Came across this article and it got me thinking, are there any simple ways to defeat advanced tracking methods (fingerprinting, tracking pixels, etc.)?
Obviously you could go the Tor on a virtual machine route, or a non persistent set up like TAILS, but what about a browser that’s able to give say, a 80% solution?
I work in the security industry and am always looking for the solution that is simple enough that its palatable to a client (not asking to change your whole lifestyle, just push this button) but also relatively effective.
Google:
Surely the gdpr has something to say about this. Or did the US forget the rest of the wold exists again?
They don’t give a F about any one and any laws as long as they get away with it. That’s late stage capitalism for you.
Any country trying to protect itself from US big tech gets threatened by tariffs, of course
That is way you go up that orange ass
Exactly, Google even advocated against the use of more intrusive tracking technology like fingerprinting stating it was too intrusive, I’ll be the first to say I’m pro capitalist (if you can work hard and get rich, power to you), but when you are willing to invade the literal physical privacy of people who do not even want your products, it calls into question the legitimacy of your company.
I am also pro being able to form your own future by giving an extra hand to the world.
I do however disagree on the part where you have to be born into certain privileges to be able to do this. Yes, giving extra should mean you get extra but all in accordance to individual abilities an privilege. Someone born rich should have it significantly harder to make more than someone born poor for example.
I appreciate that you are standing for moral dignities like personal privacy. But understand, Google’s entire business model IS surveillance capitalism.
Profits aren’t infinite if the resource is finite. Eventually, they would have to dig the mineshaft deeper, take more material to sell more product. This is what happens when capital is left laissez-faire, it grows more tentacles.
Being pro-capitalist on this website is gonna make you stick out like a sore thumb
Exactly, and we wouldn’t want people with different opinions, experiences or mindsets on this website would we.
Uhh, okay?
What a bunch of BS.
Thats why their ToS is different in the EU.
Could I use a VPN to some place in the EU in order to have the different ToS
That might be possible, but Im not 100℅.
If they already have your fingerprint in the browser or device, they might not care. Idk.
Perhaps Qubes.