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Are you being exploited by AI-powered surveillance pricing? (www.theverge.com)

submitted 4 months ago by InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Just one more reason why we should be keeping companies from collecting our data and looking like anyone else to them. Typically it is argued that data is subsidizing something, but here it is directly increasing your costs.

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[-] Gsus4@mander.xyz 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Is it enough to clear cookies and site data to avoid this when e-shopping?

[-] doodledup@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

Websites track you in various ways including fingerprinting, random injected javascript code and other stuff. I'd recommend to at least get the uBlockOrigin addon to block trackers.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 4 months ago

No. Use Tor browser.

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