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How to prevent websites from tracking you (all browsers) (lemmy.today)
submitted 4 months ago* by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Use a vpn with a Eu server. More sites like google will show a cookie popup with the "reject all cookies" option.

Reject all cookies if it exists. Otherwise accept cookies and then click on the :

shield icon > cookies and site data > delete (trash icon)

This is super useful when you want to read an article on some news website and it shows a cookie popup.

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[–] -3 points 4 months ago (8 children)

A VPN is useless. You're introducing another entity that can track you.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    A VPN actually hides your IP from the webpage.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    Websites don't need your IP to accurately remember you and track you. Using a VPN only helps when you want to hide stuff from your ISP, nothing else.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Using a VPN only helps when you want to hide stuff from your ISP

    ...and that is a good thing as ISPs are some of the worst companies with the worst privacy policies and a penchant for selling any data they collect from you to the highest bidder...and any other bidder as well

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  • [–] 0 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    Sure but without extra measures the same plus a lot of more data is just sold by all the other companies and chances are your VPN company is just taking over the role of your ISP. If you want to browser somewhat more privately try to reduce your fingerprint first before trusting some VPN company just because they say so.

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