[tagawa]

The article or the judge (not sure which) suggests using incognito mode. While this will keep browsing history private for a particular session, it's only effective locally. Tracking from the server is still possible either through being logged in or through browser fingerprinting, which is surprisingly accurate.

Here's a good demo which uses fingerprinting to show how ineffective incognito mode is: http://www.nothingprivate.ml/

[threecheese]

How does a user defend against this, without resorting to a nuclear option like Tor?

[propogandist]

html5 canvas blockers / browser fingerprinting blocker for the site linked

your browser is leaking a lot of data, from the plugins you have installed to the fonts & you need to take initiative to patch the holes

here's a website you may find useful: https://browserleaks.com/

[tagawa]

The Brave browser has an anti-fingerprinting feature in Preferences -> Shields. It's not enabled by default because of the likelihood of breaking some sites.

[theWatcher37]

It's past time for Firefox to include tor as it's private browsing mode.

Maybe put it at a tier above private, "ghost" mode.

This BS has gone on too long