Brave's founder: DuckDuckGo's Browser not only allows cookies from Microsoft's trackers, but also allows users to be tracked via URLs
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[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun - 1 year ago (0 children)
If people only knew how bad the stock Mozilla Firefox was...
Go to the [|||] menu -> More Tools -> Task Manager
You will see 'Add-ons Search Detection'... a hidden add-on that doesn't show in the add-on list. If you hover over it, and click the jump arrow at the far right, you get it's unlisted add-on page.
Add-ons Search Detection Requires Access to Private Windows This extension has access to your online activities while private browsing. Learn more Version 2.0.0 Last Updated January 10, 2022 Required permissions for core functionality: Access your data for all websites
Add-ons Search Detection Requires Access to Private Windows This extension has access to your online activities while private browsing. Learn more
Version 2.0.0 Last Updated January 10, 2022
Required permissions for core functionality: Access your data for all websites
And see the hidden spy ad on, that tracks every search query you make, then the result you get, to send back to Mozilla and partners. You can only disable it per session, then Mozilla Firefox restarts it.
Ostensibly, this is a research project to detect malicious replacement of search result links, even when you have overtly opted out o fall research projects and have painfully tried your best to manually disable all the vast extensive telemetry spy-tracking...
I expect Google Chrome to be even worse.
use the following search parameters to narrow your results:
e.g. sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
sub:pics site:imgur.com dog
advanced search: by author, sub...
~0 users here now
A sub dedicated to one of the most beautiful places on earth, be it digital or analogue: a private one.
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