251

Cover Your Tracks: Test how well your browser protect you from tracking:(coveryourtracks.eff.org)

posted
by
Avatar
auf@lemmy.ml
in
Avatar
privacy@lemmy.ml
64 comments
hidereport

This is an EFF project that allows you to understand how easy it is to identify and track your browser based on how it appears to websites. Anonymous data will be collected through this site.

Sort:
HotTopControversialNewOld
You are viewing a single thread.
View all comments
Avatar
downpunxx@kbin.social
17 points

My impression is the thing with modern day ad tracking, selling information to spammers, and hackers is, even if you secure your browser tighter than a drum, any one of your browser extensions, which we’ve given permission to read all site data on every site you visit and interact with, could be keeping extensive logs on your activity and selling that away to the highest bidder. Am I understanding that right?

permalink
report
reply
Avatar
nottheengineer@feddit.de
11 points

Yes and that’s why you stick to popular FOSS stuff.

permalink
report
parent
reply
Avatar
Contend6248@feddit.de
6 points
*

And even then, decide if you really need 20 addons really bad, less is better.

permalink
report
parent
reply

Privacy

!privacy@lemmy.ml

Create post

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

  • Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn’t great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
  • Don’t promote proprietary software
  • Try to keep things on topic
  • If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
  • Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
  • Be nice :)

Related communities

Chat rooms

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

Community stats

  • 6.5K

    Monthly active users

  • 2.9K

    Posts

  • 78K

    Comments

Community moderators