If you think the popup is too much, you can disable it from Ghostery’s settings page. And then wonder what exactly each of them do. To have some fun with it, go to something like and watch as it populates a list of 50 or more trackers that extends beyond the size of your browser window. You’ll actually see them populate as the website loads them. In the bottom-right corner you’ll see a popup listing all the trackers the site loaded. Then go to any page and Ghostery will start doing its thing. So in this article, I’ll be using Ghostery as an example.Īfter installing Ghostery ( Chrome, Firefox), go through the setup process. In my personal testing, I’ve found that Ghostery is the best at finding trackers and assisting you with managing them. On Firefox, you can try Mozilla’s own Lightbeam add-on. DisconnectMe and Ghostery are great for Chrome. To see all the trackers a website employs, we’ll need a browser extension. For example, they may collect your personal data like your location, record your search history, and more. Again, in theory, this data would help the website to serve you better.īut trackers can be used against you as well.
But sometimes, the tracking can get creepy and a little out of hand, depending on where you stand on such issues.Ī news website might be using a tracker that monitors where your cursor is on the page, what you clicked, how much you read, what you shared, and more. Websites like Twitter and Facebook install cookies on your machine so you don’t have to log in every time you want to share something.
Most of them – and I’m not kidding – want to make your life easier. There are all sorts of website trackers out there. Specifically, let’s take a look at extensions for Chrome and Firefox. Today we’re going to talk specifically about who’s tracking you online, what type of information they’re getting, and how you could try to stop them (and if you should stop them). We’ve already written about 9 useful security extensions for Chrome. Maybe something that’s not as grandiose but still infiltrates your right to privacy. But there’s more than one kind of data tracking on the internet. Not unless you tell them the government is seeing your dick pics. Of course, not everyone cares about data tracking. From NSA to your local government to Google and everyone in between.
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