No, you all just misunderstood.. That was an order for everyone else. "don't be evil, by believing anything we don't want you to believe" see, that's what it really means.
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 Go change it on your actual Google account. You have a Google Account, and under that is RUclips. I believe you have to change it on the Google Account itself
Sir, I've been preaching this for years I call it browsing compartmentalization but your term is way better and you explain it better too... you've done me a huge service, I can now just point people here. Thank you so much.
@Rob Braxman Tech - When we are all held down and forcibly injected within the next few weeks, will we not be 'owned, tracked, traced and completely controlled' via our own bodies ultimately making your information on other devices moot??
Only found your channel two days ago, and already love your content. You've been blowing my mind, and offering different options than what I've typically done.
you're incredibly smart and wise Rob! this is one of the most important things google and facebook users should be concerned about without a doubt. you brought up an incredibly real and fantastic point, "ad targeting today can be used for any kind of message targetting tomorrow."
@@robbraxmantech - what are your thoughts on the Rumble video platform? I just learned about it yesterday and know nothing about it as compared to YT and such. Thank you for any info.
@16:43, Never use or entrust your passwords to any password save page or password manager. Always protect your passwords, keep them hidden and out of the hands of others.
Never had any SM Apart from YT. Never needed these in my life. Most people also don't need it. Centralizing anything is end of freedom. It's same with all cloud crap.
@@mmatous true. it sucks because instagram wasn't owned by facebook until only recently. i love instagram and of course hate facebook so i only run instagram on my phone with either the "Barinsta" instagram wrapper app, or i simply use Blokada vpn host blocker to block all kinds of analytics, ads, etc. while i use instagram
@@blankpage9277 unfortunately no posts i believe. other than that i really like the UI. they have placed liked and saved posts on your profile page, and the discovery page lists all categories including "for you" instead of instagrams forcing of showing "for you" automatically
I was in college in some isp course when the teacher said, “Google just hit a million pages in their search index!”, lol about 20 years ago now they effectively run the world
I've been using at least three browsers to different purposes. Yes browser isolation is a good designation. Also been doing phone isolation 10:12 too. Will be interesting to learn and compare in details. Problems like privacy define their own solution.
Thank you so much! I know a lot of what you are saying, but I get some great insight here and there. I'm very happy that you are sharing and educating the rest. Keep it going and God Speed!
@@fredjones43 i dont know if you are talking to cristina or someone else who deleted their comment but ,....are you really asking what the difference is between watching your PRIVATE DVD COLLECTION on your DVD player and surfing the internet full of spying trackers and other clingy garbage? they're not even on the same planet.
@@Hy-Brasil Not at all. What I meant was, why worry about trying to use google search anymore since they have messed it up so bad, you can’t find anything anymore. It ignores your specific query and answers something you did not ask it. As for using it to watch your dvd’s, I don’t believe it is terrible to do that if you limit that browser to you dvd’s and other google services. For everything else, use a different browser. Rob Braxman says in that way you can severely limit their tracking capability. I am assuming she is not using google to watch dvd’s she does not want it known she is watching? I assume she knows better than that.
I don't think this should be as depressing as people think it is. The depression comes from fear, the fear comes from the unknown; we don't know how much they know about us or how they're using it so it's scary. The more you know the less fearful you will be and the less depressed you will be. The insinuation is "Google knows everything you do online" or something like that, scary, but move past your fears and the truth is more like Google is a system of CCTV cameras on public streets. It sees little bits of your public life (browsing the internet) and that's it. It uses AI to try to make assumptions about you that it can use for its purposes. The assumptions are always wrong because browsing the internet even for a heavy internet user is not their entire life, but they can still be useful when aggregated across many, many users even with this very low acuity. If you've ever tried to advertise to users on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, you will see just how bad these assumptions are by how they target your ads. Actually they know almost nothing, but the fear of these systems cripples dissidents needlessly and yes they are improving their information over time.
Hi, i have just discovered your channel. I did the fingerprint test you coded, my vpn is holding yet a lot of informations are avalaible, amazing! Great work. Bye.
Yes... and it is not browser specific. The browser is just one part of the fingerprint and at least for Facebook it is possible to just pattern match fingerprints to be able to recognize a user.
