Damus
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Okay, I'm not going to belabor this, but I have a question for you security experts. (@nprofile1q... ?)

So, when I try to opt out of having my information collected for targeted ads, I get a pop-up message saying my opt-out requests were unsuccessful because of my ad blockers. Which I guess makes sense.

But I'm thinking, why should I bother with all this? Why not just keep using my ad blockers? If I understand correctly, the ad blockers basically field requests from the companies for my info and block/deny them. So, would there be any advantage/ greater privacy from using the opt-out features?

#Privacy #OptOut #AdBlockers


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Skullvalanche · 4w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqvgashp8fjt8nxdq308p4qqsrjxed935padfpgannlmhptjqj2zws2u8lvm Ad blockers generally operate on one of two principles. Either they receive some information from an advertiser and then just middle-man block your browser from displaying it. Or/and ...