We were sitting around today, flying our toy helicopters (yes, you heard that right, we have toy helicopters) and discussing Andy’s earlier post about Fail Whales, when we got to thinking it’s time for another Ghostery contest. So, in honor of Data Privacy Day 2011, we want you to design our “Server Error” page....
Internet privacy is growing up in a hurry. We’ve talked before about how 2010 was a banner year for those of us interested in a more transparent web, and 2011 shows signs of continuing that momentum. Some recent examples of this phenomenon were announcements by Microsoft and Mozilla that revealed plans to build in...
Hola Ghosterians, There’s a brand-spanking new version of Ghostery for Chrome, v2.2.2! We had some requests for some more control over the purple box – so we added some controls for its duration and position in the options menu. Also, there was a bug that kept Ghostrank from communicating back with Ghostery homebase, so...
Howdy Ghosterians, We pushed a small update to Ghostery for Chrome. Mainly, all of the references to Better Advertising have been updated to identify us as a part of Evidon, as Adam mentioned last week. You can download the new version here. Happy Browsing! Andy K Ghostery Product Nerd
Server Fail = Transparency Wins
I remember when Twitter announced its new web layout – I read a review coupled with the standard press release and immediately opened a browser tab to check it out. I was treated to one of the most simultaneously ingratiating and annoying figures in today’s web culture – the Fail Whale. The error image,...
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