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Cookie + IP Address + Fingerprint + URL Referral + Social Media It’s possible to be anonymous if you only log into websites with proper privacy policies, delet

by ryacko 7y ago

Cookie + IP Address + Fingerprint + URL Referral + Social Media It’s possible to be anonymous if you only log into websites with proper privacy policies, delete cookies & cache every day, and hide behind carrier NAT. Adding a random font shouldn’t stop fingerprinting, people install new applications all the time. You make a lot of points, but ad tech can get around it. Ideally ad corporations would be forced to delete records on people after 30 days.

auslander 7y ago
> delete cookies & cache every day I'm browsing everywhere in Safari's Private mode by default, 3 years no problems.
- cm2187 7y ago
  It is becoming increasingly difficult though. Google captchas everywhere. Authentication requesting 2 factor because it thinks it is a new browser. The web is progressively becoming unusable unless you are loaded with cookies and tracked. And the culprits are the likes of Amazon, Cloudflare, Google, etc. Not easy to move them.
  - auslander 7y ago
    Cloudflare somehow got better lately, I'm curious to know how :) Google search works fine and I'm not using other Google services. I see surprisingly few captchas. Yeah, I'm on VPN too, maybe they treat it differently.
    - jgrahamc 7y ago
      Better at what?
      - auslander 7y ago
        Less captchas.
- ryacko 7y ago
  My current ideal is a VM, with Firefox multiprocess disabled, auto play disabled, various container extensions, Adblock, etc.
mobjack 7y ago
Requiring users to log in to websites is the most reliable to track them. You are giving out a unique identifier that tracks you across devices.