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Why just blocking Meta's Threads won't be enough to protect your privacy once they join the fediverse (privacy.thenexus.today)
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I doubt it

It has been demonstrated time and time again that social graph fingerprinting is not only widespread but extremely effective.

your only way of circumventing it is not to use social media

This article literally demonstrates a way of circumventing it. Blocking all instances that federate with threads.

Additional tracking options can further improve your privacy and difficulty to be fingerprinted in general, things like librewolf, for example.