I’ve been using Chr-incognito + Norton 360 VPN/Ultimate thinking I was golden. Pfft! Yah, I’m from the EBCDIC/Windows 286/DOS/Novell Netware era… In the last week, I stopped using Chrome and my library of bookmarks, set Mullvad Browser as my Win11 default. Still using N360 VPN simply because I hav…

[image] MirrorMann: If I understand my circumstance correctly, my fingerprint is already out there It’s not really a static thing, it changes with browser updates and setting changes. The main thing is websites being able to reidentify you in the short term and across different websites even …

[image] MirrorMann: Apart from shit canning chrome, what other steps can I take? Moving all your browsing activity to alternatives. Mullvad is great but I feel it is not useful as much for everyday use or to use it all the time. I would move to Brave or Firefox, whatever you like best. Of cou…

Just to confirm have you looked at these resources? [image] What Is Browser Fingerprinting? (And How to Stop It!) televisionVideos Every day when you browse the internet, you share identifiable information about your device and browser that companies use to ta…

First off, congratulations. You are making all the right moves and working on becoming more informed (just like the rest of us). Good news is that once you move to more Privacy based products and behavior, your old “data and information” that they collected starts to age. After some time has gone…

If you are looking for a simple and highly effective solution, use Tor. The downsides are high latency and low throughput. If the downsides of Tor as too onerous, you can use a “hardened” browser and/or a VPN. I use Firefox with the Arkfenfox user.js but there are other options. I also suggest that…

You really can’t recommend uMatrix to anyone. Sure, it’s great, but it hasn’t been updated in years. Of course, you can use it yourself at your own risk.

[image] MirrorMann: Is it possible to reindentify/unidentify myself? No, its already out there. You can remove some of the personal details already out there but there is internal debate whether it is a net good, especially if people have sold your data to chinese data brokers who will not ho…

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jonah (Jonah Aragon) September 20, 2025, 5:00pm 4

Just to confirm have you looked at these resources?

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