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Leave big tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple – and more (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 2 days ago by Beep@lemmus.org to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A handful of companies monopolise the web, with unprecedented access to our data. But there are many more ethical – and often distinctively European – alternatives

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[–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

LibreWolf doesn't open tabs in containers, but it is kind of hard coded to never save cookies, passwords, trackers. Every time you close and open browser, it is like to open a freshly installed browser on a freshly installed OS.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 points 18 hours ago

quite fortunately it's not at all hardcoded. there's a setting for it on the librewolf-specific settings page

[–] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Now all it needs to do is randomize your fingerprint.

because your fingerprint can be just as, if not more identifiable and trackable, than your cookies and such.

[–] MountainMan@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

This is a case in which you want to blend in with the crowd of sheep. Being unique l, randomizing, let's them single you out.

[–] Snaffy@programming.dev 3 points 2 days ago

Random fingerprint is trackable. If fingerprint is the same as other users then they can't track you