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[saxifraga-x-urbium]

https://mamot.fr/@setthemfree/106014810050613790

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres

[sugar-and-spite]

For alternatives.

Firefox remains best in show in the category of “browsers that won’t do this bullshit.” It’s got a long, long history of trust, a sizable userbase, and a decent amount of privacy built in, with more extensions and customization options than you’ll ever need. However, note that it can sometimes perform slowly, especially with a lot of tabs open.

Opera is a slightly lesser-known browser, and my personal main browser for day-to-day use. It has a built-in VPN (though this can be slow at times), adblocker, and anti-tracking tools, with more available via extensions. Opera’s userbase is slightly smaller, so overall less extensions are available than Firefox, and (in my experience) it generally needs a few settings to be tweaked on first startup to make it comfortable to use (notably, the keyboard shortcuts are different from chrome/firefox).

DuckDuckGo is a privacy-focused search engine that also has (at least) a mobile browser (for Android devices). I’m not honestly sure if they have a desktop or Apple version, but the mobile browser provides many similar safety features to Opera. I find Opera more convenient for casual browsing, but if you’re very conscious of online security, DuckDuckGo might be the way to go.

Microsoft Edge exists. Don’t use it.

Please do yourself a favor and stop using Chrome!

[bamboozled-bumblefuck]

Ecosia isn’t Chrome based, right? that’s what ive been using, for the trees, and it says it doesn’t save your history but i wanted to check

[notimetosayhellogoodbye]

I’m afraid so. And based on many other Chrome based browser scandals, I don’t trust it.

[bamboozled-bumblefuck]

dammit. ill download firefox then :/ thanks for letting me know

edit: how do you actually download it

edit edit: wHY does it send me to GOOGLE, IMMEDIATELY upon downloading it????? like i have the app and it says “firefox browser” and it’s talking all about how secure it is etc but the little rainbow G icon is right next to the actual browser and theres a link right to Google on the firefox homepage how do i stop that

[satan-666s-stuff]

So from my understanding Firefox uses Google but it blocks all the trackers

[bamboozled-bumblefuck]

that makes sense! ty!! i ended up changing the default browser to duckduckgo anyway (and deleted google and amazon off of the browser options anyway) but i appreciate it!!! (im afraid this all becomes null and void with me using only gmail as all of my email accs but there’s not much i can really do anything about that. hopefully firefox will block gmail from seeing my searches through the gmail account i used to sign in :///)

[shelikesmysparkles]

I’d recommend Protonmail, as a substitute for gmail. It’s a Swiss based end-to-end encrypted email service that is expanding to Proton-calander and Proton-drive with their paid version. Their ProtonVPN also has a free version with limited locations. They also have apps for both android and apple.

To boost Firefox, I’d add-on-

Facebook Container- isolates your Facebook activity from the rest of your web activity in order to prevent Facebook from tracking you outside of the Facebook website via third party cookies.

HTTPS Everywhere- Many sites on the web offer some limited support for encryption over HTTPS, but make it difficult to use. For instance, they may default to unencrypted HTTP, or fill encrypted pages with links that go back to the unencrypted site.

Privacy Badger automatically learns to block invisible trackers. Instead of keeping lists of what to block, Privacy Badger automatically discovers trackers based on their behavior.

Privacy Possum monkey wrenches common commercial tracking methods by reducing and falsifying the data gathered by tracking companies.

uBlock Origin is not an “ad blocker”, it’s a wide-spectrum content blocker with CPU and memory efficiency as a primary feature.

Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you carve out a separate box for each of your online lives – no more opening a different browser just to check your work email! Here is a quick video showing you how it works. Under the hood, it separates website storage into tab-specific Containers. Cookies downloaded by one Container are not available to other Containers. With the Firefox Multi-Account Containers extension, you can…

Sign in to two different accounts on the same site. For example, you could sign in to work email and home email in two different Container tabs.

Keep different kinds of browsing far away from each other (for example, you might use one Container tab for managing your Checking Account and a different Container tab for searching for new songs by your favorite band)

Avoid leaving social-network footprints all over the web (for example, you could use a Container tab for signing in to a social network, and use a different tab for visiting online news sites, keeping your social identity separate from tracking scripts on news sites)

Enhancer for YouTube™-  Built to get the most out of YouTube, this extension comes packed with all sorts of features that allow you, among other things, to manage ads as you wish, control the playback speed and the volume level with the mouse wheel, automate repetitive tasks such as selecting the appropriate playback quality, configure dozens of keyboard shortcuts to control YouTube like a pro, and much more.

Decentraleyes- Protects you against tracking through “free”, centralized, content delivery.

Protects privacy by evading large delivery networks that claim to offer free services.

Complements regular blockers such as uBlock Origin (recommended), Adblock Plus, et al.

Works directly out of the box; absolutely no prior configuration required.

Bitwarden- A secure and free password manager for all of your devices. Bitwarden is the easiest and safest way to store all of your logins and passwords while conveniently keeping them synced between all of your devices.

Several of these also have companion versions in Firefox mobile.

