Virtual Private Networks, or VPNs, are popular services for (supposedly) increasing your security and privacy on the internet. They are often marketed as all-encompassing security tools, and something that you absolutely need to keep hackers at bay. However, many of the selling points for VPNs are exaggerated or just outright
  • LWD@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Ironic:

    Most advertising networks, including Google Ads, primarily use cross-site cookies (eventually to be replaced by the Privacy Sandbox)

    Which includes the link to the same blog, where the guy gives you instructions to disable Privacy Sandbox.

    If you say VPNs can be subverted because other tracking identifiers can be used too, why providing instructions for disabling the other tracking identifiers, but encourage people to avoid disabling something as prevalent as an IP address?