Re:Everyone is watching what you do online. How user trackin...
by jedimastert on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @12:08PM
(#17304364)
There's also Facebook Multi-account Containers (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account...), which might do what you're looking for
Re:Everyone is watching what you do online. How user trackin...
by gaius on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @03:00PM
(#17306011)
If they create a profile on you the cookies it's tied to disappear when you close your browser.
If they see you with an IP address and a cookie and a moment later see that same IP with the same browser etc does something else they will correlate them. There is a whole industry around tracking people who explicitly do not consent or have withdrawn their consent to be tracked. That’s why we need GDPR.
Set you browser to clear all cookies on close, use a separate browser for anything that requires authentication (ex: gmail), and never mix the two types of browsing. If they create a profile on you the cookies it's tied to disappear when you close your browser.
It's feels like a minor pain when you first start out but you used to it quick. Plus since you're not logged into anything by default there's a slightly higher barrier to ordering needless crap online.
It's not foolproof as you can be tracked by a combination of other factors (see: https://panopticlick.eff.org/) but it's much better than the alternatives.