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What's new in Ghostery 8.12.9

Apr 21, 2024
  • Powerful improvements to the Ad-Blocking (preprocessor support)
  • Fixes for Ad-Blocking with scriptlets, most notably at youtube.com
  • TrackerDB update with many new trackers

New in Ghostery 8.12.8 (Mar 27, 2024)

  • Important fix for Gitlab's search

New in Ghostery 8.12.7 (Mar 13, 2024)

  • Removed Never-Consent onboarding popup
  • Fixed pause button not working on some websites
  • Fixed auto reloading not working on some websites
  • Fixed missing open source license list

New in Ghostery 8.12.5 (Dec 14, 2023)

  • Improves "scriptlet" injection that helps on pages like youtube.com

New in Ghostery 8.11.1 (Jul 31, 2023)

  • Anti-Tracking now sanitizes unique identifiers across all categories and requests, regardless of whether an entry is Blocked or Trusted. So even if an entry is not blocked outright, your privacy is still protected.
  • Requests blocked by community blocklists show as "Blocked".
  • Requests neutralized by Anti-Tracking now show more prominently as "Modified".
  • Our Tracker Database (TrackerDB) is further integrated into Ghostery and brings noticeable panel improvements like new category icons.
  • Improved blocking of tracking requests from service workers and iframes.

New in Ghostery 8.10.3 (Jun 18, 2023)

  • Improved Youtube ad-blocking
  • New category icons in the panel

New in Ghostery 8.10.2 (May 24, 2023)

  • A simpler onboarding experience for new users.
  • Update Never-Consent rules
  • Ghostery now blocks Google beacons.
  • Ghostery now blocks more video ads on some adult entertainment sites.
  • Removed extension update messages.
  • Removed dead gcache links in detected tracker URLs.
  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Ghostery 8.9.14 (Apr 10, 2023)

  • Reduced startup time and extension size. Yay efficiency!
  • The onboarding process is simpler. You can now get started with just one click!
  • The Ghostery icon will now let you know when it is inactive. Previously, Ghostery would still show a badge with the number of trackers on the page, even though it was disabled.
  • Pin Ghostery icon to Firefox navigation bar
  • Removes option to allow first party tracking
  • Some languages were missing from the on search result pages. Sorry about that!
  • Fixed an issue where Raspberry Pi OS increased to 100% CPU usage.
  • Fixed Ghostery panel for Android
  • Fixed Never-Consent breaking XML view

New in Ghostery 8.9.12 (Mar 22, 2023)

  • Reduced startup time and extension size. Yay efficiency!
  • The onboarding process is simpler. You can now get started with just one click!
  • The Ghostery icon will now let you know when it is inactive. Previously, Ghostery would still show a badge with the number of trackers on the page, even though it was disabled.
  • Pin Ghostery icon to Firefox navigation bar
  • Some languages were missing from the on search result pages. Sorry about that!
  • Fixed an issue where Raspberry Pi OS increased to 100% CPU usage.
  • Fixed Ghostery panel for Android

New in Ghostery 8.9.10 (Mar 19, 2023)

  • Reduced startup time and extension size. Yay efficiency!
  • The onboarding process is simpler. You can now get started with just one click!
  • The Ghostery icon will now let you know when it is inactive. Previously, Ghostery would still show a badge with the number of trackers on the page, even though it was disabled.
  • Some languages were missing from the on search result pages. Sorry about that!
  • Fixed an issue where Raspberry Pi OS increased to 100% CPU usage.

New in Ghostery 8.9.9 (Mar 14, 2023)

  • Improved: UI of Trackers Preview and Never-Consent popups
  • Improved: List all open-source licenses used by the extension
  • Fixed: numerous non user-facing bugs

New in Ghostery 8.9.6 (Nov 26, 2022)

  • Bugfixes:
  • Never-Consent popup trackers summary was not translated
  • Trackers Preview could not be disabled from the popup
  • Trackers Preview popup resize properly

New in Ghostery 8.9.5 (Nov 26, 2022)

  • Features:
  • Never-Consent automates the interaction with consent dialogs, expressing dissent to tracking.
  • New onboarding
  • Improvements:
  • Ad-blocking: blocks more ads on youtube.com
  • Bugfixes:
  • Unlock browsers back-forward caching
  • Ad-blocking: fix injection of Cosmetic Filters
  • Ghostery accounts: fix session refresh on Firefox
  • Android panel: new category icons
  • Ad-blocking: fix uppercase patterns
  • Community contributions:
  • Minor grammar fix by @jezmck
  • Vietnamese translations by @tachibana-shin

New in Ghostery 8.7.6 (Jul 12, 2022)

  • Fixed: Ghostery Account login problems on Firefox

New in Ghostery 8.7.4 (Jun 15, 2022)

  • Better error reporting

New in Ghostery 8.7.3 (Jun 11, 2022)

  • Fixed: Ghostery onboarding and update popup should no longer be displayed on every startup
  • Fixed: Firefox first party cookie isolation was breaking Ghostery settings
  • Fixed: Ghostery account initialization could break extension startup
  • Fixed: Initialization could not finish which will prevent the extension from saving settings
  • Improve: Critical errors reporting
  • Improve: Vietnamese translations

New in Ghostery 8.7.1 (May 4, 2022)

  • Fixed: missing icons and descriptions for new categories
  • Fixed: cleanup extension storage
  • Update: sunset smart blocking

New in Ghostery 8.7.0 (Apr 20, 2022)

  • Update: adblocker engine update (#765)
  • Improve: registration forms moved to ghostery.com (#769)

New in Ghostery 8.6.2 (Feb 10, 2022)

  • WhoTrack.Me tracker wheel shown on the Google search results page
  • Smart Blocking: Disable the exception for first-party tracking, allowing Ghostery to block Google Beacons
  • Improved the logic to decide whether to block new trackers
  • Fixes site breakage related to the Tracker-Tally and changed it to be opt-in
  • Updated translations
  • Fixes panel header alignment in Chrome
  • Settings: option to disable Trackers Preview on search results
  • Add disable button on Trackers Preview

New in Ghostery 8.5.7 (Jun 29, 2021)

  • Remove promo modals for Insights and Midnight
  • Allow host name fuzzy matching for Compatibility URLs
  • Add subscription status to CMP fetch URL
  • Avoid possible race condition in ABTest & CMP on Dawn
  • Updates to intro hub

New in Ghostery 8.5.5 (Jun 29, 2021)

  • Integrate new v4 tracker databases
  • Pull tracker meta data from whotracks.me
  • Migrate from Cliqz browser-core to ghostery-common
  • Allow user to disable automatic updates for Anti-Tracking and Ad-Blocker

New in Ghostery 8.5.4 (Mar 1, 2021)

  • Adds support for Ghostery Browser
  • Remove Ghostery Rewards
  • Updated feature names
  • Shortened metrics uninstall URL
  • Fixes bug with initial account settings sync
  • Bug fixes
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.5.3 (Oct 14, 2020)

