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Re: Changing an I.P address

14 September 2022 10:20 am
1 Min Read
Ok, so first off, the Ad Id thing, I'm guessing they are referring to the UDID, this would not surprise me for phones and indeed other non-Linux OS's - but it's not a feature of "Linux". i.e. if you're using Linux, this should not be something you would need to worry about.

As I understand it, incognito mode shields the browser session from your local environment / settings on your PC. Specifically your local settings for a given site (the stuff we talked about clearing) but maybe more significantly, you...
Ok, so first off, the Ad Id thing, I'm guessing they are referring to the UDID, this would not surprise me for phones and indeed other non-Linux OS's - but it's not a feature of "Linux". i.e. if you're using Linux, this should not be something you would need to worry about.

As I understand it, incognito mode shields the browser session from your local environment / settings on your PC. Specifically your local settings for a given site (the stuff we talked about clearing) but maybe more significantly, you...
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