On: Adobe credentials and the serious insecurity of p...

[cdman]

Don't use Ghostery because they're tracking you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery#Criticism

Try disconnect.me or blacklisting the sites directly from the hosts file.

[fixanoid → cdman]

I think the wikipedia entry is pretty clear that its an opt-in program that requires the user to check an option in the setup or options of Ghostery.

As far as other products, heres a handy chart we generate monthly to see which extension protects better: http://www.areweprivateyet.com/

[marios → cdman]

I kept using ghostery because I didn't know of any alternative and sometimes I can't install adsuck. (which is is better than a huge hosts file. An oversized hosts file can have a negative impact on DNS and overall network responsiveness).

Thanks for disconnect.me, I'll give it a shot :)

[smcnally → marios]

> An oversized hosts file can have a negative impact on DNS and overall network responsiveness

how many hosts entries would you say it is before the negative impact is significant? 20? 100?

[Semaphor → marios]

disconnect.me is also FOSS.

[mikegriff → cdman]

Thanks for the heads up on this. I thought I had read something about that in the past, but I couldn't remember what it was exactly.

Going to go have a look at disconnect.me now.