I just found you looking around under security services for computers. You're fantastic. I'm going to try your browser isolation technique. I actually do a form of it already. I use one browser for one group of items and another browser for another group of items but, using Chrome for just Google related and then anyway. . . I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
Saw something a couple days ago that I did not even know it exist A disposable browsers seem quite interesting and very secure As always appreciate your video! content and you sharing your knowledge with all of us big thanks in advance...
I'd appreciate your opinion as I'm stuck on making a tough decision. I'm looking for an optimal web browser set up for maximum online privacy. I'm debating which of these 3 options is best. The first option is using 4 different web browsers, 1 for each (email, banking, shopping and general web browsing). Option 2 is using Firefox exclusively and having 4 different user profiles set up. Option 3 is to use just 1 Firefox user profile and create "containers". I love firefox and really prefer option 3 best then option 2 because it would be great using 1 browser. However, I'm thinking it will not offer the most security against fingerprinting and tracking. I'm new to all this and would greatly appreciate your suggestions!
I don't know why, but I automatically trust advice from people of Asian descent. I think it goes back to my youth watching martial arts tv and movies. I know this is going to burn me one day but it hasn't so far. Love ya Rob. You are doing a great service and I hope your YT channel takes off big. Oh, I almost forgot. I have been using Ungoogled Chromium for quite a while now. I like it a lot.
I usually use Virtual machines with freshly installed browsers and leave it as plain as possible with a VPN, I feel like that's a good strat too that falls under the same concept of isolation.
Along with practicing separation of concerns with browsers/devices I use a user-agent add-on which lets me set and rotate key browser meta data on each session start. I've tested this as well with your fingerprinting site.
they'll know you have that add-on if you go to ip leak it'll be listed on your browser as something you have which will raise some red flags for them as you being a person of suspicious interest.
As Rob said at the end of the video, if you screwed up or had previously not used browser isolation, is asking your Internet provider to provide you a new IP address another way to ”reset” your to fingerprint/ identity?
you should also separate the url from the search bar and disable suggestions in the url. the url bar should only suggest sites you have already entered
Firefox + multi-account containers + uBlock Origin goes a long way. I get a different fingerprint every time i visit your site and the cookies don't travel across the containers. I still keep a few browsers on hand like you for stuff i can't avoid. There's also a firefox plugin that misreports your computer (browser type, operating system, etc).
Once you log in to Google you get zucked. So you're doing all these complex things that will just cause you to make a mistake. You're logged in now to YT. My way is simple and absolute
Your channel & info is amazing for someone like me who has no tech savvy at all ... thank you for your advice it’s invaluable, I’m ordering a Linux phone too...
To be honest, there is so much I wish to change... but it's hard... once you started using these services, it's hard to change back... And I started a lot of this back when I was young and Facebook was new and these privacy issues weren't as much of a problem.
Opéra no add-ons is my general browser, FF no add-ons dedicated for Google and TOR for everything else. Out of the three FF is 'perceived' as privacy friendly. Try Opera to confirm or not that perception.
How does one "De-Google" an iPhone. I'm confused? Great info Rob. I never thought about the "3" web browser way of exploring the internet. Another question please.. is there a way to start "clean" on a Mac without having to have "erase" the hard drive?
I’m curious to know your thoughts on Threema, specifically that it creates a Threema ID instead of requiring an identity attached to it which differs from the likes of Signal.
My browser fingerprint on your tool is different on every page reload. Complete with cookie blocking so one fingerprint can't be linked to the next, and I'm set. Also, I block JS not just for tracking reasons, but because I don't need code from all over the internet running on my computer - major security issue.
I think we need to build a more perfect web that allows users to test their privacy techniques, tell them whether their techniques are really helping them to avoid the tracking.
My chrome browser is the only one that logs in to sites. I use several other browsers for everything else. I started doing this for a different reason over a year ago and discovered I was no longer getting ads for stuff I searched for. Firefox I have but hate, on my Linux system it wants to eat up all my ram for some reason but I do use it for RUclips when I don't want to be logged in.
