The original post: /r/privacy by /u/Electrical_Honey_753 on 2024-12-22 14:54:20.

I’m on my journey towards greater privacy and security in all things internet (vpn, more anonymity, stop using Chrome), and then this comes up as something to deal with:

"The ICO says that “when you choose an option on a consent banner or ‘clear all site data’ in your browser, you are generally controlling the use of cookies and other traditional forms of local storage. Fingerprinting, however, relies on signals that you cannot easily wipe. So, even if you ‘clear all site data’, the organisation using fingerprinting techniques could immediately identify you again. This is not transparent and cannot easily be controlled. Fingerprinting is harder for browsers to block and therefore, even privacy-conscious users will find this difficult to stop.”

For those of us who aren’t cybersecurity/privacy wizards, how can we prepare or change settings, applications, and behaviors to thwart all of this tracking? It is so frustrating to see companies prioritize advertising revenue over user privacy, every time, at the cost of our security and freedom of choice.

Any tips? What’s your plan/setup?