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TheBlackAdder

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9. I run w/Firefox, uBlock, NoScript, EFF Privacy Badger & DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials.

Reply to Jirel (Reply #7)

Fri Nov 22, 2019, 04:52 PM

Nov 2019

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The problem is that many sites will not load correctly if these trackers are disabled.

While you can customize these plugins to be site specific, if the site removed FB altogether there would not be a need to have to babysit and monitor these settings all of the time.

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Facebook: Most sites allow their trackers, use their single sign-on, allow them access to traffic. [View all] TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 OP

I use "Web Root Security" Miigwech Nov 2019 #1

FB would still gets your IP address and they can cross-reference it with other web activity. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #3

u can prevent that. logout of FB and clear your cookies nt msongs Nov 2019 #2

I'm not logged into any FB, yet this DU page shows it contains facebook.net links. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #5

Do you have it turned off in your DU My Account? Lars39 Nov 2019 #13

Thanks Lars39! That removed Facebook. The Google trackers are still there though. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #14

OR Skittles Nov 2019 #11

Hear, hear. n/t Ron Obvious Nov 2019 #4

I don't allow 3rd party cookies on my computer. Doremus Nov 2019 #6

Simple. Jirel Nov 2019 #7

Yet, if you are on this OP page, you will see the following if you do a 'View Page Source' TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #8

ICYMI, DU has option to Display or Remove those social media links. greyl Nov 2019 #12

Thanks greyl! That removed Facebook. The Google trackers are still there though. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #15

True, and Google+ doesn't exist anymore anyway, and this is where NoScript comes in handy greyl Nov 2019 #16

Yeah, but NoScript comes in after Google now knows my IP and can reverse associate my workstation. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #17

I run w/Firefox, uBlock, NoScript, EFF Privacy Badger & DuckDuckGo's Privacy Essentials. TheBlackAdder Nov 2019 #9

True, but Cambridge Analytica took it much farther than cookies blogslut Nov 2019 #10