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CloudWatcher

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8. This helps, but there's more you can do ...

Sat Feb 8, 2025, 02:43 PM

Feb 8

Good advice, but I'd also suggest:

- Switch to duckduckgo.com for searching. Most browsers have a preference setting to change your default search engine. This was the biggest single win for me in reducing crappy ads following me around.

- Use a good ad blocker, so their knowledge of you is useless.

- Never click on an ad, even if you want the product. Go buy it without feeding the ad infrastructure. Buy retail if possible!

Oh, and please boycott Amazon. They're evil.

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Links being posted are often problematic - because we are being tracked around the web with a [View all] summer_in_TX Feb 8 OP

Great tips. Thanks. 👍 Dave Bowman Feb 8 #1

Good info - thank you! KT2000 Feb 8 #2

Look for a question mark after the html or file type usonian Feb 8 #3

It's a little more subtle than looking for a forward slash LearnedHand Feb 8 #4

Thanks, LearnedHand! summer_in_TX Feb 8 #10

This is helpful... QED Feb 8 #5

Not if you copy and paste a dirty URL into the address bar LearnedHand Feb 8 #6

Firefox gives the option to 'Copy Without Site Tracking' GoneOffShore Feb 8 #7

Helpful, thanks! summer_in_TX Feb 8 #9

This helps, but there's more you can do ... CloudWatcher Feb 8 #8

DDG has been my go-to search engine for quite a few years LearnedHand Feb 8 #11