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On 3/9/2021 12:12 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Neil wrote: My suggestion is that if you aren't doing anything nefarious on the internet and only want to thumb your nose at those tracking you, forget it. Otherwise, you'll need to become quite fluent in dark web techniques and forget commercial browsers, etc. this is totally false. there is *no* need to have any knowledge of 'dark web techniques', let alone become quite fluent, as it's completely irrelevant, nor is there any need to avoid commercial browsers. some browsers, the very ones you say to forget, include anti-tracking features, such as spoofing browser fingerprinting, cookie jars and ad blocking. Certainly you realize that the paragraph you chose to delete from my comments says exactly the same thing? there are browser extensions that will greatly limit tracking, which require knowing how to install one and maybe tweaking its settings. with slightly more effort, a *significant* reduction in tracking can be obtained with upstream content blockers or more aggressive local ones, which will work for more than just browsers. however, it will never be 100%, nor does it need to be. Certainly you realize that your last sentence above contradicts your objections? -- best regards, Neil |
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In article , Neil
wrote: My suggestion is that if you aren't doing anything nefarious on the internet and only want to thumb your nose at those tracking you, forget it. Otherwise, you'll need to become quite fluent in dark web techniques and forget commercial browsers, etc. this is totally false. there is *no* need to have any knowledge of 'dark web techniques', let alone become quite fluent, as it's completely irrelevant, nor is there any need to avoid commercial browsers. some browsers, the very ones you say to forget, include anti-tracking features, such as spoofing browser fingerprinting, cookie jars and ad blocking. Certainly you realize that the paragraph you chose to delete from my comments says exactly the same thing? it doesn't. your paragraph was: There are some levels of protection in FF, but there's no easy solution to the problem. You might want to look in Options Privacy & Security to see what you've already addressed. But, even then you're only addressing small parts of the issue. the only thing correct about that is that what's in firefox addresses small parts of the issue. your claim that there's no easy solution is wrong. there are browser extensions that will greatly limit tracking, which require knowing how to install one and maybe tweaking its settings. with slightly more effort, a *significant* reduction in tracking can be obtained with upstream content blockers or more aggressive local ones, which will work for more than just browsers. however, it will never be 100%, nor does it need to be. Certainly you realize that your last sentence above contradicts your objections? it doesn't. |
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