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I'm not sure how successful it is in that regard. Just browser fingerprinting is enough to track most people; cookies and third party connections are not essent
by iwwr 11y ago
I'm not sure how successful it is in that regard. Just browser fingerprinting is enough to track most people; cookies and third party connections are not essential.
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fingerprinting https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fingerprinting
- octo_t 11y agoIt prevents ad companies from fingerprinting you, you never make the connection to seedy-ad-company-X, you only make the connection to facebook/nyt/WaPo etc
- leni536 11y agoYou should avoid tracking pixels too, or downloading any 3rd party content (like CSS). You can use umatrix for this though.
- talmand 11y agoOk, this is new. Why exactly must we not download CSS?
- throwaway7767 11y ago3rd-party CSS. I.e., if the page includes CSS from an ad network, the network gets the request and can track it. Basically using CSS instead of a 1px tracking bug. One of the many shitty, underhanded methods these companies use to track people without their knowledge or consent. I will shed no tears for these companies when they go bankrupt as people push back against their methods.
- talmand 11y agoI understand now, but the idea of CSS in this is what threw me off. This is valid for any file that the computer makes a request for, if queries are attached to it.
- troels 11y agoIt's an arms race. Blocking cookies currently works.
- rmc 11y agoIs it possible to track someone without using cookies? Maybe. Do most of these advert sites make heavy use of cookies? Oh yes.