Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery
429 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13755321, a day ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by SweatTechnique, 3 days agoIch weiß nicht was ich falsch mache, aber stattdessen, das es alle Cookies deaktiviert akzeptiert Ghostery alle Cookies und sorgt somit für alles andere als für ein "datenschutzorientieres" Surfen. Darum habe ich es wieder deinstalliert und mach die Einstellungen eben wieder manuell aber sicher so wie ich sie haben will.
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 19026513, 4 days agoудаляйте эту хрень и ставьте юблок, он лучше справляется
- Rated 1 out of 5by SACleere, 5 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by kingkay, 22 days agoNo sirve para nada, funciona la primera hora y luego ya deja de funcionar
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18874061, a month ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18878227, 3 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Ugarov, 5 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Astral, 6 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Lisa, 6 months agoPersonally I've seen 0 difference in pop ups since I got this...
If it keeps websites from tracking me, good, but its inefficiency with the one thing it promotes doesn't reassure me. I was looking for an ad blocker when I downloaded it, so that's still not done...Developer response
posted 6 months agoThanks for your feedback! It sounds like Ghostery is not enabled at all. Please check the Ghostery panel if more permissions are required or contact support@ghostery.com for more help!
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18696087, 6 months agoGhostery worked flawlessly for eight years, prohibitinig all ads from even appearing on my AOL email account.
Then last week, constantly-changing ads began showinig up above my emails.
I contacted Ghostery and sent several requested screenshots of my email page and the ads themselves and waited for a reply, ideally a fix to block all those ads. Since then, I've been ignored.
Ghostery, I believe a response is in order. - Rated 1 out of 5by Ahnaf Ahmed Rohon, 7 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Klaas de Eindbaas, 7 months agoToo bad it also hides all cookies-option screen, making it impossible to choose 'opt-out' or 'only necessary'. I don't know if Ghostery does this bc it maybe disables all non-necessary cookies itself, but I don't know Ghostery well enough to know that, I'm not participant in coding Ghostery. So regardless whether its relevant, I'd like to get the choice to click 'Decline All' or eg the Dutch 'Weigeren'. Even if it only was bc the cookies option screen now continuesly pops up and disappears with every new page you click to within a site. It's annoying to say the least. If I'd be given the chance to just click the decline button then that screen is gone 'forever' while I'm on a site, not peek-a-booing on every page I visit wihin that site. And it's worrying to say the most, bc if the decline isn't clicked - then what unwanted cookies are seeping through????
Developer response
posted 7 months agoHi Klaas,
Thanks for your message!
Ghostery’s feature Never-Consent is doing exactly what you are asking for. It automates the interaction with consent dialogues, expressing dissent to tracking. If you would like to click on those consent dialogues yourself, you can toggle off Never-Consent in Ghostery Settings. For any questions, please drop us a message at support@ghostery.com and we're happy to guide further.
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by ···, 8 months agoThe new UI is a disaster. Before, I knew exactly what I wanted to block and what not. Now I'm being patronized. That's why I'm still using version 8.12.13 with the automatic updates turned off.
addons.mozilla.org/firefox/downloads/file/4314110/ghostery-8.12.13.xpiDeveloper response
posted 7 months agoThank you for your honest feedback. We're sorry to hear that the new UI hasn't met your expectations, and we understand your frustration. We always aim to improve the user experience, not to make it more complicated. Your input is valuable, and we'll pass it along to our team as we continue refining Ghostery. If you ever decide to give Ghostery 10 a try, we would love to hear your thoughts again. Thanks for sticking with us!
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12845766, 9 months agoFor about two weeks embedded 'Youtube' videos will not play on any websites. Filed a detailed report on Ghostery Support Page and have not had any response (That was a huge waste of time!). Worked great for years. Give it another day or two before I completely remove it. UPDATE: Support couldn't replicate. Asked for screenshot and other routine nonsense (I thought they were going to ask me to unplug Youtube and plug it back in! ) Never asked if I was signed into Youtube. That was the problem. CAN'T BE SIGNED INTO YOUTUBE. The only way around it is to turn-off AD TRACKING "globally" (every website) The specific Youtube site "exceptions" don't work as they should. I wonder how many people have this problem and just simply give up without contacting support and remove GHOSTERY. Might be many. One percent would be 10,000. Nah..I'm sure it's just me.
