• Vlyn@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Install Firefox (also works on mobile!), add uBlock Origin (also available on mobile!), done.

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      1 year ago

      And if you are feeling extra frisky, install noscript to pick and choose what sources of js you are willing to run and/or be terrified/furious of all the non-relevant scripts sites run.

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        1 year ago

        I actually did that for a while (on my PC at least). Major pain in the ass unfortunately.

        Of course it’s good to block that crap, but usability takes too much of a nose dive. I do live in the EU though, so when it comes to data protection things have gotten a lot better in the last years.

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          1 year ago

          I’ve been using it for a few years now and by now picking out the scripts for site navigation and finding the relavant cdn is pretty much automatic now. If I find a site that is just an absolute js clusterfuck, I just run it in porno mode and let the scrips loose and hope for the best until I find what I went there for. I even take the time to reject cookies manually as per my right, haha. Maybe it will show up on some stat somewhere, a flaccid message, but a message none the less.

          What did you think of the recent deal the EU made with the giants? As an EU citizen I find it concerning, because it might be a slippery slope.

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        Ghostery is like Brave, they record and sell your browsing habbits. I stopped using them back in 2013.

        Seems like we need to have another talk with the less terminally-online people about what is and isn’t actually good int he world of web browsing safety…