Firefox Tips

Tips and tricks for Ghostery for Firefox

New! Ghostery v2.9.5 for Firefox

New! Ghostery v2.9.5 for Firefox

  Greetings Firefox Users! We are happy to announce an update for the Firefox browser. AND… over 1400 trackers in our blocking library! A big Thanks to all of our users who helped us identify and fix a few production issues. As well as some house-keeping items. Here are the release notes for 2.9.5:...

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1400s, here we come!

1400s, here we come!

What do Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan and Ghosty all have in common? The 1400s! We’re happy to announce that Ghostery now enables you to detect over 1,400 trackers. Happy web exploration, Ghosterians!

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Start Fresh with Ghostery in the New Year

Start Fresh with Ghostery in the New Year

Happy New Year Ghostefarians!! We hope everyone had a safe and fun holiday season. We here at Ghostery have been hard at work on some exciting new features that we hope to get in your hands very soon! With the New Year upon us, it’s time to break out those resolutions… at least for...

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New! Ghostery for Firefox v. 2.8.4

New! Ghostery for Firefox v. 2.8.4

Greetings all in Ghostery land… A quick update here. Some of our Ghostery for Firefox users noticed some issues with the options menu when downloading the nightly builds. We fixed that. Thanks to our dedicated users for providing great feedback! You can download 2.8.4 here. As always…If you love Ghostery and want to help...

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Reporting trackers, Ghostery, and Collusion

Reporting trackers, Ghostery, and Collusion

Hi Ghostery people. We’ve had a few questions about how Ghostery interacts with Collusion over the past few months, so we figured we’d give everyone a quick update. Krutika, one of our awesome Ghostery engineers, did a little research. She used the below sample entry from our tracker database to test different the browsers...

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Over the river and through the woods…

Over the river and through the woods…

Hello all in Ghostery land! With the holidays fast approaching, I’m sure many of you are wondering what to bring to the in-laws, relatives or whomever you are spending the holidays with… How about the gift of privacy on the web?   As you travel to the homes of loved ones, installing Ghostery on...

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Working With the New Firefox Heads-Up Menu

Working With the New Firefox Heads-Up Menu

In our efforts to continutally improve upon Ghostery, we recently launched Ghostery for Firefox v2.8. This new version features a new heads-up menu (the drop-down dialog that appears when you click on Ghostery in the address bar). The new menu was a departure from the Firefox system menu, and we went that direction for...

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Ghostery Usage Tip: Transfer Your Settings

Howdy Ghostery folk! I hope everyone is happily browsing the internets. We have had a bunch of users ask if it was possible to export their Ghostery settings to other machines. I am here to say.. YES… for Firefox and Chrome . Our super cool developers...

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Ghostery Usage Tip: Keeping Ghosty Quiet

Ghostery Usage Tip:     Keeping Ghosty Quiet

Hello to all on the inter webs! Pete here from Ghostery Product Support. I’m going to start blogging to you all a few times a month about some common topics I get through the support channels. The past few weeks, users have been asking how to turn off the alert bubble, but to continue...

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Ghostery Version 2.7 for Firefox – Block List Update

Ghostery Version 2.7 for Firefox  – Block List Update

Updated UI Our newest upgrade for Ghostery for Firefox features a categorized tracker list. This has been a long-requested function from Ghosterians, and we’re very excited to hear your feedback. We’ve also changed the user interface in our options a bit, so stay tuned for a detailed video intro! EDIT: Video Walk-Through right here...

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