Goodbye, Chrome: Googleβs web browser has become spy software
Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser β in a single week. Hereβs why Firefox is better.
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@privacytools π Have switched back to Firefox start of last year after it could copy all passwords into Firefox from your google account.
Switched to either duckduckgo.com & bling for searches so google cant offer Amazon what I search buy-able.
@privacytools Ironically the Washington Post itself is full of trackers...
@privacytools Is Brave Browser a good replacement for Chrome?
Or is firefox and tor browser better?
@TheGnuMaster @privacytools I wouldn't touch Brave at all. https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/brave.html. If you want a Chromium-based browser, Ungoogled Chromium is better (although I will still recommend Firefox).
@moongaia @privacytools I have used Firefox and TorBrowser for many years.
I was asking about a replacement for chrome for those pesky sites that are slow on firefox and sites that are not 100% compatible.
Thank you for your input.
@captainduckman @privacytools I have used Firefox and TorBrowser for many years.
I was asking about a replacement for chrome for those pesky sites that are slow on firefox and sites that are not 100% compatible.
Thank you for your input.
@captainduckman @privacytools OK, I got rid of Brave.
π π₯ 
Tor is super secure, but slower than hell and has some drawbacks (e.g. certain sites block tor nodes)
@smithy @privacytools I have used Firefox and TorBrowser for many years.
I was asking about a replacement for chrome for those pesky sites that are slow on firefox and sites that are not 100% compatible.
Thank you for your input.
@tyil @privacytools @smithy Tor is really fast nowadays. Capable of streaming 4K or 1080p at the very least.
(I know that is not always the case).
I wish there would be more Internet Service Providers who would be brave and support Tor Exit Relays.
@tyil @privacytools @smithy That is unfortunate. Everyone must still keep fighting.
Watching the things happening in #HongKong should make everyone realise how important Freedom is worth fighting for.
Look at the Hong Kong Youth, knowing they could be jailed for 10 years for so called "rioting", knowing that the PRC millitary could invade with/without the request of the HK government and slaughter them all.
That is why we shouldn't give up on basic rights just as Privacy, Freedom of Speech etc. because it is what matters the most.
@privacytools I use alteenative derivatives of Firefox to avoid further contamination with their "funny" ideas about making money vs. privacy.
Washington Post:
> Prompts you to buy or view free
> If in privacy mode, they put an annoying overlay and stop loading page content
This post:
> Talks about privacy
> Links to a site that is invasive
@siina @privacytools pale moon, mostly.
What firefox alternatives? I've heard folks advocate "waterfox" but know nothing of it
@smithy @privacytools pale moon works pretty decent so far.
@smithy @privacytools palemoon.org
fork of firefox with XUL
@smithy @ginsterbusch @privacytools
There are lots of browsers, many of which are Mozilla branches. Pale Moon, for instance. Others include:
Basilisk
K-Meleon for Windows
Comodo IceDragon
Iceweasel
GNU IceCat
Tor Browser
Classilla
SeaMonkey
@Limax @smithy @privacytools quite a few of them are not xul-based though, and thus lack the flexibility of the "old" extension framework
@ginsterbusch @smithy @privacytools
The only one from that list that I use is the Tor browser. Some neat alternative browser are Qutebrowser (Vim-based controls) and Falkon (which is a minimalist browser with built in ad-blocking).
@Limax @smithy @privacytools I am full into Pale Moon. Also got a Seamonkey based fork which in turn tries to be an alternative take on Thunderbird.
Try palemoon instead.
My brother stuck to it until they switched to quantum, couldn't take it anymore, and moved to palemoon.
@nerthos @privacytools
@privacytools I'm so done with google stuff I have put custom ROMs on my android phones now(without gapps) and thank you for providing me many solutions for secure apps!
@privacytools What about Vivaldi?
For all practical purposes the Vivaldi source code is available for audit. It is Chromium + HTML/CSS/JS: https://help.vivaldi.com/article/is-vivaldi-open-source/
PS: I am not affiliate with Vivaldi in any capacity.
I remain with my position, that any project that isn't open source cannot be taken seriously in a privacy (or security) minded context.
I hear ya. Trust, but you can't verify...
firefox has its own share of telemetrics that users have to opt out of, using sparsely-documented about:config entries
@opal @privacytools hi! π
BTW what browser do you recommend?
@opal @privacytools do you use other things like free net?
currently i just use firefox ESR only because at least it lets me disable stuff, even though i'd rather it all be opt-in by default rather than opt-out. i couple it with umatrix to block scripts and third-party assets from a majority of websites
@opal @privacytools that's pretty cool I admire that.
So what made you dislike the internet so much to goto all these lengths?
people are using web browsers as virtual machines nowadays, when they're ill-suited to do so. the html dom isnt suitable for app development; javascript was never meant to be a full-blown language like it is today
@opal @privacytools oh OK. So you don't like the tools that access the net?
@fluffy @opal @privacytools since getting a smartphone I use the net alot more to π
Reddit lol
@privacytools brave is better than that
@privacytools
I have started to use Bromite browser on Android, it works great :)
For PC, I recommend Icecat or ABrowser.