Posted on 04/17/2021 7:42:48 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Web browsers controlled by Big Tech companies often collect massive amounts of user data which can be used to create detailed profiles and track you across the web. Some, such as Microsoft’s Edge browser, even integrate technology that adds “trust ratings” and “misinformation” warnings to the links in your browser.
By switching to one of these privacy-focused browsers, you can fight back against Big Tech data harvesting by blocking ads and trackers. Not only does this protect your privacy but it often gives you a much faster and smoother user experience.
Check out the list of private web browsers below and be sure to encourage others to use them too.
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I dumped Chrome and switched to the Brave Browser. It is based on the same Chromium engine except that it blocks all tracking and syncs bookmarks using anonymous encryption instead of sending your bookmarks to Google. It’s also faster because it isn’t sending crap to Google on every click.
Firefox is not one.
Those who are really concerned about this will use Tor, or get a VPN with end-to-end encryption. I recommend Proton because of the physical security of it’s servers as well as your data.
There are websites that refuse to interact with any browsers they have not “approved”/qualified through testing. Some will even complain if you are too far out of date on your version of a browser.
I’ve used Brave for a couple of years now...
No complaints. :)
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Dissenter is the Gab browser. Built in blocker that you can turn on when you need it.
Yeah, Brave without the add ons. It is really fast
We switched from Mozilla to Brave.
Virtually no difference in operating experience or layout.
If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a search engine.
Doesn’t tor browser flag you for additional surveillance?
A. This clown doesn’t understand the difference (and overlap) between private browsing and anonymous browsing.
B. “Big Tech” already has a way to thwart them. reCAPTCHA, which bills itself as protection against hackers, indiscriminately denies service to users of anonymous browsers in order to force them to use something that makes them individually identifiable and trackable.
Thanks for this!
I get it. Nobody likes somebody peeking in their window. But, at my age and lifestyle, anybody spying on me is going to be one bored SOB! As a former LEO, I sure wouldn’t want to have been assigned that duty. There he goes... he’s feeding the cats... there he goes he’s taking a pee... There he goes... he’s mowing the yard... I sure feel sorry for the poor dumb SOB that’s gonna spy on me! He’s gonna need more than just covfeefe to stay awake. Having been a LEO... I realize the poor dumb SOB then has to write reports. Talk about “suck duty”!
Bookmark and check
I am currently using Brave as it tics the boxes well for my variety of priorities.
I find that a LOT with Tor. They are able to tell that it’s Tor and they’re not going to give me the privacy I want or deserve.
I’ve experienced that with reCAPTCHA. It’s infuriating, but I haven’t found a way around it (yet).
“Big Tech” already has a way to thwart them. reCAPTCHA, which bills itself as protection against hackers, indiscriminately denies service to users of anonymous browsers in order to force them to use something that makes them individually identifiable and trackable.
As a webmaster I encountered this problem with Google reCAPTCHA v3. I had to get rid of it on my commercial websites so privacy-based web browers like Brave could continue work.
I only care about password-guessing bots, so it was easy for me to develop a workaround.
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