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  • aport@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Just use Firefox with ublock origin. Maybe get a VPN if you're serious about anonymous browsing. There's rapidly diminishing returns in obsessing over privacy tools compared to changing your browsing habits.

    • Zoift [he/him]
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      1 year ago

      Indeed. You have to consider your threat profile. Most data harvesting isn't aimed at you per-se, you're just in the target audience.

      If you're just trying to be a responsible citizen who'se reasonably informed and likes their privacy. A decent browser, blocker, and VPN will protect you from 99% of casual grift & grime.

      Unless you're planning something that'll get you assigned an Agent somewhere, in which case you should log off and not talk around electronics at all.

      • BadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]
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        1 year ago

        somewhat concerned that with the increasing rise of blatant fascism in the US the definition of a "threat" worth keeping an eye on will become a group me and most other cool left wing people will be included in

    • RION [she/her]
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      1 year ago

      It's even worse than diminishing returns—the more privacy extensions and add-ons you install the more identifiable you are through browser fingerprinting