Blocking Google and Facebook using Ad Block Plus and Ghostery

55 点作者 maus80超过 11 年前

21 条评论

r0h1n超过 11 年前

Adding a couple of solutions to the bucket. The first is of course Disconnect [0], which does everything Ghostery does and more, minus their "compromised" business model -The second is "Self-Destructing Cookies" [1], a browser add-on that deletes cookies as soon as a tab is closed. Those sites whose cookies you do not want deleted (like, say, HN), you can add to a whitelist.And yes, use AdBlock Edge instead of AdBlock Plus.[0] <a href="https://disconnect.me/" rel="nofollow">https://disconnect.me/</a> [1] <a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/self-destruct...</a>

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radley超过 11 年前

Check out Adblock Edge. They're a branch the last version of Adblock Plus before ABP whitelisted everything Google.<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/adblock-edge/</a>

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Aoyagi超过 11 年前

I don't know, I've used Ghostery and ABP for a while and despite claims of lack of trust, I've had no issues with them. They both allow blocking everything, the options aren't exactly hidden in a locked closet guarded by a leopard. But I don't get my hopes too high, I know that there are still other ways to track users and I feel it's a hopeless fight (without going to extremes like ABP+Ghostery+noscript+TOR+no cookies+never using the same device twice). But hey, if it annoys them enough to pay for being whitelisted by default on some platforms, it's worth the fight for me.

unlimited_power超过 11 年前

<a href="http://www.areweprivateyet.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.areweprivateyet.com/</a>

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paulgb超过 11 年前

It surprises me that more people don't just block third-party cookies. No need to maintain blacklists that way. Sure, you still see ads, but it keeps tracking at bay.

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thisiswrong超过 11 年前

"Allow for some non-intrusive advertising"This is what scared me about Add Block by default on browsers. Essentially what's happening is the monopolies (Google & FB) get to keep their profitable business models while all small time content publishers get stripped of revenue. WTF !?Where's the Anti trust regulation? You'd think they were conspiring to kill independent content creation. Or are they?

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boards2x超过 11 年前

Ghostery is problematic, I've stopped using their serivce (now using disconnect.me.Some sources say that Evidon, the company owning Ghostery, plays a dual role in the online advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information. But it does have an opt-in feature named GhostRank that can be checked to "support" them. GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and blocked, and sends that information, though anonymously, back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[4]

dfc超过 11 年前

In my experience Adblock Plus, NoScript and RequestPolicy allow much more control than Adblock Plus and Ghostery. Adblock is even easier to use if you install the Element Hider Helper.

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616c超过 11 年前

To expound upon someguy2's recommendation below, I have since moved on my Arch Linux laptop after reading a dev's blog post[0] to using hostsblock to block a lot of known domains to redirect to localhost. That, in conjunction with dnsmasq and kwakd (a ~400 LOC web server in C that only returns <html></html>)[2] for all requests makes me worry a lot less.I also use disconnect.me (after discovering the motivation behind Ghostery is just to sell info back to marketers). My only real issue is that kwakd is clearly choking on certain sites (namely Google, which I just back to permanent NoScript blockage) with some of the weirder stuff it does with asynchronous JS calls. Blocking Google completely as a result makes my web experience much, much faster and cleaner.[0] <a href="http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2013/12/28/hostsblock/" rel="nofollow">http://jasonwryan.com/blog/2013/12/28/hostsblock/</a>[1] <a href="http://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/" rel="nofollow">http://gaenserich.github.io/hostsblock/</a>[2] <a href="https://code.google.com/p/kwakd" rel="nofollow">https://code.google.com/p/kwakd</a>

TuxLyn超过 11 年前

Unfortunatly, none of this will protect you from EverCookies (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evercookie</a>). The only way possible right now is to disable firefox history/cookies/javascript and use private mode, and even then its not 100%. But at that point you wont be able to use most of the sites. This means even if you use TOR or VPN, you can still be tracked. There is one plugin in beta stage called NeverCookies beta (<a href="https://github.com/sensepost/neverevercookie" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/sensepost/neverevercookie</a>) you can also find xpi on softpedia site. NeverCookie does not have any options in beta version. But there is another plugin no one mantioned called "Random Agent Spoofer" (<a href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-spoofer/" rel="nofollow">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random-agent-...</a>) It protects your ETag, X-Forward-For and more.

double051超过 11 年前

Ghostery is fantastic after you've set everything to get blocked automatically, but it's noisy out of the box (you have to really go through every setting to get it just right), and many websites simply break if you block some external scripts from loading.

rmrfrmrf超过 11 年前

The last time I checked out Ghostery, it phoned home by design. Is this still the case?

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someguy2超过 11 年前

don't forget about flash cookies, a.k.a LSO's or SuperCookies. BetterPrivacy works well mitigating that.i'd also recommend 'Secret Agent' - "Continuously Randomizes your Firefox/SeaMonkey HTTP User Agent, to Suppress Device Fingerprinting, and Resist Web Tracking. Also Prevents eTag Tracking.": <a href="https://www.dephormation.org.uk/index.php?page=81" rel="nofollow">https://www.dephormation.org.uk/index.php?page=81</a>hosts file is another option: <a href="http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt" rel="nofollow">http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.txt</a>

metastart超过 11 年前

Try the Epic Privacy Browser -- a chromium based browser that rips out all google calls/services and protects your privacy -- it blocks ads and trackers and philosophically doesn't send your browsing through its servers nor collects any data unlike many of the other privacy addons mentioned.

sweedy超过 11 年前

Here comes the next story where the writer makes no difference between adbloc Plus (<a href="https://adblockplus.org" rel="nofollow">https://adblockplus.org</a>) and Adblock (<a href="https://getadblock.com" rel="nofollow">https://getadblock.com</a>)

parag_c_mehta超过 11 年前

I should also point out that if you are serious about tracking, you should probably look into disabling Sync and "Signed In" feature of chrome. Though there is no proof yet, but theoretically Chrome update can start tracking based on logged in user.

nighthawk24超过 11 年前

<a href="http://prism-break.org/en/" rel="nofollow">http://prism-break.org/en/</a> Opt out of global data surveillance programs like PRISM, XKeyscore and Tempora.

mp3geek超过 11 年前

Use Fanboy-Social List, Ghostery isn't needed./Disclaimer; Author.

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SixSigma超过 11 年前

my armoury* Facebook disconnect. * Google disconnect. * Ghostery * Privoxy * Self Destructing Cookies * No-ScriptI wouldn't be so concerned about the ads themselves if they didn't flash, jump about, get in the way of text, harvest my likes, cross harvest my interests, get hijacked and infect my machine, steal my battery life by being animated etc. etc.

ladzoppelin超过 11 年前

Does anyone know how Bluhell Firewall (Firefox) does against trackers?

notastartup超过 11 年前

<pre><code> it’s is made by an advertising company called Evidon … it is a Web tracking blocker that actually helps the ad industry </code></pre> doesn't that defeat the whole product of Ghostery? I was eager to install it but after reading that I'm not so sure. What are they exactly doing?