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slazer2au, to asklemmy in What reasons are there for being concerned about companies like google and meta etc collecting data and tracking me?

If so, What sorts of things can i do to avoid being tracked? Preferably without too much comprimise.

Stop using Chrome based browsers. Use Firefox or a Firefox derivative. Use adblockers such as Ublock origin or Adnausem, a plugin that will hide ads from you and click on the ads to mess up your digital footprint. Consent-o-matic is a plugin that will decline any cookies request from sites.

More technical inclined, For your home set your DNS servers to DNS.adguard.com, again blocks ads. Use containers with Firefox, it will limit the cross site tracking when you see a share with Google/Facebook/twitter. Those share butts are particularly nasty.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in What reasons are there for being concerned about companies like google and meta etc collecting data and tracking me?

The addresses are here under plain DNS

adguard-dns.io/en/public-dns.html

Something to keep in mind is that some ISP will intercept your DNS request and redirect them their own servers. DNS is done in clear text. If you are concerned about that you can use DNS over TLS or DNS over HTTPS to hide your queries. But that is a complex set up and not all devices/apps support DoT or DoH

slazer2au, to asklemmy in What reasons are there for being concerned about companies like google and meta etc collecting data and tracking me?

no it still gets detected because it is using Ublock Origin to hide the ads.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in What reasons are there for being concerned about companies like google and meta etc collecting data and tracking me?

And 7Zip is also Russian.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in What reasons are there for being concerned about companies like google and meta etc collecting data and tracking me?

Oh you sweet summer child. You have no idea how much tracking goes on.

slazer2au, to memes in Destigmatize Bankruptcy.

But what about all those reward points I am missing out on? If I spend big now, in a decade I may be able to cash them in on a shitty kettle.

slazer2au, (edited ) to asklemmy in Which YouTuber's voice can lull you to sleep?

www.youtube.com/ and www.youtube.com/ for Warhammer 40K stuff. But that may break rule 2

www.youtube.com/ for Pokemon Yellow playthrough with every Pokemon and back porting some gen 2 Pokemon to gen 1.
If you prefer red and blue there is www.youtube.com/ but his voice may not be rule 1.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in Which YouTuber's voice can lull you to sleep?

I like how recently he knows we do this and will shout us out. Too bad we are asleep and don’t hear it.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in What do we get in return for paying taxes?

At 0 degrees no. Have at 35 degrees in AU.

slazer2au, to vexillology in Which tricolor flag do you think is the ugliest, considering only the color combination? Here are some candidates that I have found.

Toss up between 2 and 3. That red stripe just seems a bit too bold.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in Someone picks up a guitar at a party, what song would be hype if they played?

Any song that ends with a guitar smash solo.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in Do you have a mantra that keeps you going through tough times?

With enough time it will.

Source: my wife works for a tax authority

slazer2au, to asklemmy in How do you like to sort your Lemmy feed?

Local New to begin with. After that All New

slazer2au, to asklemmy in hey - trying to switch from Chrome to Firefox, what are your recommended extensions and/or quality of life addins, etc?

In most cases, the add-on just blocks or hides cookie related pop-ups. When it’s needed for the website to work properly, it will automatically accept the cookie policy for you (sometimes it will accept all and sometimes only necessary cookie categories, depending on what’s easier to do). It doesn’t delete cookies.

Not to keen on it accepting the cookies on my behalf, the point is to not accept the cookie. Consent-o-matic will actively deny the requests.

slazer2au, to asklemmy in hey - trying to switch from Chrome to Firefox, what are your recommended extensions and/or quality of life addins, etc?

If you are going to auto delete cookies then I suggest consent-o-matic to auto deny cookie popups.

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