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Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by barbazoo on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:36AM (#26821747)
What do I, as an end user, have to do to be protected? Is it sufficient to use Firefox with its default settings?

Honestly I don't know and I think I should. I have uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs installed on Firefox, I'm running pi-hole at home, it's just so much.

Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by surround on Thursday April 15, 2021 @11:49AM (#26821948)
Don't sweat it. All you really need is Firefox + uBlock Origin. And even without uBo, Firefox blocks some trackers by default.

Privacy badger is largely useless ever since they got rid of heuristics. ClearURLs is useful, but you'd probably be fine without it. And pi-hole doesn't block anything that uBo doesn't in Firefox (but is still useful for applications outside of the browser).

On the other hand, maybe you're like me and want to squeeze as much privacy out of your browser as you can, even if it means breaking some websites. If that's the case, check this website out. Just remember that the tweaks listed here are nice, but not entirely necessary.

https://privacytools.io/browsers/#about_config

Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by HDMI_Cable on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:19PM (#26824965)
With uBO, I would also disable things like Third-Party Cookies. I also have No-Script, but that's mainly for making sites easier to load (Though it does block ad-tracking js-files, like uBO).
Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by barbazoo on Thursday April 15, 2021 @12:11PM (#26822329)
Thank you, I'll have a look!
Re:Cohort IDs can be collected over time to create cross-sit... by heavyset_go on Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:24PM (#26825676)
Under Enhanced Tracking Protection, select the Strict option. Firefox also has native HTTPS-only and ESNI features.