@QuantumSpecter@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 4 months agoHow to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square95fedilinkarrow-up1831cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmit.online
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minus-squareCousin MoselinkfedilinkEnglish20•4 months agoYou need to block all their domains/IP ranges too otherwise they’re still profiting from profiling you across apps and websites.
minus-square@ahal@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish5•4 months agoOr install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/facebook-container/ for the less tech savvy / lazy
minus-square@chaospatterns@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-24 months agoUnfortunately, unscrupulous companies can build shadow profiles that bypass cookie and storage based isolation techniques like this. Your browser gives off a lot of information. See here for some of the information they can use: https://amiunique.org You’re best off blocking things with uBlock Origin vs something that just isolates.
minus-squareCousin MoselinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoThat feels like the opposite of deleting your account or blocking them
You need to block all their domains/IP ranges too otherwise they’re still profiting from profiling you across apps and websites.
Or install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/facebook-container/ for the less tech savvy / lazy
Unfortunately, unscrupulous companies can build shadow profiles that bypass cookie and storage based isolation techniques like this.
Your browser gives off a lot of information. See here for some of the information they can use: https://amiunique.org
You’re best off blocking things with uBlock Origin vs something that just isolates.
That feels like the opposite of deleting your account or blocking them