2y ago

Yum!

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We should rename it to "Trackers".
- EU is on their way.
You literally can’t use the internet without accepting to be tracked. Dystopian.
- uBlock Origin, JShelter and LibreWolf disagree.
  Additionally one could improve that further by using a VPN
  If you wanna be extreme you could also just use the Tor Browser
  
  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.
  
  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!
- To be fair, the Internet was initially a military technology.
- Reject all cookies button:
  
  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.
They dont know
- 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.
  
  You can add sites as exceptions. Even that is so much better than saving everything.
  
  I add a exception for every website I visit regularly
  
  Password manager with FaceID = no problemo
  I’m sure someone will find a way to shit on that too, though.
how i feel after pressing "accept all cookies" in a private tab
I always take the time to click manage cookies and select what I want.
- There's an extension that automates that!
  https://github.com/cavi-au/Consent-O-Matic
  
  Thanks for sharing, sick concept
  
  Thank you very much
- 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.
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...
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- Yes officer, this guy over here

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