Which privacy browser?

ricklinux · April 26, 2021, 7:23pm

I think you got something else going on.

SweSG · April 26, 2021, 7:29pm

Well, firewall rules and pi-hole if you read two posts over.

Think it is better to do everything on the entire network as I have several computers on it.

The only thing I had a problem with was YouTube and advertising. However, I see the whole of Google as advertising and have chosen to block them.

ricklinux · April 26, 2021, 7:33pm

I think i need a Pi hole!

ricklinux · April 26, 2021, 8:05pm

What do you have installed on it?

SweSG · April 26, 2021, 8:13pm

I’ll run it on an RPi 4. You can run in a VM as well or a server/computer if you want. I think it’s better at an RPi. Also has unbound on it.

Doesn’t require much maintenance either. I update once a month. I’ll run Debian on it without a GUI.

RPi4

dalto · April 26, 2021, 8:30pm

It runs on almost anything that can run Linux. If you want to try it out, it is in the AUR.

ramblinwreck · April 26, 2021, 10:45pm

And there are lots of pre-set VM images you can grab too. I’ve been using one from here.

SweSG · April 26, 2021, 10:50pm

I ran DietPi on my RPi a few years ago. I don’t know why I went back to RPi OS. Maybe take a look at it again.

pebcak · April 27, 2021, 10:02pm

Check your Chrome browser (if you use one) to see if it is “FloCed” by G gle:

SweSG · April 27, 2021, 10:07pm

I think that’s only active on Google Chrome and 5% and most other browsers have said no to it. No one should use Google Chrome anyway

SweSG · April 27, 2021, 10:28pm

Too bad it looks like this:

B-1

We’re only a small part in here, unfortunately. Reality doesn’t look funny

jiibus · April 28, 2021, 12:40am

I got 100% largely with DNS Blocklists on OPNSense. Tried with UBO turned off and it dropped to 98%. So my whole network is mostly protected. Nice.

SweSG · April 28, 2021, 1:11am

What did it miss to block?

jiibus · April 28, 2021, 1:20am

Sentry apparently

SweSG · April 28, 2021, 1:29am

I had a problem with it too.

This:

https://_browser.sentry-cdn.com

Had to block it manually.

dONNIE · April 28, 2021, 3:36am

Been using Brave Browser for 6 months now and have zero complaints. Love the browser and philosophy behind the company.

I ended my lifelong relationship with Firefox when I found out they started to have questionable people working for them.

SweSG · April 28, 2021, 3:54am

Well, Firefox has been having some weird stuff around lately. As long as they make a good browser, I’ll stay on Firefox.

I’ve been looking for a replacement in the event I have to switch. Unfortunately, most of it is built on Chromium. I have tried so many different browsers and all of them are bad

Only Firefox is still reasonably good in my opinion.

otherbarry · April 28, 2021, 4:22am

Chrome / Chromium based fork == Google == Bad.

Firefox is the only viable option currently.

Brave is a MITM scam.

pebcak · April 28, 2021, 7:34am

My daily is FF but I keep Ungoogled-Chromium around as a in-case-of-emergency browser. And of course TOR for…

SweSG · April 28, 2021, 7:59am

I’ve also tried Ungoogled-Chromium. That’s the one I’m leaning on if Firefox dies.

However, I am not happy about that.

I hope with all my heart that Firefox will come again. However, I have no problem at all with Firefox as it is now. And with proton, it looks a little more modern too.