LogEx

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   by LogEx 15y ago

   Oh yeah... plus hosts file blocking of the most egregious servers and DNS blocking of the most egregious domains.
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   by LogEx 15y ago

   Ghostery, Disconnect, FlashBlock, AdBlock, and in some browser profile: NoScript & RequestPolicy. I whitelist trusted sites. The online ad ecosystem is out of control with surveillance: data collection, tracking, device fingerprinting,
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   by LogEx 15y ago

   Try this: turn off wi-fi on your computer and try again. This is why I only use wi-fi when necessary, and also generally keep Location Services turned off on every device I own, unless I specifically need location.
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   by LogEx 15y ago

   Regardless of where you are, as long as you have wi-fi on and there's a wi-fi router nearby, even in the absence of street view cars or anything like that, all it takes is one person using a GPS-enabled device near you to geo-compromise you
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   by LogEx 15y ago

   This one of the reasons I like dynamic IP and change my IP address regularly. So my IP-geolocation location jumps all over my metro area on a regular basis.
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   by LogEx 15y ago

   Ghostery and Disconnect are essential privacy tools in Firefox, Safari, or Chrome. Also try ShareNot on Firefox, which is experimental, but has somewhat more extensive blocking coverage than Disconnect. But more fundamental: don't log in un