Thank you for the work you do. I see in your description that you use alternative communications, like ham radio. I was just thinking the other day about what people would do if the powers that be decided to just flip the internet's off-switch. Not many even know what ham radio is, and even less know how to use it
Highly interested in De-google phones. However, their availability seems to be limited to some selected countries. Patiently wating. Thank your global advice.
I am using Firefox with multi-account containers, and your link gives me every time a different fingerprint whenever I open a new tab in a different container (private, work, whatever). So the container works?
I have been using the browser isolation system for many years, I had gotten there myself, but now i realize that i did it wrong! I suspected it... I used a single browser, but with multiple profiles... sometimes precautions are not enough if you are ignorant on the subject. THANK YOU! I wonder, if i create multiple users on Win, will they leave the same fingerprint when they access the browser? Unfortunately I have no way to try rightnow.
No tengo ordenador ni internet ni juegos no tengo ordenador ni juegos lo gue hay no megutan llo no lo veo nada me lo ankitado llo no veo el juego tullo
Mozilla have an extension called facebook container that you can use if you dont want to swtich between browser because in therory it keeps facebook sealed tight in that container so it cant track you,and i think it removes embedded facebook content too from websites
A major point to note here. You should use a VPN on 1 of the 2 browsers you use. Without a VPN, all your browser isolation is worthless since Google and Facebook can identify you with your IP address in an instant.
Essential knowledge! I think, or thought, I was pretty savvy. NOW, not so much. Rob, do you have these tips written up somewhere so I can make a checklist?
I am glad to have discovered this channel. Personally, I had been doing the privacy badger thing and not being careful enough about fingerprinting. Now I am going to change everything around and use several browsers. Thanks for the tip!
15:20 "..you don't have to worry about favorites that doesn't get seen." What do you mean? I don't know of any favorites that Firefox has, did you mean to say bookmarks?
Sanitize pictures before uploading. Time and location are stored within JPEG ... But can be repaired using various tools before upload to social media to show what you want. e.g. Google HQ, April 1st, 2001 at noon Pacific time. If just 20% of what you post is wrong but related, the AI will have a very difficult time.
What about device fingerprinting? We may get some privacy using browser isolation, but we (most) can't use device isolation. Isn't our privacy still evaded because they can do device fingerprinting and continue tracking us?
I also use different computers with different browsers and OS for different sites and also change the routers that connect to my IP. face book is also connected to a email that no longer exist from a previous address that I no longer live at.
Instead of multiple browsers which you will always make a mistake of clicking a link that will help FB and Google connect the dots, i recommend firefox+multi account containers+ublock origin. They can still connect the dots but less work for users on their daily browsing. You have to do isolation on every device of yours. You shielded your browser on your computer but using/browsing google, fb services on your tablet or phone on same network will give you away. Information broadcasted by other users on your network is also vulnerability on your isolation. Once you installed chrome, chromecast, android, Google will track you, one way or another. Be paranoid and do a complete isolation on every level or relax and enjoy Big Data.
I have been blocking Google and Facebook for many years. It can be a bit inconvenient but I want as little to do with these evil corporations as possible.After listening to this it sounds like a great opportunity for someone to design a program/app/add-on that can modify/block/disguise your fingerprint.
@@TornacenseDeFuturo I can't fault your reasoning. It seemed like a good idea because it was the only way they would mail me checks. Later they insisted on direct deposit so they got that info as well. Yup Google's got a lot of info on me but at least I got paid for it. That's no reason however to give my info to every company. @Rob Braxman goes into the situation of public and private profiles so I won't go into that here.
I'm confused. If Google tracks fingerprinting through Google analytics embedded into nearly every website, and if Facebook tracks fingerprinting through the embedding of likes buttons ... then wont they simply build a fingerprinting profile for each separate browser used and then link the profiles of the Google dedicated and Facebook dedicated browsers by using secondary means. For example, installing Chrome and running Chrome can have an internal fingerprinting harvester that reaches into the systems application folders, temp file locations, and who knows what else (since its not open-sourced) to assist them with profile linking.
unfortunately that will be a monumental monster to slay with democrats in power. their useful idiots have lapped this up for days and the politicians are demanding more. the only real thing to do is find a way to live without it. if you have a smart phone for fun then get rid of it. if you have social media so you can look at what Sam in Denver is having for lunch then get rid of it. start actually calling and TALING to your family, hearing their voices and seeing their faces... get rid of all of it. Humans are naturally basic creatures who only need food shelter and companionship. the rest just drags us down and stresses us out and shortens our miserable depressed lifespans. learn to garden, read books made of paper, teach your pet a trick..... and be happy that you don't need to show it to anyone else except those around you who actually love you.
and enjoy that fredom while you can. the left are obsessed with power even though they already have most of it. there will come a day when it's not enough.
