Cliqz, the German developer of the privacy-focused browser of the same name, has acquired the tracker-blocking browser extension Ghostery and its development team from its creator, Evidon. Partly ...

Chris has reported for various tech and consumer goods outlets over the past decade, including Android Police and MakeUseOf since early 2022. Previously, he has contributed to outlets such as ...

The world of online advertising has changed dramatically since Ghostery first launched in 2009 to help people understand and block all the ways that advertisers were tracking them. Since then, ...

Earlier this month, I updated the privacy guide here at ExtremeTech. I heard plenty of feedback from readers, but the most frequent request was to drop the Ghostery extension from the list -- ...

The internet runs on advertising, and that includes search engines. Google brought in $26 billion of search revenue in the most recent quarter alone. Yes, billion. As that business has grown, it’s ...

In fact, about 10 percent of Ghostery users depend on the tool for work, according to Scott Meyer, Ghostery’s chief executive officer. Version 7 is unique in that it was developed thanks to feedback ...

Whether or not Ghostery is an ad blocker depends on how you define “ad blocker.” Also depends on who you ask. It’s an awkward question for a company that wears two seemingly different hats in the ...

Munich, Germany, February 15, 2017: Cliqz GmbH, a German company owned by Mozilla and Hubert Burda Media, has acquired Ghostery’s consumer operations, which includes the popular brand, anti-tracking ...

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Yesterday, it was uncovered that Google is proposing a new set of rules and APIs for Chrome extensions to use, called Manifest V3, which, among other things, would severely hamper the capabilities of ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ghostery, which provides, among other things, browser extensions that help find and block ads and ...

(in)Secure is a weekly column that dives into the rapidly escalating topic of cybersecurity. Trackers are something that most internet users tolerate, though few have much fondness for. At a time when ...