@Catweazle As someone who on a regular basis goes through the privacy settings for Google, I can verify that withdrawing your consent is like trying to navigate a labyrinth. It's a complete mess, settings hidden multiple layers down.
They use dark patterns on purpose to confuse users and make them miss settings or just give up trying to go through it all to stop data collection.
Here is the Norwegian Consumer Council's complaint against Google:
https://fil.forbrukerradet.no/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/complaint-google-2022-1.pdf
Google is registered in the EU in Ireland, and the Irish legal system simply is not set up to handle the huge masses of privacy complaints against the company, leading to cases being just delayed for years and years.
"Also in 2018, the Consumer Council sent a complaint about Google, at that time primarily about Google's use of location data. The complaint ended up with the Irish Data Protection Authority, where it is still being processed."
https://www.digi.no/artikler/forbrukerradet-klager-inn-google-til-datatilsynet/520714
@Eggcorn downloaded media and image files that you store to your hard drive can contain spyware and trojans.
https://repairit.wondershare.com/photo-repair/virus-be-downloaded.html
@Catweazle said in News: DuckDuckGo (the company) isn’t as Private as You Thought:
(Maybe Vivaldi can creat a own instance one day, using Whoogle or SearX)
I don't think that's a good idea! That could cause the Vivaldi company some legal trouble, and sour Vivaldi's relationship with search-engine companies. Wrose: All of Whoogle and SearX could get drawn into those legal trouble.
@greybeard
You are right. Look this email:
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"A tracking pixel has been detected. You can block it with the pro version"
@ImaginaryFreedom , Proton VPN free don't have any data limits, is the only free VPN reliable without limits in the use of data. The only limits in the free version are the few servers and that you can't install it in more than one terminal, PC or Mobile. Apart from fewer settings as in the paid version. But yo can use the monthly Gb you want, no limits. Speed ~35-45Mbs depending of the server you use, enough for streaming or online gaming.
That's what I was thinking. But I have no such registry. I've tried to creating one, but no luck.
Edit: Thank you. I've created "folder" Vivaldi in HKEY LOCAL MACHINE according to path you linked above.
Pretty funny that this topic is still here.
The topic I created on this subject a couple of days ago was deleted by @Pathduck and merged into an old topic about that site that probably almost no one here will ever see.
If you dislike cookies, you can default to blocking them and make exceptions to allow only those that you really need.
I was unable to get rid of Bing as a search engine in the settings, but I was able to move it to the end of the list. I have added my own choices of search engines and I use those, not those that the browser sets automatically.
@npro I began reading about this a few days ago, screamed in annoyance, was gonna post about it here, but then realised "hey, what's the point? nobody describes the specific attack vector, & it's apparently undetectable [albeit, ofc not literally, otherwise we'd not be talking about it], meaning users are utterly powerless, which means now i just lie back & fatalistically say "here i am, come & ravage me" ".
@Pathduck said in Firefox's Total cookies protection:
@shatuga Hello and Welcome to the Vivaldi Community 🙂 👍
Isn't this basically the same as just blocking third-party cookies? Possibly with the added advantage of not blocking sites that break because they are blocked...
Google just unites all its services on the google.com domain, and Gmail redirects to mail.google.com - so it wouldn't be much use there.
Tab isolation would be pretty good though, if each tab could exist within its own isolated container.
It is possible to block the second-level domain but still allow cookies from a specific third-level address. For instance, I block google.com from setting cookies, but I have to allow mail.google.com to set cookies with SeaMonkey to get Gmail.
@Pathduck said in Privacy options too limited:
Some more information on private/incognito mode, what it does and how people misunderstand its purpose:
Thanks for your extensive reply and comments. I do know what it means to be in 'private mode'. However, I think on the matters I mentioned above, perhaps that mode could be improved and offer even more privacy than it does until now.
cheers, André
@Pathduck , agree and I will add some more things regarding extensions from the Chrome Store.
@mafinokc
Check first if any of Vivaldi's own functions can cover the need, before installing an extension that does.
Avoid extensions that do not have references to the author or official page
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Read user reviews and the TOS and PP of the extension. Also ask other users in this forum, if you are not sure.
Preferably use OpenSource extensions, they usually cause less problems.
Disable extensions with specific functions that are not needed permanently, activating them if necessary, to save memory.
Avoid extensions that only point to a web page and add these better to the bookmarks or the web panel
The extensions I have mentioned above meet these points and I have experienced no problems with them in the years that I have used them.
But in general I agree with @Pathduck, to limit the number of extensions to the minimum that is useful to you
@Catweazle
I went online in January 2000 and joined groups.google.com under the nick name Gaiawar which I used in 8 discussion groups. A lot of water went under the bridge until September last year when I signed up for Spectrum who told me that my Spectrum email handle would be Gaiawar. That neologism later became very popular with gamers.
"sustainable agriculture" is an oxymoron. because the ecosphere is dying.
Anyone who clicks on unknown links to download an ISO of a software with a crack, without checking, is looking for it. ChromeLoader hijacker has been around for years, it just surprises me, that there are still people getting infected by it.
Read user reviews and the TOS and PP of the extension. Also ask other users in this forum, if you are not sure.
Preferably use OpenSource extensions, they usually cause less problems.
Disable extensions with specific functions that are not needed permanently, activating them if necessary, to save memory.
Avoid extensions that only point to a web page and add these better to the bookmarks or the web panel
The extensions I have mentioned above meet these points and I have experienced no problems with them in the years that I have used them.
But in general I agree with @Pathduck, to limit the number of extensions to the minimum that is useful to you
