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theintercept.com/2025/05/22/in This is a #privacy nightmare that's turned into a total disaster. If this were my #government doing this I'd seek to give as little information to all companies as possible Avoid all social media, and if you don't use only #anonymous accounts with a #proxy. Use #adblockers on every device. Network wide ad blocking would be ideal. Ditch #Apple and #Google products and install #Grapheneos and avoid connecting to cell towers and use only wifi. Proxy all data connections. 1/2

The Intercept · U.S. Spy Agencies Are Getting a One-Stop Shop to Buy Your Most Sensitive Personal DataBy Sam Biddle
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adingbatponder

@cd0 Wow. What a horrible approach of #Digikey. If I have a #proxy, does that solve the problem ? Can I then leave all their tracker crap on and not care less? Or do I need a "quarantined" web session that I then toast? Or use #tails ? Or have I not understood? Why is this so hard? It is like when u go to a shop for cheese they say "No cheese unless you tell me the contents of your fridge and pantry". #adblockers #trackers

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Mozilla's blog discusses the transition to Manifest V3 for Firefox ad blockers. This change impacts how extensions function, aiming to enhance performance and security. Users may notice differences in ad-blocking capabilities and overall browser experience. The update is part of ongoing efforts to improve web standards and user privacy. #Firefox #ManifestV3 #AdBlockers #WebPrivacy

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Chrome is enforcing new rules under its Manifest V3 policy, which limits what extensions can do, especially privacy-focused ones. Google claims this is for security, but critics argue it weakens privacy tools like ad blockers and anti-tracking extensions.

Solution?

Try Firefox or Brave (better privacy support).

Use Chrome's built-in settings (but they’re limited).

Look for updated extensions that comply with Chrome’s new rules.

#Chrome#Privacy#AdBlockers
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Kevin Karhan :verified:

@codeofamor @gyptazy yeah, I don't get how "#TechIlliterate" #Normies can even use the #Web without #AdBlockers and stuff...

  • Shit's today so bad, it makes #Zango infestations 20 years ago look harmless by comparison...

I guess I left that plane of existance long ago...

Infosec.SpaceKevin Karhan :verified: (@kkarhan@infosec.space)Issues aside it's now 15 years since I started using #Tor / @torproject@mastodon.social & @guardianproject@librem.one / #Orbot on #Android full-time. - Not just for #privacy, but because it acts as a #PerformanceProxy on #throttled #German mobile networks! Because in #EDGEland they yeet users to 64kBit/s if not even lower to 16kBit/s past paid bandwith and instead of properly renegotiating the bandwith, they trottle connections by reducing the packet rate / dropping packets, making it as #laggy as a #GSO-based #SATCOM connection! - On top of that, almost all #MNO|s & #MVNO|s illegally use RFC1918 Address space, *espechally ```10.0.0.0/8``` for #CGNAT, thus bricking #VPN|s and sadly @BNetzA@social.bund.de doesn't really give a damn!
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Jonathan Emmesedi

YouTube has now started blocking my uBlock Origin.

Although I would prefer to have no ads at all, I suppose I could just about live with one before the actual video begins.

Having advertisements interrupt the video, on the other hand, really upsets me.

I'm hoping uBlock Origin can be updated with countermeasures.

#YouTube#AdBlockers#uBlockOrigin
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