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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[–] [email protected] 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think ghostery is owned by an ad company. I wouldn't trust it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously? I had no idea. That's kind of ironic if it is

[–] [email protected] 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, privacy badger and ghostery are no longer recommended, unlock origin will do their job (better).

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What's wrong with Privacy Badger? Isn't that from EFF?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just not needed if FF blocks all 3rd party cookies outright. Privacy Badger was supposed to autodetect which 3rd party cookies were used to track you, there's no point if they're all blocked.

If you have sites that need 3rd party cookies to work please note you can add exceptions in FF settings. I've seen instructions telling people to disable tracking protection altogether in that case but that's a terrible idea.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Google rewrites links in Google search (not that you use it but maybe you do sometimes). So, if you want the links you click in Google search to not go through a Google referral URL and instead go to the link advertised in the search result, then Privacy Badger is useful for this purpose.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Do I need to adjust any settings?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised I haven't heard this before. Thanks! I will proceed to only use uBlock Origin from now on (although I really enjoy the auto-reject cookies)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

uBlock can disable cookie popups, go to settings, filters and then scroll down to annoyances. Enable AdGuard Cookiebanners and Easylist Cookiebanners