Our thoughts on privacy, advertising, the Internet, or anything else that tickles our fancy
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...
With the elections just around the corner, I thought I would share a little insight on how we make many of our product decisions around here at Ghostery. YOU drive them! For those of you who take the time to give us feedback on the Get Satisfaction forum or by email, you are in...
We’re attending the RSA Security Conference in London this week, and there’s an interesting trend emerging: the idea of privacy as an enemy of security. In two of the opening keynotes, privacy was mentioned alongside budget resources as one of the biggest obstacles to effective enterprise security. In the minds of many security...
Greetings Ghostery people on the interwebs! Pete from support here. After reading Andy’s post: “If your Privacy Tool Doesn’t Break the Web, It’s Not Trying Hard Enough,” I thought I would share how I use Ghostery to work for me and my browsing/privacy preferences. I’m not only the Product Support Technologist… I’m also a...
First time users of Ghostery often experience moments of shock and surprise when they visit sites with a substantial number of third-party trackers. The Purple Box pops up with a long list of companies that aren’t familiar, and the concept of the invisible web is immediately clear to the person that’s just been given...
We are a little under a year from US presidential elections, which means campaigning has begun in force. Presidential hopefuls and current President Obama have all launched campaign-focused websites; using the web to explain their platforms, reach out to their faithful, and solicit contributions. It’s no surprise that potential candidates are interested in the...
So we’ve had a link to our survey posted up on our Knowledge Pages for quite some time now, and you all have been pretty enthusiastic about helping us out. This is one of the only ways we can get feedback on our product, so let me personally thank you for taking the time...
Zynga updated their privacy policy today to include something both unprecedented and amusing: a game. While it doesn’t exactly include the gameplay of Super Mario Kart and it isn’t as addicting as the Facebook app behemoth’s Farmville, it’s a prime example of how companies should be interacting with users around privacy. In contrast to...
Why reddit wins at advertising.
Yesterday, reddit admin jenakalif announced that the company has partnered with AdZerk, an advertising and tracking company based out of North Carolina. That’s why reddit wins. They announced to their users that they were changing the way they do advertising and they asked for their feedback. reddit recognizes that the most important part of...
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