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this post was submitted on 10 Dec 2023
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Privacy
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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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Very cool blog
when i checked YouTube i found mental outlaw in my recommendations, he seems like a good starting base.
Enjoy exploring! Hope you find it to be a good experience
Eventually you might find that you're coming back to the PrivacyGuides.org page, that's what most people recommend these days as a starting point for recommended tools. There are a lot of companies out there advertising privacy and security without actually PROVIDING privacy and security. It's becoming a new buzzword
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/
You don't have to take my word for it though, just keep exploring and learning :)
PrivacyGuides recommends Brave...
The specific breakdown was as follows
We recommend Mullvad Browser if you are focused on strong privacy protections and anti-fingerprinting out of the box, Firefox for casual internet browsers looking for a good alternative to Google Chrome, and Brave if you need Chromium browser compatibility.
So I think they only recommend Brave for those that need Chromium
For mobile browsers, I don't quite understand the differences between each. I personally use Mull when I need it, but Brave might be better on Mobile still?