Seznamcz https://www.seznam.czFrance 🇫🇷
#Qwant https://www.qwant.com
#Karma https://karmasearch.org
#Lilo https://www.lilo.org
#ZoTop https://zotop.frGermany 🇩🇪
#Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org
#Metager https://metager.org
#Fireball https://fireball.com
#Ghostery https://ghosterysearch.com
#GoodSearch https://good-search.org
#Monocles https://monocles.euScandinavia 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
#Leta https://leta.mullvad.net
#Stract https://stract.com
#Marginalia https://marginalia-search.comSwitzerland 🇨🇭
#Swisscows https://www.swisscows.com
#Etools https://www.etools.chUK 🇬🇧
#Mojeek https://www.mojeek.com
#Oscobo https://www.oscobo.com -
European search engines 🔎
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
#Seznamcz https://www.seznam.czFrance 🇫🇷
#Qwant https://www.qwant.com
#Karma https://karmasearch.org
#Lilo https://www.lilo.org
#ZoTop https://zotop.frGermany 🇩🇪
#Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org
#Metager https://metager.org
#Fireball https://fireball.com
#Ghostery https://ghosterysearch.com
#GoodSearch https://good-search.org
#Monocles https://monocles.euScandinavia 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
#Leta https://leta.mullvad.net
#Stract https://stract.com
#Marginalia https://marginalia-search.comSwitzerland 🇨🇭
#Swisscows https://www.swisscows.com
#Etools https://www.etools.chUK 🇬🇧
#Mojeek https://www.mojeek.com
#Oscobo https://www.oscobo.com -
European search engines 🔎
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
#Seznamcz https://www.seznam.czFrance 🇫🇷
#Qwant https://www.qwant.com
#Karma https://karmasearch.org
#Lilo https://www.lilo.org
#ZoTop https://zotop.frGermany 🇩🇪
#Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org
#Metager https://metager.org
#Fireball https://fireball.com
#Ghostery https://ghosterysearch.com
#GoodSearch https://good-search.org
#Monocles https://monocles.euScandinavia 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
#Leta https://leta.mullvad.net
#Stract https://stract.com
#Marginalia https://marginalia-search.comSwitzerland 🇨🇭
#Swisscows https://www.swisscows.com
#Etools https://www.etools.chUK 🇬🇧
#Mojeek https://www.mojeek.com
#Oscobo https://www.oscobo.com -
European search engines 🔎
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
#Seznamcz https://www.seznam.czFrance 🇫🇷
#Qwant https://www.qwant.com
#Karma https://karmasearch.org
#Lilo https://www.lilo.org
#ZoTop https://zotop.frGermany 🇩🇪
#Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org
#Metager https://metager.org
#Fireball https://fireball.com
#Ghostery https://ghosterysearch.com
#GoodSearch https://good-search.org
#Monocles https://monocles.euScandinavia 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
#Leta https://leta.mullvad.net
#Stract https://stract.com
#Marginalia https://marginalia-search.comSwitzerland 🇨🇭
#Swisscows https://www.swisscows.com
#Etools https://www.etools.chUK 🇬🇧
#Mojeek https://www.mojeek.com
#Oscobo https://www.oscobo.com -
European search engines 🔎
Czech Republic 🇨🇿
#Seznamcz https://www.seznam.czFrance 🇫🇷
#Qwant https://www.qwant.com
#Karma https://karmasearch.org
#Lilo https://www.lilo.org
#ZoTop https://zotop.frGermany 🇩🇪
#Ecosia https://www.ecosia.org
#Metager https://metager.org
#Fireball https://fireball.com
#Ghostery https://ghosterysearch.com
#GoodSearch https://good-search.org
#Monocles https://monocles.euScandinavia 🇸🇪 🇩🇰
#Leta https://leta.mullvad.net
#Stract https://stract.com
#Marginalia https://marginalia-search.comSwitzerland 🇨🇭
#Swisscows https://www.swisscows.com
#Etools https://www.etools.chUK 🇬🇧
#Mojeek https://www.mojeek.com
#Oscobo https://www.oscobo.com -
大家平时都用什么 #浏览器 ?会不会遇到很多广告?有没有安装一些拦截广告的插件?
