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On 3/9/2021 12:12 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Neil
wrote:

My suggestion is that if you aren't doing anything nefarious on the
internet and only want to thumb your nose at those tracking you, forget
it. Otherwise, you'll need to become quite fluent in dark web techniques
and forget commercial browsers, etc.

this is totally false.

there is *no* need to have any knowledge of 'dark web techniques', let
alone become quite fluent, as it's completely irrelevant, nor is there
any need to avoid commercial browsers.

some browsers, the very ones you say to forget, include anti-tracking
features, such as spoofing browser fingerprinting, cookie jars and ad
blocking.

Certainly you realize that the paragraph you chose to delete from my
comments says exactly the same thing?

there are browser extensions that will greatly limit tracking, which
require knowing how to install one and maybe tweaking its settings.

with slightly more effort, a *significant* reduction in tracking can be
obtained with upstream content blockers or more aggressive local ones,
which will work for more than just browsers.

however, it will never be 100%, nor does it need to be.

Certainly you realize that your last sentence above contradicts your
objections?

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best regards,

Neil

In article , Neil
wrote:

My suggestion is that if you aren't doing anything nefarious on the
internet and only want to thumb your nose at those tracking you, forget
it. Otherwise, you'll need to become quite fluent in dark web techniques
and forget commercial browsers, etc.

this is totally false.

there is *no* need to have any knowledge of 'dark web techniques', let
alone become quite fluent, as it's completely irrelevant, nor is there
any need to avoid commercial browsers.

some browsers, the very ones you say to forget, include anti-tracking
features, such as spoofing browser fingerprinting, cookie jars and ad
blocking.

Certainly you realize that the paragraph you chose to delete from my
comments says exactly the same thing?

it doesn't.

your paragraph was:
There are some levels of protection in FF, but there's no easy solution
to the problem. You might want to look in Options Privacy & Security
to see what you've already addressed. But, even then you're only
addressing small parts of the issue.

the only thing correct about that is that what's in firefox addresses
small parts of the issue.

your claim that there's no easy solution is wrong.

there are browser extensions that will greatly limit tracking, which
require knowing how to install one and maybe tweaking its settings.

with slightly more effort, a *significant* reduction in tracking can be
obtained with upstream content blockers or more aggressive local ones,
which will work for more than just browsers.

however, it will never be 100%, nor does it need to be.

Certainly you realize that your last sentence above contradicts your
objections?

it doesn't.