Difference between revisions of "Project:Adtech/protection"

Latest revision as of 00:12, 27 January 2020

For instance:

It's actually fairly easy to protect yourself from most of the tracking, at the moment. In order of impact:

upgrade your browser (they are starting to compete on privacy protections, so new features are coming in fast)
install Ghostery extension on Firefox or Chrome (not AdBlock or AdBlock Plus, as they only stop visually intrusive ads, not tracking ads -- AdBlock Plus is paid by Google to let their ads through, with tracking)
install Brave

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-It's actually fairly easy:
+== Password Manager ==
-* install Ghostery extension on [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=search Firefox] or [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93-privacy-ad-blo/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en Chrome] (not AdBlock or AdBlock Plus, as they only stop visually intrusive ads, not tracking ads -- AdBlock Plus is paid by Google to let their ads through, with tracking)
+For instance:
-* install [http://www.brave.com Brave]
+* LastPass
+* OnePassword
+== Privacy settings on mobile ==
+* iOS: See [https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205223 here]
+* Android: See [https://www.wired.com/story/ad-id-ios-android-tracking/ here]
+== Tracker blocker/browser ==
+It's actually fairly easy to protect yourself from most of the tracking, at the moment. In order of impact:
+# upgrade your browser (they are starting to compete on privacy protections, so new features are coming in fast)
+# install Ghostery extension on [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ghostery/?src=search Firefox] or [https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ghostery-%E2%80%93-privacy-ad-blo/mlomiejdfkolichcflejclcbmpeaniij?hl=en Chrome] (not AdBlock or AdBlock Plus, as they only stop visually intrusive ads, not tracking ads -- AdBlock Plus is paid by Google to let their ads through, with tracking)
+# install [http://www.brave.com Brave]