I use ProtonMail, and I was thinking, “Damn, it’s spectacular not being tracked… but hold on a minute. Perhaps less than gmail, but still at all. And what about browser fingerprinting, and cookies, and even fonts!” I ended up in that feedback loop we all end up in. Perhaps ignorance is bliss? What is something you (might) wish you were ignorant of?

  • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz
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    2 days ago

    They used to use your list of installed fonts as one of the data types to figure out who you are.

    I’m not sure if that’s still a thing, how many people download new fonts now, but it was an important part of fingerprinting at one point.