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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

✅ Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you delete data that’s already transferred to their servers while you visit the page? You don’t need a cookie to uniquely identify a user.

https://www.amiunique.org/fingerprint

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's there to transfer if they aren't to be found at all?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do they only transfer when you leave the site?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Every browser can do that. Some can delete cookies when closing a tab or even when leaving a domain for another.