Their webpage covers more on how it compares, I quote:
The upside of this is that it changes and adapts to any new tracking, the downside is that you need to visit the site and get tracked at least once before it starts working properly and it doesn't currently block the tracking made by the first-party, aka if you visit Google it will allow Google to track you on. The way it works is that it checks the requests (mainly third party ones) made by the browser and builds a blocklist based on what it detects. 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.
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