Questions tagged [tracking]
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Pasting correcting whole paragraph in Microsoft Word and track will show only corrected words
I want to paste corrected paragraphs to Microsoft Word, but I only want to track words that changed, not the deletion of the paragraph and new paragraph that is pasted. How do I do this?
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How to make git reset (or another method) remove empty directories?
I have a git repo that I need to clone, do some things, then package up and send to other people. I'm making this all automated via Ansible so there's no user intervention required.
I want to ensure ...
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Setup LocalCDN or similar CDN replacer to run locally network-wide
Big companies like Google, Akamai, Cloudflare, are likely suspects when it comes to tracking, and fingerprinting is a big issue that most people don't know about it. If you have large companies ...
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How to get rid of the __cft__[0] part of Facebook links in Chrome or FIrefox?
I want to get rid of the __cft__[0]-part of internal Facebook links in my browser (Firefox or Chrome). The links work fine if you manually remove it, the cft-part is probably for tracking purposes (I ...
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Cleardot.gif in Gmail?
I had recently read up on how people can track when someone has read a gmail message using tracking pixels they either make themselves, or with the use of chrome extensions. When I entered the network ...
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Windows 10 File Property of a PowerPoint 365 document : How to recover missing author?
Author is blank (File Explorer view) in File Property of a PowerPoint 365 document.
Is it possible to recover missing author ?
Auditing is not enabled in said Document.
Thanks Ahead!
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What does Google know about me when I use Chrome to browse?
Specifically, I wanted to know, when one uses Chrome to browse, assuming that they are not signed into a Google account and there are no cookies/history/cache or other data saved before starting, ...
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Description for category names of Mozilla Shavar blacklist
Looking at the Mozilla Shavar blacklist, which is used for tracking protection (ex. in Mozilla Firefox), the services are grouped in several categories:
Email
EmailStrict
Advertising
Content
Analytics
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Canvas fingerprint spoofed. What does that mean?
I have recently visited a website which showed me device info and what drew my attention was "Canvas Fingerprint: Spoofed". What could that mean and how can I restore it?
Device info website ...
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Rogue header and page number in Word 2016 lands in the text area and won't go away (Track Changes?)
Working in a Microsoft Word 2016 document. Track Changes has been on through a couple of saved versions of this document. I noticed that a header, including its page number field code, has appeared ...
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How can I ensure FLoC is blocked in chromium?
I use Chromium 89.0 on a Devuan GNU/Linux system. I've recently heard about Google's FLoC tracking mechanism (through the announcement of it being disabled in Brave), and I was wondering - how can I ...
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Dnsmasq: Log all DNS queries from specific IP/device
I use Dnsmasq to resolve DNS queries in my local network. To prevent the TV from loading ads/tracking me, I set up dnsmasq to resolve dozens of domains to localhost.
However, this has downsides. TV ...
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PDF Document tracking & logging information
Once a PDF document has been sent through email, control is lost to the owner. Anyone could be viewing the data and the owner lost awareness about it. That's why as an owner of the document, I want to ...
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Deleting (intrusive?) files safely
Platform(s): MacOS Catalina (10.15.2) and an iPad (13.3).
Disclaimer: I'm in no way experienced or knowledgeable in anything relating to computers.
Background: I'm keen to cut ties with Facebook ...
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Microsoft Word: how to compare and edit 2 documents, without creating a 3rd one
I do proof reading on documents written by non-native English speakers.
With text editors you get to compare 2 versions of the same document and you
can edit either directly.
In Microsoft Word, ...
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