Prevention
Fully anonymizing one’s web-browsing experience appears to be a battle already lost. Although some practices for improving the privacy and anonymity of online web users are commonly accepted, these features can be easily circumvented by a malicious website.
The problem is, unfortunately, too serious to dismiss. It is one thing to have an entity we have decided to trust (such as an ISP) be aware of our activity, but an entirely different issue when parties we’d rather not deal with routinely gather sensitive profiling information and probably just as routinely resell it to others as a part of their business model. This is enough to concern even those who do not wear a tinfoil hat and aluminum underwear on a daily basis.
On the other hand, ...
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