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From: tuxic@××××××.de
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Being Facebook member: How to anon?
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 16:55:57
Message-Id: 20171022165536.3enkep2i7nsqylxb@solfire
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Being Facebook member: How to anon? by Alan McKinnon
1 On 10/22 06:39, Alan McKinnon wrote:
2 > On 22/10/2017 16:27, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
3 > > On 10/22 01:58, J. Roeleveld wrote:
4 > >> On 22 October 2017 10:50:01 GMT+02:00, tuxic@××××××.de wrote:
5 > >>> Hi,
6 > >>>
7 > >>> for its invasive nature and its data gathering I really dont like
8 > >>> facebook.
9 > >>>
10 > >>> And now it seems that I cant with out it:
11 > >>> There is a HUGE user group for the Creality CR-10 3D printer there
12 > >>> and veryone and everything is referencing it.
13 > >>>
14 > >>> My question is:
15 > >>> Are there ways (and which ones) to become member of facebook
16 > >>> just to read and write to this user grout (like a mailinglist)
17 > >>> and keep the impact on privacy an personal fingerprinting as
18 > >>> small as ever possible?
19 > >>>
20 > >>> Every help is very appreciated!
21 > >>> Cheers
22 > >>> Meino
23 > >>
24 > >> Run a dedicated browser in a dedicated user account. This should isolate any tracking cookies from going into your main account.
25 > >>
26 > >> --
27 > >> Joost
28 > >> --
29 > >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
30 > >>
31 > >
32 > > Hi Joost,
33 > >
34 > > thanks for your help.
35 > >
36 > > Does "dedicated browser" means "Firefox -NewInstance -P Facebookprofle" or
37 > > does it mean "another browser than the installed firefox" ?
38 >
39 >
40 > The latter.
41 >
42 > Unless you are seriously paranoid and the NSA really is out to get you,
43 > then use the former and more. But in that case you have much bigger
44 > problems than wondering if the spammers will find you from facebook
45 >
46 > --
47 > Alan McKinnon
48 > alan.mckinnon@×××××.com
49 >
50 >
51
52 Hi Alan,
53
54 thanks a lot. No ... I am not interesting enough to be a target for the
55 NSA and such...but...wait! Yesterday at 5:08 PM I have had a bit of an
56 own opinion...
57
58 Ok, you convinced me...tommorrow I will get a dedicated PC in a secyre
59 house... ;)
60
61 More seriously:
62 Any browser you can recommend beside Firefox?
63 Or is it more a "take one" thing?
64
65 Cheers
66 Meino

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Re: [gentoo-user] [OT] Being Facebook member: How to anon? "J. Roeleveld" <joost@××××××××.org>