For years, I've been practicing good privacy-hygiene in public. At my doctor's office, I always wear a Groucho Marx moustache to keep them guessing. Before I walk into my bank for a withdrawal, I team up with two of my friends, set them on my shoulders, and throw a trenchcoat over us! I made a fake ID with my birthday on July 4th and my weight as 98 pounds, but my pharmacy is now refusing to fill my prescriptions!

So what sort of benefits are you reaping from your anti-fingerprinting measures?

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what 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

It’s really kind of pointless. They fingerprint you to target ads and that’s it. The valuable data that’s collected and sold can’t be hidden through fingerprint avoidance: anything you actually pay for. Sure there’s privacy cards, but the second you purchase a physical product you have to give up a delivery address and now they’ll just correlate all your disposable emails and privacy cards and whatever else.

Your only option is to never buy anything online and only pay cash.

	▲	drnick1 6 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Your only option is to never buy anything online and only pay cash. I probably wouldn't go as far as never buying anything online, but paying cash IRL should be something done by everyone to protect their privacy. There are a few other easy things that can massively improve your privacy with minor or no inconvenience: Linux on every PC/laptop, GrapheneOS on phone(s), uBlock on every browser (or a DNS-level sanitizer), car without cellular modem (pull the fuse), non-Google and non-Apple email (ideally your own server or a small provider in a friendly jurisdiction). Also, don't use social media and text over Signal instead. Of course, TVs and other home appliances should be kept off the Internet. Overall, those are some very minor sacrifices for anyone with a little bit of maturity.