  • Updated Firefox Android extension panel UI and mobile optimizations
  • New console debugging interface for user troubleshooting
  • Display error message after too many failed login attempts
  • Add opt-out for AB Tests
  • Added product id parameter to extension pings
  • Detect Ghostery Desktop Browser
  • Remove broken page pings
  • On-boarding AB Tests
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.5.2 (Aug 20, 2020)

  • Fixes bug where Ghostery icon could be grayed out on restricted sites
  • Clean up lint suppression rules. Remove React UNSAFE events.
  • Fixes bug where themes were not unlocked on upgrade
  • Add upgrade promotion to Intro Hub
  • Adds options for yearly subscription plans
  • Rate limit password reset attempts
  • Add A/B testing support to promo modals
  • Updates to account creation panel messaging
  • Slimmer Human Web modules for Android browsers
  • Remove Spring promo modal
  • Search for missing language tokens
  • Updated campaign metrics
  • Update dependencies
  • Bump minimum versions for Firefox, Chrome and Opera

New in Ghostery 8.5.1 (Aug 6, 2020)

  • Unlock Plus features for Ghostery Midnight users
  • Update Ghostery Plus feature list in subscription panel
  • Remove hard-coded subscription pricing

New in Ghostery 8.5.0 (May 21, 2020)

  • New Spring themes for Plus subscribers
  • New settings option to select Ad-Blocker lists
  • Add password reset link to Intro Hub
  • Updated in-app promo modals
  • Fixes bug in site-specific tracker white-listing
  • Improved Click2Play Script Injection
  • Standardize all Ghostery staging and production global URLs
  • Updated Rewards UI
  • Update legacy unit tests
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.4.9 (Apr 14, 2020)

  • Better handling of semantic version comparison
  • Fixes issue that could intermittently cause some cookies to be reset
  • Handle legacy opt-in settings for Firefox
  • Disable Purplebox on Firefox Android
  • Allow white-listing of wildcard domains
  • Allow site-specific white-listing of Unknown Trackers caught by Ad-Blocker
  • Fixes issue when adding localhost to Trusted Sites with port value
  • Add locale-appropriate formatting to historical stats numbers
  • Remove email opt-in from account creation in panel and hub
  • More aggressive cookie-blocking via Anti-Tracking

New in Ghostery 8.4.6 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • Modularize Rewards code
  • Updated promo modals for Ghostery Midnight
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.4.5 (Jan 14, 2020)

  • Remove unused telemetry from promo modals
  • Update Rewards opt-in setting

New in Ghostery 8.4.2 (Aug 29, 2019)

  • Fix slow memory leak in Firefox (#434)
  • Fix error message on Forgot Password panel (#440)
  • Update Intro Hub copy for Firefox (#436)
  • Change Rewards opt-in setting for Firefox (#437)
  • Adds Cliqz anti-ad-blocker circumvention rules (#443)
  • Package build script for AMO review (#441)
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.3.4 (May 10, 2019)

  • Fixes bug in Click2Play redirect blocking

New in Ghostery 8.3.3 (Apr 25, 2019)

  • Fixes bug where Ad-Blocker/Anti-Tracking modules did not respect whitelist settings
  • Fixes bug in category description names

New in Ghostery 8.3.2 (Apr 23, 2019)

  • Ghostery tracker panel now updates dynamically in real time!
  • Remove unsupported file types for Opera automated-review
  • Removed unnecessary files for slimmer production build
  • Sync account creation UI between intro hub, panel and auth-web
  • Performance improvements when browsing certain Google sites (gmail, maps)
  • Feature parity for Edge browser (Human Web, Rewards)
  • Clean up various errors thrown by content scripts and message handlers
  • Updated Readme (team members and open-source projects)
  • Minor UI tweaks

New in Ghostery 8.3.1 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • Add `options_ui` support for Intro Hub
  • Add Ghostery Plus support for Opera and Edge
  • Fixes issue where page load speed value could be negative
  • Fixes "Report a Broken Page" link
  • Multiple translation fixes
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Ghostery 8.3.0 (Mar 15, 2019)

  • New Ghostery Plus features - Historical Stats, Midnight Theme
  • New intro hub with streamlined setup and tutorial
  • Improved UI for Firefox Android
  • Integration with Ghostery Tab extension for Chrome
  • Improved anti-tracking whitelist logic
  • Improved anti-ad-blocker circumvention
  • Bug fixes and updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.2.6 (Dec 12, 2018)

  • Remove WebSocket permissions and filter support for Firefox
  • Minor UI tweaks

New in Ghostery 8.2.5 (Nov 22, 2018)

  • Multiple UI fixes for Rewards panel
  • Bump minimum Chrome version to 58+, Opera to 45+
  • Added support for web socket request filtering
  • Minor UI tweaks and bug fixes

New in Ghostery 8.2.4 (Aug 16, 2018)

  • Fixes Firefox account logout issues
  • Fixes several UI-related Rewards bugs
  • Fixes broken settings export feature from panel
  • Delay tracker database update to 1 hour
  • Improved AUTH error messaging

New in Ghostery 8.2.3 (Aug 8, 2018)

  • Fix Rewards campaign names that include a '%' issue, which caused a blank panel
  • Fix login and register forms on setup page being called twice on submit, which triggered misleading callout messages
  • Fix several login/logout issues for existing users on startup

New in Ghostery 8.2.2 (Aug 4, 2018)

  • Complete rewrite of account logic to support v2 AUTH API
  • Fixes issue where some users did not remain logged in after browser restart
  • Improved error messaging related to user accounts
  • Login state now syncs between extension and account.ghostery.com
  • Rewards UI improvements
  • Fixes Anti-tracking login issue with microsoft.com and salesforce.com
  • Fixes issue where Ghostery was breaking web requests from other extensions

New in Ghostery 8.2.1 (Jul 16, 2018)

  • Ghostery tracker counter and badge icon now includes block counts from Anti-Tracking and Ad-Blocker
  • Fixes issue where settings menu does not close
  • Remove redundant opt-in for Rewards
  • Improved translations for German and Russian languages
  • Styling adjustments and improvements for Edge
  • Various bug fixes and improvements for Rewards

New in Ghostery 8.2.0 (Jul 4, 2018)

  • Improved simple-view and detail-view UI
  • Ghostery Rewards integration
  • Fixes for Ad-Blocker cosmetic filters on Chrome
  • Move dependency manager to Yarn
  • Performance improvements and bug fixes

New in Ghostery 8.1.2 (Apr 20, 2018)

  • Remove WebSocket filter scheme support for older versions of Chrome and FF
  • Fix Human Web endpoint URLs

New in Ghostery 8.1.1 (Apr 19, 2018)

  • New surrogate for 'NetRatings SiteCensus' tracker that locks up Chrome when blocked (Issue #11)
  • Site-specific tracker allow now bypasses Anti-Tracking
  • Adds Cliqz browser compatability
  • Improved German language translations for better UI
  • Fixes inconsistency in install_compelte metric
  • Removed scroll bar in Simple View
  • Updated CONTRIBUTING (Issue #6)

New in Ghostery 8.1.0 (Mar 9, 2018)

  • Ghostery is now open source!!
  • Changed license to MPL-2.0
  • Updated README, CONTRIBUTING, CODE-OF-CONDUCT
  • All files now support JSDoc. Build docs with `npm run docs`
  • Fixed issue when selecting Block All/None in setup flow custom blocking
  • Updated language translations

New in Ghostery 8.0.9.7 (Mar 4, 2018)

  • Improved responsiveness of setup app
  • Fix layout issues on FF Android
  • Fix FOUC on certain sites while running Ghostery
  • Updated translations

New in Ghostery 8.0.8.1 (Feb 22, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.
  • Firefox 52 is now the minimum supported version.

