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

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

  • plz1English
    1•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.

    • @[email protected]English
      2•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.

      • plz1English
        1•1 year ago

        The built in “do not track” features require companies to operate in good faith and honor that. I have zero trust In that.