Hi, I'm a simple user, but I like your videos. Thank you! When you get 2nd or 3rd browser should you transfer bookmarks and passwords from Chrome for all the websites you used with Chrome previously ? Or its better to manually type in ? Thanks if you answer 😊
Yes! If I use a different browser, on a different device, and I sign in to a website using the same credentials as my previous browser and device, seems like they will know it's me.
So how do you get around Captchas? If you block Google, you block Captchas and can't access any site which uses them. Also, what about Facebook containers?
Regarding Firefox and using PiHole for DNS level blocking, Firefox recently started using DNS over HTTPS and if this option is enabled it bypasses using the computer's DNS settings. It is good idea to not allow Firefox to use DNS over HTTPS so as to control your own computer.
This man is an Internet treasure.
A hero!
I concur, but more than that Rob's a human treasure, born for such a time as this, for all of US.
@@thatsworrisome llo no se acerlo no vale estoy un piso chico no funciona vale
Long live Rob!
Что за 💩на Аве?
This video may be three years old but it still fascinates and opens your eyes. Thank you, Mr Braxman.
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhh, google stopped saying "dont be evil" years ago. Now they suppress elections against anti-globalist candidates and censor dissidents.
i would give you a thumbs up, but in view of what Rob says. i think I will just say, Yes! You are so right
@@fredjones43 haaaaaa
This guy is phenomenal! Btw, not very high tech, how do I change my to a "screen name so my real name doesn't appear on pages?? Android phone
No, you all just misunderstood.. That was an order for everyone else. "don't be evil, by believing anything we don't want you to believe" see, that's what it really means.
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 Go change it on your actual Google account. You have a Google Account, and under that is RUclips. I believe you have to change it on the Google Account itself
Sir, I've been preaching this for years I call it browsing compartmentalization but your term is way better and you explain it better too... you've done me a huge service, I can now just point people here. Thank you so much.
That dislike is from google
Or from associates 😊
From zuckerberg
That's hilarious :D
The guy is a little confused. Maybe that's the reason for dislikes.
Definitely someone asociated with their ways.
I love this guy.
Master!
@Rob Braxman Tech - When we are all held down and forcibly injected within the next few weeks, will we not be 'owned, tracked, traced and completely controlled' via our own bodies ultimately making your information on other devices moot??
i love him more
@@HighSpeedNoDrag get a room😄😄😄
@@zumamaya2396 What about the viewers saying they Love him?
You just simplified my life. All those years trying to do complicated things to protect my privacy. Thanks man.
Where have you been all my life? You make this internet stuff so much easier to understand. I'm definitely making changes thanks to you.
Only found your channel two days ago, and already love your content. You've been blowing my mind, and offering different options than what I've typically done.
Welcome aboard!
you're incredibly smart and wise Rob! this is one of the most important things google and facebook users should be concerned about without a doubt.
you brought up an incredibly real and fantastic point, "ad targeting today can be used for any kind of message targetting tomorrow."
You need to write a book with all this info, unfortunately it will probably go out-of-date very fast.
Exactly
@@robbraxmantech - what are your thoughts on the Rumble video platform? I just learned about it yesterday and know nothing about it as compared to YT and such. Thank you for any info.
what's this thing you call "a book"?
I think this is the first lecture in 50 years that I didn't loose attention after 10 minutes.
@16:43, Never use or entrust your passwords to any password save page or password manager. Always protect your passwords, keep them hidden and out of the hands of others.
I love this channel. Been binge watching Rob Braxman videos for weeks.
You'd have to be reckless to still be using Facebook in 2021.
Never had any SM Apart from YT.
Never needed these in my life.
Most people also don't need it.
Centralizing anything is end of freedom. It's same with all cloud crap.
