Trackers & fingerprinting
10 minEasyTwo things follow you. Cookies and pixels planted by third parties on the sites you visit, and fingerprinting — identifying your device by its unique mix of screen size, fonts, timezone, and settings.
- Install uBlock Origin. It blocks trackers, not just ads, and it's free and open source.
- Use a browser that blocks third-party cookies by default: Firefox, Brave, or Safari.
- Don't stack a dozen privacy extensions. An unusual setup makes your fingerprint more identifiable, not less. Blend in.
- Strip
?utm_...and?fbclid=...parameters off links before sharing them. - Log out of accounts you're not using. A logged-in session is the strongest tracker there is.
- Test your setup at coveryourtracks.eff.org.
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