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Install a good ad/tracker blocker like UBlock Origin on your computers and install a DNS content blocker on your phone like DNS66/Rethink DNS (get them from F-D
by aussieguy1234 2y ago
Install a good ad/tracker blocker like UBlock Origin on your computers and install a DNS content blocker on your phone like DNS66/Rethink DNS (get them from F-Droid if they've been removed from the Play Store).
I have no regrets on robbing the corporate media and user hostile advertising companies of their revenues, while keeping my browsing experience clean and thwarting most trackers.
I go a step further and run GrapheneOS instead of normal Android, so not even Google themselves can track me. Google Play Services is running in a sandbox that makes it behave.
What were dealing with today is much worse than the old banner ads, these things track your every move online and even track the GPS on your phone.
- mindslight 2y agoI take issue with your characterization as "robbing". The consumer surveillance industry exploits security vulnerabilities in browsers and OSes (including ones they themselves put there), and then leverages the proceeds into minor attacks on users that net a few pennies at a time. Fixing the security vulnerabilities isn't "robbing" these companies, rather it's merely putting things right and preventing them from being able to take what they have been taking. Furthermore, that the surveillance industry has been normalized and even held up as an exemplar of innovation just illustrates the extent of the rot.