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> Companies, specially adtechs like Reddit and LinkedIn, do NOT want you to browse privately, to the point they rather you don't use their website at all unless without a condom.

That’s true in some cases, I’m sure, but also remember that most site owners deal with lots of tedious abuse. For example, some people get really annoyed about Tor being blocked but for most sites Tor is a tiny fraction of total traffic but a fairly large percentage of the abuse probing for vulnerabilities, guessing passwords, spamming contact forms, etc. so while I sympathize for the legitimate users I also completely understand why a busy site operator is going to flip a switch making their log noise go down by a double-digit percentage.






funny thing, when FF is blocked i can get through with TOR.

With what browser? The same one that's blocked?



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