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Is Tracking Protection really useful? [Discussion]
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<blockquote data-quote="HarborFront" data-source="post: 832754" data-attributes="member: 55987"><p>A VPN only changes your IP address. Yes, some providers do have other content protection features but I doubt they are effective. Some browsers offer tracking/coin mining protection but I would suggest using uBO/uMatrix with selected filters for more effective protection. Those offered by the browsers are more for the common users.</p><p></p><p>As for fingerprinting I don't think a VPN can protect you against them. It's a browser issue. Correct me if I'm wrong on this.</p><p></p><p>It's also true that using extensions to avoid fingerprints can create other problems as the extension(s) themselves are sometimes not well coded. But bear in mind that there's NO single extension which can help to avoid all types of fingerprints.</p><p></p><p>Fingerprints come in many forms. ScriptSafe/Trace extensions protect against a wide variety of fingerprints. Note that some features are not effective against some testing sites.</p><p></p><p>You can use hardware device with built-in tracking/fingerprinting protection or use software/filters/extensions in your computer.</p><p></p><p>Complementing the above with a VM and the use of TOR browser will help greatly</p><p></p><p>To summarize. IMO if you value your privacy then protection against tracking/fingerprinting/data stealers is important</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HarborFront, post: 832754, member: 55987"] A VPN only changes your IP address. Yes, some providers do have other content protection features but I doubt they are effective. Some browsers offer tracking/coin mining protection but I would suggest using uBO/uMatrix with selected filters for more effective protection. Those offered by the browsers are more for the common users. As for fingerprinting I don't think a VPN can protect you against them. It's a browser issue. Correct me if I'm wrong on this. It's also true that using extensions to avoid fingerprints can create other problems as the extension(s) themselves are sometimes not well coded. But bear in mind that there's NO single extension which can help to avoid all types of fingerprints. Fingerprints come in many forms. ScriptSafe/Trace extensions protect against a wide variety of fingerprints. Note that some features are not effective against some testing sites. You can use hardware device with built-in tracking/fingerprinting protection or use software/filters/extensions in your computer. Complementing the above with a VM and the use of TOR browser will help greatly To summarize. IMO if you value your privacy then protection against tracking/fingerprinting/data stealers is important [/QUOTE]
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