![]() ![]() But why won’t browsers stop this abuse? Why even load scripts - executable code with access to a bunch of information and features! - from other domains, why enable cookies for third-parties, etc. Of course all the technical features I mentioned are not provided for tracking users, they are simply abused that way. After explaining a bit, I cleaned their cookies and installed uBlock Origin for them. I’ve had a few friends and relatives asking how to remove a virus from their browser… where by “a virus” they meant “many sites I visit show me the same ads that seem to know too much about me, so a virus must be spying everything I do and inject ads in my computer”. ![]() Most users don’t realize how much random companies they never deal with (such as ad networks) and other companies they do deal with (such as Google and Facebook) manage to know about them. Try the EFF’s Panopticlick tool to get an idea of how resistant your browser is to tracking and fingerprinting. This and other technical information can be used to identify you uniquely across the web, a practice dubbed “fingerprinting”. whether I allow cookies, which languages I prefer reading).
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