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Is Brave Browser currently as privacy disrespecting as some say? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 year ago by wtry@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I care about my privacy, though I like it's UI. Is it really as bad as some say?

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[–] Valkeerie@lemmy.nz 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hey, I use Firefox but I've never heard of making edits to the user.js config. Could you point me in the direction of some information about this?

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Check arkenfox: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/

[–] Melody@lemmy.one 11 points 1 year ago

This. They detail perfectly how you can properly harden Firefox with whichever settings you think fit your privacy needs best and even discuss the tradeoffs for each setting.

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

it's the same as about:config