Help Desk Series: Smart blocking
What is it? Smart Blocking is one of our automatic features that makes it easier to optimize your browsing experience and blocking choices. It automatically...
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How to limit tracking and manage cookie setting within your browser
In continuation of our two-part how to limit tracking series, let’s talk desktop. If you missed last week’s post on how to limit ad tracking on your...
Data privacy panel recap
Let the Night Begin As a group of ghosty-cladded guests – friends both old and new – gathered in to Flatiron Hall last Wednesday evening to...
How to limit ad tracking on your mobile device
You’re searching for running shoes and now you see ads for them on every page. You’re visiting a friend and suddenly all of your ads are for places...
Open source products for privacy-minded companies & individuals
There’s an endless list of software programs out there for both individuals and the corporate world to use – varying from paid and proprietary to free...
10th anniversary highlights
This Wednesday Ghostery celebrated its 10 year anniversary – balloons, confetti, cameras, the whole shebang. Ghosterians from the past and present,...
10 years and counting!
Ten years ago, a ghost appeared in your browser. It has taken many forms, but its goal has remained the same – to show you what’s happening behind...
Help Desk Series: Pause Ghostery
What does it do? Pause Ghostery will pause the extension on all sites. Users can choose to manually pause and un-pause or utilize the preset 30 minute,...
Chrome’s Manifest V3 – Improving Privacy?
The Chrome team’s proposed changes to browser extension APIs, known as Manifest V3, have proven controversial due to their expected impact on adblockers...
Help Desk Series: Trust site
What does it do? Trust site will turn off Ghostery and allow all trackers and ads on a website and its subdomains to run unblocked. This feature is useful...
How to keep your browsing information untraceable
I had a conversation with a friend recently about keeping their data safe when browsing the internet. With it being pretty easy for advertisers to install...
Spring cleaning: tidy up your tech
June might already be in full swing, but there’s still time to do some Spring cleaning. As you break out the broom and dust pan, don’t forget about...
Want to do a social media cleanse? Here’s how.
How to Delete Your Social Media Accounts It’s no secret that there are many pros and cons to social media. Staying connected with friends, family,...
Introducing Ghostery Insights Beta
Hello Ghostery Users, With spring in full swing—the flowers are in bloom and the bees are buzzing—it’s a great time to announce our latest tool,...
Ghostery / Firefox Outage
Hey there Ghosterians! Recently, all add-ons within Firefox were disabled. This is a bug on Firefox’s end and has affected all add-ons; including...
Ghostery goes to college: read about our University Partnership Program – Year 1, done!
Dear Gen Z, You’ve grown up in a world dominated by the internet. A world where new tech, targeted ads, and social media platforms reign. Because you...