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How to delete Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | TechCrunch (techcrunch.com)
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[–] ahal@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Or install https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/facebook-container/ for the less tech savvy / lazy

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 3 weeks ago

That feels like the opposite of deleting your account or blocking them

[–] chaospatterns@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Unfortunately, unscrupulous companies can build shadow profiles that bypass cookie and storage based isolation techniques like this.

Your browser gives off a lot of information. See here for some of the information they can use: https://amiunique.org/

You're best off blocking things with uBlock Origin vs something that just isolates.