What are trackers

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  1. Donut Nyamer

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    I seemed to have blocked the other sites from trying to track me but this one just keeps coming back. How do I stop this from trying to track me? I noticed it tracking me on this forum for the most part.

    pagead2.googlesyndication.com

    (it has an https but I just removed it so it's not a clickable link and don't recommend anyone visit whatever the hell that is.)

     
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  3. Donut Nyamer

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    Nvm those other 3 or 4 sites are back trying to track me again. My browser says it's blocking it but what the hell do these sites want from me? What are they and what are they for? Ok so I'm noticing other trackers on other sites now which I didn't notice before.
     
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    don't you use anything like malware bytes or other?

    trackers usually just track "behaviors" so they can help deliver more targeted ads to you. statistics gathering. etc. non-invasive stuff, but privacy concerns.
     
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    Yes I do and it's getting blocked. I just never payed much attention to them so I didn't know what they are for. Is it for trying to advertise to me or trying to track my internet traffic? Maybe it's not even anything to worry about.

    Thanks, just saw your edit. I thought it might be something like that, didn't mean to sound alarming.
     
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    Try a good privacy browser like Dissenter or Tor Browser, malwarebytes and other such programs prevent you from accessing quite a few sites that they deem as threats.
     
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    Dissenter looks interesting, thanks for the recommendation!

    @Strat4ever is this just the Brave browser that's like a carbon copy of Firefox or was it Chrome? But it's called Dissenter now? I thought I saw the Brave lion logo there lol
     
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