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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by nacs on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:26AM (#13644083)
> is bound to get you so many tracking cookies

I just installed the extension on Chrome and it seems to block the cookies on those requests. There's also a setting in their settings panel that mentions blocking cookies (checked by default).

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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by dguido on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @10:31AM (#13644139)
Even without explicit cookies, many ad networks use cookieless fingerprinting (e.g., https://amiunique.org/) to uniquely identify you or, at minimum, your IP address. You give up a considerable amount of your own privacy and browsing habits by using this plugin.
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Re:Google Squashed a Chrome Extension That Flooded Ad Networ... by grive on Tuesday February 14, 2017 @11:20AM (#13644591)
And why would this plugin help cookieless fingerprinting? This is just another baseless statement.

The explicit purpose of this plugin is to make the signal disappear within the noise. Explain what "considerable amount of one's own privacy and browsing habits" this plugin exposes, or stop spreading FUD because you are ideologically opposed to it.

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