“This is the Strait of Hormuz in the data economy. If you want to make a change, this is where you cut it off. Anything short of that is theatrical political posture.”

This is about cookie banners on websites

There was another time I got into a very serious ontological discussion with a fairly senior engineer about what the difference was between taxes and fines and they didn’t understand there was a difference,” he said.

  • DisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.com
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    2 months ago

    Your ISP and browser can see everything you do, but your search engine can only see what you’re doing when you’re actively on the site, and through cookies. Same with those other sites. Using incognito absolutely helps with that.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
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      2 months ago

      That’s plain false. With a VPN enabled, the ISP can see data volume and time stamps, and what VPN server you’re connected to. Nothing else.

      Your browser, depends on the browser. Chrome, Edge, etc., yeah, they’re watching everything you do. An open-source privacy-focused browser with maximum privacy settings enabled is not watching as much, if anything at all.

      And incognito doesn’t hide your fingerprint from search engines or websites. It’s basically worthless for privacy. All it does is clear cookies, caches, and browsing history from the local device.