Did you sell your user browsing history?

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ADBFan
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Did you sell your user browsing history?

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http://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/01/browsing-history-sold/
Add-on companies are selling the browsing history of millions of users to third-parties according to a report that aired on German national TV.
Original German Article:
http://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/netzwelt/ ... tz100.html
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mapx
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Marco
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Any suggestions for an honest replacement? There was comfort in green circles.

Ouch, huh?

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ABP is honest.
There's a buzzin' in my brain I really can't explain; I think about it before they make me go to bed.
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I know that. I have been using it for a decade.
It doesn't replace up-front knowledge that other people have given a particular website a green, yellow, gray, or red circle.

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oh, you mean an honest replacement for WOT

idk then
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Yes, I was.

Is that an I don't know?

Seems to be okay browsing with Firefox, HTTPS Everywhere, and ABP.
I had Privacy Badger https://www.eff.org/, but seemed to have too many conflicts.
They are really receptive and prompt about responding to issues.
Don't know why I had issues, because I know it is almost never ABP.

At any rate, I highly recommend all that EFF does.
I suggest checking out Projects on right side.

Had these/those programs a lot longer than WOT.
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That was an "I don't know", as in "I don't know any alternative to WOT at all, let alone an honest one."
There's a buzzin' in my brain I really can't explain; I think about it before they make me go to bed.
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Thank you.
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