Google’s new policy tracks all your devices with no opt-out
www.digitaltrends.com
Google has implemented the same strategy they once called wrong and subverts user choice. The tracking has begun and it's happening without your permission.

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.

  • kusivittula@sopuli.xyz
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    1 day ago

    1. yup that’s the same thing I was using.

    2. I use linux mint, haven’t tried it on any windows system. tried on my phone and no browser can beat it, I’m totally 100% unique.

    3. score is 75% for me too. on any other browser it’s 27%, even without any extensions so this is still a lot better. oh and I just assumed 0% was bad because it’s shown in red, but if it’s the opposite then js engine and mimetypes are the big giveaways as they have 50 and 20%.

    4. it started at 55 and has been alive for a month. before I changed something in the settings it was 300. it still counts up when I refresh, open in a new tab, restart or even clean identity. can’t fool it. I suppose it wouldn’t matter as long as it confuses me with a few others too, I’m just not convinced it can fool google and meta.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      1 day ago

      I’m just not convinced it can fool google and meta

      Yea, this is a great and healthy skepticism to have. It’s why I went deep on this little research tangent.

      Besides browser fingerprinting, there are many other ways to tie you to online behavior. For instance, the DAITA thing has nothing to do with browser fingerprints, but specifically the size of your inbound and outbound traffic. The NSA uses that to figure out your behavior and link on-VPN and off-VPN traffic together with great success, regardless of how many hops you go through. It’s the behavior that gives you away.

      I’m always on my VPN, reconnect at random times, and have all the extras turned on. Something else that may be a factor is that I have Mullvad Browser installed via Flatpak and is sandboxed to hell. Maybe you installed via .deb or something in Mint?

      Any way, thanks again for humoring me in this! I think you’re right that at least you are sorta getting lumped in with others, but it’s never going to be 100% foolproof and we should all plan for that.