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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Firefox with good plugins is even better!

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Absolutely! Another really good fork of FF to check out is Floorp I'm thinking of making it my main and going steady :) https://floorp.app/en/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Your link points back to this post.

[–] EuroNutellaMan 22 points 1 year ago (3 children)

he uses this post as the sole way to access the internet. He is forever trapped here with no way out. He weeps for there are no memes to him but his condition, as he slowly falls into the pit of insanity. He is forever condemned to read about Brave browser quietly slippin VPN services, and the occasional comment. But eventually the activity will die, and he will be condemned to a lifetime of loneliness until bit-rot will consume the thread or death will free him of his pain.

[–] TheCuriosity 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's like his personal version of when the sun dies for an immortal.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

😆 How did I manage to do that? LMFAO

[–] TheLobotomist 2 points 1 year ago

Wow man, you should write a short novel

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

OMG fixed. Thank you :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Unless browser fingerprinting is your concern, in which case the most generic, unmodified browser is best (e.g. Tor).

But that is a huge topic for another thread.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Overall you‘re right but in which world is tor generic and unmodified 😂

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It's not possible to identify you if you use the tor browser without changing the window size or any other settings, because the fingerprint is literally the same amongst everyone that uses it this way. So you kind of blend in with the masses, it's neither generic nor unmodified, I give you that :D

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Simply the OS already makes that difficult, true. Nonetheless, it's one of your best bets.

For those who truly want to stay private, installing plugins on the Tor browser is obviously a no go. Changing any setting or even the window size should not be done. Seriously.

And I'd venture that Tor on phones might be the most homogenous, though that still isn't saying a lot, sadly. Plus, smartphones are a privacy nightmare regardless (tip of the iceberg).

In the end, fingerprinting makes true privacy very challenging. Great introduction to the topic.

And an advanced writeup with excellent resources for those who really want to get into the subject matter.

Edit: spelling

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This is the way