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Google said it was too hard to target ads to people (www.digitaltrends.com)

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Came across this article and it got me thinking, are there any simple ways to defeat advanced tracking methods (fingerprinting, tracking pixels, etc.)?

Obviously you could go the Tor on a virtual machine route, or a non persistent set up like TAILS, but what about a browser that's able to give say, a 80% solution?

I work in the security industry and am always looking for the solution that is simple enough that its palatable to a client (not asking to change your whole lifestyle, just push this button) but also relatively effective.

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Check out EFF cover your tracks: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

The results are very interesting. For me, the most unique thing about my browser was that I had two system languages, and so the accept-language header was very unique.

I now use vanadium (graphene OS), which simply sends made up values for a lot of headers, and so makes fingerprinting harder.

In general, you should try to be as "normal" as possible, use standard settings for everything, just accept English, etc..

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

Vanadium on Graphene is actually what I use as well haha, its just hard to convince people who already have enough on their plate with their actual jobs to make the lifestyle switch without it being viewed as very burdensome.

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