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This is one of the reason you need to segregate your whole LAN. At the bare minimum, use VLANs to knock off these ruthless scanners. And obviously, this wouldn't be possible if you used a strong adblock list on whatever DNS you're running. They cannot touch the people who take proper measures. I also do not believe people who use Facebook really care about privacy. I am well aware of how mean this sounds but they fully deserve to be tracked

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> they fully deserve to be tracked

Absolutely not. The law is still the law. The fact that Meta is able to break the law via technical means doesn’t mean victims deserve to be victimized.

Just because someone is able to pick your lock at night doesn’t mean you deserve to be burglarized.

Get a better lock. If you don't care enough to not get lock picked, whose fault is it? The bar to avoid this form of tracking is not high at all. It's trivial for anyone who is willing to put some serious efforts in defending their privacy

"trivial ... serious efforts"

which is it? you contradict yourself in a single sentence.

Absolutely no lock will prevent a sufficiently motivated thief.

And the bar is high for the average person, who isn't much tech savvy at all.

You live in a tech bubble if you think it's trivial when most people don't even know what localhost is.

This is why lawmakers don't take the opinion of "experts" like you.

People: "Oh there is a poisonous substance in the water. Many people harmed" Your answer: "Yeah, why don't you have a degree in water safety, in the first place plebs? I take samples every week."

GDPR doesn't work like your imaginary all-expert world. Facebook should and hopefully be fined to nonexistence.

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