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I'm not sure how successful it is in that regard. Just browser fingerprinting is enough to track most people; cookies and third party connections are not essential.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Fingerprinting



It prevents ad companies from fingerprinting you, you never make the connection to seedy-ad-company-X, you only make the connection to facebook/nyt/WaPo etc


You should avoid tracking pixels too, or downloading any 3rd party content (like CSS). You can use umatrix for this though.


Ok, this is new. Why exactly must we not download CSS?


3rd-party CSS. I.e., if the page includes CSS from an ad network, the network gets the request and can track it. Basically using CSS instead of a 1px tracking bug.

One of the many shitty, underhanded methods these companies use to track people without their knowledge or consent. I will shed no tears for these companies when they go bankrupt as people push back against their methods.


I understand now, but the idea of CSS in this is what threw me off. This is valid for any file that the computer makes a request for, if queries are attached to it.


Is it possible to track someone without using cookies? Maybe. Do most of these advert sites make heavy use of cookies? Oh yes.


It's an arms race. Blocking cookies currently works.




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