What measures do you take to stop being tracked online ?

I use privacy badger, NoScript, and a hosts file; I update the hosts file periodically using this resource, which I have used since my WinXP days.

I do not use an ad blocker.

In using NoScript, one of my considerations is, "Do I trust this site?" (For example, I trust LQ.) If I do, I will select the "temporarily trust all" option. I also try not to visit sites that I suspect of being untrustworthy.

If I must visit a known untrustworthy site--I occasionally have to log on to the Zuckerborg, for example--I do so only in a private browser window.

Just my two cents.

@ondoho

After adding uMatrix sites like Quora is not working.

Originally Posted by hifi100 After adding uMatrix sites like Quora is not working.

Originally Posted by ondoho But essentially yes, you have to selectively & sparingly enable just enough javascript to get a usable web page. You only need to do this once - noscript will remember it for subsequent visits. It doesn't take long and you have your old UX back, because most of us browse only a few sites. It's the old moral about security and convenience being on opposing ends of a scale. You have to adjust that scale the way you want it. uMatrix works the same way but is much more powerful than noscript:

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Originally Posted by ondoho I'm only vaguely familiar with these addons, but there seems to be a lot of overlap in functionality. And be aware that Addons also have a tendency to phone home, sometimes even the ones that use the privacy buzzword.

To get an idea about which addons I should use for privacy I visited

https://www.privacyend.com/firefox-privacy-add-ons/

Do you see any overlap now ? (Please see attachment)

Firefox with:

* uBlock Origin
* Smart Referer
* privacy.resistFingerprinting=true
* Clear cookies and offline site data on browser shutdown
* The new "Container" addons

PFblockerNG and DNSBL on my PFSense firewall, plus using 2 different browsers: one for logins and one for searching, research, unauthenticated browsing, etc. I don't like browser addons at all; I know they can be open source, but as others have mentioned, they have the capability to read all traffic in and out of your browser. I risk balance by taking as many other precautions as I deem necessary and the risk of an addon reading data is too much of a risk for me.

As others have mentioned, it is virtually impossible to prevent tracking so just do your best and take as many precautions as you think you need to. I am not living under a rock with a tinfoil hat on so I am going to do whatever I need to online and live with the protections I put in place.

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Originally Posted by JenniferColby Can this matter be resolved?

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Originally Posted by hifi100 I am using Firefox 74.0 (64-bit). ADD-ons Disconnect Privacy Badger Ublock Origin Is this enough ? I don't use Facebook or Google/Gmail. I use ProtonMail. I use DuckDuckGo for searching. What measures do you take to stop being tracked online ?

I use some plugins mainly for performance reasons (Adblock, Noscript). I started using the "Facebook Container" plugin for Firefox to cut down on (hopefully totally eliminate) the tracking that Facebook can do just because of the ubiquitous "f" icon that appears on virtually every web page you visit.

Cheers...

I second the use of Pi-Hole. Not only does it block ads and trackers for your entire network, it works for more than just your browser connections. These days, anything coming out of Microsoft (and various other tech companies one might add) is chockful with telemetry (e.g. Windows 10, Mircosoft Office, Visual Studio). Unlike a browser plugin, Pi-Hole can block those too.

As an added bonus, it gives you great insight in the traffic leaving your house. When I first started using it, I discovered that my PDF reader of choice was constantly "phoning home". After I became aware of it that, I found that I could disable it in the settings. I also found an app on my wife's phone that had 8.8.8.8 hardcoded into it for DNS (because that app broke when I disallowed Google and Cloudflare DNS on my firewall after I had build my Pi-Hole).

Other than that, I'm a longtime user of Noscript. I don't use Google, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc.

Building a Pi-Hole is pretty easy. For extra security, I run Unbound with DNSSEC enabled as a resolver on the same little box.

https://pi-hole.net/ (I'm not affiliated with them, just a happy user).

Zero browser add-ins because I don't trust any of them. All browser extensions can read all of the traffic sent through the browser. I have DNS black hole (pfblockerng, DNSBL) set up on my firewall. I never log into any search engine (google) and use separate browsers for searching than I do for web app logins. I never post anything online using my true identity, ever. All forum or online accounts are burner accounts except for banking, bills, etc.

No social media period.

Best I can do without completely disconnecting which I will not do.

Firefox has a lot of settings you can change to tighten it right down, there is a file called user.js, do a DuckDuckGo search for "Secure firefox configuration", there are a few people who have their own version, there is one here you can check out https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/.

Using will break a lot of sites, but it tries to harden firefox to stop a lot tracking.

Originally Posted by john0009 i am also looking for it.

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