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Ghostery brings its privacy watchdog abilities to Google Chrome
If you'd like to know what's going on in the background but you surf with Google Chrome, you can now plug the Ghostery extension into your browser, too!
Right now, the Chrome extension only provides insight; it doesn't allow you to block access the way its Firefox cousin does. It's probably safe to assume that, once they can bring that functionality to Google Chrome, Ghostery will bolt it on in short order.
I have to give kudos to TSN. Three items is less than half of what visits to some sites (ourselves and Lifehacker included) turn up.
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Subscribe to comments216Apr 29th 2010 8:14AM
I remember when I used to like FF Ghostery, and then I discovered that it was the sole reason why FF performed terribly and wouldn't restart correctly. Sure they fixed it...but
Then I believe they were bought out by one of the very Ad companies that they were formerly blocking? Just seems fishy to me but o well
MxxConApr 29th 2010 8:31AM
they were bought by an ad company?
AinerMay 9th 2010 6:03PM
No they were not bought out by an ad company.
http://www.betteradvertising.com/
"Better Advertising is a new type of company that brings trust to online advertising. We are an intermediary between consumers, advertisers, industry self-regulatory programs and government. We help consumers protect their privacy and keep quality content ad-supported and free."
That is who own's ghostery (as can be seen by simply browsing their site!).
http://www.ghostery.com/privacy
And that's their privacy policy.
Any other FUD you want addressed?
RoseApr 29th 2010 3:52PM
Thanks for the Ghostery love Lee. It's definitely an exciting time for Ghostery to be coming into the world of Chrome. We've also just released an extension for IE as well. It is unfortunate that there's no support for blocking on Chrome just yet. You're on the money in noting that once available, we'll be increasing Ghostery's capabilities on Chrome.
Ghostery was acquired by the Better Advertising Project in January of this year, and it's a common misconception given our name, that we might be an advertising company. We're creating something completely unprecedented in the market by providing advertisers the opportunity to voluntarily provide more transparency to consumers, and consequently more control on what data they're collecting from users as described in our F.A.Q (http://www.ghostery.com/faq). The beauty in our approach is that consumers can confirm for themselves how authentic a company is in honoring their choices through use of Ghostery.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions, or feedback on Ghostery.
Rose
Ghostery Community Manager
Rose@Ghostery.com