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Re:Battle for the Internet by mtgx on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @12:44PM (#14754063)
Another reason for all web developers to encrypt their websites.
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Re:Battle for the Internet by losteric on Wednesday July 12, 2017 @12:52PM (#14754150)
That helps, but not entirely. The metadata of which sites you're visiting is still valuable advertising information - especially when browsing through a phone (geolocation).
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Re:Battle for the Internet by tomaskafka on Thursday July 13, 2017 @12:48AM (#14758800)
This doesn't help - just a set of domains (and page count + times of connection) you connected to last month is a very precise and valuable identifier of who you are and what your interests are.
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