Ghostery for Firefox

Ghostery is an add-on for Firefox that helps show users exactly who is present on a web page, making it easier to manage who is collecting your information.

The interface of this utility is very user friendly. This add-on appears with the image of Pac-Man in the status tray of Firefox. When Ghostery protects the collection of information on a website, a link will display the number of people collecting your information. Click this link, and you'll see the names and links to websites with more information about the companies in question, including descriptions and ratings. In addition, Ghostery can display a warning in the top right corner of the site, listing the pages that are gathering information that has been found. The interface of the program makes it easier to block these people, ensuring that information about your Internet usage does not reach anyone suspicious.

You can use Ghostery for free. In addition, users can install and remove this utility without any problems.

The main feature of Ghostery

Detect followers

Websites such as Facebook, Google Analytics, many advertising sites, information providers of user behavior and web publishers . are all interested in information of Internet users. However, not every user wants to be a follower. Thus, the Ghostery utility detects 'anonymous' websites, tracking sites, web bugs, pixels and alerts installed on the web. This gadget blocks more than 1699 tracking pages.

Learn about tracking websites

After showing you which websites are tracking your activity, the utility also allows viewing information about these sites including the identity of the company, links to its privacy policy and opt-out options. they. 'Master yourself, master the enemy'. Once you know the information, you can turn yourself into an intelligent user and never be tracked again.

Safety control when surfing the web

Ghostery helps users block scripts from suspicious companies, delete shared objects, and even block images and iframes.

Support Ghostrank feature

The utility also includes an optional feature called Ghostrank , which users can select or not. This feature sends anonymous information to the Ghostery server about the tracking websites that users encounter and the location of these websites. This information allows gadget developers to create a more comprehensive list of these audiences, helping to develop a clearer advertising behavior system.

Protection of user privacy

This utility is built and maintained for users who care about their privacy when conducting online activities, so Ghostery takes security as a top operational goal. You use Ghostery without registering or logging in at all, completely anonymous. Besides, the Ghostery plug-in does not place cookies in your browser nor disclose user information unless you use Ghostrank . However, users do not need to worry because the information of Ghostrank is also anonymous data, not used for advertising and only used in general statistics form.

Click-to-Play

For tracking websites that have been blocked such as buttons on Google, Facebook and Twitter, as well as comment systems, video players and audio widgets that users can still use normally, just the tracking features. of these websites has been removed.

This add-on is compatible with Mozilla Firefox versions 19.0 and above.