From 90aec9aa7894dc292a4f20ca55b88db61d86362b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: yokoffing Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2020 09:42:37 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Ghostery (markdown) --- Ghostery.md | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Ghostery.md b/Ghostery.md index aa09f6a..4d06fd8 100644 --- a/Ghostery.md +++ b/Ghostery.md @@ -2,10 +2,11 @@ "Ghostery helps you browse smarter by giving you control over ads and tracking technologies to speed up page loads, eliminate clutter, and protect your data." -## FAQ +# FAQ + +### I've heard that Ghostery couldn't be trusted. +You might be referring to the pre-2017 era where Ghostery belonged to a company named Evidon (which had a business model of collecting and selling data to other companies). It was then acquired by Cliqz (which builds a private and independent search engine as well as privacy-focused browsers). Since then the business model has been dropped, code has been [open-sourced](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/) and Ghostery is now exploring ways to monetize through paid products, as well as client-side offers targeting called rewards. [^1] -I thought Ghostery couldn't be trusted? -source https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f298x0/what_chrome_extensions_make_the_internet_100x/fheeoco **Features.** source https://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/f98tjg/firefox_turns_encrypted_dns_on_by_default_to/fir7npi @@ -30,3 +31,5 @@ Human Web source https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/f1bn8s/i_did_a_test_on_panopticlick_to_see_how_anonymous/fheg1x9 https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/eshkp0/microg_android_almost_without_google_our/ffpzv9x + +[^1]:https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/f298x0/what_chrome_extensions_make_the_internet_100x/fheeoco \ No newline at end of file