What browser+plugin combination do you all use for safely browsing the web? I use Firefox and uBlock Origin, but I'm sure there are better options out there. What do you all use?

my browsing activity is not safe at all icl T^T i use google chrome and adguard adblocker, return youtube dislikes and turn on matpatify from time to time when i feel like it

For the majority of this school year, I was actually using Pale Moon for 99% of my browsing. I followed these guides from https://gearjail.neocities.org and from https://digdeeper.club to have a sensible experience. Whenever I had to do school work on a bad platform (like google docs... ), I had Firefox 115 ESR with uMatrix, a UA switcher, and a few miscellanious extensions like SingleFile, although they went unused because that Firefox was only really used for school, while everything else could easily be done on Pale Moon.

I haven't really been keeping up with my web browser security, though. My entire system is using dnsmasq-encrypt as a side-grade to prevent my ISP from pulling any funny tricks on me.

I'd say that unless you aggressively optimize the websites you visit with uMatrix, it's extremely difficult to minimize the amount of spying that goes on as you browse the 'net.

I guess that's why there are alternatives, ways to avoid dealing with that altogether, like this awesome site.

Whenever I have to inevitably use YouTube, I prefer to use the Ikatube project, since it lets me watch videos without ads and without having to deal with YTs horrible and slow interface

https://chino-chan.gitlab.io/programs.html

if you want maximum security use tor browser or something lol

>if you want maximum security use tor browser or something lol
If I am not mistaken, you can install extensions on Tor. and if so, can't you just use Ublock on tor browser? Then pair it up with Mullvad VPN for more Protection? (Even yes, tor uses their own VPN)

> wepmaster says:

There's always a tradeoff between privacy/security and work/time and personally I'd say Tor is a bit slow and impractical for everyday use, although it is one of the safest options.

I use Librewolf, a fork and hardened variant of Firefox (since Mozilla has started doing crappy stuff) with quite a few plugins. EFF's privacy badger is a great recommendation, it isn't very powerful but should be pre installed in every browser as it is very effective on major tracking.

For android I use Fennec, another Firefox fork, but also a browser called FREE Browser from F-droid. It isn't very secure or good but it's simple and has essential features so I use it for when my fennec config is too harsh and breaks wepsites.

stay silly

> wepmaster says:

Me and my friend started a list compilation of some of our daily privacy tools including browser, you're welcome to read or even contribute: https://github.com/anonuser1213/Internet-Essentials

stay silly

Kinda funny (sad?) how the average person still uses Chrome and thinks Incognito Mode is “private”. Like buddy you’re not anonymous, you’re just... invisible to your wife. Google still sees everything.

Anyway yeah, I’ve been slowly swapping over to Librewolf too. FF is alright but Mozilla’s been slipping further into that weird pseudo-corporate blob space lately. Too many “recommendations” and “experiments” suddenly showing up in vanilla installs. Not a good sign.

uBlock Origin is essential obviously, but I also use:

CanvasBlocker – decent for screwing with fingerprinting



ClearURLs – removes garbage from URLs (tracking tokens and the like)



Cookie AutoDelete – kinda annoying sometimes, but worth it



NoScript or uMatrix – depending on how masochistic I'm feeling that day

I avoid VPNs unless I need to hop regions. I don’t really trust any of them fully. Mullvad is probably the best of the worst if you’re paying. But using Tor is smarter for anything sensitive, IF you can tolerate the latency and weird site behavior. I don’t use it daily for the same reasons others here said—too slow, breaks stuff, and honestly I hate how most normal websites don’t even try to play nice with it anymore. You get CAPTCHA'd into oblivion.

Also F-Droid browsers? God bless them but yeah, some of them break sites for the dumbest reasons. Fennec’s config is cool but I had to reset a few things just to get a login page to work.

And even with all this? We’re still probably leaking something somewhere. Your fonts, your resolution, how fast you scroll, how long it takes to click after the page loads. It’s kinda hopeless.

Real privacy is probably just minimizing surface area and not doing anything online that you wouldn’t want on a billboard.

But yeah. Librewolf + uBlock + sane behavior is about the most I think we can get without completely unplugging and mailing letters instead. Though I’m honestly not opposed to that either at this point.