Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
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Re: Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
#2As these become more popular we shall see a return to server analytics. Time to install AwStats...
Re: Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
#3I often find that Disconnect can be overly aggressive in the parts of a page that it blocks. When something is amiss when using a webpage whitelisting the site in Disconnect usually fixes the problem.
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#4This is just going to be another arms race.
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#5How is this different from Ghostery? (https://www.ghostery.com/)
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#6I'd love to see an Android version of this.
Re: Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
#7How is this different from Ghostery? ( https://www.ghostery.com/ )
I use Ghostery, but I believe it has been chided in the past for its 'GhostRank' feature (which, to their credit, isn't on by default).
This is anonymous usage tracking of the trackers encountered which is sold to businesses to "help them market to consumers more transparently, better manage their web properties and comply with privacy standards."
I would like to see more of a comparison of 'effectiveness' of both extensions though, if such a thing were possible.
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#8From https://disconnect.me/disconnect :
Common tracking sites – Facebook, Google, and Twitter – are shown separately to make them easy to block or unblock. Click any icon to block or unblock a site.
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Click the Facebook or Twitter icons to share these stats with your friends.
Anyone else find that rather ironic?
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#9I often find that Disconnect can be overly aggressive in the parts of a page that it blocks. When something is amiss when using a webpage whitelisting the site in Disconnect usually fixes the problem.
This also happens with Ghostery and to a lesser extent, Adblock. I switched from Ghostery to Disconnect and have found Disconnect to be a little better at not breaking some sites.
The worst sites I've ran into while using Ghostery/Disconnect are the ones that have a Google Analytics action tracking code in the middle of their Javascript methods (since the addons block GA) so the entire site/app fails to work.
Developers need to start testing their sites with these addons more to make sure silly errors like that aren't done (some optional tracking request failing to complete shouldn't make an entire app fail).
Re: Disconnect: open source extension makes the web more private, secure, faster
#10The source is at: https://github.com/disconnectme/disconnect