New in Ghostery 8.0.7.1 (Feb 17, 2018)

  • Final release for FF v48-51.

New in Ghostery 8.0.7.0 (Feb 8, 2018)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Ghostery 8.0.5.1 (Feb 2, 2018)

  • Performance improvements.

New in Ghostery 8.0.4.4 (Jan 31, 2018)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Ghostery 8.0.3.1 (Jan 11, 2018)

  • Fixes issue with smart-block where slow trackers were not being blocked.

New in Ghostery 8.0.2.5 (Jan 9, 2018)

  • Several bug fixes and improvements.

New in Ghostery 8.0.2.4 (Dec 29, 2017)

  • Rolling back bug fixes.

New in Ghostery 8.0.2.3 (Dec 29, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Ghostery 8.0.1.2 (Dec 15, 2017)

  • Updated Smart Blocking logic to allow site-specific blocking and un-blocking
  • UI fixes in the setup flow
  • Various bug fixes

New in Ghostery 8.0.0.34 (Dec 7, 2017)

  • Enhanced Antitracking
  • Enhanced Adblocking
  • Smart Blocking
  • Simplified Setup
  • Simple View
  • New Default Settings
  • Expanded Detail View
  • Snooze feature for Pause

New in Ghostery 7.4.3.1 (Dec 2, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Ghostery 7.4.2.5 (Nov 29, 2017)

  • Bug fixes and performance improvements.

New in Ghostery 7.4.1.4 (Oct 31, 2017)

  • Bug fixes.

New in Ghostery 7.4.0.5 (Oct 25, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Implemented Firefox for Android compatibility for Ghostery 7
  • Implemented backend improvements
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Fixed click-2-play typo
  • Fixed reported console log syntax error

New in Ghostery 7.3.3.7 (Sep 1, 2017)

  • Fixes an issue where Ghostery displayed a blank panel if localStorage and indexedDB are disabled
  • Fixes slow startup in Firefox 55
  • Minor bug fixes

New in Ghostery 7.3.1.12 (Aug 3, 2017)

  • Fixes issue that prevented Ghostery from loading in Firefox v48
  • Minor bug fix to improve performance while blocking

New in Ghostery 7.3.1.5 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Minor bug fix to improve performance while blocking.

New in Ghostery 7.3.1 (Jul 27, 2017)

  • Improvements:
  • Improved block-and-filter functionality in advanced settings
  • Improvements to usage analytics
  • Rewards experiment (Germany Only)
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Tracker descriptions are now displaying properly
  • The click-2-play redirect from Google shopping links now works properly

New in Ghostery 7.2.2 (Jun 6, 2017)

  • Minor bug fixes and updated translations.

New in Ghostery 7.2.0.25 (May 6, 2017)

  • New Features:
  • Human Web implementation
  • Page Speed Indicator
  • A/B testing capabilities
  • Click-2-Play button for Hubspot forms
  • Product Improvements:
  • Changed URL for "Map these Trackers"
  • Updated copy translations
  • Removed account requirement for advanced features
  • Improved performance and reduced CPU usage
  • Fixed Bugs:
  • Fixed weird symbols mixed in with copy
  • Fixed link to the proper blog post for the update notification
  • Fixed version number in Ghostery control center
  • Fixed issue causing FF version 52 to freeze

New in Ghostery 7.1.3.1 (Feb 20, 2017)

  • This hotfix addresses a critical defect across all browsers that has been logging users out of their accounts. This release also addresses some additional minor defects as well as a Firefox-specific defect that was causing a blank panel when users disabled third-party cookies.

New in Ghostery 7.1.2.3 (Jan 8, 2017)

  • The most notable change in this hot fix is a new opt-in step during the user setup for usage analytics pings. Beyond that, we rebuilt the tracker profile and URL patterns pages to improve performance. We also made some fixes to user settings to return the auto-save function to users in Firefox as well as to fix a bug related to the block new trackers by default option, which was being selected incorrectly by default in previous builds.

New in Ghostery 7.1.0.49 Beta (Oct 28, 2016)

  • New User Features:
  • Refined purple box that is more compact and less intrusive
  • Improved performance across all browsers
  • Import / export local settings
  • Validation criteria for longer passwords with more characters
  • New setting to hide the tracker count from the toolbar
  • Minor improvements to the UI/UX
  • Fixed Defects:
  • Fixed account & language syncing
  • Fixed language-specific UI conflicts
  • New surrogates to fix several broken page issues
  • Minor UI/UX fixes
  • Minor backend fixes

New in Ghostery 7.1.0.43 Beta (Oct 22, 2016)

  • New User Features:
  • Refined purple box that is more compact and less intrusive
  • Improved performance across all browsers
  • Import / export local settings
  • Validation criteria for longer passwords with more characters
  • New setting to hide the tracker count from the toolbar
  • Minor improvements to the UI/UX
  • Fixed Defects:
  • Fixed account & language syncing
  • Fixed language-specific UI conflicts
  • New surrogates to fix several broken page issues
  • Minor UI/UX fixes
  • Minor backend fixes

New in Ghostery 7.0.1.4 (Sep 20, 2016)

  • Release Summary:
  • This is a hotfix intended to fix a number of issues we discovered in the Ghostery 7 release, including upgrade issues in certain languages on Firefox, a CSS conflict with Ghostery's site notice, and other back-end defects.
  • Fixed Defect Summary:
  • Fixed scroll bar for upgrade modal on Firefox to prevent primary CTA from being pushed off the screen.
  • Fixed some broken links in the Help panel
  • Back-end defect fixes

New in Ghostery 7.0.0.113 (Sep 7, 2016)

