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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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[–] Melody@lemmy.one 48 points 1 year ago (5 children)

YES, IT IS!

You should NOT trust Brave to not play fast and loose with your privacy. They already operate an advertising network (it operates on those stupid little BAT tokens) and they DO inject ads and affiliate links.

I strongly recommend Firefox^1^ or Librewolf.

^1^ - You must install plugins and apply user.js fixes yourself to properly harden Firefox completely against tracking; but this is doable.

[–] 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)
[–] 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

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