Came across this article and it got me thinking, are there any simple ways to defeat advanced tracking methods (fingerprinting, tracking pixels, etc.)?
Obviously you could go the Tor on a virtual machine route, or a non persistent set up like TAILS, but what about a browser that’s able to give say, a 80% solution?
I work in the security industry and am always looking for the solution that is simple enough that its palatable to a client (not asking to change your whole lifestyle, just push this button) but also relatively effective.
Meanwhile the linked website is full of intrusive ads and hundreds of “legitimate interest” tracking cookies. Oh the irony…
uBO exists.
You don’t get the point, do you? I know I can block those, yet it’s hypocritical to complain about privacy and tracking in an article while doing the same. It’s not even the fact they use cookies at all, I get they might need them for analytics and such. But this site is out of control
Ah, ok, I see.
Google:
They’ve been asking us not to track them with cookies, so we’re tracking them with fingerprints
Surely the gdpr has something to say about this. Or did the US forget the rest of the wold exists again?
Thats why their ToS is different in the EU.
Exactly, Google even advocated against the use of more intrusive tracking technology like fingerprinting stating it was too intrusive, I’ll be the first to say I’m pro capitalist (if you can work hard and get rich, power to you), but when you are willing to invade the literal physical privacy of people who do not even want your products, it calls into question the legitimacy of your company.
I appreciate that you are standing for moral dignities like personal privacy. But understand, Google’s entire business model IS surveillance capitalism.
Profits aren’t infinite if the resource is finite. Eventually, they would have to dig the mineshaft deeper, take more material to sell more product. This is what happens when capital is left laissez-faire, it grows more tentacles.
LibreWolf or Brave. I use Brave personally, it’s okay
+1 for brave. Definitely a great browser :)
The CEO of Brave is a fascist dickhead btw
Check out EFF cover your tracks: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
The results are very interesting. For me, the most unique thing about my browser was that I had two system languages, and so the accept-language header was very unique.
I now use vanadium (graphene OS), which simply sends made up values for a lot of headers, and so makes fingerprinting harder.
In general, you should try to be as “normal” as possible, use standard settings for everything, just accept English, etc…