You literally can’t use the internet without accepting to be tracked. Dystopian.
Yum!
Submitted 11 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website to [deleted]
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TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
AceSLS@ani.social 11 months ago
uBlock Origin and JShelter disagree.
Additionally one could improve that further by using a VPN
If you wanna be extreme you could also just use the Tor Browser
LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Except sites deliberately break themselves if they can’t harvest your data. You can’t even browse reddit on Tor anymore.
Even merely using Fennec on my phone, I encounter shopping sites where I actually plan to spend money refuse to work because they can’t recognize “my device.” Or they refuse to sell me products where I live if I’m using a VPN. Creepy-ass behavior.
I suppose the only way out is through, and we should simply refuse to use sites that are designed in such a way, but it feels like a losing battle.
anonymoose@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Trying out Librewolf, I realized just how many sites (including Reddit!) use tricks like canvas fingerprinting to identify me up to 99% uniqueness. And here I thought just a VPN, uBO and no cookies would be enough!
GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 11 months ago
To be fair, the Internet was initially a military technology.
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
Reject all cookies button:
snowsuit2654@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Lots of ways to track besides cookies. There are many ways you can fingerprint a user. It’s actually pretty hard to not have a unique fingerprint on the Internet.
Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 11 months ago
RustyNova@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I wouldn’t recommend deleting all cookies all the time. While true, it does make more private, but relogin into all the sites all the time is a pain.
While while listing is good, I’d recommend a separate “burner” profile that essentially reset itself on closure, with all the privacy options activated. Then, you can have a second profile you can use when you need to be logged in.
I literally have librewolf open on profile switching so I can easily have my reinforced profile ready to go.
Oha@lemmy.ohaa.xyz 11 months ago
I add a exception for every website I visit regularly
Killercat103@infosec.pub 11 months ago
You can add sites as exceptions. Even that is so much better than saving everything.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Password manager with FaceID = no problemo
I’m sure someone will find a way to shit on that too, though.
onichama@feddit.de 11 months ago
how i feel after pressing “accept all cookies” in a private tab
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
I always take the time to click manage cookies and select what I want.
Katana314@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I don’t know if there’s a reason to this, but on a lot of sites, clicking “manage” and then “save” seems to give some good defaults - like maybe they need an affirmative action to “turn on” eating your babies settings.
WhiteRaven22@midwest.social 11 months ago
Joke’s on you. I have Firefox set up to delete all cookies upon exiting, so what few I do accept don’t get to stick around for long…
hikikoma@ani.social 11 months ago
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bruhduh@lemmy.world 11 months ago
[deleted]surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes officer, this guy over here
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 11 months ago
We should rename it to “Trackers”.
Octopus1348@thelemmy.club 11 months ago
EU is on their way.