Incognito is a Safari extension that prevents Google and Facebook from following you on the web.
It's a jungle out there When browsing the web, you are continuously being tracked. Not only by the websites you are visiting, but also by major companies that embed their 'content' into other websites through ads and analytics. As a result, companies like Google and Facebook have an almost complete picture of your online activity.
Your online counterspy Incognito protects your privacy by blocking Google Adsense and Google
What's New
Version 1.5: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
PPC / Intel, Mac OS X 10.5 or later, Safari 5 or later.
Blocking trackers and other web bugs is always welcome and Incognito seems to work quite well.
Another really good(yet far more comprehensive) web bug blocker is Ghostery...it's available for Firefox and Opera as well as Safari.
Private Browsing mode prevents YOUR computer from storing info regarding what you might be doing.
This extension is trying to prevent web servers from keeping fingerprints regarding where you have been and what you were doing.
The two things are completely different and unrelated.
The question I want answered before I try this is how does it work? How do we know that we aren't blocking Google etc. but making our information available elsewhere? When you try to install the extension you get a warning saying:
"Install extensions only from sources you trust. Extensions can modify the appearance and behavior of Safari, and access your private information at websites."
I like the sound of this extension but it would help if the developer clarified how it works.
There are lots of Safari extensions which are not listed in the official Apple extension gallery. Apple only highlights what it thinks are the best extensions, and, as is generally obvious, Apple doesn't know about everything. You should use the same common sense precautions before installing these as you do with any software.
Personally, my rule is not to download or install anything that doesn't have at least 1,000 previous downloads. There are no guarantees, but you hope that anything malicious or buggy will get discovered by then.
Ghostery does this and much more, is an official Safari extension, and has been in use on Firefox, Chrome and Safari for years. I don't know how it works, but it does.
Although I opted to use my hosts file to do this already I will still give this 5 stars for the effort and for helping the world understand how terrible google is.
Chrome can track you online without Google Analytics and Adwords. That's Google's gift to you. If you want to use Chrome without usage tracking, check this out:
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Incognito is a Safari extension that prevents Google and Facebook from following you on the web.
It's a jungle out there When browsing the web, you are continuously being tracked. Not only by the websites you are visiting, but also by major companies that embed their 'content' into other websites through ads and analytics. As a result, companies like Google and Facebook have an almost complete picture of your online activity.
Your online counterspy Incognito protects your privacy by blocking Google Adsense and Google Analytics on non-Google pages. In addition, it allows you to optionally block Facebook content on third-party websites as well as embedded YouTube movies outside of the YouTube website.
No ad-blocker Although effectively blocking Google Adwords, Incognito is no dedicated ad-blocker. It simply prevents companies from gathering information outside of their own website.
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alas! reviewed on 26 Sep 2011
Another really good(yet far more comprehensive) web bug blocker is Ghostery...it's available for Firefox and Opera as well as Safari.
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Ebatalha reviewed on 26 Sep 2011
What news does this Extension brings to us?
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This extension is trying to prevent web servers from keeping fingerprints regarding where you have been and what you were doing.
The two things are completely different and unrelated.
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Ben-Marko reviewed on 26 Sep 2011
THANK YOU.
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Tice reviewed on 28 Jul 2011
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Doc-Renaud reviewed on 28 Jul 2011
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"Install extensions only from sources you trust. Extensions can modify the appearance and behavior of Safari, and access your private information at websites."
I like the sound of this extension but it would help if the developer clarified how it works.
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https://extensions.apple.com/
Just wondering...
Apart from that I like the idea behind it.
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Personally, my rule is not to download or install anything that doesn't have at least 1,000 previous downloads. There are no guarantees, but you hope that anything malicious or buggy will get discovered by then.
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Mactechhead reviewed on 12 Oct 2010
Great job!
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http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/33434/srware-iron
Olafalbert rated on 12 Mar 2012
Daniel.veltin rated on 26 Sep 2011