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cdrnsf 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: TikTok is tracking you, even if you don't use the ...

Modern ads and tracking are effectively malware. Treat them and their operators as hostile and block everything you can.

eleveriven 5 months ago [–]

Blocking trackers is a reasonable self-defense move today, but it also highlights that the system isn't aligned with users anymore

cdrnsf 5 months ago | [–]

It hasn't been for some time now, sadly.

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