

I'm sure their research is respectful but it is good to know about it at least.

So far, the possible alternatives I found were and Lightbeam however, these have not been updated in months and have unresolved GitHub issues.įirst, Ghostery is made by Ghostery Inc. Optional: additional information, like tracker provider contact info.Prevent certain redirects (like dotomi).Click-to-play trackers (typically widgets).Block trackers: widgets, advertising, beacons, etc.Frequent updates (either app or database).Other addons: uBlock Origin, CookieKeeper, Tab Mix Plus.I am looking for the following features in a tracker-blocker alternative to Ghostery: This happened shortly before the 6.0 update.

I also do not like how Ghostery now shows popups asking me to take surveys. The Ghostery blog says a technical version will come out in a few months, but I fear this will be a premium service. However, with the recent v6.0 update, much of the technical details are gone. Until yesterday, I was extremely happy with Ghostery - the add-on used to show the location/address of a tracker, and include cookies in its blacklisting.
