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Quit Google Chrome For One Of These 3 Privacy-Friendly Alternatives
Forbes ^
| Sep 11, 2021
| Kate O'Flaherty Senior Contributor Cybersecurity
Posted on 09/13/2021 4:57:43 PM PDT by T Ruth
There has long been a movement to ditch Google Chrome, but many people end up going back to the browser, simply because it functions well and many apps are optimised for it. But recent moves by Google—such as the delayed but widely believed to be privacy-infringing FLoC update—are pushing people to say it: Enough is enough, it’s time to quit Chrome.
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Firefox is the number one alternative if you want to ditch Chrome, and that’s because of its privacy ethos. Firefox is owned by Mozilla, a non-profit, so it doesn’t need to perform tracking to serve you ads. ***
The Brave browser is Chromium based so you get the Chrome-like experience but without the trackers—Brave blocks tracking by default. ***
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: brave; browser; browsers; chat; chatforum; chrome; fakenews; firefox; google; internet; no; privacy; wboopi
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posted on
09/13/2021 4:57:43 PM PDT
by
T Ruth
To: T Ruth
Firefox is the number one alternative if you want to ditch Chrome, and that’s because of its privacy ethos. Firefox is owned by Mozilla, a non-profit, so it doesn’t need to perform tracking to serve you ads.
Nope. Not since they fired Brendan Eich.
The Brave browser is Chromium based so you get the Chrome-like experience but without the trackers—Brave blocks tracking by default.
Yup - I use Brave.
To: AnotherUnixGeek
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:01:00 PM PDT
by
sauropod
(Bidet was no prize before he put the “d” in “dementia.” - Schlichter)
To: T Ruth
I’m content with duckduckgo
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:02:33 PM PDT
by
patriot torch
(Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:03:50 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:04:25 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: AnotherUnixGeek
To: T Ruth
I’ve quit using Google for everything because of their licensing agreements. gmail is horrible when it comes to privacy and selling your info. Does anyone have a good email host to replace the popular email hosts?
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:04:43 PM PDT
by
econjack
(I'm not bossy. I just know what you should be doing.)
To: T Ruth
So what’s the third browser? The link won’t let me read the rest of the article because of my ad blocker.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:05:23 PM PDT
by
rllngrk33
(It seems the soap box and ballot box have failed, it might be time for the bullet box.)
To: patriot torch
Post is about browsers, not search engines.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:05:28 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: packagingguy
I discovered Brave ~ 6 months ago...and it’s the best browser I’ve used.
It also has THE best ad blocker.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:07:37 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(“Leftism, under all of its brand names, is a severe, violent & evil mental disorder.”)
To: DJ MacWoW
“Post is about browsers, not search engines.”
There’s a difference? Lol ok, I’m obviously not computer savy.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:09:39 PM PDT
by
patriot torch
(Ashlie Babbitt-say her name)
To: AnotherUnixGeek
I might have to download Brave.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:10:15 PM PDT
by
SamAdams76
(I am 299 days away from outliving Andrew Gold)
To: econjack
Startpage is what I use. Duckduckgo is good.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:10:50 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: rllngrk33
The third one recommended in the article is Microsoft Edge.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:10:55 PM PDT
by
T Ruth
(Mohammedanism shall be destroyed.)
To: T Ruth
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:12:37 PM PDT
by
zadox
(Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them. Reagan)
To: patriot torch
There’s a difference? Lol ok, I’m obviously not computer savy. LOL. Yes. The browser is the software program you use to surf the net. A search engine is the mechanism to find things.
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:14:43 PM PDT
by
DJ MacWoW
(The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
To: patriot torch
I use Duckduckgo as a search engine. Do they offer a browser too??
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posted on
09/13/2021 5:15:09 PM PDT
by
LIConFem
(Read up on Russia's Oct, 1917 Revolution... And prepare.)
To: dynachrome
I have been using Brave for quite a while. I have it on a Windows laptop, a Windows desktop, a Linux mini PC and my Android cell phone. The only time I use Chrome is streaming occasional movies on Tubi that for some odd reason won’t play on Brave.
To: T Ruth
I was using Edge and switched its search engine to Qwant.
Edge worked with Qwant for a time and then I was unable to access Qwant.
In response, I went to Chrome, which I now normally use along with Google’s search engine.
Edge now works with Qwant again, after a one-time offer to switch to Bing.
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