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   Avoid the Hack! :donor: (avoidthehack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:21:54 JST Avoid the Hack! :donor:

   #Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices In 6 Weeks—Forget Chrome And #Android

   Long story short is that Google has made updates to its advertising ecosystem essentially _permitting_ the fingerprinting of devices for use in targeted advertising. In their words they are going to be “less prescriptive with partners in how they target and measure ads.”

   Doesn’t mean fingerprinting wasn’t happening before, just that Google is giving the green signal to the rest of the ecosystem to do so… and will likely use this to maybe replace third-party cookies.

   Use an adblocker. Seriously.

   #privacy #ads #privacymatters #useadblockers

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2025/01/11/google-starts-tracking-all-your-devices-in-6-weeks-forget-chrome-and-android/

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:58:51 JST j@mastodon

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     • Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:
     • GrapheneOS

     @hyde @avoidthehack @GrapheneOS

     Tor Browser is AFAIK the strongest off the shelf protection against fingerprinting.

     A better explanation on the move by Google
     https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/biggest-privacy-erosion-in-10-years-on-googles-policy-change-towards-fingerprinting/

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     Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian: (hyde@lazybear.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 00:58:52 JST Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

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     • GrapheneOS

     @avoidthehack hmmm that's bad!

     I'm using
     @GrapheneOS but still I'm not sure if there will be any issue with that...

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     Avoid the Hack! :donor: (avoidthehack@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 02:38:13 JST Avoid the Hack! :donor:

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     • j@mastodon
     • Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

     @jcast @hyde This is actually beyond browser fingerprinting. The change "permits" fingerprinting devices, which would presumably extend to apps using Google's advertising ecosystem in particular. So, you'll see devices like Smart TVs, gaming consoles, etc far more susceptible.

     Additionally, Tor is not a viable daily driver primarily because logging into personal accounts while using Tor is bad opsec. If that level of fingerprinting protection is needed, I recommend the Mullvad browser (it is a Tor fork configured to run off the Tor network.)

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     j@mastodon (jcast@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 02:38:13 JST j@mastodon

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     • Hyde 📷 🖋 :debian:

     @avoidthehack @hyde

     Yes I forget people use that stuff.
     My primary risk is the browser, so yes not for everyone.

     The guys at DivestOS did a great rundown of browser privacy and security (beyond fingerprinting) here:

     https://divestos.org/pages/browsers
     (Note mulch and mull are unfortunately dead)

     Unfortunately