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Switch to Brave Browser Reason #11: Block social media embeds that can observe visitors outside their platforms

A social network's widget can appear on a site you never intended to share with that network.

Intermediary page formats can give a platform another view of what you read and how you navigate.

A destination may learn which page sent you there, exposing a sensitive topic before you say a word.

A link can carry campaign and identity markers in its URL.

A click can be routed through a tracking intermediary before reaching the destination.

Some tracking vendors hide behind a site's own-looking subdomain, hoping ordinary third-party blocking will miss them.

Trackers can combine details about your device and browser into a recognizable fingerprint even after cookies are blocked.

Blocking ordinary cookies is insufficient if embedded services can reuse other browser storage across websites.

Cross-site cookies can turn unrelated visits into one persistent history.

A single ad network appearing on many websites can connect visits that feel separate to you.

A tracker embedded in a page can learn that you visited even though you never chose to deal with that company.