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Not if you use Chrome 135 or later, which is every browser now except Firefox/LibreWolf.

Federated Learning of Cohorts (FLOC) proved that cookies aren't actually necessary to track you with 98%+ precision, which, given how the internet works, is just 2 clicks.

The only way to stay anonymous is to stay on the radar. Sandbox your browser, have multiple physical-on-the-filesystem profiles and never mix business with pleasure or banking with youtube.

If you use Linux, create a Windows 11 VM to browse anonymously. Because Linux makes you already stick out as a sore thumb due to its TCP fingerprint.



Won't VM be detected by GPU name which is exposed by WebGL and similar technologies? What computer has a GPU with a name like "QEMU GPU"?

If you do that, at least change GPU name to NVIDIA or something.




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