INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The company behind the popular ad and tracker blocking extension, Ghostery has launched a new desktop app called Ghostery Midnight that
offers extended privacy features for $14 a month.In addition to an ad-blocker and a tracker-blocker, the app also includes a VPN which is a
first for the company.While Ghostery Midnight's ad and tracker blockers are turned on by default, users can toggle the ad-blocker,
tracker-blocker and VPN on and off.One of the best features of Ghostery's new desktop app is the fact that it can block ads and trackers
on multiple browsers at the same time which is much easier than having to install the company's extension on every browser you
use.Ghostery Midnight uses its own database to block both first and third-party trackers and it currently includes 4,500 trackers from over
The app can also show you how many trackers are being detected in each browser and where each of those trackers originated from.As for
Ghostery Midnight's VPN, it currently has six servers in Montreal, Frankfurt, Singapore, London, Atlanta and Los Angeles though the
company does plan to add more
Ghostery is also planning to introduce a mobile version of the app at a later date.Ghostery's president Jeremy Tillman explained the
using the same technologies to extend the reach of third-party tracking beyond your browser to include everything else you do on your device
For years, we at Ghostery have been focused on protecting users and their data on the browser
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