@@mmatous true. it sucks because instagram wasn't owned by facebook until only recently. i love instagram and of course hate facebook so i only run instagram on my phone with either the "Barinsta" instagram wrapper app, or i simply use Blokada vpn host blocker to block all kinds of analytics, ads, etc. while i use instagram
@@ImHeadshotSniper can you upload images when using Barinsta or no posts at all?
@@blankpage9277 unfortunately no posts i believe. other than that i really like the UI. they have placed liked and saved posts on your profile page, and the discovery page lists all categories including "for you" instead of instagrams forcing of showing "for you" automatically
@@mmatous Same thing
I stumbled across this channel purely by accident but THANK GOODNESS! Simple. Easy. Effective.
Rob is a legend. Freedom and privacy should be important to everyone.
I was in college in some isp course when the teacher said, “Google just hit a million pages in their search index!”, lol about 20 years ago now they effectively run the world
I've been using at least three browsers to different purposes. Yes browser isolation is a good designation. Also been doing phone isolation 10:12 too. Will be interesting to learn and compare in details. Problems like privacy define their own solution.
Thank you so much! I know a lot of what you are saying, but I get some great insight here and there. I'm very happy that you are sharing and educating the rest. Keep it going and God Speed!
Thank you!
This is so depressing,surfing the internet isn't fun anymore,rather watch my📽🎬 dvd film collection,theres no trackers there.good video👍
What’s the difference? Google is so steeped in censorship, you can hardly find anything using google search anymore anyway.
@@fredjones43 i dont know if you are talking to cristina or someone else who deleted their comment but ,....are you really asking what the difference is between watching your PRIVATE DVD COLLECTION on your DVD player and surfing the internet full of spying trackers and other clingy garbage? they're not even on the same planet.
@@Hy-Brasil Not at all. What I meant was, why worry about trying to use google search anymore since they have messed it up so bad, you can’t find anything anymore. It ignores your specific query and answers something you did not ask it. As for using it to watch your dvd’s, I don’t believe it is terrible to do that if you limit that browser to you dvd’s and other google services. For everything else, use a different browser. Rob Braxman says in that way you can severely limit their tracking capability. I am assuming she is not using google to watch dvd’s she does not want it known she is watching? I assume she knows better than that.
Remember, smart TVs are watching us
I don't think this should be as depressing as people think it is. The depression comes from fear, the fear comes from the unknown; we don't know how much they know about us or how they're using it so it's scary. The more you know the less fearful you will be and the less depressed you will be. The insinuation is "Google knows everything you do online" or something like that, scary, but move past your fears and the truth is more like Google is a system of CCTV cameras on public streets. It sees little bits of your public life (browsing the internet) and that's it. It uses AI to try to make assumptions about you that it can use for its purposes. The assumptions are always wrong because browsing the internet even for a heavy internet user is not their entire life, but they can still be useful when aggregated across many, many users even with this very low acuity. If you've ever tried to advertise to users on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, you will see just how bad these assumptions are by how they target your ads. Actually they know almost nothing, but the fear of these systems cripples dissidents needlessly and yes they are improving their information over time.
Thank you for this video, when I saw it, I thought this is a gift. Just the right video at the right time for me. Thank you very much.
This was pure gold. I’d take it further. Use device isolation. A different computer for each service.
Hi Rob, we love what you do! Don't stop!
Hi, i have just discovered your channel. I did the fingerprint test you coded, my vpn is holding yet a lot of informations are avalaible, amazing! Great work. Bye.
Yes... and it is not browser specific. The browser is just one part of the fingerprint and at least for Facebook it is possible to just pattern match fingerprints to be able to recognize a user.
I've been using the term for a while but zucking and it's many forms is a favorite.
I just found you looking around under security services for computers. You're fantastic. I'm going to try your browser isolation technique. I actually do a form of it already. I use one browser for one group of items and another browser for another group of items but, using Chrome for just Google related and then anyway. . . I'll give it a shot. Thanks!
Rob you are golden, made of gold, platinum, precious love. thank you namaste.
I have been using and advocating this technique for years as well - I call it "Browser Sandboxing".
Saw something a couple days ago that I did not even know it exist
A disposable browsers seem quite interesting and very secure
As always appreciate your video! content and you sharing your knowledge with all of us big thanks in advance...
