It's not true you can't do anything about it. It's slightly technical, but you could have uBlock prevent third party scripts by default. Or disable prefetching in your browser.
I don't think it's worth worrying about them getting your IP, but executing arbitrary code is always problematic.
Well what I do is block all scripts by default (which obviously breaks a lot of sites) and then enable just the ones I need to make the site function.
Most sites don't directly host content, they just embed youtube for example, or use something like disqus to provide comments, so after I enable it once I have many sites covered.
Then I just export this list to a file and import it into my addon if I reinstall or wipe my computer. It's not perfect, but it makes the web much more bearable. It stops a lot of garbage like automatic redirects from occurring, but it is painful to set up the first time.
It's not true you can't do anything about it. It's slightly technical, but you could have uBlock prevent third party scripts by default. Or disable prefetching in your browser.
I don't think it's worth worrying about them getting your IP, but executing arbitrary code is always problematic.
Well what I do is block all scripts by default (which obviously breaks a lot of sites) and then enable just the ones I need to make the site function.
Most sites don't directly host content, they just embed youtube for example, or use something like disqus to provide comments, so after I enable it once I have many sites covered.
Then I just export this list to a file and import it into my addon if I reinstall or wipe my computer. It's not perfect, but it makes the web much more bearable. It stops a lot of garbage like automatic redirects from occurring, but it is painful to set up the first time.