不同浏览器的隐私保护功能相差很大,浏览器开发者自己声称的“保护隐私”也不能全部当真。
AdBlock Tester 这个网站可以帮你检测浏览器在拦截广告方面的表现如何。
一些使用人数很多的浏览器,比如 Chrome, Edge, Safari, 如果使用默认设置、不自行安装或者设置什么的话,测试评分都很低。
一些重视隐私和安全的浏览器,比如 Brave, LibreWolf, Mullvad, DuckDuckGo 等,它们已经做好一些默认的隐私设置,测试评分都比上述几种要好。
总体上,我们不建议使用 Chrome, Edge, Safari 这些封闭源码的浏览器。但如果你一定要用,也请安装一些常用的能够保护隐私的插件,比如这些:AdBlock,AdBlock Plus,uBlock Origin,#Ghostery 。如果真的需求强烈,而且不嫌麻烦,还可以考虑 #NoScript 这款神器。
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Goodbye Chrome, Hello Ghostery Browser! A New Dawn In The Browser Wars!This dream involved me testing the Mozilla Firefox web browser with the Ghostery Tracker & Ad Blocker web browser extension.
I also tested the Ghostery Privacy Browser web browser, which has built-in ad blocking.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yoU6j_IxlE
I tested them online against many advertisement (ad) filled websites, especially bootleg websites.
This was all done from my desktop computer using the Linux distribution (distro) Ubuntu LTS.
My goal was to compare the ad blocking abilities between both of them.
I wanted to see if there was a difference.
Was there a difference between using the Ghostery web browser extension and it being built into the web browser?
I also wanted to see if it was worth using instead of Brave Browser or Mozilla Firefox with Ghostery installed.
At some point, my computer crashed / froze.
I started to worry as I feared that a malicious ad or something had done this.
Then I wondered why I did this from my computer.
I questioned why I did not use a virtual machine or a live USB with Ubuntu instead.
I probably was not even using private mode.
Then I hoped that I was not a victim of a session hijacking attack.
I did not want all of my passwords, browser cookies, et cetera stolen / copied.
I woke up as I restarted my computer, hoping for the best.
The hope was that Linux, Ubuntu, would be more resistant if my fears were correct.
I also prepared for the worst while wondering why I did something so stupid.
The end,
- John Jr
#Ad #AdBlocking #Advertisement #Computer #Crash #Firefox #Ghostery #GhosteryBrowser #GhosteryPrivacyBrowser #GhosteryWebBrowser #Linux #MozillaFirefox #Ubuntu #Website
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@bookwar #ublockorigin #ghostery #consent-o-matic and #sponsorblock exist!
But I see your point.
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What do you folks think of Ghostery and Ad Block Plus? :blobcatgiggle:
I know, I know, I use uBlock Origin, too!
Just asking, coz I remember reading something sus about them :blobcat3c:
Just want to confirm, as I can't find anything on the web! 😇
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Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/
Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury
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Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/
Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury
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Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/
Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury
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Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/
Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury
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Nie spodziewałem się, że to kiedyś nastąpi ... :/
Zastąpiona przez fork #Mercury, który z kolei pozbierał różne patche liska z #LibreWolf, #Waterfox, #FireDragon, #PlasmaFox i #Ghostery.
Testuję też #floorp
Edit: I #ZenBrowser
A zamiast Thunderbirda, #Betterbird :)Więcej o #Mercury tutaj -> https://thorium.rocks/mercury
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Ghostery is 15 years old (credit to Andrey Meshkov)
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Whether you use its extension or switch entirely to its own hardened browser, Ghostery Privacy Suite blocks ads and trackers and keeps your searches private, all at no cost.
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@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasonsDidn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.
Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?Guess not then.
#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus
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@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasonsDidn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.
Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?Guess not then.
#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus
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@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasonsDidn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.
Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?Guess not then.
#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus
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@jwildeboer
> Ghostery is going down the dark path, they just whitelisted a lot of the typical ad networks for unknown reasonsDidn't one of the older tracking blockers go that way? Maybe it was AdBlock+ and that's why I moved to uBlock.
Me:
> Maybe time to replace uBlock Origin?Guess not then.
#privacy #TrackerBlocking #TrackingBlockers #Ghostery #AdBlockPlus
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If this news has you looking for an alternative to #Ghostery, I like the one-two punch of Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin (with the oisd blocklist).
