> That doesn't stop Facebook et al from placing tracking beacons all around the web and building shadow profiles on people. All done through agreements with th

> That doesn't stop Facebook et al from placing tracking beacons all around the web and building shadow profiles on people. All done through agreements with the sites you do visit and which spell it out in their ToS. > I go to great lengths to not be tracked. I generally browse without js enabled, I block ads and third party tracking requests. I do my best to not consent to bring surveiled. So do I. I have 3 ad blockers on my browser and use a custom hosts file to deny as much of this stuff at the network level as possible. > But should not these things be opt-in rather than "desperately struggle and still probably fail to opt out"? I agree with this 100%.