2 ms·

I think more people would become interested in Tor if they could see everything advertisers know about you. I have yet to find something which lets you get a g

by RajT88 3y ago

I think more people would become interested in Tor if they could see everything advertisers know about you. I have yet to find something which lets you get a good peek at that data. Does anyone know of anything?

mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago
If you live in a GDPR jurisdiction, Facebook has a way for you to look at everything they have on you(and delete it). I had a look when I went in there a few years ago to disable all their collection and they basically know every website you go to.
- RajT88 3y ago
  I am off facebook. I think they are not the bulk of the problem anyways. You can see something similar with your Google ads profile, but only if you have personalized ads on. (I am sure they still have the profile on you, you just can't view it)
ramesh31 3y ago
>I have yet to find something which lets you get a good peek at that data. Does anyone know of anything? You don't need Tor to avoid advertisers. Blocking all cookies and browsing in private mode will get you 99% of the way there. Throw in an ad-blocking VPN and there's basically nothing anyone can know about you that you aren't explicitly sharing.
- somenameforme 3y ago
  This is not really true, because of how centralized the web is. From Google fonts to jquery and the million in between endpoints, most sites you visit are going to be reporting you to Google. Logging into a single identity verifying site or even just viewing a distinct set of sites can all work as instant deanonymizers. A VPN that has multiple users using the same IP simultaneously can help on this front, but I don't know how common this is? Basically emulating how Tor exit nodes work. Though even that is also almost certainly possible to break.
  - bombcar 3y ago
    If cloud flare is screaming at you all the @#$@#$ time, your VPN or Tor exit node is good. If cloud flare is silent, they know who you are.
  - hellojesus 3y ago
    My understanding is that this is usually broken by invasive fingerprinting.

by RajT88 3y ago

mtlmtlmtlmtl 3y ago

If you live in a GDPR jurisdiction, Facebook has a way for you to look at everything they have on you(and delete it). I had a look when I went in there a few years ago to disable all their collection and they basically know every website you go to.

RajT88 3y ago
I am off facebook. I think they are not the bulk of the problem anyways. You can see something similar with your Google ads profile, but only if you have personalized ads on. (I am sure they still have the profile on you, you just can't view it)

ramesh31 3y ago

>I have yet to find something which lets you get a good peek at that data. Does anyone know of anything? You don't need Tor to avoid advertisers. Blocking all cookies and browsing in private mode will get you 99% of the way there. Throw in an ad-blocking VPN and there's basically nothing anyone can know about you that you aren't explicitly sharing.

somenameforme 3y ago
This is not really true, because of how centralized the web is. From Google fonts to jquery and the million in between endpoints, most sites you visit are going to be reporting you to Google. Logging into a single identity verifying site or even just viewing a distinct set of sites can all work as instant deanonymizers. A VPN that has multiple users using the same IP simultaneously can help on this front, but I don't know how common this is? Basically emulating how Tor exit nodes work. Though even that is also almost certainly possible to break.
- bombcar 3y ago
  If cloud flare is screaming at you all the @#$@#$ time, your VPN or Tor exit node is good. If cloud flare is silent, they know who you are.
- hellojesus 3y ago
  My understanding is that this is usually broken by invasive fingerprinting.