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[![Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/wp-content/themes/ghostery/images/ghostery_logo_black.svg)](https://www.ghostery.com) [![Ghostery](https://www.ghostery.com/wp-content/themes/ghostery/images/ghostery_logo_black.svg)](https://www.ghostery.com)
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Last updated: 09 January 2021 | [download](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension#downloads) Last updated: 28 January 2021 | [download](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension#downloads)
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. 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.
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* Blocks ads and trackers effectively. Annoyances, too! * Blocks ads and trackers effectively. Annoyances, too!
* Deploys AI to detect and prevent trackers _not_ on popular blocklists. (And if a tracker isn't blocked, then the request is [modified and anonymized](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-19/blocking-tracking-without-blocking-trackers.html) to prevent site breakage.) * Deploys AI to detect and prevent trackers _not_ on popular blocklists. (And if a tracker isn't blocked, then the request is [modified and anonymized](https://0x65.dev/blog/2019-12-19/blocking-tracking-without-blocking-trackers.html) to prevent site breakage.)
* Clears cookies from tracking domains that you did not visit as first parties. * Clears cookies from tracking domains that you did not visit as first parties.
* [Smart Blocking](https://www.ghostery.com/help-desk-series-smart-blocking/) will attempt to upgrade the HTTP requests to HTTPS and [prevent loading insecure content on a secure page](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/issues/258#issuecomment-444259576). This outweighs any potential hassle caused by accidentally blocking legitimate site content.
* Enables language-specific filters [automatically](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/issues/22#issuecomment-526841301) based on your browsing habits (without any data leaving your browser). * Enables language-specific filters [automatically](https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension/issues/22#issuecomment-526841301) based on your browsing habits (without any data leaving your browser).
* Plus, [your 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. * Plus, [your 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.