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Firefox is the only way. (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 168 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Firefox with add-ons. Especially, but not only, Ublock Origin.

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  • [–] 29 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    NoScript 🤌🏻

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  • [–] 46 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    I love it in theory… but it just broke so many websites I needed to use. And not always in obvious ways.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Then just put those sites on your trust list?

    You can go through all the sites the initial HTTP request calls out to and decide which ones get a pass. This is how I ensure sites like gstatic, googletagmanager, etc. don't collect data even though the rest of the site works.

    If that's too much, just open the flood gates for that site and trust everything there. At least it isn't just sending all your data out by DEFAULT.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    That still breaks a lot of sites. For example, Wikipedia gets broken if you click any link and then navigate back. NoScript is just crap. If you want to actually block scripts for something without breaking everything else, use DevTools.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    Yeah these days literally every website uses JavaScript in some format as modern reactive design is easier to do if you can execute client side code. Blocking JavaScript is a sledgehammer solution to the problem.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Add-ons are a pretty huge security risk, though. Someone was just posting an article about how tempting it is to sell out with your extension, and how many offers you actually get.

    And I've already been burned once, and it's not pretty. Also nothing you can do against this.

    The best solution is actually not Firefox, but Mullvad. No need for extensions, based on Tor Browser and can be bundled with a VPN that's full of other people using the same browser - so you have exactly the same fingerprint, and they can't tell you apart. Not by extensions, not by IP.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Based on his history it seems unlikely that gorhill, the creator of uBlock Origin would sell out.
    And if something did change, there would be enough news about it to notify you. (Like the extension Avast bought a while ago)

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    It's pretty shitty to lump uBlock Origin in with those other, shittier ad blockers blindly. After all, anyone who knew the first thing about ad blockers even back then knew that there were plenty of bad ones around but that uBO wasn't one of them.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So you mean Librewolf

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    IMO any of the forks are inherently weaker than the main and there's nothing stopping you from making Firefox work exactly like whichever flavor of fork you prefer, but with security updates the day they come out.

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