111–120 of 346 posts
What is the alternative to chrome that doesn’t crash or is not noticeably slower?
Full time Firefox user. I run hundreds of tabs for days on end and need to restart it every week or so. Well worth it to not use Chrome. Need to open a site in Chrome about once a month
The WP article says:
"" Millions of websites contain a string of computer code from Meta that compiles your web activity. It might capture the income you report to the government, your application for a student loan and your online shopping. ""
If I read that correctly then they are capturing all https web content you access in clear text and uploads it all to Meta? Then Meta
I thought the exploit was used to track where you visited, not the full data of each webpage.
I hope people can get a "Stop Using Chrome" movement going, like we did with Internet Explorer long ago.
Maybe even a "start using Internet Explorer again" movement ;-) For all the hate it got, IE was nowhere near as privacy-invasive as any of the "modern" browsers now, even Firefox. If you configured it to open with a blank page, it would quietly do so and make zero unsolicited network requests.
Zen Browser (FF) on Win and Firefox on iOS (for sync) works well for me. Edge for all M365 related stuff. Still use Chrome for web dev. Not sure what to move on in that regard...
I'm a relatively new web dev and I've been quite happy with Firefox's Web Dev tools. What does Chrome's dev tools give someone that Firefox's doesn't? I can edit css on the fly, see where a css rule is being overwritten, debug javascript, etc.
Anyone have tips on how to avoid having the WhatsApp app on your phone?
Hmm how can I use being forced to use Chrome for work, for me tax wise… If I’m a contractor forced to use Chrome and mobile devices, can I deduct a separate work phone? I really hate having it my iPhone, at least maybe I can claw something back this way?
I believe it is good form to keep work and personal machines completely separate, including phones. If you ever have to hand over your devices for discovery in a law suit I think you will come to the same conclusion.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
>prevent your browser from requesting the advertisers' JavaScript code. Your browser not only won't show the ads, it won't run the code that was supposed to show them or even send a request to the advertisers' servers. Incidentally, just blocking JavaScript with NoScript kills quite a lot of ads (obviously, not first-party ones if you've white-listed their JavaScript for site functionality; but I try to avoid that wh…
NoScript is indeed very effective at blocking tracking, but it also breaks a lot of websites. If that is an acceptable compromise, you could also try ditching the Internet altogether, as that not only blocks all online tracking, it also blocks a lot of fraud, misinformation and all kinds of harmful content.
Without the suggestion to install an adblocker, this is not credible advice.
A media outlet which depends on ad revenue as a primary income source is unlikely to suggest this. Ditching these deeply invasive products remains a good idea, independent on any decision to use ad blockers or not. The Meta/Yandex incident in particular is straight-up malware and everyone should remove their apps.
It might be correct-and-incomplete but they just have no credibility on the topic.