• nickiam2@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    It’s usually a number of different data points about your browser like the user agent string that identifies what browser you use and what OS, screen resolution, language settings, timezone, whether or not you use and adblocker etc… and of course IP addresses

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        1 year ago

        This is horrifying. I’ll reset my browser more often, I was already in the habit of doing that

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      1 year ago

      Canvasblocker(randomises all of those little tracking details)/Noscript(outright prevents JS scripts from being able to read those in the first place) combo my beloved