Ghostery
Sign in to saveGhostery is a free and open-source privacy and security-related browser extension and mobile browser application. Since February 2017, it has been owned by the German company Cliqz International GmbH (formerly owned by Evidon, Inc., which was previously called Ghostery, Inc. and the Better Advertising Project). The code was originally developed by David Cancel and associates.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Ghostery
- Software.logo
- File:Ghostery logo.svg
- Software.developer
- David CancelChristopher TinoJosé María SignaniniSerge ZarembskyPatrick LawlerCaleb Richelson
- Software.license
- MPL 2.0
- Software.website
- www.ghostery.com
- Software.logo_size
- 250px
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Source code
Ghostery is a powerful Tracker & Adblocker browser extension with over 100 million downloads. Block ads, stop trackers, and speed up websites. Privacy at its best. To run local version in Safari, you have to use Xcode. The project files are available in the xcode folder, but Apple's ecosystem is more complex. Fortunately, most changes can be tested reliably in Chrome. The build script caches fetched resources in several directories to speed up the development process. If you need to download fresh resources, add the --clean flag to the build command:
Excerpt from the source-code README · 2,638 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ghostery.com
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- software version identifier
- 10.5.38
- source code repository URL
- github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension
- social media followers
- 21993
Sources (3)
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12 sectionsContents
- Functionality
- Blocking
- Reporting
- History and use
- Features
- Ad-Blocking
- Anti-Tracking
- Never-Consent
- Criticism
- See also
- References
- External links
Ghostery is a free and open-source privacy and security-related browser extension and mobile browser application. Since February 2017, it has been owned by the German company Cliqz International GmbH (formerly owned by Evidon, Inc., which was previously called Ghostery, Inc. and the Better Advertising Project). The code was originally developed by David Cancel and associates.
Ghostery enables its users to detect and control JavaScript "tags" and "trackers" to remove JavaScript bugs and beacons that are embedded in many web pages which allow for the collection of a user's browsing habits via HTTP cookies, as well as participating in more sophisticated forms of tracking such as canvas fingerprinting.