Ghostery now displaying Ads in Germany, marketed as “Rewards” program

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/8xpu9i/ghostery_now_displaying_ads_in_germany_marketed/

by Tomte • 8 years ago

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Tomte• 8 years ago

And the best part: when visiting mediamarkt.de they give users a coupon for Cyberport, a direct competitor.

Can‘t be long until Mediamarkt sues that off its web site.

BayesStreet• 8 years ago

This is why I use disconnect despite a slightly worse UX/UI. It's better to eliminate or minimize proprietary code's access to your web identity, they can do a lot with a little data sent back home.

lsh2• 8 years ago

https://disconnect.me/

lsh2• 8 years ago

edit: I took a look at the 2016 NYT article the website and they describe Ghostery as difficult to install and configure and went with Disconnect because "... it was the easiest to understand."

It's difficult to trust the intentions of profit motivated extensions, and the Disconnect website and revenue model seems to be geared towards that.

That same article also mentions PrivacyBadger (https://www.eff.org/privacybadger) that appears to be less undermined by moneygrubbing.

verrecken2• 8 years ago

I analyzed the ghostery addon a year ago and it sends all websites you visit and information about your system to its server. I don't know why people are using this..

verrecken2• 8 years ago

Even if you opt out.

Ghostery now displaying Ads in Germany, marketed as “Rewards” program

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