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Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« on: March 02, 2012, 02:12:10 PM »
Collusion is an experimental add-on for Firefox and allows you to see all the third parties that are tracking your movements across the Web. It will show, in real time, how that data creates a spider-web of interaction between companies and other trackers.

NOTE: "an “experimental add-on". It may be fun to play with, but it's new, so expect a few issues until they are ironed out.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/250986/firefox_addon_collusion_shows_whos_tracking_you_online.html

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/collusion/
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Re: Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 03:17:05 PM »
That really shows you how well Ghostery works. Even though it is experimental, that is a nice graphical tool that will be handy in teaching people about privacy.
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Re: Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 04:10:32 PM »
Yes, I really like Ghostery. It's been working well with my IE and Firefox for a couple of months.
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Re: Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« Reply #3 on: March 05, 2012, 05:10:37 PM »
Why am I being tracked by CWS when I log on here?  :JK

I didn't know about Ghostery, nice plugin  :)1
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Re: Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« Reply #4 on: March 05, 2012, 05:56:51 PM »
For the public who do not know what  :JK means, I have NoScript and Ghostery installed. I see no tracking when I log in here.
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Re: Mozilla Launches Collusion Data Tracking Firefox Add-On
« Reply #5 on: March 05, 2012, 06:08:14 PM »
I could have replaced the :JK with a "just kidding". But I can't edit my post..
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