Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery
4,427 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14481938, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Kevin Da Eksplorer, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14478920, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Paul Henderson, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14477117, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14266326, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Daniel, 6 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by Firefox user 14474697, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12802477, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14469933, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14468220, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14466902, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14465875, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Pereirão, 6 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13350340, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by lukaszb, 6 years agoit's now like a malware collecting yours data, avoid like a fire
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/
We are also open source, which you can view here: https://github.com/ghostery/ghostery-extension - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13890511, 6 years agoCannot Post Comments on FLICKI, FIREFOX doesn't work
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, would you mind sending an email to support@ghostery.com so we can take a look? Mostly likely you will just need to adjust your Ghostery settings. - Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 14459346, 6 years agoWith the new update ghostery, now need "access to your data for all websites." It was one of the best applications for protecting personal data. Very sad, I dont want to look for other addon, it’s good that there is an possibility not to update
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, there, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14129769, 6 years agoTo anyone having trouble accepting the new permission requirements, please read this mozilla support article: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/permission-request-messages-firefox-extensions
Unfortunately the plugin requires that permission in order to read the website content and block trackers.
I don't think anything has changed in that regard other than firefox making this more transparent.
It's a fact of life that you should probably only install addons that you trust since most of them can hook into the firefox api and read whatever data they want.
Ironically, you were okay when this process was opaque but now when you are warned about it, you no longer trust the same addons you supposedly did before.Developer response
posted 6 years agoThanks for the positive review, you can read more about our response to this on our FAQ page: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/
Happy Browsing! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14459064, 6 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lexiy, 6 years agoкогда дополнение для конфиденциальности внезапно запрашивает данные о тебе, это так мило!
- Rated 2 out of 5by Firefox user 14458892, 6 years agoLike so many other users within the last few days I have removed Ghostery for wanting to "access all data". I don't believe that it should be allowed to do that at all and seems extremely intrusive. Thank you for the time i've been with you but I shall now be using a different app that doesn't feel the need to see all of my passwords.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, there, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/ - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14458819, 6 years agoI have been a user of Ghostery for a number of years. I have now disabled it. The reason? I am alarmed by the request to "access all data" submitted to websites. Why does Ghostery need to capture my sensitive data such as passwords? Is Ghostery GDRP compliant or should there be a referral to the Information Comissioners Office.? Come on Ghostery spill the beans why do you want all this data.
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/ - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12815491, 6 years agoWhy do you need "acces your data for all websites " for the latest update ? i dont trust you anymore !
Developer response
posted 6 years agoHi, there, in order for Ghostery to block trackers and ads, it needs to be able to detect and take action on elements of a web page as you browse. We do not record sensitive information, record browsing history, or disclose user data. Note that despite the prompt being new, Ghostery is not introducing any new permissions with the update. You can read about this in greater detail on our FAQ page, here: https://www.ghostery.com/faqs/why-am-i-being-prompted-to-approve-an-update-from-ghostery/ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 14452176, 6 years ago