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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by _asummers on Saturday December 27, 2014 @10:35AM (#8802810)
How does uMatrix compare to something like Ghostery? Would it be redundant to have both?
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by ugexe on Saturday December 27, 2014 @11:04AM (#8802894)
Isn't ghostery owned by an ad company?
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by _asummers on Saturday December 27, 2014 @11:06AM (#8802902)
Yes, however the GhostRank feature that people don't like is opt-in not opt-out.
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