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The IronVest consumer security and privacy app and browser extension evolved from Blur, a privacy product designed to block trackers and provide masking tools, developed by Abine, a privacy company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and first released for Firefox in March 2011. [3] There is a free version, and a paid one with more features.
Disconnect is a partly open source [1] browser extension and mobile app designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers, [2] and providing private web search and private web browsing. [3] On mobile, it is available for Android and iPhone. It was developed by Brian Kennish and Casey Oppenheim.
Trackbuster helps email users get rid of these trackers, by detecting and disabling tracking images and tracked links. At launch, Trackbuster received praise and positive press from well-known figures in the tech world, including Robert Scoble, [10] Om Malik [11] and Chris Messina. Trackbuster is currently compatible with Gmail and Google Apps.
Google's changes to its privacy policy on March 16, 2012, enabled the company to share data across a wide variety of services. [1] These embedded services include millions of third-party websites that use AdSense and Analytics. The policy was widely criticized for creating an environment that discourages Internet innovation by making Internet ...
Google was found to have web trackers on 74 percent of those sites, while Facebook only had trackers on 10 percent. Oracle, which specializes in database technology and software, came in at 24 ...
While it would previously learn to block new trackers heuristically after installed, it now defaults to blocking only trackers it already knows from automated testing before release. While it can still be configured to learn heuristically, it is no longer the default option because it can be exploited by third-parties to fingerprint the user ...
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