Disconnect, with more than three million customers, is the easiest way to protect your privacy on all of your devices - iOS, Android, Mac, and Windows. Disconnect protects your privacy in six ways.
Our team includes engineers who previously worked for Google and the NSA, so we are intimately familiar with online tracking and how to stop it. Our business model is based 100% on consumer payments, so we have no reason to advertise to you or to collect your data. Our software is Open Source, so anyone can verify how it works, confirming that we don't keep any of your information. We have been featured in over 500 press articles over the last two years, including an appearance on 60 Minutes. We are one of the of the first certified B Corps in the technology industry, a reflection of the fact that we see ourselves as both a for-profit company and a consumer advocacy organization.
Note: Although Finder indicates that this is version 38.0.2125.104, the developer states that this is version 1.0.
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- This version is dated March 2, 2015. I have no idea why the developer is refusing to use any kind of version identification beyond just 0.00.
- The premium version costs $5 per month or $50 per year at this time. The price includes access to Disconnect's extensive OpenVPN (virtual private network) service and tracking removal. (Note that VPN software has been under attack this past year and that some has been compromised).
- This is a desktop version that does not interact with any web browsers except to forward searches you enter. You must install Disconnect extensions for each supported web browser for further services.
- Disconnect is not a full ad blocker. It only blocks 'malvertising' (think MacKeeper ad nauseam) that can be potentially harmful.
- At this time there is no user control in either version of cookies or ad blocking. Use other applications for that purpose, such as Cookie, Cookie Stumbler or Ad Blocker.
Overall, Disconnect is garnering a good reputation for what it does. It doesn't pull any subversive moves that I can find, no feeding you to Google Analytics (unlike some similar software I won't mention).
- This version is dated March 2, 2015. I have no idea why the developer is refusing to use any kind of version identification beyond just 0.00.
- The premium version costs $5 per month or $50 per year at this time. The price includes access to Disconnect's extensive OpenVPN (virtual private network) service and tracking removal. (Note that VPN software has been under attack this past year and that some has been compromised).
- This is a desktop version that does not interact with any web browsers except to forward searches you enter. You must install Disconnect extensions for each supported web browser for further services.
- Disconnect is not a full ad blocker. It only blocks 'malvertising' (think MacKeeper ad nauseam) that can be potentially harmful.
- At this time there is no user control in either version of cookies or ad blocking. Use other applications for that purpose, such as Cookie, Cookie Stumbler or Ad Blocker.
Overall, Disconnect is garnering a good reputation for what it does. It doesn't pull any subversive moves that I can find, no feeding you to Google Analytics (unlike some similar software I won't mention).