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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by benologist on Friday July 08, 2011 @12:07AM (#2741261)
Very nice illustration. I'm a big fan of using Ghostery to block everything, it's ridiculous how much shit is on some pages:

http://www.ghostery.com/

I've also started using Better Pop Up Blocker because either networks are getting smarter or Chrome's crap at blocking popups:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nmpeeekfhbmikbdhlp...

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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by ck2 on Friday July 08, 2011 @04:23AM (#2741672)
Am I imagining things or is Ghostery starting to auto-whitelist some trackers?

Remember, the plugin got sold a year or two ago to a commercial company selling advertising services.

I rolled back to the 2.4.2 version and no auto-whitelist.

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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by ghostwords on Friday July 08, 2011 @10:50AM (#2742647)
ck2, I work on Ghostery. Ghostery does not auto-whitelist.

If you'd like to see for yourself, feel free to look around. Firefox/Chrome/Safari/Opera browser extensions are mostly written in JavaScript.

If you are having issues with Ghostery, please post on the support forum at http://www.ghostery.com/feedback.

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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by jerhewet on Friday July 08, 2011 @08:54AM (#2742218)
Any idea where I can find the whitelist? I've poked around (Google, fgrep, etc.) and nothing is jumping out at me.
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Re:Collusion: A browser addon to demo how websites track you... by shaggyfrog on Friday July 08, 2011 @02:44AM (#2741523)
Came here to mention it. I've been using Ghostery for ages now, on all my browsers.
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