How to prevent websites from tracking you (all browsers)
from silly_goose@lemmy.today to privacy@lemmy.ml on 18 May 01:59
https://lemmy.today/post/53147245
from silly_goose@lemmy.today to privacy@lemmy.ml on 18 May 01:59
https://lemmy.today/post/53147245
Use a vpn with a Eu server. More sites like google will show a cookie popup with the “reject all cookies” option.
Reject all cookies if it exists. Otherwise accept cookies and then click on the :
shield icon > cookies and site data > delete (trash icon)
This is super useful when you want to read an article on some news website and it shows a cookie popup.
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I use Waterfox which forgets all data on exit, with Privacy Badger and Port Authority extensions with no exclusions.
So far, no sites really “break”, if anything, they’re a little quicker… reading mode is nice to get passed paywall popups on most sites that want a subscribe.
If at work, I include the company-provided password manager for all my sites I need. Still works well (unless my post gets attention and companies try to break it)
they can very effectively track you by fingerprinting your browser + tracking your ip if applicable.
Ayup. For those not in the know… it’s a huge industry now, called Identity Resolution.
They use every available signal. A million browser fingerprinting signals. Which are much worse if you run JS. But even TLS fingerprints. Timings. How long does it take for your browser to fetch resources from these 20 domains. Canvas readbacks. A million things.
This was predicted when govs started to clamp down on cookies. Cookies were the easiest thing in the damn world to block or delete. After the ad and surveilence industry lost cookies for tracking they moved to less savory methods. Ones much much harder to block or deter. We didn’t get rid of tracking with cookie-consent. Instead we made it unimaginably more powerful.
If you are using Firefox based browser get Consent-o-matic. It will actively opt you out of cookie windows instead of hiding them like others do.
Just note that using extensions can make you vulnerable to fingerprinting.
As is everything you do. Screen size, orientation, languages, browser, browser version, even battery level until recently.
But the more the worse
But the more the worse
Ironic.
which is why tor is the answer. it blocks out these fingerprints and is consistent between others. unless you are using something like octobrowser maybe?
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A VPN is useless. You’re introducing another entity that can track you.
A VPN actually hides your IP from the webpage.
So does CGNAT.
Does it hide your IP from the VPN provider?
Websites don’t need your IP to accurately remember you and track you. Using a VPN only helps when you want to hide stuff from your ISP, nothing else.
…and that is a good thing as ISPs are some of the worst companies with the worst privacy policies and a penchant for selling any data they collect from you to the highest bidder…and any other bidder as well
Sure but without extra measures the same plus a lot of more data is just sold by all the other companies and chances are your VPN company is just taking over the role of your ISP. If you want to browser somewhat more privately try to reduce your fingerprint first before trusting some VPN company just because they say so.
I am pretty sure that my VPN provider (Mullvad) is not some shitty, fly by night company doing, say, Verizon-style shitty things
Pick your poison.
How to prevent tracking:
This is the correct answer
I have a question about hiding system clock information from all browsers as well. Because this is a sanity check more and more apps and browsers are doing to disuade people from using a VPN.
From my tests none of the privacy browser are that good at privacy, I tested with coveryourtracks.eff.org and some either have unique fingerprints or partial, while also providing other data useful for fingerprinting, with one exception being Mulvad browser that has the best score, all tested with JavaScript enabled, turning it off will stop a lot of data from being provided but will also break lots of sites.
I was thinking more along the lines of either obscuring system clock or changing it entirely as far as the apps or web browser can see. Say, making it so that it matches the time zone of your VPN.
I’m not sure there’s a way other than manually, maybe you could set multiple timezones in the clock app and check the one you’re in