Came across this article and it got me thinking, are there any simple ways to defeat advanced tracking methods (fingerprinting, tracking pixels, etc.)?

Obviously you could go the Tor on a virtual machine route, or a non persistent set up like TAILS, but what about a browser that’s able to give say, a 80% solution?

I work in the security industry and am always looking for the solution that is simple enough that its palatable to a client (not asking to change your whole lifestyle, just push this button) but also relatively effective.

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    2 months ago

    Check out EFF cover your tracks: https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/

    The results are very interesting. For me, the most unique thing about my browser was that I had two system languages, and so the accept-language header was very unique.

    I now use vanadium (graphene OS), which simply sends made up values for a lot of headers, and so makes fingerprinting harder.

    In general, you should try to be as “normal” as possible, use standard settings for everything, just accept English, etc…