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Plug-ins for Privacy: Disconnect and Adblock

This month on Plug-ins for Privacy, I’ll be reviewing a couple of Chrome extensions. Chrome is a blazingly fast browser because it’s simple by design, but does it have the knobs and fiddly bits that help you protect your child from the wilds of the Internet? Speed and simplicity do indeed come at the cost of control, but several browser extensions can put that control back in your hands.

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