Any (hot) takes on this? [see included img]
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I recently found this post on why Vivaldi would not be 'quite as private a browser' as they claim to be. I don't even know if half the stuff being said is remotely true at all, and whether I should avoid Vivaldi because of it.
Any input on this?
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My hot take: There's privacy, and then there's the raving lunatic fringe tinfoil-hat type of privacy. Those people can go use TOR...
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thank you, I memorized 3 words.
lunatic
tinfoil-hat (type)
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@angelspeak , you know this guy from the town hall on the edge of the road, counting the cars that pass by, to determine the amount of traffic? This does not affect the privacy of drivers at all, as Vivaldi does exactly this, determining purely statistical values about the number and origin of its users and in which OS Vivaldi is installed.
Anyone who offers a service or software, be it a Mail provider, a browser, a host, a social network....., is obliged by law to provide user data, if a court order requires it, even Proton Mail had to comply with this law recently with a user required by justice.
Regarding privacy, Vivaldi is as private as a browser can reasonably be and the user requires.
Brave's privacy is not greater, although it protects against trackers, it does so selectively, bypassing sponsor websites and services, including Facebook.
Mozilla is funded through Google and Alphabet Inc who track Firefox users.
There is no 100% privacy on the web, not even using a VPN and TOR.
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@guigirl Sry that is too little...
@angelspeak said in Any (hot) takes on this? [see included img]:
If I want privacy I use Brave
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@angelspeak said in Any (hot) takes on this? [see included img]:
If I want privacy
a) Disconnect from the Internet
b) Dispose of mobile phone
c) Keep off the streets
d) Have all deliveries go next door
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Firefox has recently setup their weird (opt-in) policy where you are opted in by default. Strangest opt in I've seen. They now have contextual suggestions when you search so that your search is not only sent to your search engine, but also to Mozilla. Mozilla will then insert their ads in your search as well as other things they want to insert as they collect data on you.
Their CEO has said she believe they need to do more to make sure you don't see information she doesn't like. She calls information she disagrees with "disinformation".
so it is necessary to change both your search suggestions and also your privacy suggestions for what is typed in the address bar to avoid whatever they are doing to you.
firefox is not what it used to be.
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@guigirl If you don't search in the address bar, how do you see enough of an address with the site uses a long preferred certificate like this?
I gave up the search box as it took up too much of my taskbar space and I still find myself scrolling around the address bar to see where I really am sometimes.
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@mrcazlo It suggests using extensions instead of Vivaldi to help with privacy. That's bad advice! Extensions have this nasty habit of spying on you.
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