  • Ghostery 7 was designed and developed using the tremendous feedback we have received from our vibrant community, including months of user testing, hundreds of emails to our support desk, and thousands of survey responses. All sorts of users - from first time user to casual users to experts - wanted a browser extension that fit their individual needs and levels of use. Well, we heard you loud and clear! The result is an extension that combines a cleaner, simpler, and easier-to-understand interface with powerful new and enhanced features. The browser extension provides greater insight into trackers and the websites that host them. The best of both worlds.
  • First and foremost, the Ghostery 7 user interface feaures a bigger panel that is divided into an information view, featuring a more compact version of our granular tracker list, and a summary view, featuring high-level information and functionality. The summary view is collapsable and includes a tracker category donut wheel that also doubles as a click-to-select filter for the tracker list as well as the Trust Site (unblock all on page), Restrict Site (block all on page), and Pause Ghostery (disable all blocking) functions. Ghostery 7 also features new alerts for trackers that are slow, non-secure, or break pages, features that help users figure out what to block and when. The slow- and non-secure trackers are available only to account holders, as well as other advanced features, such as account syncing, tracker URLs, and a sneek peek of Trackermap. Finally, we have also enhanced the purplebox so that it has a new collapsed state that includes alert indicators.
  • Beyond the extesion itself, we have also consdensed the setup flow to make it easier for users to quickly and intuitively set up Ghostery. Additionally, the tour, which used to be required for all new users, is now an optional call-to-action that allows users to explore it if they are interested but otherwise easily dismiss it if they are not.
  • New feature summary:
  • Restructured extension panel that is larger and collapsible
  • Cleaner, simpler, easier-to-understand UI
  • More compact tracker list
  • Filterable tracker categories
  • Alerts for broken page, and slow or non-secure trackers
  • Collapsable purple box with refined UI
  • Local settings located in the extension itself
  • Tracker URLs
  • Sneak peek at Ghostery Trackermap
  • Condensed setup flow with
  • Opt-in & account modals
  • Start tour banner

New in Ghostery 7.0.0.112 Beta (Aug 29, 2016)

  • Release Summary:
  • Ghostery 7 was designed and developed using the tremendous feedback we have received from our vibrant community, including months of user testing, hundreds of emails to our support desk, and thousands of survey responses. All sorts of users - from first time user to casual users to experts - wanted a browser extension that fit their individual needs and levels of use. Well, we heard you loud and clear! The result is an extension that combines a cleaner, simpler, and easier-to-understand interface with powerful new and enhanced features. The browser extension provides greater insight into trackers and the websites that host them. The best of both worlds.
  • New Feature Summary:
  • Panel restructuring
  • Cleaner, simpler, easier-to-understand UI
  • More compact tracker list
  • Filterable tracker categories
  • Alerts for broken page, and slow or non-secure trackers
  • Collapsible purple box with refined UI
  • Tracker URLs
  • Sneak peek at Ghostery Trackermap
  • Condensed setup flow

New in Ghostery 6.3.2 (Aug 11, 2016)

  • This hotfix is intended to make the local settings compatible with the updated WebKit codebase that Ghostery will be transitioning to in future release.

New in Ghostery 6.3.1 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • This hotfix addresses some issues we were having with uninstall functionality, links in the user notification pop-ups, and some back-end errors we were experiencing.

New in Ghostery 6.3.0 (Aug 2, 2016)

  • This release prominently features, among other things, a much simplified and improved blocking UI/UX, an improvement that was inspired by a vocal minority of frustrated users who I can only assume were shaking their virtual fists at us. We’ve also made some refinements to the purple box that makes it less intrusive when it’s collapsed and easier to understand when it’s expanded, with a few key UX improvements that will make it more intuitive to close or collapse. Ghostery 6.3.0 also includes improvements to the UI/UX on Firefox for Android that include the addition of Ghostery options to the browser menu as well as mobile-specific settings. Finally and per usual, this release includes routine minor defect fixes as well as a myriad of new surrogates and other broken page fixes.
  • Simplified and Improved Blocking UI (Ghostery Extension):
  • The blocking UI/UX in previous versions of the extension was, to put it bluntly, very confusing. Too much information was hidden by default and it took users too many clicks to get the information they wanted about the trackers they wanted to investigate. There were also too many rules and override states for the blocking logic itself, which further complicated the user’s experience. In 6.3.0, we simplified the blocking options interface by restoring a more traditional list view - though one that retains the categories - and made global blocking an easier two-choice check/uncheck interaction. Local blocking and unblocking remains in the product as “Trust on this site” and “Restrict on this site” tracker options, language that better parallels the establish site-level trust and restrict actions. We’ve also made these options only visible when a user hovers on the blocking options to help keep the UI simpler and less cluttered.
  • Simplified and Improved Blocking UI (Extension Web):
  • Not only did we improve the blocking UI for the extension, but we also did the same for the web-based settings. In so doing, we more closely aligned the designs and interactions of the web-settings with those of the extension. This blocking UI is also reflected in the setup pages themselves, which means users will be able to expand each of the eight categories to see the trackers within, a level of granular control that didn’t previously exist on those pages.
  • Purple Box Refinements:
  • In 6.3.0, we made some subtle and hopefully well received refinements to the purple box design. For starters, we made the new collapsed bubble is smaller, more compact, and doesn’t pulse, changes that should it less obtrusive and distracting to the user. For the traditional expanded list-view, we restored the oft-demanded strikethrough on blocked trackers as well replaced the three-dot menu in the upper right-hand corner with more intuitive collapse and close icons.

New in Ghostery 5.4.10 (Jan 6, 2016)

  • Fixes issues where the options page is blank in the old Ghostery panel
  • Firefox E10S updates
  • Fixes trc.taboola.com tracker issue
  • Fixes conflict with AdBlockPlus in Firefox 43

New in Ghostery 5.4.9 (Nov 10, 2015)

  • Fixed the glitches for Firefox 42

New in Ghostery 5.4.8.1 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • Fixed missing translations bug.

New in Ghostery 5.4.8 (Nov 2, 2015)

  • All Browsers:
  • FAQ link correctly directs to https://www.ghostery.com/en/faq/
  • Firefox:
  • Huge icon issue resolved
  • Ghostery no longer blocking logging into Feedly.com and other sties

New in Ghostery 5.4.6.1 (Aug 18, 2015)

  • Fixes compatibility issue with other extensions.

New in Ghostery 5.4.4 (Apr 23, 2015)

  • Fixed bugs:
  • Reimplemented button UI to solve several toolbar button related issues.

New in Ghostery 5.4.2 (Feb 24, 2015)

  • New Features:
  • Add SeaMonkey support
  • INFOLine surrogate
  • Redesigned surrogate method to improve success rate
  • Bug Fixes:
  • Settings not persisting related issues
  • Old Panel in Firefox translation keys
  • Fixed blocking HookLogic on Walmart.com

New in Ghostery 5.4.1 (Oct 21, 2014)

  • Bugs fixed:
  • Alert Bubble not displaying tracker name on some websites.
  • Ghostery icon displays in the middle of the page on some websites on Firefox for Android.
  • Ghosty size reduced when footer options present on Firefox for Android.
  • Tag filter message does not close, blocks other tag filters on Firefox for Android.

