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Google’s Fingerprinting Returns In 8 Weeks And It Will Track Your Devices (www.forbes.com)

submitted 5 days ago by const_void@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 51 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I don’t use google stuff rn so…

Not even Google maps since I had an ad placed in my route so it clicked the ad while I was selecting which route to take. Bu bye

[–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Use Organic Maps

[–] mimino@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago

Second that, it's great!

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Me neither, but I guess the tracking will also take place when you just browse the internet and visit websites, that have Google Ad Tracking technologies implemented (which could be the majority of websites). Tracking and Ad-Blockers like uBlock might help a bit, though.

The specifics are complex—these are the algorithms that ingest all the data signals you give off when browsing the internet on any device, some based on who you are—device, IP and credential identifiers, but also the sites you visit and apps you use as a map to be followed and analyzed.

[–] Anonymouse@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I've been using Noscript on firefox for a while. It basically blocks any JavaScript (and other stuff) unless you specifically allow it. It's not something that I would recommend for a casual user, because it breaks lots of sites. By using it, I've discovered how much nonessential stuff is jammed into your browser. Most of it is analytics and tracking. One home improvement store has over 25 scripts when less than a quarter are needed for a functioning site.

Some of the biggest offenders: offenders:

home improvement stores
car dealerships
some big box retailers

Also, a shoutout to decentraleyes, a plugin to use local copies of JavaScript code so that it's not downloaded (and reported back to) Google.

[–] TheProtagonist@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Same here. I was a uMatrix user for a long time and I was astonished sometimes how bloated some sites were with scripts and tracking domains. Nowadays I mostly use Edge on my work machine which is somehow ad-free but all sites work.

Firefox with uBlock / uMatrix needed often too much fine tuning to make sites work properly.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah. I know Ublock Origin can do this content blocking as well, but NoScript is just more convenient for me.