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		refulgentis on May 30, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: After a week at my mom’s house I'm getting ads for... Will Firefox and uBlock Origin prevent my IP address from being discovered? Sibling posts indicate this was probably accomplished via IP address targeting.

beagle3 on May 30, 2021 [–]

It will block all the 3rd parties that have to do anything with retargeting like Facebook, google, Adnexus, etc.

It’s unusual for sites to conspire directly and share data about IP (but that may change)

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