New in Ghostery 5.4.0 (Sep 16, 2014)

  • New Features:
  • Rename Support and Feedback buttons
  • Add Ghostery blocking toggles on the apps pages
  • Add 9 more languages to Ghostery (Czech, Danish, Finnish, Greek, Hungarian, Norwegian, Portuguese Brazilian, Swedish, Turkish
  • Replace parseUri lib with our own processUrl everywhere
  • Changes links to gcache pages to HTTPS
  • Update firefox code signing cert to reflect rebrand
  • Ping server on install and upgrades
  • Bugs Fixed:
  • Tag selector breaks after manual db update
  • Tags do not update in browser on manual library update
  • URL parsing fails when user:password@host is present
  • Scrollbars are visible in the app browser
  • Font size using ‘em’ causing display issues with accessibility
  • Link to new trackers in options page does not work

New in Ghostery 5.3.2 (Jul 9, 2014)

  • Fixed bug where options page would not save on Android.

New in Ghostery 5.3.1 (Jun 10, 2014)

  • App tags are now part of the database
  • Ghostery now supports cross-browser settings backup
  • Better handling of first-party trackers on their "home" domains
  • More text/content attributed for click-2-play overlays
  • Databases update from CDN now
  • Tweaking the purple box text colors for improved readability
  • Improvements in Android rendering of icon and panel
  • Panel bug fix to support Firefox 31+
  • Miscellaneous changes and bug fixes

New in Ghostery 5.3.0 (Jun 3, 2014)

  • Ghostery configuration export and import
  • Tracker tagging search and filters have been added to tracker options
  • Improved readability of the purple box
  • Adding more Ghostrank data collection per tracker to improve latency calculations (see here for a new Ghostrank breakdown)
  • Translated “Installed” text on ghostery.com download button
  • Closing options tab now goes back to the tab that it was opened from
  • Automatically ignore first party trackers when visiting the tracker site directly
  • Updated the gray box new release link to the blog to strip any referral info
  • Selecting all trackers for blocking will now auto-enable “block by default” option
  • Adding new click-to-play text types
  • Adding handled for “nothing changed” state for database updates
  • Moving update URLs to CDN links
  • Fixed placement of “whitelist sites” button in options
  • Fixed line breaks for upgrade notifications
  • Translation related fixes
  • Firefox specific:
  • Adding button recovery toggle in Ghostery options
  • Adding link to walk-through page from options page for Android
  • Adding “Options” button in add-on manager of Firefox
  • Removing display of notification tails (from pause and whitelist) on Android
  • Removing old XUL help link
  • Fixed icon height for Firefox 29+
  • Fixed panel and button issues for Firefox 30+
  • Fixed button replacement on upgrade/downgrade in Android Firefox
  • Chrome/Opera specific:
  • Update directory structure to match across all browsers
  • Safari specific:
  • Gear icon updates
  • Adding hi-res icons

New in Ghostery 5.2.1 (Apr 26, 2014)

  • Updated cog to display correctly on all OS
  • Chrome specific: fixed clearing of timeouts
  • Fixed alignment issues with options and walkthrough
  • Firefox: fixed redirection error

New in Ghostery 5.1.1 (Jan 15, 2014)

  • Translations for 11 new languages
  • Added experimental SeaMonkey support
  • Final switch over to support timestamps in library upgrade checks
  • Added hi-res images for Ghosty
  • Added "remove badge" setting
  • Re-wrote button display module
  • Bug fixes

New in Ghostery 5.0.6 (Nov 28, 2013)

  • Bug fixes:
  • Improving page response time after page load
  • Applying whitelisting to cookies when a whitelisted site is loaded
  • Fixed a bug with Ghostery catching and blocking more than it should have

New in Ghostery 5.0.5 (Oct 18, 2013)

  • Firefox (5.0.5):
  • introducing a much faster matching engine
  • improved surrogate system
  • fixed tab positions in wizard and options pages
  • fixed the issues with Ghostery icon staying put on the toolbars
  • fixed Ghostery closing browser when options is saved and no pages are open
  • re-added original Ghostery shortcut (ALT + CTRL + G)
  • removed extra dot in the wizard for Firefox on Android
  • removed a bug on Android that forced re-opening of the wizard
  • correct reporting of the pages that modify hash to navigate contents

New in Ghostery 5.0.4 (Sep 24, 2013)

  • Google Chrome (5.0.0):
  • Redesigned findings panel.
  • Implemented site-specific tracker unblocking.
  • Implemented Click-to-Play for video player, commenting widget and social button trackers.
  • Restyled options and walkthrough pages.

New in Ghostery 5.0.3 (Aug 28, 2013)

  • Fixed a conflict with other extensions that affected CPU, as well as a minor bug. A limited number of Ghostery for Firefox users who also had AdBlock Plus installed were experiencing a bug – everything’s back to normal now. Also, some users reported page load errors – that’s been righted, too.

New in Ghostery 5.0.0 (Aug 3, 2013)

  • This and all future releases will be based on the Addon SDK (Jetpack)
  • Ghostery is now restartless
  • Ghostery (Beta) is now available for Firefox on Android
  • UI enhancements
  • Performance improvements

New in Ghostery 4.1.2 (Jul 1, 2013)

  • Firefox (2.9.6):
  • Supports new and old API for private browsing mode respecting its setting for GhostRank submissions
  • Options and set-up wizard language updates
  • Added support for new type of remotely supplied bug lists

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Apr 18, 2013)

  • Opera (0.10.0):
  • Switched GhostRank to HTTPS for better privacy/security.
  • Added workaround for Ghostery's findings getting reset on some websites.
  • Firefox (2.9.4):
  • Corrected query string removal for tracker detection within content policy. This addresses common video players like Bloomberg's.
  • Added frame results reset. This caused a memory leak over extended periods of time.
  • GhostRank changes to make it less chatty.

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Mar 20, 2013)

  • Firefox (2.9.3):
  • Ghostery prevented some links (especially from emails) from opening in Firefox without proper notification. This release addresses this issue by allowing all first party requests to complete as expected
  • Supported browsers versions bump

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Mar 2, 2013)

  • Firefox (2.9.1):
  • Added restart confirmation when switching to the new or old panel since its required
  • Fixed corrupted database file

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Jan 9, 2013)

  • Fixed an issue that prevented Ghostery from operating normally in the latest Nighlies (v20+) releases of Firefox

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Dec 18, 2012)

  • Opera (0.9.8):
  • Fixed conflict with Speed Dial for Facebook when Ghostery is set to block Facebook trackers. The fix requires Opera 12.12 starting from the http://my.opera.com/desktopteam/blog/2012/12/11/endofyear-release build since the fix consists of changes to both Ghostery and Opera.
  • Updated bundled tracker and surrogate libraries.

