Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by LightHugger on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:14PM
(#38370257)
I can recommend librewolf, firefox with all the mozilla crap stripped out and good default privacy settings. Can tweak the options easily too if there's anything too annoying.
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Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by Phelinofist on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:18PM
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Quoting another HN user regarding librewolf:
> Binaries are unsigned, third party update service, Google safe browsing disabled unless you build from source, running unusual browser setups can actually make you more distinctive online, unencrypted DNS by default, speed of security patches is slower than base Firefox, etc.
Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by oynqr on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:46PM
(#38370726)
All of those except the last one are positives.
Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by babypuncher on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @04:36PM
(#38370601)
Yeah I like what LibreWolf is doing, but it seems more reasonable to just disable the Firefox features you don't like.
Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by LightHugger on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:17PM
(#38371979)
Unsigned binaries is good, update service is good, google safe browsing disabled is mega good, unencrypted dns is comparatively good from what i understand compared to mozilla's imperfect solution. Speed of security patches is not great, but having non-mozilla vetting on security patches is a tradeoff that is worthwhile.
Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by neurostimulant on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @06:57PM
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> Unsigned binaries is good
Why?
Re:Google Chrome will limit ad blockers starting June 2024
by chikenf00t on Tuesday November 21, 2023 @05:21PM
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Librewolf is great, but an easy way to lock down regular Firefox is to generate a profile on something like ffprofile.com and replace the default config.