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“This article is probably full of potholes, errors and half-baked thoughts.” To chip in some thoughts: 1. If you use chrome, you cannot fully disable tracking
by jchook 8y ago
“This article is probably full of potholes, errors and half-baked thoughts.”
To chip in some thoughts:
1. If you use chrome, you cannot fully disable tracking. Even if you use chromium, you can’t enable sign-in, which pretty well neuters a lot of great features. Even Firefox collects info about you so you need to configure it more than he says.
2. AdNauseam, etc esp with Adblock seems extremely questionable.
3. If you use Google.com, Android OS, or any google services, they track you. So much for installing Firefox and uBlock...
4. Install a privacy tool like Privacy Badger or Disconnect. Surprised I didn’t see this on the list, even from 2017.
- Nanocurrency 8y agoShouldn't the hosts file from https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts + uBlock Origin + uBlock Origin Extra be the perfect anti-tracking combo?
- tlavoie 8y agoIIRC, Privacy Badger is less focused on static (or even updated) lists of bad sites, but figures things out based on behavior. Basically it's learning on the go. https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/faq#How-is-Privacy-Badger-different-from-Disconnect,-Adblock-Plus,-Ghostery,-and-other-blocking-extensions https://www.eff.org/privacybadger/faq#How-is-Privacy-Badger-...
- privacywall 8y agoWe built PrivacyWall to address many of these concerns. PrivacyWall provides host level blocking so it prevents Firefox and Chrome from exfiltrating your data and it's free for download at http://www.privacywall.org http://www.privacywall.org for those who don't feel like the existing tools offer sufficient protection.