On 07/16 10:48, tu...@posteo.de wrote: > On 07/16 09:18, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Sunday 16 Jul 2017 09:59:54 tu...@posteo.de wrote: > > > On 07/16 08:51, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > > --->8 > > > > > > Have you tried Ghostery? > > > > > > > > http://www.ghostery.com > > > > > > Hi Peter, > > > > > > no, due to this reason: > > > > > > "Ghostery is owned by Evidon, a company that collects and provides data to > > > advertising companies." Source here: > > > https://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-> > > > to-a-514417864 > > > > I hadn't read that; interesting. But note that it only says your data are > > collected if you choose to "support" them, and apparently the data are > > anonymised. Actually, when I looked just now I found that choice made for > > me > > by default. I've now changed it - thanks for the pointer! > > > > I'll continue to use Ghostery for the moment, as it seems highly effective > > in > > stopping all manner of intrusions. > > > > -- > > Regards > > Peter > > > > > > Hi Peter, > > How far would you trust a company, which makes money from selling > my/your data and is promoting a tool to prevent exactly this? > > Me: Not a single radius/wave length of a quantum... > > "Anonymised data" is a bad joke in post Orwell times... > > Cheers > Meino > > > > > See also here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery
cite: "Some say that Ghostery, Inc. plays a dual role in the online advertising industry. Ghostery blocks sites from gathering personal information. But it does have an opt-in feature GhostRank that can be checked to "support" them. GhostRank takes note of ads encountered and blocked, and sends that information back to advertisers so they can better formulate their ads to avoid being blocked.[22] Though Ghostery claims that the data are anonymized, patterns of web page visits cannot truly be anonymized.[23] Thus not everyone sees Evidon's business model as conflict-free. "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," says Jonathan Mayer, a Stanford grad student and privacy advocate." Cheers Meino
