Regaining privacy from web-browsing trackers

Started by Biketographer, April 24, 2021, 07:26:05 AM

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Biketographer

I just installed Privacy Badger in my firefox browser.  Only took a few seconds to do. 

QuotePrivacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers.
Privacy Badger is a browser add-on that stops advertisers and other third-party trackers from secretly tracking where you go and what pages you look at on the web.   If an advertiser seems to be tracking you across multiple websites without your permission, Privacy Badger automatically blocks that advertiser from loading any more content in your browser.  To the advertiser, it's like you suddenly disappeared.
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Zaph

3rd party trackers have been built into browsers for quite some time.  What's been happening for quite some time now is marketing analytics firms have had ways around it to still track you.  I recommend Firefox with Ublock Origin.  It has blocking the "dirty tricks" like making your browser think third party trackers are first party via DNS tricks.  Those dirty bastards will always find a way.

Your two tools on Firefox are Ublock Origin and NoScript.  Noscript is one of the most beautiful things to happen to browsers.  Almost too powerful.  With it, all websites are neutered and you selectively whitelist the scripts you want each website to run.  Imagine never, ever seeing an annoying overlay pop up in front of you again.

Biketographer

now  THIS is funny !

If you don't think it is funny, you should not ever be on the internet.
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

QuoteThe scheme called FLoC -- Federated Learning of Cohorts -- is being tested in Chrome, in some cases without the knowledge of the browser's users.

"If you're a Google Chrome user, you might be surprised to learn that you could have been entered automatically into Google's new tracking method called Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLoC)," DuckDuckGo explained in a post on its website.

"It groups you based on your interests and demographics, derived from your browsing history, to enable creepy advertising and other content targeting without third-party cookies," it continued.

After a short trial period," it noted, "Google decided not to make this new tracking method a user choice and instead started automatically including millions in the scheme."

read the whole article at https://www.technewsworld.com/story/87102.html
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

If you are not going to use Privacy Badger or some other anti-tracking system you are letting companies profit by monitoring your internet habits.

Now there is a way to earn money from your 'history'.   The advertisers will not know exactly who you are, but they will have to pay you to show you the ads they want to show you.
https://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/87205.html

As of today you could be earning $4 per month.   If this takes off as more and more people stop giving away their history for free, more advertisers will begin paying so your earnings will go up.
Invisibly.com does not stop tracking; it is a chrome extension that forces all the 'cookies' and tracker stuff to go through their system and can not go directly to the companies that put trackers on websites.  And it is not released to anyone not paying.  The companies that want the tracking will not know WHO you are, they will just know that such-and-such computer has been visting motorcycle websites etc.

I have been using privacy badger for a couple of months.  It tells you how many trackers it is blocking.  Most websites have from 3 to 5 trackers installed.  Yesterday I was shocked that one website I visited had 52 trackers in its home page.
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.

Biketographer

https://www.sovrn.com/blog/the-coming-end-of-third-party-cookies-what-publishers-can-do-now/
QuoteThe short explanation is that consumers are increasingly concerned about their online privacy and demanding greater control over their information. While third-party cookies aren't inherently dangerous (like malware and viruses), they allow companies to track every website an individual visits and collect a vast amount of data. Consumers have little control over who is collecting their information, who has access to the data, and how it will be used.
click the link to read full article.
When in traffic:  "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity" or, just a simple mistake.