Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery is a powerful privacy extension. Block ads, stop trackers and speed up websites.
What is Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker?
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker is a Chrome extension that offers exemplary browsing experience by blocking advertisements, stopping data trackers, and removing cookie consent pop-ups. With over 100+ million downloads, it provides users with ready-to-use privacy protection features. It also gives a detailed breakdown of trackers on visited websites, previews trackers on search engine result pages, and maintains the largest database of trackers, WhoTracks.Me. Its advanced features are open to contributors who help fund its development.
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Summary
Ghostery has more than 100+ million downloads worldwide.
We provide safe, fast, and clutter-free browsing. Our extension gives you full adblock functionality, stops trackers from accessing your personal data, and annoying cookie consent pop-ups.
Our users enjoy online privacy protection that works out-of-the-box. No need for customization and maintenance!
We have three main components:
- Ad-Blocking - blocks all ads on websites you visit with your Chrome browser, including Youtube and Facebook, helping you to focus only on the information important to you.
- Anti-Tracking - stops trackers' ability to collect your personal data, replacing it with random values and anonymizing your identity for data brokers. If you see a need to unblock individual trackers, the option is available.
- Never-Consent - automatically removes intrusive cookie pop-ups and sends an important message to website owners telling them that you don't want to be tracked. This feature adds convenience to each website you visit and acts like your privacy advocate towards content providers while using Chrome.
Our ad-blocking extension comes with additional features not found in any other ad blocker:
- Trackers information on any website you visit, informing you about the number of trackers, their type, and the company operating them.
- Trackers Preview on search engine result pages - displaying tracker information even before you visit a page. If you decide to visit the website, Ghostery will block any trackers waiting for you there.
- WhoTracks.Me - Owning and operating the largest database of trackers allows Ghostery to update tracker information fast and reliably for all users.
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Pros
- Effective in ad blocking and tracker protection
- Updates library frequently to cater to new types of ads and trackers
- Pop-up blocking activated on user demand
- Able to block Google and Youtube ads
Cons
- Collects sensitive user information including name, address, passwords, IP address.
- Disrupts the functioning of certain websites like Google and social media sites unless whitelisted
- Constant refreshing of google search results, making it unbearable
- Fails to block ads on some websites like YouTube
Most mentioned
- Effective ad-blocking functionality
- Data collection and privacy concerns
- Issues with Google search refreshing
Safety
Risk impact
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker is risky to use as it requires a number of sensitive permissions that can potentially harm your browser and steal your data. Exercise caution when installing this extension. Review carefully before installing. We recommend that you only install Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker if you trust the publisher.
Risk likelihood
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.
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