# Ghostery

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Ghostery and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend Ghostery as a browser extension that blocks trackers and beacons for privacy. The main caveat is doubt about whether it can be trusted, given its past problematic behaviour.

## Why people recommend it

- Blocks trackers and beacons (2 comments): "You can install privacy extensions like ghostery to block beacons." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45988876)) "especially uBlock Origin (UBO), Ghostery, No script, etc." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46304982))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [SponsorBlock](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sponsorblock.md): 137 recommend
- [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/firefox-containers.md): 76 recommend
- [NoScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/noscript.md): 61 recommend
- [Consent-O-Matic](https://hackerapproved.com/p/consent-o-matic.md): 36 recommend
- [LibRedirect](https://hackerapproved.com/p/libredirect.md): 35 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Ghostery", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ghostery/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).