kjwk ( lysy@szmer.info ) to Technology · 4 years agoWeb fingerprinting is worse than I thoughtwww.bitestring.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up19cross-posted to: librewolf@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
arrow-up19external-linkWeb fingerprinting is worse than I thoughtwww.bitestring.comkjwk ( lysy@szmer.info ) to Technology · 4 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: librewolf@lemmy.mlprivacy@lemmy.ml
minus-squaresexy_peach ( sexy_peach@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 years agoThis is so scary :(
minus-squareChris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 years agoFirefox (with strict security settings) combined with NextDNS and uBlock Origin seems to get around all the tracking nonsense.
minus-squaretardigrada ( tardigrada@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 years agoA good alternative is Librewolf imho as it comes with many privacy-friendly settings by default. Maybe this is interesting for users less tech savvy or for those who just want to avoid investing time changing the Firefox settings.
minus-squareChris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 years agoI agree wholeheartedly.
minus-squareHirom ( Hirom@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 years agoOn which platform did you get this result? I’m not able to avoid this particular tracking. It might be because of a difference between desktop/mobile platform, or a different DNS provider.
minus-squareChris Remington ( remington@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 years agoiMac (Desktop)
minus-squaresexy_peach ( sexy_peach@feddit.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 years agoMakes me not wanna use commercial sites (and other sites that might use sth like this) at all.
This is so scary :(
Firefox (with strict security settings) combined with NextDNS and uBlock Origin seems to get around all the tracking nonsense.
A good alternative is Librewolf imho as it comes with many privacy-friendly settings by default. Maybe this is interesting for users less tech savvy or for those who just want to avoid investing time changing the Firefox settings.
I agree wholeheartedly.
On which platform did you get this result?
I’m not able to avoid this particular tracking. It might be because of a difference between desktop/mobile platform, or a different DNS provider.
iMac (Desktop)
Makes me not wanna use commercial sites (and other sites that might use sth like this) at all.