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An amazing bit of digital detective work here. Seems like Linux mobile is your only off ramp from being exhaustively tracked

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Using firefox in strict mode with ublock origin, cookie auto-delete, and a VPN to change your IP every now and then should stop location tracking and cross-site tracking. Sites will still know you've visited them and what pages you've been to in that session, but that is impossible to stop.

The main thing is don't use apps, they can collect tons of data and tie it directly to your physical device, and run in the background while not actively using it.

Using a web browser is really the safest option I can think of because you have control over almost everything.