New in Ghostery 4.1.0 (Dec 2, 2012)

  • Google Chrome (4.1.0):
  • Added:
  • Added a Pause Blocking button to the findings panel (in the lower left). Click the button again to resume blocking. Blocking is automatically resumed when changing blocking preferences and on browser start.
  • Improved the tracker library autoupdating feature. Checking now happens twice a day and is no longer tied to browser restarting.
  • Upgraded to Chrome extension manifest version 2. This improves security and keeps Ghostery compliant with Chrome Web Store regulations. Chrome 18 is now the minimum required version (up from 17).
  • Added a check for incognito tabs before showing upgrade/update alerts.
  • Added 60 and 3 seconds as alert timeout options.
  • Updated bundled tracker and surrogate libraries.
  • Fixed:
  • Fixed bug with library update notifications getting shown even when notifying was disabled.Fixed alert bubble showing up in printed pages.Fixed an issue with adding URLs with uppercase characters to Ghostery’s site whitelist on the options page.Fixed several alert bubble issues, including infinite reloading on ING sites.
  • Updated:
  • Strip querystrings when matching to reduce false positives.
  • Add more sizes to Ghostery to detect more ad spots
  • New surrogate system in Chrome.
  • Ghostery’s preferences code was refactored.
  • Firefox (2.8.3):
  • Fixed an issue in which Ghostery removed too many elements in sub-frames
  • Fixed an issue where Ghostery CSS would overwrite OS specific Firefox styles (Ubuntu)
  • Safari (1.4.1):
  • Aded an Advanced Tab which contains 2 subgroups:
  • Display Options:
  • Change where the alert bubble displays as well as the duration.
  • Added 60 and 3 seconds as alert timeout options.Option to show the tracker script source in the Heads up Menu.
  • Show badge over Ghostery’s button within the Safari toolbar. (See badge image)
  • Add Ghostery to Safari’s Right-Click menu. (See right-click menu image)
  • Auto Update:
  • We Added an option to block by default. > If enabled, Ghostery will automatically block all new trackers added to the library!
  • Notification of tracker library updates. > If enabled, Ghostery will alert you that there has been an update to the tracking library. You can choose to dismiss the notice, or click to see which trackers have been added.
  • Heads up Menu:
  • We added a Pause Blocking button to the findings panel (in the lower left). Click the button again to resume blocking. Blocking is automatically resumed when changing blocking preferences and on browser start.
  • Additional Features:
  • Fixed site whitelisting toggle in Ghostery’s findings panel for pages with paths in their URL.
  • Alert bubble rendering tweaks for better site compatibility.
  • Added tracker pattern priorities support. This gives us more flexibility when defining tracker patterns.
  • Updated bundled app pattern and surrogate libraries.
  • Opera (0.9.7):
  • Improved performance.
  • Fixed issues with Opera's Speed Dial thumbnails.

New in Ghostery 4.0.0 (Sep 8, 2012)

  • Firefox (2.8.2):
  • New panel UI for Ghostery
  • Fixed issue with reappearing toolbar Ghostery icon
  • Click-to-play optimization: inline replacement of common scripts like Twitter Button, Facebook Like, etc
  • Click-to-play, purple box and UI box all show the correct tracker that was acted on
  • Click-to-play now toggles cookies as well as trackers when allowing through click-to-play UI
  • Removed DOM mutation scanning

New in Ghostery 3.0.0 (Jul 24, 2012)

  • Firefox (2.8.0.2):
  • Fixed an issue where Ghostery would remove extra buttons and other stuff from iframes
  • Addressed an intermittent "Unresponsive Scripts" that were triggered when Firefox would wake up from prolonged non-use.

New in Ghostery 3.0.0 (Jul 3, 2012)

  • Firefox (2.8.0.1):
  • Content policy and dom scanner now comprise a single "true" reporting engine. What that means in practice is that Ghostery will attempt to produce best possible list results by combining what content policy "saw" pass through it and what dom scanner "sees" on any given page. This will also prevent failure of either part (content policy or dom scanner) from completely shutting down Ghostery.
  • Tracker priority is now in place, meaning that some of the tracker entries will now have elevated or lowered priority, with vast majority remaining "regular". The priority matters in cases where have generic matching for example: DART or OpenX and the places where a tracker is sub-tracker, for example, any privacy entry.
  • Click-to-play overlays have been introduced for Brightcove, Disqus, Intense Debate, and several social buttons
  • wizard has been modified slightly: now with arrows
  • options/wizard have indeterminate boxes for categories that are partly selected
  • Ghosty on the nav bar now behaves like Chrome release: if for any reason, the page is "unblocked" it will be gray instead of blue
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Ghostery 3.0.0 (Mar 15, 2012)

  • Firefox (2.7.2):
  • Resolved a bug that created a zombie compartment
  • Ghostery shortcut has been changed to CTRL + ALT + G
  • Resolved an issue with the popup auto-closing on Linux machines
  • Added warning and cookie blocker disabling when a colliding addon is present
  • Ghostery will now remove blocked elements from DOM
  • Miscellaneous UI and bug fixes.
  • Opera (0.9.5):
  • Added surrogate script support. Certain scripts are known to break pages when blocked. Ghostery will now replace these scripts with dummy versions. This should help resolve common blocking conflicts. Let us know when something doesn't work because of Ghostery's blocking, and we will try to fix it for all Ghostery users!
  • Removed the blank findings popup workaround: back to properly-sized findings popups.
  • Bug library updates now happen over HTTPS.
  • Google Chrome (3.0.0):
  • Fixed the alert bubble display issue in Chrome 17+; addressed alert bubble security issues, plus fixed several display conflicts on various websites.
  • Hid alert bubble from print documents.
  • Tracker library updates now happen over HTTPS.
  • Improved findings popup’s display of long names and URLs.
  • Compressed images to reduce package size.
  • Updated the bundled tracker library.
  • Safari (1.3.0):
  • Added surrogate script support. Certain scripts are known to break pages when blocked. Ghostery will now replace these scripts with dummy versions. This should help resolve common blocking conflicts. Let us know when something doesn’t work because of Ghostery’s blocking, and we will try to fix it for all Ghostery users!
  • Tracker library updates now happen over HTTPS.
  • Fixed the alert bubble in latest versions of Safari; addressed alert bubble security issues, plus fixed several display conflicts on various websites.
  • Improved findings popup’s display of long names and URLs.
  • Hid alert bubble from print documents.
  • Compressed images to reduce package size.
  • Updated the bundled tracker library.

