Ghostery: Know How Web Pages Are Monitoring You

Ghostery is a Firefox add-on that lets you find out how web pages track you while you browse the net. The trackers are usually hidden scripts from ad network that placed on websites to monitor visitors browsing behavior. With Ghostery on your browser you would know who is watching you via small icon alert, clicking it will display the list of trackers.

The installation process is usual and there is no registration.

Know How Web Pages Are Monitoring You

Know How Web Pages Are Monitoring You

Ghostery currently can detect over 135 major services that track you on the web. Some of these services are: Google Analytics, MyBlogLog, Quantcast, IndexTools, SiteMeter, Lijit, Omniture, CrazyEgg, Snap… etc.

Features:

  • Find out what web pages are watching you.
  • Can detect over 135 major services that track you on the web.

Check out Ghostery @ www.ghostery.com

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2009-04-03 08:48:23

Thanks for writing about Ghostery! I am the author. If there’s anything we can do better please let me know.

Cheers,
David

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