https://oisd.nl/
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I use #Ghostery on Safari and that blocks ads well enough? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Война YouTube против блокировщиков рекламы
У каждого человека есть важный монетизируемый ресурс — его внимание (то есть время осмысленной жизни). За внимание пользователя идёт борьба между интернет-компаниями, они придумывают всё новые трюки, чтобы завлечь и не отпустить юзера, а его задача — не потратить свой ресурс на рекламу и другие отвлекающие вещи. Поэтому блокировщики рекламы важны для личной безопасности и опасны для корпораций. В официальной финансовой отчётности Google указано, что технологии блокировки рекламных объявлений — один из основных рисков для бизнеса. Особенно наглядно война корпораций против людей видна на YouTube, где корпорация Google начала нещадную борьбу с блокировщиками.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/829192/
#YouTube #Google #Manifest V3 #YouTube_Premium #SponsorBlock #uBlock_Origin #Bare #Adblock #Adblock_Plus #Privacy_Badger #Disconnect #Ghostery #ruvds_статьи
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Война YouTube против блокировщиков рекламы
У каждого человека есть важный монетизируемый ресурс — его внимание (то есть время осмысленной жизни). За внимание пользователя идёт борьба между интернет-компаниями, они придумывают всё новые трюки, чтобы завлечь и не отпустить юзера, а его задача — не потратить свой ресурс на рекламу и другие отвлекающие вещи. Поэтому блокировщики рекламы важны для личной безопасности и опасны для корпораций. В официальной финансовой отчётности Google указано, что технологии блокировки рекламных объявлений — один из основных рисков для бизнеса. Особенно наглядно война корпораций против людей видна на YouTube, где корпорация Google начала нещадную борьбу с блокировщиками.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/829192/
#YouTube #Google #Manifest V3 #YouTube_Premium #SponsorBlock #uBlock_Origin #Bare #Adblock #Adblock_Plus #Privacy_Badger #Disconnect #Ghostery #ruvds_статьи
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Война YouTube против блокировщиков рекламы
У каждого человека есть важный монетизируемый ресурс — его внимание (то есть время осмысленной жизни). За внимание пользователя идёт борьба между интернет-компаниями, они придумывают всё новые трюки, чтобы завлечь и не отпустить юзера, а его задача — не потратить свой ресурс на рекламу и другие отвлекающие вещи. Поэтому блокировщики рекламы важны для личной безопасности и опасны для корпораций. В официальной финансовой отчётности Google указано, что технологии блокировки рекламных объявлений — один из основных рисков для бизнеса. Особенно наглядно война корпораций против людей видна на YouTube, где корпорация Google начала нещадную борьбу с блокировщиками.
https://habr.com/ru/companies/ruvds/articles/829192/
#YouTube #Google #Manifest V3 #YouTube_Premium #SponsorBlock #uBlock_Origin #Bare #Adblock #Adblock_Plus #Privacy_Badger #Disconnect #Ghostery #ruvds_статьи
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Bold statement in Apple's recent privacy ad that using Safari solves all tracking problems: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HjDpPnxcP0
One thing to mention is that Safari supports extensions; it is more limited than on Firefox, but it works. Ghostery also has a Safari extension for iOS:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ghostery-privacy-ad-blocker/id6504861501?platform=iphone
If you wonder why the app has little history (and only three reviews): two weeks ago, we moved the remaining Ghostery Inc parts to Ghostery GmbH. In the Apple store, it was surprising not possible to update the company. Thus, we had to create a new developer account and start from scratch. All Ghostery users that installed the app are now stuck on the old version and need to manually install the new one.
More details can be found in our blog post: https://www.ghostery.com/blog/adblocker-safari-app-migration
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@fatboy I think some #Firefox forks like #LibreWolf are still worth a look. #librewolf May still rely on #Firefox but I think could easily break away if/when needed. It's not actually a bad thing to be based on #Firefox technology as it is open source, it's what #Mozilla is doing that sucks. #LibreWolf, at least for now, eliminates all the sketchy things that #Mozilla promotes which is good enough for me, for now. #ghostery is decent and I'm also using #Startpage browser on my phone.
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Ikke at media-institusjoner bryr seg om at de gir bort trafikkdata og sporing til ørten forskjellig leverandører
https://www.ghostery.com/whotracksme/websites/adressa.no
men de kunne gjort litt arbeid for å hindre at openstreetmap ikke får unødvendig trafikk.
#OpenStreetMap #Schibsted #PolarisMedia #Adressa #allheimen #norsktut #ghostery #trackers
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Ghostery 10 (Manifest V3) has just been released on Chrome.
That completes the Manifest V3 migration on all our supported Chromium platforms. Supporting MV3 was not easy: Ghostery 10 is a major rewrite, started around two years ago; except for the core of the adblocker engine, it is a complete new code base.
We are working hard on bringing back missing configuration options. Also, fixing the issues that have reported already when we released earlier on Opera and Edge.
