Privacy concerns and device fingerprinting

TL:DR – If you’re online, you cannot ensure complete privacy. But, here are some tips on keeping at least some of your private life private. Often those in power declare that we shouldn’t worry about privacy, they often say “If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you’ve got nothing to worry about”. So let them all have clear bathroom windows and no shower curtains, shall we? Isn’t that a good idea? No? Didn’t think so! Wanting privacy isn’t about hiding something it is about being in control of what other people can see, whether that’s your bathroom or bedroom habits, your browser medical search history, the niche sites you peruse, the hobbies and habits you have. Unfortunately, the powers that be, marketers, and many others do not necessarily care about your privacy and in the worst case scenarios can peep through your bathroom window and lift the shower curtain for a good look at your privacy, as it were. There are various ways in which websites and companies can track users. Some of these tools persist from site to site even if you are not logged in, even if you use an incognito browser tabe, and sometimes even if you’re using a virtual private network (VPN), perhaps even the hyper-private browser Tor. It is likely that many of the methods used break privacy laws and regulations such as GDPR, but the companies and the regulators do not seem to care about this, on the whole. Here are some of the most comm...
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