New in Ghostery 2.7.1 (Jan 24, 2012)

  • Library totals
  • Resolved an issue new options and walk-through not translating properly in some cases

New in Ghostery 2.7 (Jan 23, 2012)

  • New options and walk through wizard pages for easier understanding and consumption
  • Application and company info built into Ghostery options
  • General file, defaults and variable cleanup
  • Secure library update pages have been enabled
  • Library update notification toggles
  • Miscellaneous bug fixes

New in Ghostery 2.6.2 (Nov 5, 2011)

  • Added full German and French translations.
  • Cookie and LSO blocking selections were not being applied correctly in previous 2.6 releases.
  • Added error messages to indicate bug library manual update failures (on Ghostery's options page).
  • Blocked bugs were not shown as crossed-out in the purple alert bubble in certain cases.
  • Several bugs in the library were not getting blocked by Ghostery when they were supposed to.
  • Closing Ghostery's options page will no longer close Firefox when no other windows are open.
  • Updated file permissions for user preferences and bug lists to read/write instead of read/write/execute.
  • Fixed purple alert bubble flickering.

New in Ghostery 2.6.0.1 (Sep 2, 2011)

  • Resolved an issue with tracker reset during a list update.

New in Ghostery 2.6 (Aug 31, 2011)

  • Added several new surrogate scripts that will be used when an original payload is blocked -- this should resolve issues with sites that appear not to work. Now providing dummy scripts for Google Analytics, Yahoo Web Analytics, Comscore, ShareThis, AddThis, Facebook Connect, Webtrends, and Omniture
  • Added company affiliations and affiliation filtering to options
  • Fixed issues with cookie monster throwing errors
  • Purple box now only loads in the tab the user is looking over
  • Whitelisting has been changed to allow Ghostery to run detection but skip blocking on a whitelisted page

New in Ghostery 2.5.3 (Apr 21, 2011)

  • Blocking layer is now optimized to use simple string matching instead of regex when possible resulting in a faster blocking operation. This resolves issues with script not responding on larger pages.
  • Re-introduced the Performance Options. While everything is on by default, user has ability to turn some of the more advanced features off speeding up Ghostery.
  • Upgrade script from 2.4 branch to v2.5 for selected trackers.
  • UI updates.

New in Ghostery 2.5.2 (Mar 18, 2011)

  • Blocking layer is now optimized to use simple string matching instead of regex when possible resulting in a faster blocking operation. This resolves issues with script not responding on larger pages.
  • Re-introduced the Performance Options. While everything is on by default, user has ability to turn some of the more advanced features off speeding up Ghostery.
  • Upgrade script from 2.4 branch to v2.5 for selected trackers.
  • UI updates.

New in Ghostery 2.5.1 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • Translation layer added in Ghostery v2.5 has caused some visual errors in the new options and blocking pages. This issue has been solved.

New in Ghostery 2.5 (Feb 18, 2011)

  • Added cookie protection that looks for cookie transactions (add & edit) and then compares it to the LSO domain list. If a protected LSO is encountered, Ghostery will deny any change and remove the cookie. This is added through a new "experimental" cookie protection checkbox in Ghostery Options. Denied cookies are listed in the block log.
  • Options and blocking pages have been updated to use HTML instead of Firefox UI components (XUL) -this gives us a more consistent look and feel across Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Additionally, this resolves the issue with displays being too small to see Save and Cancel buttons in Options.
  • Added redirection tracking and blocking. This resolves some of the trackers from slipping in when a page issues a 3XX redirect.
  • Added support for examining Flash (and other) sub-object requests. This allows the requests blocked but not found in DOM to be correctly reported.
  • Whitelisting has been improved to include any potential frames of a whitelisted parent site. Relaxed whitelisting to be less strict: for example, whitelisting ghostery.com will be applied to www.ghostery.com and apps.ghostery.com.
  • Groundwork was laid in for user created/maintained tracker lists. There is no UI yet as of 2.5.
  • Groundwork is laid in for user created/maintained tracker lists. This functionality is included in v2.5 branch, tho the UI hasn't been implemented yet

New in Ghostery 2.4.2 (Nov 24, 2010)

  • Whitelisting for HTTPS (secure HTTP) sites has been fixed.

New in Ghostery 2.4.1 (Oct 27, 2010)

  • Bug fixes in v2.4.1
  • Support for Firefox 4 includes blocking via component factory as outlined for Gecko v2 engine. This update is only necessary if you are running Firefox 4 Beta.
  • New features and changes in v2.4
  • Ghostery scanner has been redeveloped using DOM Worker API for a non-blocking scanning methodology. This should resolve any script unresponsive issues encountered on Ajax heavy sites like Google Images;
  • Added scanning and blocking of other embedded elements such as and
  • After an upgrade, the default bug list will be replaced with the newest one from the update package;
  • Added accessibility support for JAWS and other screen readers. Added a keyboard shortcut: Alt + G;
  • Minor styling and scripting fixes for the purple notification box;

New in Ghostery 2.4 (Oct 15, 2010)

  • Ghostery scanner has been redeveloped using DOM Worker API for a non-blocking scanning methodology. This should resolve any script unresponsive issues encountered on Ajax heavy sites like Google Images;
  • Added scanning and blocking of other embedded elements such as and
  • After an upgrade, the default bug list will be replaced with the newest one from the update package;
  • Added accessibility support for JAWS and other screen readers. Added a keyboard shortcut: Alt + G;
  • Minor styling and scripting fixes for the purple notification box;
  • Important: Ghostery v2.4 eliminates support for Firefox 3.0.

New in Ghostery 2.3.1 (Sep 4, 2010)

  • Ghostery initial walk-through only opens a single window;
  • Initial walk-through is only shown for people with brand new Ghostery installation;

New in Ghostery 2.2.1 (Jul 22, 2010)

  • New Features:
  • CmdWeb site whitelisting Cmdgives a domain a free pass to let trackers run in cases where you trust the publisher, want to support their research, or have concerns about Ghostery affecting functionality;
  • CmdThe Block Log Cmdif you've got blocking enabled, Ghostery may actually be busier than you think Cmdit's occasionally difficult to report back into the friendly purple box all of the scripts that Ghostery kept from running. The "block log" keeps a record of everything Ghostery blocks (across all the tabs you have open) so you can check out Ghostery's activity in all of its busybody glory. It's available in the Tools -> Ghostery menu;
  • CmdPerformance options panel with GhosteryLite mode Cmdturns off some detection and extra goodies in favor of performance. You won't notice or block as many trackers, but for users looking for ultra-quick performance will see a 15% faster Ghostery over full featured mode (a full 23% faster over previous versions);
  • CmdTab switching is now disconnected from page scanning;
  • CmdLook and Feel option panel Cmdallows for purple alert to be re-positioned;
  • CmdFixed a couple of detection scripts to eliminate some troublesome false positives (blocking Facebook Connect no longer keeps Facebook from operating, etc);

New in Ghostery 2.2 (Jun 11, 2010)

