![]() "Abine Releases Do-not-track Browser Add-on". Privacy Badger – A free browser extension created by the EFF that blocks advertisements and tracking cookies.Ghostery - A privacy and security-related browser extension and mobile application owned by Ghostery, Inc.Disconnect Mobile - An open source application developed by Brian Kennish and Casey Oppenheim designed to stop non-consensual third party trackers.In November 2014, Abine announced Blur as a replacement for their DoNotTrackMe and MaskMe services, with both free and paid options. These masked contact details enable an organization to contact a user by redirecting communications, without revealing the actual destination. Īn associated add-on, MaskMe, provided delete, masked email addresses without charge, and masked telephone numbers and credit cards for a subscription charge. As of February 2013 the company claimed 1,500,000 downloads. DoNotTrackMe stops these companies by blocking Internet tracking activity, which Abine defines as "a request that a webpage tries to make your browser perform that will share information intended to record, profile, or share your online activity." These trackers are put in place by companies like Facebook and Google Analytics to track Internet users, and tracking provides benefits for the companies, such as better tailoring of advertisements to users.Īrticles on DoNotTrackMe were published in PC Magazine, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN. It was favorably reviewed by Business Insider and CNET. The add-on was designed to stop what Abine claims is over 600 companies from tracking users across the Internet. Version v was current as of October, 2014. In October, 2013, Abine reported that they could not develop DNTMe for smartphones and tablets due to technology limitations, but were working on other mobile products. There is a free and a paid version with more features.ĭoNotTrackMe was available for the Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer browsers. ![]() ( April 2014) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)īlur, formerly DoNotTrackMe (DNTMe), is a browser extension for blocking trackers on the Internet developed by Abine, a privacy company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts and first released for Firefox in March, 2011. Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. ![]() Abine's solutions have been trusted by over 25 million people and by thousands of companies worldwide.This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. The Online Privacy Company, Abine, is the creator of DeleteMe for removing information from search engines and data brokers and of Blur, the only password manager and digital wallet that protects passwords, payments and privacy.
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