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Researchers from Pritzker Molecular Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Jeffrey Hubbell, demonstrated that their compound can eliminate the autoimmune response linked to multiple sclerosis. Researchers at the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering (PME) have developed

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

privacy on that site was horrible, and I stoped de-selecting vendors who want permission to track me after two minutes.

Just open the page in a private window at that point, and click the "yeah sure track everything bro" button.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"Private browsing" is for not letting your mom see your porno history on the family computer, it does fuck all for you being tracked online.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It deletes the cookies from Incognito, if you only open that site in incognito and then close the tab, it does nothing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It still knows your IP and browser fingerprinting still works, they still know who you are and what sites you visit. If you change your VPN server you're a little closer, and of course there's Tor assuming you don't get a malicious exit/entry node set, but private browsing isn't as private as people seem to expect.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It’s actually good in firefox and safari, just don’t use chrome