this post was submitted on 13 May 2025
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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 43 points 2 weeks ago
[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

In other news: water is wet

Yeah like damn, i could have told you that 15 years ago...

[–] cortex7979@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Afaik it's better to just use uBlock origin.

[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
  • replaceable by ubo, therefore redundant
  • enables DNI which is useless and makes it easier to track you
  • (maybe outdated) makes you easier to fingerprint in general
[–] DaTingGoBrrr@lemm.ee 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

So what you are saying is that I should remove privacy badger?

Right now I use uBlock, privacy badger, canvas defender and decentraleyes together.

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

uBlock is all you need. Take what I say with a grain of salt though, I might be wrong :p

[–] MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Download DuckDuckGo browser. It has a built-in free VPN. Tracking blocker

Go to settings on your phone, VPN, turn all that crap on.

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