cross-posted from: https://social.fossware.space/post/123876

In the few short hours since I started using #Threads, #DuckDuckGo has already blocked over 200 data tracking attempts. These include things like “headphone status” and “screen density.”

Trackers, trackers and ol’ Zucc’s roboface galore.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    211·
    1 year ago

    Facebook I’m only comfortable using inside a browser for this reason, and not with Chrome either. Something proper like Firefox that can block third party cookies and run it in a container automatically so it can’t follow you around. I need to contain the filth.

    • 0ddysseus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      I wouldn’t even type fa in by Firefox without the Facebook containers extension. And yeah, chrome can jam it

    • Someonelol@lemmy.mlEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      What kind of addon do you use to contain the tracking cookies on Firefox? I’d really like to get it too.

      • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        It’s built into Firefox! You don’t need one.

        Click on the shield icon in the upper left (on Desktop) and from there you can get into your tracking protection settings. It also has a dashboard showing what has been blocked. Categories are social media, tracking cookies, tracking content, fingerprinting, and cryptominers. Facebook containers are also built into Firefox on desktop. That feature is called Container Tabs and is in settings also.

        On Firefox for Android, you go to the three dots thing -> Settings -> Enhanced Tracking Protection.

        Most browsers today have something like this built-in because it’s such a problem, except Chrome, because Google is an ad company first and would be shooting their own foot.

      • SkipperWannabe@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        There is also this official extension. IIRC, this also makes sure that all the meta owned sites are not able to interact with other sites, but can work fine with each other. It also makes sure that any links leading to their sites also only open in the container, maybe also sanitized to remove the tracker from original link. The last part I am not sure, as I might be confusing it with a different extension. But if you are using any of the Meta sites, I would recommend it.