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minus-squareChris Remington@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 years agoFirefox (with strict security settings) combined with NextDNS and uBlock Origin seems to get around all the tracking nonsense.
minus-squaretardigrada@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 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@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 years agoI agree wholeheartedly.
minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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-squaresexy_peach@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 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.