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Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by quesera on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @04:11PM (#6890736)
> Ghostery does not call itself a tracker-blocker, our users do.

Sorry, I cannot accept that answer.

From your home page, in big letters, right now:

https://www.ghostery.com/

  > Knowledge + Control = Privacy
  >
  >    See which companies are tracking you
  >    Block over    1 6 0 0    trackers
  >    Learn how they track
  >    Ghostery is FREE
What do you call yourself then?

Please be honest with us. How do you view your operation internally? What services do you provide, and to whom?

Thank you.

Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by fixanoid on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @04:35PM (#6890919)
As I said, we are adjusting to fit what our users think rather than what we preached. The site is 2 month old, and it reflects the new updated stance, and as I said earlier, the extensions will also be updated with pre-configured settings.

I'm not sure what you mean by that question? Ghostery is a separate team inside Evidon with full control over what we do. I'm one of the people managing the product and my customers are users of Ghostery. As such, my primary goal isn't improved blocking, its education - to let users know that they are being tracked, to provide relevant info on who are the trackers and where to find out more about them, and finally, provide control in the form of blocking.

Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by quesera on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @04:51PM (#6891053)
I appreciate you taking the time to reply in these threads.

I won't needle you with follow-up questions, but for the record, I think there's more than a little cognitive dissonance here regarding customers and conflicting goals.

This is why people who spend time thinking seriously about the issue are concerned about Ghostery, but I accept that "trust" doesn't pay the bills.

Re:NSA uses Google cookies to pinpoint targets for hacking by fixanoid on Wednesday December 11, 2013 @05:25PM (#6891274)
Thanks for asking relevant questions and I agree about the dissonance. Our teams job is to make sure they are minimized and we're working on fixing those things. Something to keep in mind tho is that our team is very small (4 people), so it takes time to get stuff done.