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Re: [LUG] ghostery

 

On 23/11/13 14:00, Gordon Henderson wrote:
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Tom wrote:

Anybody use ghostery or other tracking blocker? Just wondering how effective/damaging it can be?

I've been using Ghostery for a long time now. Not sure just how effective it is, but when it tells me it's blocked 15 trackers on a site, then I have to wonder just how slow that site would have been had I not been using it...

I also use flashblock and adblock+

I occasionally get issues with flashblock, so some sites are whitelisted (e.g. bbc.co.uk and youtube) vimeo used to be an issue, seems less-so now.

And some sites can tell when you're using adblock+ and whinge.

However I don't seem to be missing anything much.

If you want to really scare yourself, install collusion too...

Gordon

I thought I'd give it a roll - I've not found any problems yet but everything is so much faster!!!!!
Tom te tom te tom

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