Ghostery – a universal extension for the Opera browser that checks frequently visited web pages for certain third-party elements (so-called “bugs”).
Third-party elements include: advertising, social media widgets, invisible pixels used to track user activity and collect analytics. A huge database of spy elements (2000 “bugs” and 2300 different tracking mechanisms).
The Ghostery extension for Opera is quite popular today. Many experienced users prefer this particular extension because it has a number of advantages.
Features of Ghostery for Opera:
- Fairly flexible blocking settings. This program allows you to block third-party elements individually or site by site. You can also combine these two blocking methods. If the user needs to pause the blocking of “bugs” for a while, they can always put it on pause.
- Ability to block embedded documents, objects, various images and/or scripts placed by companies that the user finds suspicious.
- Original and intuitive interface.
- Detailed description of “bugs”, which helps the user understand exactly what they are blocking, and also learn detailed information about companies that constantly track them online.
- Universal “Click-to-Play” function, which is used to activate often blocked “useful bugs” in one click.
