I found a Firefox Add-on for Windows, Mac or Linux

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I found a Firefox Add-on for Windows, Mac or Linux.
I love this little add-on, it is fun to see the hidden scripts that websites use to put tracking cookies on your computer, even more fun to block them, sorry but it is firefox only.

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I tried this add-on for FIREFOX and so far love it..
Honest John
Ghostery
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Web bugs are hidden scripts that track your behavior and are used by the sites you visit to understand their own audience.

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HJ when I try to download it- it tells me "if I want to save the file OR find a program to download it??"
What does that mean??? You know me. I get scared about anything that wants to take me someplace else! heh-heh TIA Zochitl

posted by Zochitl
28 days ago

you have to be using firefox, firefox will block the pop-up, you have to allow the pop-up.
here I took a screen shot.

posted by HonestJohn
28 days ago

BTW, now that I'm blocking tracking cookies, my pc is flying like when it was new.. woo hoo..

posted by HonestJohn
28 days ago

Installed one minute ago. Now waiting for it to do its thing. Weird, never saw this on FF recommended add-on list. Where did you dig it up?

posted by OldGuy46
28 days ago

It works for me......

posted by Deskjeting
28 days ago

Honest John, is there something like that for windows vista?
My AVG is moving 100's of tracking cookies to the vault every
day.

posted by Jody29
28 days ago

@Jody29, it works on windows vista that is what i have it installed on, it fun on firefox, so you have to be using that browser.
@OldGuy
it popped up on a forum I visit, mostly ex- webtv ers.

I can't believe we haven't run across it before now.

posted by HonestJohn
28 days ago

@oldguy
whoops, I went back to that forum, and it wasn't posted there, I remember now I found it, on my pc that is running Ubuntu Linux, I was searching for an add blocker and found it, using the Firefox add on site.

posted by HonestJohn
28 days ago

addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browse/ type:1/cat:12
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posted by HonestJohn
28 days ago

i use better privacy to rid my self of flash cookies and i use the clear private data tool to rid of the rest. while we on the subject of cookies and tracking, check this out.

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