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From: H-Man on 28 Jul 2010 12:05 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:32:42 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in > news:Xns9DC34A89E5426bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > >> http://www.ghostery.com/ >> > > FireFox has another extension also called BetterPrivacy in addition to > Ghostery which some people say is also very good. I don't know: > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/ Bear, Looks like BetterPrivacy is focused on "Flash Cookies (LSO/SuperCookies)" they call them. Ghostery seems much broader in it's efforts, but seems to ignore LSO, you would be correct in your indication that they be used together. -- HK
From: H-Man on 28 Jul 2010 15:40 On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:03:39 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > H-Man <Spam(a)bites.fs> wrote in > news:i2pkgt$5ad$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > >> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:32:42 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: >> >>> Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in >>> news:Xns9DC34A89E5426bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: >>> >>>> http://www.ghostery.com/ >>>> >>> >>> FireFox has another extension also called BetterPrivacy in addition >>> to Ghostery which some people say is also very good. I don't know: >>> >>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/ >> >> Bear, >> Looks like BetterPrivacy is focused on "Flash Cookies >> (LSO/SuperCookies)" they call them. Ghostery seems much broader in >> it's efforts, but seems to ignore LSO, you would be correct in your >> indication that they be used together. >> > > Thanks H-Man. The Chrome extension at this time only shows what events > happen, and they cannot be blocked though the Ghostery folks indicate > Google has agreed to provide the API for such in the ? future...I guess > that is what they need. Such would be a good move for end-users of > Chrome though it conflicts with Googles desires. It will be interesting > to see what happens and when. Yes interesting indeed. 'Spose we'll see soon enough. -- HK
From: »Q« on 28 Jul 2010 22:59 In <news:Xns9DC34CCA7C450bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net>, Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote: > FireFox has another extension also called BetterPrivacy in addition > to Ghostery which some people say is also very good. I don't know: > > https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/ It doesn't have anything to do with what Ghostery does, but does do exactly what it claims to.
From: H-Man on 29 Jul 2010 09:40
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:22:44 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: > Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in > news:Xns9DC3989DDF4C6bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: > >> H-Man <Spam(a)bites.fs> wrote in >> news:i2q12s$58l$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: >> >>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:03:39 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: >>> >>>> H-Man <Spam(a)bites.fs> wrote in >>>> news:i2pkgt$5ad$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:32:42 +0000 (UTC), Bear Bottoms wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Bear Bottoms <bearbottoms1(a)gmai.com> wrote in >>>>>> news:Xns9DC34A89E5426bearbottoms1gmaicom(a)news.albasani.net: >>>>>> >>>>>>> http://www.ghostery.com/ >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> FireFox has another extension also called BetterPrivacy in >>>>>> addition to Ghostery which some people say is also very good. I >>>>>> don't know: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6623/ >>>>> >>>>> Bear, >>>>> Looks like BetterPrivacy is focused on "Flash Cookies >>>>> (LSO/SuperCookies)" they call them. Ghostery seems much broader in >>>>> it's efforts, but seems to ignore LSO, you would be correct in your >>>>> indication that they be used together. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Thanks H-Man. The Chrome extension at this time only shows what >>>> events happen, and they cannot be blocked though the Ghostery folks >>>> indicate Google has agreed to provide the API for such in the ? >>>> future...I guess that is what they need. Such would be a good move >>>> for end-users of Chrome though it conflicts with Googles desires. It >>>> will be interesting to see what happens and when. >>> >>> Yes interesting indeed. 'Spose we'll see soon enough. >>> >> >> Come to find out, that if you download from the Ghostery site, you get >> an updated extension (from the one in the Chrome Extension Gallery) >> that includes /some/ blocking features, but not yet 100%. Things are >> moving at the least. >> > > The blocking feature is working very well for Chrome and it is > automatic. When you visit a page, all challenges are shown and the ones > blocked have a line through them (crossed out). So far, everything has > been blocked...even Google. You can create white lists. Using it now in FF, looks as you describe it, no issues to this point. -- HK |