At Ghostery, we did a joint study with Verified Data: Do websites stop tracking if you reject consent?

We chose pharma websites as an example. All US sites and almost all European sites still sent tracking requests to third parties.

We assume it is often unintentional (e.g. misconfigurations). But when we disclosed our findings, none of the websites reacted.

Blog: https://www.ghostery.com/blog/ghostery-verified-data-consent-study

Study: https://verified-data.com/insights/pharmacy-consent-study/

The approach is described in the PDF: https://verified-data.com/whitepapers/Pharmacy-Consent-Study-Report.pdf

#privacy #ghostery #verifieddata #gdpr

What #adblock do I want on #chromium these days? I hate how it was deliberately enshittified by #google and I won't ever use #chrome, but I just can't seem to become happy with #firefox

Currently I'm only using #ghostery and more and more ads seem to be seeping through....

Stop Annoyances: Say No To DuckDuckGo Popup Advertisement

Stop annoyances in their tracks by saying no to DuckDuckGo popup advertisement using a content filter, alternative websites or the command line.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/stop-annoyance-duckduckgo-popup-advertisement/

#blog #ContentFilter #AdBlocker #uBlockOrigin #Ghostery #web

Ghostery is now available on Edge for Mobile (Android & iOS).

To the best of my knowledge that makes it the only Chrome based Mobile browser with extension support. (There was the Kiwi browser, but it has been discontinued in 2025.)

#ghostery #edge #android #ios

Updated: Block or Disable Sign In with Google Prompt Popup

- Add AdGuard AdBlocker

A complete guide to a variety of solutions on how to remove the annoyance of Sign In with Google Prompts by following the step-by-step instructions.

https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/block-disable-sign-in-with-google-prompt/

#blog #AdGuard #AdBlock #ghostery #PrivacyBadger #uBlockOrigin #web #technology