• Packopus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Take any cybersecurity class and you’ll want to burn your tech in a dumpster. In most cases it’s security by obscurity from sheer numbers that hackers/sites don’t give a crap about you alone.

    Additionally, every site you have ever visited tracks your browser, IP, OS, location, and more. This AdBlock tracker is just observing that you have a plugin for ad blocking. That’s the least intrusion that YouTube does.

    In summary, there’s no need to be paranoid, but only because everything that can be stolen or observed already has been.

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      1 year ago

      It is like people freaking out over giving out their phone number and SS number. I guarantee you that info is already out there in countless databases.