Facebook could be tracking your online Plan B or HIV test purchases - eviltoast

Twelve of the largest drug stores in the U.S. sent shoppers’ sensitive health information to Facebook or other platforms.

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    1 year ago

    So if you’re privacy conscious and using something like NextDNS to block pixels and other shady tracking mechanisms at the DNS level, all’s good? When I left Facebook back in 2016, I started with Pihole, but I like NextDNS because it’s easier to use when not at home and I can manage profiles for family members easily in case to do find something they “need” to work. Why people willingly want to see ads is beyond me.

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      1 year ago

      It’s hard to say, but basic precautions like a browser based ad blocker would filter out probably 90%+ of this tracking. Firefox and Safari even have this baked in to the browser, you just need to turn it on.