When i search for Ghostery extension in Safari, I get no results. Any suggestions?
On Sun, Nov 16, 2014 at 9:23 AM, Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 16, 2014, at 1:21 PM, R. D. Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks, I’ll try that the next time it happens. > > But why the appearance of cookies from places I have not visited? > > > Your browser visits lots of places you don’t. Most of those ads you see > littering the pages you’re looking at are served via links to third-party > ad agencies, not the site you think you’re visiting. They pay the main site > to serve up their ads, and they can also install cookies while they’re at > it. If you want a real eye-opener, install the Ghostery extension in > Safari. It will show you many of the third-party addresses that install > tracking thingies as you go about your business. Some pages have dozens of > third-party page embeds. > > This kind of thing is the price we pay for free Internet content. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > >
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