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Re:FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrict... by SwetDrems on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:32PM (#20519348)
Firefox's Facebook container extension and Privacy Badger extension makes this easy to do.
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Re:FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrict... by thfuran on Wednesday July 24, 2019 @04:43PM (#20519454)
"Easy". The real problem is that most people don't even know it is necessary to do. Opting out of Facebook's data collection is easier than opting out of the credit agencies' but it is decidedly more involved than just not using their products.
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Re:FTC Imposes $5B Penalty and Sweeping New Privacy Restrict... by wutbrodo on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:02AM (#20522695)
Sure, but in the context of this conversation, googling "stop Facebook from tracking me" and installing a couple extensions is infinitely easier than the solution to the abuses of credit agencies, which is... what, opting out of a significant part of the economy?
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