Developer response
posted 9 months agoHi & thanks for your message!
We only had one support request regarding embedded Youtube videos, which we replied to asking for examples of websites where this happens. We can only find solutions if we can reproduce the situation.
Thanks for your cooperation!
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by kali, 9 months agounfortunately it no longer blocks adds. Already submitted the screenshots before developer replies asking for them.
I'm also not buying hiding pause button deep into the settings was requested by users "forgetting to unpause" At least make it configurable?... Especially since there were already options easily accessible for "pause for X minutes" which could've been defaulted, instead of hiding the pause option.
all in all one of my favourite extensions gone completely now. good job.Developer response
posted 8 months agoHi there, we hope your problems have been fixed by the support team.
Also, we have updated the UI allowing to pause a site from the panel - now there are two options to do this.
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by snkiz, 9 months agoThe new v10 is broken, it isn't blocking anything. The new UI doesn't add anything but more clicks. Pause is now buried in a full page settings page that is full of white space and completely unnecessary. The time choice for pause has been removed. Trash update.
Developer response
posted 9 months agoHi there,
Thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!
Sorry for your experience! We also replied via email.
Based on user feedback, usability tests and the redesign, we have moved the global pause button to Settings (accessible from Ghostery panel --> Burger Menu --> Privacy Protection) and have “Trust this site” available and accessible with one click which is scoped to pausing Ghostery on the present site only and for a selected time.
Many of our users were pausing Ghostery and forgetting to turn back on, so they were unknowingly and unwillingly browsing the web unprotected. We tried to fix that for the user group.
Regarding "The new v10 is broken, it isn't blocking anything." Can you please send us a screenshot of the Ghostery panel with a loaded website to support@ghostery.com? We would love to help fix this for you.
Best,
Ghostery Support - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18564841, 9 months agoWorks great, but they have moved pause button to a difficult to reach place making it useless. Please put it back.
Developer response
posted 9 months agoHi & thanks for reaching out to Ghostery!
Based on user feedback and usability tests, we have moved the global pause button to Settings (accessible from Ghostery panel --> Burger Menu --> Privacy Protection) and have “Trust this site” available and accessible with one click which is scoped to pausing Ghostery on the present site only and for a selected time.
A bit of background for moving the global “Pause Ghostery” button to settings: Many of our users were pausing Ghostery for a specific local and time bound reason and forgetting to turn it on, so they were unknowingly browsing the web unprotected.
We hope this makes sense. For any questions, further feedback, comments, please message us anytime at support@ghostery.com.
Best,
Ghostery team - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 18562286, 9 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 17866208, a year ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by James Pirretti, a year agoWhile using this extension it attempted to block a legitimate website. When I clicked allow I got a message to use a foreign virus scanner.
Developer response
posted a year agoHi there,
please reach out to support@ghostery.com with more details on the page you are experiencing the issue. We can advise how to deal with it. We do not send users to any virus scanners. Provided with more details, we would be happy to help fix the issue you are experiencing!
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 16366541, a year agoyou dummies! v8.12.11 suddenly no longer appears/works in private browsing. MAJOR FAIL!
Developer response
posted a year agoHi there,
Thanks for your message! "Run in private windows" in enabled in v.8.12.11. In case it has been deactivated by mistake in your case, you can read more on how to set it up here: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extensions-private-browsing
For any further issues, please send us a message at support@ghostery.com.
We're always happy to help!
Best,
Ghostery Team - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14764628, a year agoThe privacy policy It makes me very upset and raises many doubts about the data we are sharing with you.
Developer response
posted a year agoThanks for reaching out!
Ghostery is committed to protecting your privacy! To keep the tracking protection up-to-date, we need to learn about the web. While using Ghostery, you share facts on trackers and pages. We observe the web, not the user. Your personal information never leaves your browser.
Thanks to all contributions, we make the web more private and transparent for the Ghostery community.
For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy: https://www.ghostery.com/privacy-policy or contact us at support@ghostery.com.
Ghostery Team