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![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/115cfc9688111836b599c30bd18fad1463e49977/68747470733a2f2f7777772e67686f73746572792e636f6d2f77702d636f6e74656e742f7468656d65732f67686f73746572792f696d616765732f67686f73746572795f6c6f676f5f626c61636b2e737667) [![Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/wp-content/themes/ghostery/images/ghostery_logo_black.svg)](https://www.ghostery.com)
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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. _Last updated: 8 August 2020_
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:
* Blocks ads and trackers effectively.
* Deploys AI and heuristics to catch trackers _not_ on popular blocklists. (And if a tracker isn't blocked, then the request is modified and anonymized to prevent site breakage.)
* Plus, [data usage is reduced by more than 100x](https://cliqz.com/en/magazine/cliqz-developers-revolutionize-ad-blocker-architecture). Instead of always downloading the complete filter lists after an update, only the entries that have actually changed are updated.
[Download Ghostery](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension#downloads)
## Presets for blocking:
* ads only
* ads + trackers
* ads + trackers + annoyances
## FAQ
### Extension Comparisons ### Extension Comparisons
* [1.1 Why would I use Ghostery over uBlock Origin?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#why-would-i-use-ghostery-over-ublock-origin) * [1.1 Why would I use Ghostery over uBlock Origin?](https://github.com/yokoffing/Better-Fox/wiki/Ghostery#why-would-i-use-ghostery-over-ublock-origin)
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Around May 2020, Ghostery added the option to [block annoyances](https://postimg.cc/30BX3Xp8) as well. Ghostery uses a mix of community-driven lists such as uBlock filters — Annoyances or EasyList cookie, as well as some custom filters. Around May 2020, Ghostery added the option to [block annoyances](https://postimg.cc/30BX3Xp8) as well. Ghostery uses a mix of community-driven lists such as uBlock filters — Annoyances or EasyList cookie, as well as some custom filters.
uBlock Origin is a content blocker (and a very good one, [Gorhill](https://github.com/gorhill) is doing an amazing work with uBO), but blocklists have well-known limitations which make them an imperfect privacy protection tool (i.e. because of slow updates, limited coverage and exceptions for some domains/requests to not break websites), which is why an approach like (3) is desirable. uBlock Origin is a content blocker (and a very good one, [Gorhill](https://github.com/gorhill) is doing an amazing work with uBO), but **blocklists have well-known limitations which make them an imperfect privacy protection tool** (i.e. because of slow updates, limited coverage and exceptions for some domains/requests to not break websites), which is why an approach like (3) is desirable.
Of course it depends on how you setup uBlock Origin, the more you block the better, but it also increases breakage and you will never be able to block everything (this would break a lot of websites and you would have to whitelist some requests, leaving your privacy un-protected). Of course it depends on how you setup uBlock Origin, the more you block the better, but it also increases breakage and you will never be able to block everything (this would break a lot of websites and you would have to whitelist some requests, leaving your privacy un-protected).
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Last but not least, yes the data you mention is useful for building features that are yet to come. For example, we needed data before we could launch the tracking protection feature few years back. There is a chicken and egg problem. Some seem to be very focused on the data part, without attempting to evaluate if that data compromises the privacy of the users in any way. Sorry, but it is not always the case that data implies lack of privacy, we wrote about it [here](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-02/is-data-collection-evil.html). [^6] Last but not least, yes the data you mention is useful for building features that are yet to come. For example, we needed data before we could launch the tracking protection feature few years back. There is a chicken and egg problem. Some seem to be very focused on the data part, without attempting to evaluate if that data compromises the privacy of the users in any way. Sorry, but it is not always the case that data implies lack of privacy, we wrote about it [here](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-02/is-data-collection-evil.html). [^6]
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## Privacy ## Privacy
### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data? ### Does Ghostery collect and sell my data?
Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, we even open the insights we have about the tracking landscape via https://whotracks.me/, so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3] Ghostery neither collects nor sells data about users or trackers. In fact, we even open the insights we have about the tracking landscape via https://whotracks.me/, so that everyone can benefit from it. [^3]