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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).
Adjust the security setting of the browser to the default level; Unblock yahoo.com in any antivirus software, which may have built-in ad blocker; Disable ad blocker on the home Internet router. Refer to the manufacturer's instruction manual; Check all the icons in the browser navigation bar for a possible ad blocker, and disable/remove them
uBlock Origin (/ ˈ j uː b l ɒ k / YOO-blok [5]) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking.The extension is available for Firefox and Chromium-based browsers (such as Chrome, Edge, Brave, and Opera).
Evidon (formerly Ghostery, Inc. and The Better Advertising Project) is a New York City-based company dealing in enterprise marketing analytics and compliance services. It was previously the owner of the anti-tracking browser extension Ghostery , which it sold to the German, Mozilla -backed company Cliqz GmbH in February 2017.
Free and open-source software portal; AdNauseam – A free and open-source browser extension that blocks and clicks on ads served by sites that ignore Do Not Track; Blur – An open-source application designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers.
NoScript can force the browser to always use HTTPS when establishing connections to some sensitive sites, in order to prevent man-in-the-middle attacks. This behavior can be triggered either by the websites themselves, by sending the Strict Transport Security header, or configured by users for those websites that don't support Strict Transport Security yet.
HTTPS Everywhere was inspired by Google's increased use of HTTPS [8] and is designed to force the usage of HTTPS automatically whenever possible. [9] The code, in part, is based on NoScript's HTTP Strict Transport Security implementation, but HTTPS Everywhere is intended to be simpler to use than No Script's forced HTTPS functionality which requires the user to manually add websites to a list. [4]
On 29 April 2020, Cliqz announced it will shut down its browser and search engine. [12] Subsequently, the search engine - called Tailcat - was acquired by Brave. [13] As of March 2021, a browser called Ghostery Dawn was reported to be under development. [14] Ghostery Dawn became available for public download in October 2021. [15]