*Nix users can also include lynx and/or w3m to their workflow.
I'd appreciate your opinion as I'm stuck on making a tough decision. I'm looking for an optimal web browser set up for maximum online privacy. I'm debating which of these 3 options is best. The first option is using 4 different web browsers, 1 for each (email, banking, shopping and general web browsing). Option 2 is using Firefox exclusively and having 4 different user profiles set up. Option 3 is to use just 1 Firefox user profile and create "containers". I love firefox and really prefer option 3 best then option 2 because it would be great using 1 browser. However, I'm thinking it will not offer the most security against fingerprinting and tracking. I'm new to all this and would greatly appreciate your suggestions!
I don't know why, but I automatically trust advice from people of Asian descent. I think it goes back to my youth watching martial arts tv and movies. I know this is going to burn me one day but it hasn't so far. Love ya Rob. You are doing a great service and I hope your YT channel takes off big.
Oh, I almost forgot. I have been using Ungoogled Chromium for quite a while now. I like it a lot.
The ONLY time you must not trust advice from people of Asian is CCP from China. CCP stands for China Criminal Party.
@@misterniceguy67 whut?
Thanks, I use the browser separation as well. Thanks for the tips with pihole and remove the adds ads there.
You're welcome!
feeling greatful for your efforts sir!!
Thanks for reviewing yubikey Rob.
I usually use Virtual machines with freshly installed browsers and leave it as plain as possible with a VPN, I feel like that's a good strat too that falls under the same concept of isolation.
what vm do u recommend?
All browsers are good to use, some are better for certain tasks and few are the best for specific job. 👨🏻🎓👨🏻🎓
I really love the information you provide! Thank you for your work!
What about Startpage?
Along with practicing separation of concerns with browsers/devices I use a user-agent add-on which lets me set and rotate key browser meta data on each session start. I've tested this as well with your fingerprinting site.
they'll know you have that add-on if you go to ip leak it'll be listed on your browser as something you have which will raise some red flags for them as you being a person of suspicious interest.
As Rob said at the end of the video, if you screwed up or had previously not used browser isolation, is asking your Internet provider to provide you a new IP address another way to ”reset” your to fingerprint/ identity?
you should also separate the url from the search bar and disable suggestions in the url. the url bar should only suggest sites you have already entered
Man, this channel is GREAT.
Best guy why i dont have any friends like u? I could possibly talk to you for days. Ask you things and get me learning all this stuff all day long lol
Firefox + multi-account containers + uBlock Origin goes a long way. I get a different fingerprint every time i visit your site and the cookies don't travel across the containers. I still keep a few browsers on hand like you for stuff i can't avoid. There's also a firefox plugin that misreports your computer (browser type, operating system, etc).
Once you log in to Google you get zucked. So you're doing all these complex things that will just cause you to make a mistake. You're logged in now to YT. My way is simple and absolute
Your channel & info is amazing for someone like me who has no tech savvy at all ... thank you for your advice it’s invaluable, I’m ordering a Linux phone too...
So glad there are people like you Rob. Sharing knowledge like this in a time critical to practice it. Cheers Mate from Australia
To first begin browser isolation like this do I need to uninstall and reinstall my browser so that it is fresh?
Great stuff Rob. I always tune-in to your shows.
To be honest, there is so much I wish to change... but it's hard... once you started using these services, it's hard to change back...
And I started a lot of this back when I was young and Facebook was new and these privacy issues weren't as much of a problem.
Opéra no add-ons is my general browser, FF no add-ons dedicated for Google and TOR for everything else. Out of the three FF is 'perceived' as privacy friendly. Try Opera to confirm or not that perception.
How does one "De-Google" an iPhone. I'm confused?
Great info Rob. I never thought about the "3" web browser way of exploring the internet. Another question please..
is there a way to start "clean" on a Mac without having to have "erase" the hard drive?
Everyone's favorite uncle. Thank you.
So helpful. I just bought a new device and I will be taking your advice as I set it up. Thank you.
Thanks for this EXCELLENT information, Rob! Very understandable, useful and applicable to almost all of your audience.
Next level. So I'll see you on Odyssey.
If using firefox get CanvasBlocker addon. Blocks all finger prints.
