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When is browsing the Internet like having safe sex? Always. Most of us, if we enter into a relationship, don’t have sex without a condom nowadays – there’s just too many risks. For us, the parallel was a big one: reasonable people wouldn’t expose themselves to the risks of having sex without using proper...
Greetings to one and all from The Purple Box – a new initiative we’re launching to help our users (and anyone else who happens to pass through) understand what’s going on with their data on the Interwebs. We are proud of our Ghostery users for their enthusiasm in seeing and controlling all of the...
No worries – Ghostery is still there and works fine. Firefox 4 just stripped out the status bar, and that’s where Ghosty used to live. We’re working on putting him into the toolbar, and in the meantime you can still use the “Add-On” bar to show Ghostery, as is shown below (click on either...
That’s right Ghosterians, come meet up with Andy and Theo as they wander around wreaking havoc and destruction in Austin this year for SXSW Interactive. Ghostery will be there from the 11th-17th handing out all sorts of swag, such as this sticker: If you’re there and you want to catch up and talk trackers,...
GhostRankers: Thanks to you, the Internet is now a much more transparent place. We are happy to announce that Ghostery is now the technology that allows the Better Business Bureau to keep tabs on companies that collect data on users as they browse. You can check out their press release here and read about...
The Tracking Conundrum of Internet News Sites
i·ro·ny: a technique of indicating an intention or attitude opposite to that which is actually or ostensibly stated. (via dictionary.com) Modern journalism and its comptetition for our attention has many ups and downs – it can encourage quality content and interesting features but it can also nudge toward the lowest common denominator. For better or for worse, there’s an obvious trend of “me-too reporting”; if...
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