  • Web site whitelisting gives a domain a free pass to let trackers run in cases where you trust the publisher, want to support their research, or have concerns about Ghostery affecting functionality;
  • The Block Log if you've got blocking enabled, Ghostery may actually be busier than you think it's occasionally difficult to report back into the friendly purple box all of the scripts that Ghostery kept from running. The "block log" keeps a record of everything Ghostery blocks (across all the tabs you have open) so you can check out Ghostery's activity in all of its busybody glory. It's available in the Tools -> Ghostery menu;
  • Performance options panel with GhosteryLite mode turns off some detection and extra goodies in favor of performance. You won't notice or block as many trackers, but for users looking for ultra-quick performance will see a 15% faster Ghostery over full featured mode (a full 23% faster over previous versions);
  • Tab switching is now disconnected from page scanning;
  • Look and Feel option panel allows for purple alert to be re-positioned;
  • Fixed a couple of detection scripts to eliminate some troublesome false positives (blocking Facebook Connect no longer keeps Facebook from operating, etc);
  • Improvements:
  • Really removed the need for Firefox restart when (un)blocking a tracker or any other option updates;
  • igoogle and facebook reporting and loading should finally be resolved;
  • Tab switching and general browsing UI reporting is now fixed: you should only see bugs for That page and not any others;
  • Img scanning and blocking from the same domain is now ignored;
  • Note on whitelisting:
  • Adding sample-site.com to the whitelist will not automatically make sub-domains of sample-site.com whitelisted. So, if you have added sample-site.com to whitelist, but you are browsing www.sample-site.com, Ghostery will assume that www.sample-site.com is not in the whitelist and will execute on the site until you add www.sample-site.com to the whitelist as well.

New in Ghostery 2.1.2 (May 18, 2010)

  • Bug fixes:
  • A different detection method is implemented for faster bug detection;
  • Removed tab switching re-scanning of the page if the page in this tab has been previously scanned;
  • Deeper scanning for detection of frame / script sub children (still omits 3+ deep frame nesting);
  • Firefox v3.0 compatibility is added back into the release;
  • Upgrade issues from v2.0 and older to v2.1+ have been resolved
  • Added French translation
  • Corrected missing language options for RU, ES, and DE translations
  • New Features since v2.1:
  • Detection of web bugs embedded in iFrame page elements and IMG tags (tracking pixels)
  • Deletion of Flash and Silverlight LSOs
  • An opt-in, automated weekly bug list update. Alternatively users’ can select the ghost and update the bug list on demand
  • Other bug fixes: surrogate code for GA, MSAds

New in Ghostery 2.1.1 (May 6, 2010)

  • Upgrade issues from v2.0 and older to v2.1+ have been resolved
  • Added French translation
  • Corrected missing language options for RU, ES, and DE translations
  • New Features:
  • Detection of web bugs embedded in iFrame page elements and IMG tags (tracking pixels)
  • Deletion of Flash and Silverlight LSOs
  • An opt-in, automated weekly bug list update. Alternatively users’ can select the ghost and update the bug list on demand
  • Other bug fixes: surrogate code for GA, MSAds

New in Ghostery 2.0.1 (Aug 11, 2009)

  • Added definitions for: WidgetBox, Clearspring, Navegg and Google Website Optimizer.
  • Changed statusbar text and made it different depending if blocking is enabled. With blocking, "Blocked 4 of 15", without, "15 trackers".
  • Bug fix: Russian translation now working.
  • Bug fix: Options dialog now uses tabs so that "save"/"cancel" buttons aren't cutoff on some screens.
  • Bug fix: Fix for CSS issue that was causing Ghostery to interfere with the Bookmarks "folder selection" dialog and some other plugins.

New in Ghostery 2.0.0 (Jul 22, 2009)

  • Works with: Firefox: 3.0 – 3.5.*
  • Ghostery now supports blocking all detected 3rd party trackers!!
New definitions: Statsit, LeadForce1, BackType Widgets, iPerceptions, SearchForce, Tweetboard, TweetMeme, Zendesk, INFOnline, RichRelevance, LiveInternet, visitrac, BLVD Status, Clixpy, Logdy, DoubleVerify, ViziSense, phpMyVisites, Xiti, Yandex.Metrics, AdRiver, SpyLog, RapLeaf, ClickFuel, and Alexa Metrics
Refined definitions: Microsoft Atlas, Tacoda, and Tell-A-Friend
Support for Russian language added.
Remove trailing space from Ghostery statusbar icon when it is disabled.
No longer supporting Firefox 2.0 as of version 1.5.1 of Ghostery. Sorry!
Special thanks to Jon Pierce (http://jonpierce.com/) for contributing the blocking code and Sergey Fomin for contributing the Russian translation.

New in Ghostery 1.5.1 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Fix missing icon files.

New in Ghostery 1.5.0 (Jun 11, 2009)

  • Add brand new menu notification system that is activated when you click on the statusbar icon.
  • Add new Ghostery menu under Tools menu.
  • Modified or added definitions for Yahoo Web Analytics, Tynt Tracer, i-stats, Snoobi, Rocket Fuel, ShinyStat, VisiStat, NedStat, Acerno, Mindset Media, GoDaddy Site Analytics', AdNexus, AlmondNet, Collective Media, eXelate, Fox Audience Network, interCLICK, NextAction, Traffic Marketplace, Turn, Real Media, etracker, Comscore VoiceFive, AddThis and Bizo.
  • Add ability to view the source of the bugs you find.
  • Remove deprecated "Suspend Ghostery" feature.
  • Fixed problem with German and Spanish translations not working properly.
  • Add "Share Ghostery" to statusbar menu.

New in Ghostery 1.4.0 (May 14, 2009)

  • Extension is now code signed with author's certificate.
  • Add definitions for CoreMetrics, Magnify360, Fathom, SEO, Eloqua, PercentMobile, NetMonitor, Marketo, Demandbase, Fetchback, Lyris ClickTracks, Enquisite, eXTReme Tracker, Microsoft Analytics, Sweepery, Tell-a-Friend, Trafic (Romanian Service), SilverPop EngageB2B, Nuconomy, Bluelithium and Glam Media.
  • Add locales for German and Spanish translations.
  • Increase maxVersion supported to 3.5.
  • Add fix for bubble not showing up if "show bubble disabled" and user clicks (left mouse button) on the status bar icon.

New in Ghostery 1.3.9 (Mar 3, 2009)

  • Big performance improvement on sites with many web bugs.
  • Changed width of preference window from 400 to 450 pixels.
  • Added or refined definitions for:
  • BlogRollr
  • Casale Media
  • BlogCounter
  • WidgetBucks
  • Nooked
  • JS-Kit
  • Bzzster
  • LeadLander
  • NebuAd
  • Burst Media
  • Zango
  • FunctionalTrends
  • Media6 Degrees
  • AdKnowledge
  • Cubics
  • Mint
  • OthersOnline
  • Mediaplex
  • Twitter Badge

New in Ghostery 1.3.8 (Feb 20, 2009)

  • Revised or added definitions for Mint, BlogCounter, BlogRollr, Cubics and Casale Media.
  • Changed "BugRank" to "GhostRank" and wording about statusbar counts.