I wrote some words for ~ this week in security ~ about how social media giants (aka: ad tech companies!) track you around the web, even if you don't have an account or use their apps. Follows from a brilliant column in the BBC about TikTok's use of website "pixels" to track people's browsing activity.
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@zackwhittaker you can't just stop at eating just one evercookie zack
@zackwhittaker This is a positive step but not a protection. TikTok, Meta and others have been using server-to-server tracking APIs for a while now, and you can't protect from that on the client
@zackwhittaker Perhaps your article suggests using lockdown mode on iOS, but I don’t know because the article doesn’t load in lockdown mode. Thought you might like to know.
The good news is that hidden web tracking "pixels" are relatively easy to defeat. It's also why using an ad-blocker is one of my top pieces of security advice for anyone, as ad-blockers help to reduce surveillance and online tracking, while helping to keep you safer from malware.
Here's why: https://this.weekinsecurity.com/why-ad-blockers-are-a-top-security-and-privacy-defense-for-everyone/
@zackwhittaker Agreed, still this bothers me too
That doesn't mean that I will cease to use them tho.