If you run into a problem, our bug tracker is here:
* https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/issuesIf an individual website is broken:
* https://github.com/ghostery/broken-page-reports/If you have a general question, you can also reach out to our support:
* https://www.ghostery.com/supportWe plan to have more releases over the upcoming weeks and months. There is already a new release scheduled with some smaller fixes (10.3.5).
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Hvorfor Bane NOR?
Driver dere med annonsesalg, eller tjener dere noen ekstra småkroner på å selge trafikkdata på de som titter på nettsidene deres?
Eller er det optimizely/episerverfolka som får inn noen ekstrakroner uten at dere bryr dere?
#BaneNOR #norsktut #allheimen #Ghostery #Optimizely #Episerver
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TITLE: When Your HIPAA BAA Subcontractor Most Likely Means Well
Therapists are going to have to make an effort to educate our own BAA subcontractors about privacy.
Amongst therapists, privacy has always been paramount.
On the Internet, tracking has gone through several understandings. First, early webmasters were excited to get free website use statistics from Google Analytics. Then followed several years of tactics to effectively market ads following client computers around the Internet. Now, there is an awareness of that data as valuable in-and-of-itself.
Recently there is a new awareness that data other than name, SSI, address, & diagnosis CAN be considered PHI (Protected Health Information) when it is specific enough to ID the patient. Also when a data aggregator (tracking the same client across the Net) can obtain & combine data from multiple websites to build a composite file on the client. Browser cookies, pixels, beacons, mobile application identifiers, Adobe Flash technology, and IP address geolocation data can all be used -- in conjunction with websites visited -- to figure out specific individuals. ( See "Use of Online Tracking Technologies by HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates" from HHS at https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/privacy/guidance/hipaa-online-tracking/index.html )
Also growing is an awareness that this data can be used for something other than just targeted advertising -- like in the recent Washington Post story in which the Planned Parenthood website was inadvertently sending data to Facebook and others -- which in theory could be used by hostile state governments to prosecute women for their medical choices. (See "You scheduled an abortion. Planned Parenthood’s website could tell Facebook." https://wapo.st/3Nyf6sr ) (Brick & mortar stores can also contribute. See "What Walmart’s tech investments mean for workers and shoppers" https://wapo.st/3J86PeE )
Therapists are going to have to make an effort to educate our own BAA subcontractors about privacy -- especially in cases where its not clear if HIPAA laws are being broken. Especially in cases where the subcontractors -- coming from the Internet world -- might not know better.
There are the more egregious cases (like BetterHelp sharing clear PHI data) -- situations in which therapists should walk or run away from the company. (See "FTC fines BetterHelp $7.8M, alleges it shared consumers' health info with advertisers" https://www.modernhealthcare.com/digital-health/ftc-betterhelp-consumer-health-info-facebook-snapchat-advertisers )
Then there are less clear cases where we need to change the mindset of our BAA subcontractors if possible.
Many of them may not understand the evolving definition of PHI. Their marketing/webdev teams may not talk with legal. They may just put together a required data consent policy with everything in it including the kitchen sink whether or not they actually collect it to "cover themselves". This needs tuning for their HIPAA clients. They may communicate with sites for legit use known to track (like fonts.google.com which provides fonts and is used by about every webmaster on earth).
If you want to see some of the URLs that your BAA subcontractors communicate with, You can double-check them by installing Ghostery and Privacy Badger in the Firefox browser (and maybe others) and checking which connections they warn you about or block when you go to those sites. This won't tell you WHAT data is communicated, only that SOME data is communicated (and if these services think they are a security risk). Knowing what data is actually sent would require someone with expertise in a packet sniffing software such as Wire Shark.
-- Michael
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Michael Reeder, LCPC
michael(at)hygeiacounseling.com#psychology #counseling #socialwork #psychotherapy
@psychotherapist @psychology @socialpsych @socialwork #HIPAA #BAA #hack #datasecurity #legal #psychiatry @psychiatry #webdev #cookies #dataprivacy #security #beacons #Ghostery #PrivacyBadger #privacy #medical -
The latest version of the #Ghostery plugin for #Firefox can now automatically dismiss most #CookiePopups. Yay!
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The latest version of the #Ghostery plugin for #Firefox can now automatically dismiss most #CookiePopups. Yay!
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The latest version of the #Ghostery plugin for #Firefox can now automatically dismiss most #CookiePopups. Yay!
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The latest version of the #Ghostery plugin for #Firefox can now automatically dismiss most #CookiePopups. Yay!
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The latest version of the #Ghostery plugin for #Firefox can now automatically dismiss most #CookiePopups. Yay!