Also use facebook container plugin if you're on facebook.
I’m curious to know your thoughts on Threema, specifically that it creates a Threema ID instead of requiring an identity attached to it which differs from the likes of Signal.
THANK U SO MUCH FOR ALL THESE GREAT INFORMATION ABOUT MY PRIVACY
My browser fingerprint on your tool is different on every page reload. Complete with cookie blocking so one fingerprint can't be linked to the next, and I'm set.
Also, I block JS not just for tracking reasons, but because I don't need code from all over the internet running on my computer - major security issue.
I think we need to build a more perfect web that allows users to test their privacy techniques, tell them whether their techniques are really helping them to avoid the tracking.
My chrome browser is the only one that logs in to sites. I use several other browsers for everything else.
I started doing this for a different reason over a year ago and discovered I was no longer getting ads for stuff I searched for.
Firefox I have but hate, on my Linux system it wants to eat up all my ram for some reason but I do use it for RUclips when I don't want to be logged in.
Thank you for the work you do. I see in your description that you use alternative communications, like ham radio. I was just thinking the other day about what people would do if the powers that be decided to just flip the internet's off-switch. Not many even know what ham radio is, and even less know how to use it
What about bookmarks? Are they also part of fingerprinting? What about extensions - like for password manager or multi-account containers?
Don't use build-in "password manager"
How do I track like rob? Like where do I go to learn or is there any videos? I’ve always wanted to learn how to do this!
Highly interested in De-google phones. However, their availability seems to be limited to some selected countries. Patiently wating. Thank your global advice.
I am using Firefox with multi-account containers, and your link gives me every time a different fingerprint whenever I open a new tab in a different container (private, work, whatever). So the container works?
Commenting to get notified.
I was also thinking of checking that, I'd add one more barrier.
Bump
This was probably mentioned in a previous vid, but a user agent switcher for Firefox is a good tool.
I have been using the browser isolation system for many years, I had gotten there myself, but now i realize that i did it wrong! I suspected it... I used a single browser, but with multiple profiles... sometimes precautions are not enough if you are ignorant on the subject.
THANK YOU!
I wonder, if i create multiple users on Win, will they leave the same fingerprint when they access the browser?
Unfortunately I have no way to try rightnow.
No tengo ordenador ni internet ni juegos no tengo ordenador ni juegos lo gue hay no megutan llo no lo veo nada me lo ankitado llo no veo el juego tullo
Great video Rob! Love from India🖤
Mozilla have an extension called facebook container that you can use if you dont want to swtich between browser because in therory it keeps facebook sealed tight in that container so it cant track you,and i think it removes embedded facebook content too from websites
Yay I've been slowly transitioning to doing all the things Brax suggested here, even before I watched the video. 👍
A major point to note here. You should use a VPN on 1 of the 2 browsers you use.
Without a VPN, all your browser isolation is worthless since Google and Facebook can identify you with your IP address in an instant.
Yes lots of love amd respect for this awesome dude .
Man, I love you. Great job.
Essential knowledge! I think, or thought, I was pretty savvy. NOW, not so much.
Rob, do you have these tips written up somewhere so I can make a checklist?
I am glad to have discovered this channel. Personally, I had been doing the privacy badger thing and not being careful enough about fingerprinting. Now I am going to change everything around and use several browsers. Thanks for the tip!
thank you, for the advanced thinking. it feels great ....
Overwhelming good information
15:20 "..you don't have to worry about favorites that doesn't get seen." What do you mean? I don't know of any favorites that Firefox has, did you mean to say bookmarks?
Sanitize pictures before uploading. Time and location are stored within JPEG ... But can be repaired using various tools before upload to social media to show what you want. e.g. Google HQ, April 1st, 2001 at noon Pacific time.
If just 20% of what you post is wrong but related, the AI will have a very difficult time.
What about device fingerprinting? We may get some privacy using browser isolation, but we (most) can't use device isolation. Isn't our privacy still evaded because they can do device fingerprinting and continue tracking us?
I also use different computers with different browsers and OS
for different sites and also change the routers that connect to my IP.
face book is also connected to a email that no longer exist from a
previous address that I no longer live at.
