If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
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Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#2Just install ghostery and ad block pro extensions.
It gets you like 90% of the way there and you don't have to use a less polished browser.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#3For Firefox Focus, IIRC the best strategy now is to install regular Firefox on your phone, and set it to private browsing by default. That will also include all the latest tracking protection additions that have been added to Firefox over the last couple of releases, and otherwise should be functionally practically equivalent. (Though I suppose with the addition that regular Firefox supports a number of extensions, such as uBlock Origin.)
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#4Just install ghostery and ad block pro extensions. It gets you like 90% of the way there and you don't have to use a less polished browser.
Ghostery? Owned by Cliqz? Seems a bit questionable.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#5For Firefox Focus, IIRC the best strategy now is to install regular Firefox on your phone, and set it to private browsing by default. That will also include all the latest tracking protection additions that have been added to Firefox over the last couple of releases, and otherwise should be functionally practically equivalent. (Though I suppose with the addition that regular Firefox supports a number of extensions, s…
My complaint about FF is the inclusion of pocket, a closed-source default with a political bias doesn’t seem appropriate for an open source privacy-focused browser.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#6Just install ghostery and ad block pro extensions. It gets you like 90% of the way there and you don't have to use a less polished browser.
Which one is less polished, and are you implying Chrome is more so? Maybe it's "polished" but it's incredibly slow and FF/Brave both have better features from what I can see.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#7For Firefox Focus, IIRC the best strategy now is to install regular Firefox on your phone, and set it to private browsing by default. That will also include all the latest tracking protection additions that have been added to Firefox over the last couple of releases, and otherwise should be functionally practically equivalent. (Though I suppose with the addition that regular Firefox supports a number of extensions, s…
My complaint about FF is the inclusion of pocket, a closed-source default with a political bias doesn’t seem appropriate for an open source privacy-focused browser.
Both of your comments in this thread confuse me. “Don’t use these tools which greatly increase your privacy and security because of some minor potential flaw.” To me it sounds like you don’t want to get in to the lifeboat because you might get a sliver climbing in. And you encourage others to stay out as well. Odd.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#8Just install ghostery and ad block pro extensions. It gets you like 90% of the way there and you don't have to use a less polished browser.
Ghostery, at least in the past, has sold user data. ABP allows companies to pay to whitelist their ads[1], and is somewhat bloated in my experience.
I highly recommend uBlock Origin. Their manifesto[2] most closely aligns with my beliefs on how my browser should behave: "The user decides what web content is acceptable or not in their browser."
1: https://adblockplus.org/en/about#monetization
2: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/master/MANIFESTO.md
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
My complaint about FF is the inclusion of pocket, a closed-source default with a political bias doesn’t seem appropriate for an open source privacy-focused browser.
Both of your comments in this thread confuse me. “Don’t use these tools which greatly increase your privacy and security because of some minor potential flaw.” To me it sounds like you don’t want to get in to the lifeboat because you might get a sliver climbing in. And you encourage others to stay out as well. Odd.
I didn’t say what you’re saying I said. Making inferences based on my posts and presenting those inferences as unequivocal statements I’ve made is... well, not helpful. I think alternate perspectives and legitimate concerns about all technologies should be discussed without devolving into accusations that I’m against the platform.
Re: If you care about privacy, it’s time to try a new web browser
#10Just install ghostery and ad block pro extensions. It gets you like 90% of the way there and you don't have to use a less polished browser.
Which one is less polished, and are you implying Chrome is more so? Maybe it's "polished" but it's incredibly slow and FF/Brave both have better features from what I can see.
It’s not factually accurate to claim that chrome is “slow”, especially vis-a-vis Firefox.