Everuser1234 0 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Hi, Evernote used to have a bookmarklet but now they don't. I don't want to install their privacy invading tracker on my web browser to clip web pages. Does anyone know of a service to migrate to that doesn't require a tracker on your browser? Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 10,764 Posted September 5 Level 5* Share Posted September 5 Hi. I don't remember Evernote ever having a 'bookmarklet' - what do you remember it doing? And why do you imagine Clipper is 'privacy invading'? It's something that -at your specific request - will copy some details of a web page into your Evernote database. Evernote don't monitor page visits or sell your activity elsewhere... Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 6,815 Posted September 5 Level 5 Share Posted September 5 The web clipper has a bookmarking option. If selected only a link is saved. Futhermore it will collect the URL and save it in the note information, when a page is clipped. Link to comment
John in Michigan USA 108 Posted September 5 Share Posted September 5 Any browser extension that requires what Firefox calls the "Access your data for all websites" permission (other browsers have a similar permission) has the ability to track your browsing habits. The Evernote Web Clipper requires that permission, as would any full-featured clipping or bookmarking extension. Based on Evernote's reputation, I am willing to trust them to not write an extension that would abuse this permission and track me on sites / pages that I don't tell the extension to clip or bookmark. I could change my mind on that, but I would need specific evidence that they abuse this permission. @Everuser1234 do you have any evidence that the extension is monitoring your browsing even when you aren't using it to bookmark a page? Have you tried disabling it, then when you actually want a bookmarklet, briefly re-enabling it again? 1 Link to comment
Level 5 PinkElephant 6,815 Posted September 5 Level 5 Share Posted September 5 Even without any extension the big web companies try to track the user (or better his computer). The browser fingerprint is pretty unique - nobody needs to create malicious extensions to be able to track. Don’t believe me ? Then try this : https://coveryourtracks.eff.org 2 Link to comment
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