If you are interested in other trustworthy add-ons, this icon shows that the add-on is an editorially curated extension that meet the highest standards of security, functionality, and user experience. Firefox staff, along with community participation, selects each extension and manually reviews them for security and policy compliance before they receive Recommended status.

Good luck! @ or message me if you need anything else.

Edit: I’d make a firefox account so you can log in and sync tabs/bookmarks across devices.

[bamboozled-bumblefuck]

holy shit this is insane thank you so much!!!

[firespirited]

Long post but very useful addons. Press j to skip

[kojaqu]

Lol does anyone not just use a browser because they prefer the interface anymore? Stop watching porn and being dumb on the internet and learn some actual security measures guys. All browsers track your information and sell it to advertisers. Literally why even care anymore? You have a cell phone right? Your ISP knows everything you do already and sells that information too.

There’s literally no point in caring about a specific browser.

Get a VPN.

[pollackpatrol]

y’all i truly do understand that being depressed is hard as shit but you cannot be dropping how much you hate yourself into completely unrelated conversations

[giveemhellbaby]

What if I say it in a funny way tho

[pollackpatrol]

its not actually that funny, it’s actually really uncomfortable

[kojaqu]

Good. If my presence is a comfortable one, I’m doing it wrong.

[srsfunny]

*Heavy exhale noises

[kojaqu]

If it doesn’t get the nose air, it doesn’t get the updoot!

[memehumor]

Abstinence only education leads to more teen pregnancies

[kojaqu]

If they want to pull the religion card, I would advocate for the Satanic Bible, simply because one religion does not rule our world, and my pick is specifically designed to piss them off.

[feelingbluepolitics]

[truth-has-a-liberal-bias]

100% TRUE

[sallyyates]

Pro tip: If you copy and paste a link that said “no free articles” into a private/incognito browser, it will let you read the whole thing.

[fail-sage]

also if u press the “esc” (escape) key on ur laptop before the page fully loads, it won’t load any pop-ups blocking u from reading. if the article has images, then this method sometimes does not u see them. but! the words will be fine :)

[bestgirlsystem]

If the site is particularly badly designed, you might just be able to delete the overlay itself. Right click > Inspect element and delete the line of HTML (it’ll be highlighted automatically)

[woodentempest]

hey kids there is a website called outline.com that will let you read from pretty much any news site with a paywall for free

[runcibility]

outline.com is amazing - it hasn’t failed yet on any site that I’ve tried it on.

There’s a chrome extension and firefox extension.

[kojaqu]

Saving this information for when I get off work...

[srsfunny]

God, this would be amazing

[kojaqu]

Meanwhile EQ2 charging over $100USD for “premium edition” aka P2W horseshit you have to buy to stay competitive.... fuck game companies that monetize in a way that gives statistical advantages and not cosmetics.

[toastbutteregg]

meet “blueberry muffin”

[kojaqu]

McDonald’s cinnamon roll

[lazarus-lazuli]

In retrospect I’d like to now declare this the funniest fucking Tweet of all time 

[reverseracism]

Whatever helps him sleep at night; I guess ?😂

[the-blue-butterfly-effect]

[rainwasheseverythingaway]

Oh it gets better

[kojaqu]

Yeahhh that was a fun day

[memehumor]

That’s a fact

[kojaqu]

Overbearing asshole parents make me wanna adopt thousands of kids and it isn’t possible to do that :/

[finalgrlfriendarchive-deactivat]

wait i just realized that my mom gave me new stuff for my keyring the day after she complained that i kept accidentally sneaking up on her because i don't realize how quiet i am. my mother belled me like a cat and i didn't even realize

[finalgrlfriendarchive-deactivat]

everyone is so mean to me all the time

[kojaqu]

Since when is being a cat boy an insult? :/

[beaky-peartree]

remember when lol meant “laughing out loud” instead of “this is to indicate that this brief text isn’t hostile”

[kojaqu]

Spitting straight fax machine

[memehumor]

*obligatory blue cheese joke*

[kojaqu]

I saw a post saying we shouldn’t just like content and move on and I honestly had no idea that this hell site didn’t take likes into account for how good a post is for circulation to more people. Sorry people, I’ve been filling my likes page with content that I thought other people would like to see, and keeping my likes open for all to see thinking that was good enough.

I didn’t know. Sorry.

Will try to do better, even if I have no comment to add.

[hydro-homies]

[kojaqu]

Ay ma it’s the stranger trying to get us to drink water again!

We won’t be partaking, thanks.

(Seriously tho y’all need to drink water)

[pukicho]

You are literally just some rat saying your silly little things on the internet

And look at my kingdom

[kojaqu]

We’re all rats... embrace it

[laquilasse]

New official art.... prince and his knight 😭

Please don’t repost! Instagram | Twitter - laquilasse

[kojaqu]

You cannot convince me that this is not Technoblade and Wilbur

[brucebocchi]

fuck dude. end of an era. 2020 has taken everything from us

[residentevildash-moved]

here’s an article about the accounts termination. god damn

[kojaqu]

Me tapping that going; I better get fucking Rick rolled with this. If I don’t istg arson is coming