Can anyone recommend a browser I can pay for to prevent malicious tracking of my browsing habits? I'm curious if businesses like this exist and whether or not they can be successful.
Ask HN: Is there a browser I can pay for?
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#2I'd recommend Firefox with a paid VPN instead. PIA is supposed to be good as a VPN (Private Internet Access), I personally use HOXX for free when I need one. NoScript + uBlock Origin + a VPN should leave you nearly 100% secure but if you wanna go full throttle Tor is an option.
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#3I'd recommend Firefox with a paid VPN instead. PIA is supposed to be good as a VPN (Private Internet Access), I personally use HOXX for free when I need one. NoScript + uBlock Origin + a VPN should leave you nearly 100% secure but if you wanna go full throttle Tor is an option.
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#4I like the idea. I feel a lot better to pay monthly fee of something like $5 to not worry someone else is keeping me a diary I cannot look.
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#6There is - https://ghostbrowser.com/
Not open source though if that matters to you.
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#8I don't particularly like this answer but: Safari.
It's now back to running (legitimately...) only on Apple's hardware (there was a Windows version in the past, but it's long gone), so you are paying for it -- it's just that the price is rolled into the up-front purchase cost of the hardware.
Apple does seem at least somewhat thinking about privacy as a differentiating feature, and Safari has some explicit anti-tracking features.
Is it the perfect solution: no. But I'm starting to think seriously about using it as my desktop browser.
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#9Safari is a browser which I believe you technically pay for in a legal sense. And of course it fits the bill for privacy.
Re: Ask HN: Is there a browser I can pay for?
#10I don't particularly like this answer but: Safari. It's now back to running (legitimately...) only on Apple's hardware (there was a Windows version in the past, but it's long gone), so you are paying for it -- it's just that the price is rolled into the up-front purchase cost of the hardware. Apple does seem at least somewhat thinking about privacy as a differentiating feature, and Safari has some explicit anti-track…
But isn't Safari slow to update/bug fix?
This includes security issues.
My thought is it's hard to choose Safari for their privacy when I have a higher possibility to get hacked due to a new hack that Chrome quickly updated (or didn't have in the first place). I'm sure most have seen them, but referring to these [0, 1, 2].
Even more tangible -- Google warns about visiting sites sometimes, while Safari will gladly let you enter. Isn't that a huge vector?
0: https://www.google.com/search?q=google+warning+thi+site&sour...:
1: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/99020?co=GENIE.Plat...