Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
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Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#2There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#3There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
I'm a fan of WidgetBlock, a chrome extension that simply blocks all major offsite social networking widgets, whether its facebook like buttons, tweet this buttons, the facebook connect thing, etc.
It's stated reason for doing this is to improve page load times, which it certainly does, but it does just as well to protect your privacy.
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hgiihiookhijpbha...
EDIT: It appears to work nicely in tandem with this ghostery thing.
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#4There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
And another one:
http://bynamite.com/
I'm all for a transparency and control, but this has to be more effortless--a side-effect of something users would be happy to do anyway--especially for the average user if it is to be successful. I believe a social media aggregator can position themselves to do this. Facebook knows certain things about me, Twitter others, Google others, etc. What I surf online isn't always indicative of my true interests.
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#5There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
Hmmm... it would be good to know how all these compare - I'm running disconnect: http://www.disconnectere.com/ and ghostery. Now someone is suggesting WidgetBlock. To me Ghostery seems to block more than disconnect - but I don't know how they work "under the hood". It seems silly to run 3 or 4 separate plugins for the same purpose!
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#6The fact that one needs a plugin to do this says a lot about the "Facebook" way of social networking.
Why not put it as an option in my maze on the settings page?
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#7The fact that one needs a plugin to do this says a lot about the "Facebook" way of social networking. Why not put it as an option in my maze on the settings page?
I agree, though to be fair, facebook isn't the only site where third parties have tried to fix privacy issues.
I read once that you know you've really made it when an eco-system grows around your product or service. The same can be said here: you know your product or service sucks if unpaid developers feel compelled to try and fix it.
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#8There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
I'm a fan of WidgetBlock, a chrome extension that simply blocks all major offsite social networking widgets, whether its facebook like buttons, tweet this buttons, the facebook connect thing, etc. It's stated reason for doing this is to improve page load times, which it certainly does, but it does just as well to protect your privacy. https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/hgiihiookhijpbha... EDIT: It appears to…
But wouldn't it also remove Facebook commenting system from the page? Because that's usually what I don't want.
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#9There's a more general addon which detects and disables tracking called Ghostery: http://www.ghostery.com/
Right, and Ghostery detects and blocks FB connect, as well as Google Analytics, AdSense and many other services. Very useful extension. Could be more intuitive though, it took me a few minutes to get the blocking right.
Re: Facebook Disconnect - chrome extension to disable Facebook tracking
#10From the same author (@byoogle) there is also a more generic Disconnect, that blocks Google,Twitter,Digg,Yahoo! too.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/jeoacafpbcihiomhla...
A bit aggressive imho, with the google block enabled you can't even login to google.