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Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by JadeNB »

Probably anyone who's interested will know, but I think that it's worth noting that Ghostery (https://www.ghostery.com) is not tracking software; it is anti-tracking software, meant to track ads' tracking behaviour. (Thus this purchase is, presumably, a good thing.) I think that calling it an "ad-tracker tool" risks misleading the casual reader.

Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by geoffmcc »

JadeNB wrote: post #2

Probably anyone who's interested will know, but I think that it's worth noting that Ghostery ( https://www.ghostery.com ) is not tracking software; it is anti -tracking software, meant to track ads' tracking behaviour. (Thus this purchase is, presumably, a good thing.) I think that calling it an "ad-tracker tool" risks misleading the casual reader.

Yes. As someone who was not familiar with Ghostery ad-tracker tool I thought I was about to read an article about how a private search is not really a private search.

Edit: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery’s anti-tracking tools.

Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by siegecraft »

JadeNB wrote: post #2

Probably anyone who's interested will know, but I think that it's worth noting that Ghostery ( https://www.ghostery.com ) is not tracking software; it is anti -tracking software, meant to track ads' tracking behaviour. (Thus this purchase is, presumably, a good thing.) I think that calling it an "ad-tracker tool" risks misleading the casual reader.

The thing always got mentioned whenever Ghostery is brought up is that they were owned by an advertising company that sold user data. I wonder how Cliqz plans to make this a profitable venture (besides being another Mozilla charity case)?

Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by pan69 »

guaka wrote: post #5

I moved over to Privacy Badger a while ago. It's an EFF project unlikely to ever be bought by a for profit company. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

It seems that both Ghostery and Privacy Badger are asking for the "Read and change all your data on the websites that you visit" permission. But Privacy Badger also asks for the "Change your privacy-related settings" permission.

I kinda trust the EFF but I'm not sure what the implications of that are.

Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by ecliptik »

guaka wrote: post #5

I moved over to Privacy Badger a while ago. It's an EFF project unlikely to ever be bought by a for profit company. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger

I like Privacy Badger and trust the EFF, unfortunately it's not available on Safari and Ghostery is the next-best choice.

Re: Private search browser Cliqz buys Ghostery ad-tracker tool

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Post by j_s »

JadeNB wrote: post #2

Probably anyone who's interested will know, but I think that it's worth noting that Ghostery ( https://www.ghostery.com ) is not tracking software; it is anti -tracking software, meant to track ads' tracking behaviour. (Thus this purchase is, presumably, a good thing.) I think that calling it an "ad-tracker tool" risks misleading the casual reader.

Rather than anti-tracking software, I believe even by your definition (meant to track ads' tracking behaviour) it would be considered tracker-tracking software.

I believe part of what they do is verify advertisers are getting their money's worth on their ads.

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