Re: People Without Meaningful Lives Seek Power Over Others

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:25:18 +0100, Rolf Mantel
<news@hartig-mantel.de> wrote:

Am 22.01.2025 um 20:45 schrieb Shadow:

On Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:14:17 +0100, Rolf Mantel
<news@hartig-mantel.de> wrote:
 

     Whatever I'm doing, I'm doing it right. They often suggest
ladies' shoes for me (I'm a size 12 extra wide). Last week I got a
discount on tampons. Of course, that could just be AI having a laugh
at my expense.

>
It's based on your surfing habits. If I were you, I wouldn't say any
more on that issue.

>
The point is: Google does not know my surfing habits.

 
Because you live in the EU and you have some expectation of
privacy? Well, Google has paid billions in fines for ignoring EU laws.

>
Because:
... I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google as a search engine
... I use Firefox as a browser
... I reject all non-necessary cookies

Open about:config
search for

dom.push.userAgentID
app.normandy.user_id
browser.contentblocking.report.vpn_sub_id
browser.contextual-services.contextId

Go to about:networking
Look at your unique Network ID

There are others. Both Windows and Linux(if it uses systemd)
have quite unique user_IDs. Apple is just a dumb terminal. You cough,
Apple knows you did.

All quite unique to you and available to any site if you allow
javascript. Google made javascript mandatory from 20th January if you
want to use any of their services.

70% of all malware sites use javascript to extract personal
information from your drives........ all you have to do is vitit the
site with javascript enabled. I'm surprised Google doesn't know that
and warn it's users <sarcasm>.

Also when you start Firefox, it connects to

detectportal.firefox.com
detectportal.prod.mozaws.net
prod.detectportal.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net
example.org
contile.services.mozilla.com
shavar.services.mozilla.com
shavar.prod.mozaws.net
normandy.cdn.mozilla.net
normandy-cdn.services.mozilla.com
push.services.mozilla.com
autopush.prod.mozaws.net
classify-client.services.mozilla.com
prod-classifyclient.normandy.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net
tracking-protection.cdn.mozilla.net
tracking-protection.prod.mozaws.net
content-signature-2.cdn.mozilla.net
content-signature-chains.prod.autograph.services.mozaws.net
prod.content-signature-chains.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net
firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com
prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net
firefox-settings-attachments.cdn.mozilla.net
attachments.prod.remote-settings.prod.webservices.mozgcp.net
services.addons.mozilla.org
aus5.mozilla.org
balrog-aus5.r53-2.services.mozilla.com
prod.balrog.prod.cloudops.mozgcp.net
location.services.mozilla.com

(check it out with Wireshark)

Worse, it stays connected to some of those sites and informs
Mozilla which sites you are visiting.

I just gave up and now I use a Russian build of Palemoon. Yes,
I have a Firewall to check if it does any unauthorized phoning home.
It never has.
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