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83a
on June 15, 2015
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i'm using
https://www.requestpolicy.com/
(ghostery seems to phone home, requestpolicy not (afaik))
acheron
on June 15, 2015
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There's an opt-in option in Ghostery that reports usage info, but as far as I know it doesn't "phone home" if you don't opt in to that.
stavros
on June 15, 2015
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Yeah, seconded, AFAIK it doesn't phone home if you disable that.
colinbartlett
on June 15, 2015
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Privacy-advocating browser extension stops violating your privacy if you ask it to.
Ded7xSEoPKYNsDd
on June 15, 2015
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No. Sending of usage info is opt-in, not opt-out.
benedikt
on June 15, 2015
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What about Disconnect or Lightbeam? (as alternatives to Ghostery)
Dirlewanger
on June 15, 2015
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Use Disconnect. More or less the same as Ghostery, minus the tracking you part. The fact that Ghostery tracks whether or not one sends data back to them shows that they have to be keeping some sort of tracking id for your machine.
quadrangle
on June 16, 2015
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uBlock has advanced features that function like request policy (effectively can replace it, though RP is still a good plugin)
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