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Been avoiding internet ads and tracking for 15 years now. I feel like the unibomber. Facebook and google probably still have a good fingerprint on me, though, due to iOS not letting you use good ad blockers.

Something uncanny happened recently in terms of the ads I do see that gave me quite a bit of paranoia. My SO recently bought a distinct pair of leggings. How am I seeing ads for that same exact pair of leggings, on my phone? I don't think I've ever typed out the word leggings on the internet before this very comment.

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But you live in the same household, and probably use the same internet connection, as someone who did likely search for and buy leggings. They use this information when correlating.

If you were both using home WiFi, you shared an IP address. That's enough to co-localize the two of you.

I switched from android to iOS and that’s the biggest thing u miss, ad blockers and addons in Firefox.

Just this week I installed NextDNS and it brought back my ad blocking glee. It’s fantastic.

I use 1Blocker for iOS and macOS - I see far less “chatter” in the DNS logs than with uBlock Origin.

Of course I had to pay for it - which I am more than happy to do.

> iOS not letting you use good ad blockers

I use 'Adblock Fast'. Seems fine, but I admit I have nothing to compare it to.

Unabomber not Unibomber, not that it matters. Ted Kaczynski, the man you are referring to is a fascinating man, try to ignore all of the recent hype and delusion following that Netflix series. I encourage everyone to read his book "Industrial Society and Its Future", he is without a doubt a luddite but presents some very compelling reasons in the book, if nothing else it will give you some insight into a rather notorious but perhaps unfairly represented character.

The dude killed three people and injured dozens others and nearly brought down an entire plane. Hes not unfairly represented, he's a terrorist.

Terrorism is always wrong and always hurts the causes it attempts to advance. Thus, even when committed for a good cause it's counterproductive.

If Kaczynski had good ideas, he did them a terrible disservice by resorting to terrorism.

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