Archive for December, 2010

First-Party Tracking vs. Third-Party Tracking

First-Party Tracking vs. Third-Party Tracking

We’ve gotten a lot of questions recently asking about tracking on sites like Google, Yahoo, YouTube, and Facebook. They usually revolve around why no trackers or other page elements ever pop up in Ghostery’s alert bubble when using these services. The reason is that Ghostery doesn’t mess with first-party tracking. There are a few...

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The Wizard and The Ukraine…

The Wizard and The Ukraine…

Greetings GhostaSafarians, Just wanted to let you know how to fix a small glitch that the extension Safari AdBlock and the program Safari Cookies have with Ghostery. If you are using Safari Cookies and you keep seeing the Ghostery Setup Wizard (the screen where you select your options) when you start the browser up,...

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Ghosty’s National Television Debut (Video)

Ghosty’s National Television Debut (Video)

With the recent press frenzy that’s evolved around Do Not Track, Ghostery received some attention in the newsmedia. First was Ghosty’s world news debut on ABC (click image and skip to 1:10) And then he was featured on CBS Local in Pittsburgh: Thanks for helping to get the word out!

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Nothing much to say in this post except… Thanks to all who submitted trackers, pixels, bugs, LSOs, etc!! Carry on.

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