Reviews for Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker
Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker by Ghostery
415 reviews
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15492011, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 13350138, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Mattparsons, 5 years agoGood app turned S$y. Why an ad blocker started showing adds, slowed down my broswings, and stole my attention that was supposed to prevent all these things did exactly the opposite. Terrible app
Developer response
posted 5 years agoGhostery Rewards operates locally, meaning it is completely contained within your browser and does not transmit personal information back to Ghostery, Cliqz, or any other third party companies. It can be disabled by going into the Ghostery settings and turning off the toggle for Rewards. Send an email to support@ghostery.com if you have any questions or concerns. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15456652, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Rubbish witch, 5 years agoWas an ok app till they started shaking people down and threating to spill data if you don't cough up money. Shameful really
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15262044, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Jannis, 5 years agoThis a addon is doing the opposite of what it is suppost to do...
- Rated 1 out of 5by shiny, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Kelpius, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Nieuwe2, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12276773, 5 years agoSame problem as Esnèque : doesn't work anymore with Firefox 70.0.1, works well with Chrome...
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi, would you mind sending an email to support@ghostery.com so we can look into this? Thanks! - Rated 1 out of 5by Esnèque, 5 years agoLe Mardi 21 Janvier 2020
Ne fonctionne toujours pas avec la nouvelle mise à jour de firefox 72.02 ( 64 Bits )
Le Jeudi 09 Janvier 2020
Ne fonctionne toujours pas avec la nouvelle mise à jour de firefox 72.01 ( 64 Bits )
Le Mercredi 08 Janvier 2020
Ne fonctionne toujours pas avec la nouvelle mise à jour de firefox 72.0 ( 64 Bits )
Le Jeudi 05 Décembre 2019
Ne fonctionne toujours pas avec la nouvelle mise à jour firefox 71.0 ( 64 bits )
mercredi 06 novembre 2019 ne fonctionne plus sous firefox 70.0.1 - Rated 1 out of 5by Wellerstind, 5 years agoDoes not allow social media trackers or Google analytics to be blocked.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi, would you mind emailing us at support@ghostery.com with a site example of this? Ghostery blocks third-party tracking and ads. We would be happy to look into this. Thanks! - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15384348, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by trav, 5 years agotoo complicated, too much stuff going on, too many settings. I need something that just blocks stuff without so many pop-ups of it's own...
Developer response
posted 5 years agoHi, Ghostery starts blocking with default settings as soon as it is installed. However, we are happy to help you navigate the settings. Reach out to us by email to support@ghostery.com so we can assist. - Rated 1 out of 5by Shahnewaz Ahmed, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 12753361, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15330766, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15306394, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 14977170, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Anton, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15254007, 5 years agoThis Ghostery extension disfigures *every* web page for 10 seconds with a bright purple display in the lower right corner of the web page showing all the trackers it has blocked.
Yes, bright purple junk added to *every* web page for 10 seconds.
Highly distracting and unacceptable for any extension to add spam to web pages.
This extension *must* be changed (in order to not consider it being spam itself) to have an option to allow not showing that purple non-static (hence distracting) spam for 10 seconds on every web page.
Obviously I am uninstalling this spamware now, after incorrectly blaming the problem on the newest version 69 of Firefox (which btw actually recommended this Ghostery extension).Developer response
posted 5 years agoThis setting can be disabled by clicking the Ghostery icon > click the three stacked dots > click "settings" > click "purple box" > uncheck the box that says "show the purple box in the corner of my browser". Please reach out to us via email to support@ghostery.com if you have any questions. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15252021, 5 years ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15244037, 5 years agoNaja, habe eben mal diese Erweiterung auf https://www.detectadblock.com/ getestet und die Webseite hat sofort erkannt, das ich den Adblocker Ghostery benutze. Das ist der 2. google link für ein Adblock Tester gewesen und schon besiegt ?! Naja das sagt glaube ich alles.
Well, I just tested this extension on https://www.detectadblock.com/ and the website immediately recognized that I use the Adblocker Ghostery. That was the 2nd google link for an adblock tester and Ghostery was already defeated?! Well I belive that's all there is to say. - Rated 1 out of 5by Firefox user 15180680, 5 years ago