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ghostery wikipedia 343 captures 05 feb 2012 29 aug 2026 sep oct nov 13 2021 2022 2023 success fail about this capture timestamps the wayback machine http web archive org web 20221013184713 https en wikipedia org wiki ghostery ghostery from wikipedia the free encyclopedia jump to navigation jump to search free and open source browser extension and mobile browser app ghostery developer s david cancel christopher tino josé maría signanini serge zarembsky patrick lawler caleb richelson initial release january 2010 12 years ago 2010 01 stable release browser extension 8 4 6 december 22 2019 2 years ago 2019 12 22 1 android 2 2 january 31 2019 3 years ago 2019 01 31 2 ios 2 1 0 october 30 2018 3 years ago 2018 10 30 3 repository github com ghostery ghostery extension operating system browser extension android ios license mpl 2 0 4 website www ghostery com ghostery is a free and open source privacy and security related browser extension and mobile browser application since february 2017 it has been owned by the german company cliqz international gmbh formerly owned by evidon inc which was previously called ghostery inc and the better advertising project 5 6 the code was originally developed by david cancel and associates ghostery enables its users to detect and control javascript tags and trackers in order to remove javascript bugs and beacons that are embedded in many web pages which allow for the collection of a user s browsing habits via http cookies as well as participating in more sophisticated forms of tracking such as canvas fingerprinting as of 2017 ghostery is available for mozilla firefox google chrome internet explorer microsoft edge opera safari ios android and firefox for android additionally ghostery s privacy team creates profiles of page elements and companies for educational purposes 7 8 contents 1 functionality 1 1 blocking 1 2 reporting 2 history and use 3 criticism 4 see also 5 references 6 external links functionality edit blocking edit ghostery blocks http requests and redirects according to their source address in several ways blocking third party tracking scripts that are used by websites to collect data on user behavior for advertising marketing site optimization and security purposes these scripts also known as tags or trackers are the underlying technology that places tracking cookies on consumers browsers continuously curating a script library that identifies when new tracking scripts are encountered on the internet and automatically blocking them 8 creating whitelists of websites where third party script blocking is disabled and other advanced functionality for users to configure and personalize their experience when a tracker is blocked any cookie that the tracker has placed is not accessible to anyone but the user and thus cannot be read when called upon 9 10 reporting edit ghostery reports all tracking packages detected and whether ghostery has blocked them or not in a findings window accessible from clicking on the ghostery icon in the browser when configured ghostery also displays the list of trackers present on the page in a temporary purple overlay box 11 history and use edit originally developed by david cancel ghostery was acquired by evidon 12 renamed ghostery inc in january 2010 ghostery is among the most popular browser extensions for privacy protection in 2014 edward snowden suggested consumers use ghostery along with other tools to protect their online privacy 13 ghostery inc made their software source code open for review in 2010 but did not release further versions of the source code after that on february 22 2016 the company released the eula for the ghostery browser extension as a proprietary closed source product cliqz gmbh acquired ghostery from evidon inc in february 2017 14 cliqz is a german company majority owned by hubert burda media ghostery no longer shares data of any kind with evidon on march 8 2018 ghostery shifted back to an open source development model and published their source code on github 15 saying that this would allow third party contributions as well as make the software more transparent in its operations the company said that evidon s business model was hard to understand and lent itself to conspiracy theories and that its new monetization strategy would involve affiliate marketing and the sale of ad analytics data 16 17 in may 2018 in the distribution of an email promoting changes to ghostery s practices to comply with general data protection regulation gdpr hundreds of user email addresses were accidentally leaked by listing them as recipients ghostery apologized for the incident stating that they stopped the distribution of the email when they noticed the error and reported that this was caused by a new in house email system that accidentally sent the message as a single email to many recipients rather than sending it individually to each user 18 19 criticism edit under its former owner evidon ghostery had an opt in feature called ghostrank ghostrank took note of ads encountered and blocked then sent that information back to advertisers who could then use that data to change their ads to avoid further being blocked although this feature is meant to incentivize advertisers to create less intrusive ads and thus a better web experience the data can just as easily be used to create more malicious ads that escape detection 20 not everyone sees evidon s business model as conflict free jonathan mayer a stanford graduate student and privacy advocate has said evidon has a financial incentive to encourage the program s adoption and discourage alternatives like do not track and cookie blocking as well as to maintain positive relationships with intrusive advertising companies 21 since july 2018 with version 8 2 ghostery shows advertisements of its own to users 22 burda claims that the advertisements do not send personal data back to their servers and that they do not create a personal profile 23 see also edit free and open source software portal ad blocking disconnect mobile donottrackme list of formerly proprietary software noscript online advertising privacy badger ublock origin references edit releases ghostery ghostery extension github february 18 2019 releases ghostery browser android github february 17 2019 ghostery privacy browser on the app store itunes retrieved november 12 2018 ghostery ghostery extension github cliqz and ghostery join forces to defend your privacy cliqz february 15 2017 retrieved february 15 2017 ghostery team wbteck wbteck com a b attacking tracking they re watching you video fox news march 15 2011 third party cookies vs first party cookies opentracker opentracker retrieved december 11 2015 prevent 3rd party script from setting cookies specifically google adsense stack overflow july 29 2015 retrieved december 11 2015 wbteck www ghostery com ghostery inc retrieved december 12 2015 pierce jon 2010 github ghostery source code github ghostery inc retrieved december 12 2015 storm darlene march 10 2014 snowden at sxsw we need better encryption to save us from the surveillance state www computerworld com computerworld retrieved december 21 2015 private search browser cliqz buys ghostery ad tracker tool techcrunch com february 15 2017 retrieved april 30 2018 ad blocker ghostery just went open source and has a new business model wired com march 8 2018 retrieved january 1 2019 this tool to block web tracking software just went open source so you see exactly what it s up to cnet march 8 2018 retrieved may 30 2018 conger kate ad blocker ghostery is going open source to win back some privacy points gizmodo retrieved may 30 2018 dellinger aj ad blocker ghostery celebrates gdpr day by revealing hundreds of user email addresses gizmodo retrieved may 30 2018 ghostery email incident update ghostery may 26 2018 retrieved may 30 2018 henry alan ad blocker ghostery actually helps advertisers if you support it lifehacker com retrieved august 1 2017 simonite tom june 17 2013 popular ad blocker also helps the ad industry mashable mit technology review retrieved august 1 2017 ghostery faq what is ghostery rewards ghostery erweiterung blendet werbung ein heise in german external links edit official website retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title ghostery oldid 1113309996 categories adware formerly proprietary software free and open source android software free firefox webextensions google chrome extensions internet explorer add ons internet privacy software ios software online advertising opera software hidden categories cs1 german language sources de use mdy dates from february 2019 articles with short description short description matches wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged in talk contributions create account log in namespaces article talk english views read edit view history more search navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us donate contribute help learn to edit community portal 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