Does having Gmail/RUclips apps on your iPhone still monitor everything else you do on your phone?
What if you use terminal based browser?
Instead of multiple browsers which you will always make a mistake of clicking a link that will help FB and Google connect the dots, i recommend firefox+multi account containers+ublock origin. They can still connect the dots but less work for users on their daily browsing. You have to do isolation on every device of yours. You shielded your browser on your computer but using/browsing google, fb services on your tablet or phone on same network will give you away. Information broadcasted by other users on your network is also vulnerability on your isolation. Once you installed chrome, chromecast, android, Google will track you, one way or another. Be paranoid and do a complete isolation on every level or relax and enjoy Big Data.
There are more advanced disinformation you can do with my method using a logged in Chrome than with containers.
I have been blocking Google and Facebook for many years. It can be a bit inconvenient but I want as little to do with these evil corporations as possible.After listening to this it sounds like a great opportunity for someone to design a program/app/add-on that can modify/block/disguise your fingerprint.
No tengo ordenador ni febuor
What about using different profiles for different activities in Firefox instead of using different browsers can it fingerprint? and what about ip
no good
Yup, cookies are no longer my biggest concern.
Lost that fight in the 90's
All the more for the Cookie Monster!
@James Randolph - Said a person that gave Google all the information they needed to give you the verification icon next to your name 😂
@@TornacenseDeFuturo I can't fault your reasoning. It seemed like a good idea because it was the only way they would mail me checks. Later they insisted on direct deposit so they got that info as well.
Yup Google's got a lot of info on me but at least I got paid for it. That's no reason however to give my info to every company. @Rob Braxman goes into the situation of public and private profiles so I won't go into that here.
@@TornacenseDeFuturo 😅😂
I'm confused. If Google tracks fingerprinting through Google analytics embedded into nearly every website, and if Facebook tracks fingerprinting through the embedding of likes buttons ... then wont they simply build a fingerprinting profile for each separate browser used and then link the profiles of the Google dedicated and Facebook dedicated browsers by using secondary means. For example, installing Chrome and running Chrome can have an internal fingerprinting harvester that reaches into the systems application folders, temp file locations, and who knows what else (since its not open-sourced) to assist them with profile linking.
Thank you! I really appreciate all your info!
It’s time to breakup tech just like the phone companies. They are a utility now and they are corrupt.
unfortunately that will be a monumental monster to slay with democrats in power. their useful idiots have lapped this up for days and the politicians are demanding more. the only real thing to do is find a way to live without it. if you have a smart phone for fun then get rid of it. if you have social media so you can look at what Sam in Denver is having for lunch then get rid of it. start actually calling and TALING to your family, hearing their voices and seeing their faces... get rid of all of it.
Humans are naturally basic creatures who only need food shelter and companionship. the rest just drags us down and stresses us out and shortens our miserable depressed lifespans. learn to garden, read books made of paper, teach your pet a trick..... and be happy that you don't need to show it to anyone else except those around you who actually love you.
and enjoy that fredom while you can. the left are obsessed with power even though they already have most of it. there will come a day when it's not enough.
Most people are confuse between security and privacy. For example if you have a bodyguard, you are secured but you dont have privacy.
But if im already use the browser, will work if im reinstall it before the isolation?
Hi, I'm a simple user, but I like your videos. Thank you! When you get 2nd or 3rd browser should you transfer bookmarks and passwords from Chrome for all the websites you used with Chrome previously ? Or its better to manually type in ? Thanks if you answer 😊
Yes! If I use a different browser, on a different device, and I sign in to a website using the same credentials as my previous browser and device, seems like they will know it's me.
So how do you get around Captchas? If you block Google, you block Captchas and can't access any site which uses them. Also, what about Facebook containers?
Regarding Firefox and using PiHole for DNS level blocking, Firefox recently started using DNS over HTTPS and if this option is enabled it bypasses using the computer's DNS settings. It is good idea to not allow Firefox to use DNS over HTTPS so as to control your own computer.
Zuck DNS over HTTPS. I will not centralize my DNS traffic. I use a VPN. And on top of HTTPS you still have OCSP tracking. Never ends.
I love this guys. I learned a lot. Thanks Rob.
love the dis info idea for Google and Facebook.