Google's new maneuver against the free internet
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Well, I must be the complete opposite of you guys. I've had a Google a/c for well over 20 years; I use Chrome more of the time than I use anything else, although I don't "sync" (I keep the data locally in my 'portable' build of Chrome, which I share between multiple Puppies). I make frequent, and copious use of their infrastructure.......'cos it DOES make life easier.
Google must have a dossier on me alone as thick as a small stack of Bibles by now. Personally, I do NOT care a monkey's, one way or the other. So sue me..!
Along with the 'portable' builds of the major browsers, I do also make builds available of many of the privacy-conscious browsers, for those that want them.....because I'm a big believer in "choice in all things". I'm not totally heartless, and try to help make everyone in our community feel included.
(shrug...)
Mike.
Google must have a dossier on me alone as thick as a small stack of Bibles by now. Personally, I do NOT care a monkey's, one way or the other. So sue me..!
Along with the 'portable' builds of the major browsers, I do also make builds available of many of the privacy-conscious browsers, for those that want them.....because I'm a big believer in "choice in all things". I'm not totally heartless, and try to help make everyone in our community feel included.
(shrug...)
Mike.
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Terminal Velocity
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With which gear do you accomplish such results? Give details please
Never had any issues with Start Page--
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Condobloke
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""With which gear do you accomplish such results? Give details please""
Sorry about the blue print....the reply thingie decided not to cooperate
I use brave browser
I pay close attention to the settings
I can give you screenshots of each setting page if you want
The only extensions I use are:
bitwarden password manager
duckduckgo privacy essentials
grammarly grammar checker (I have my boubts about this ones 'privacy"...not sure)
privacy badger
save images as type (saves webimage etc ect to png or jpg etc)
web rtc leah shield
I use Homey: productivity new tab. (it does not require seeing and changing info on any site)
I have its page covered with links to places I use every day)
I used to use firefox. Unless something dramatic happens, I will not use it again.
I have this instinct that it is like a leaky boat
Brave is not perfect. That is impossible for a browser to be ....there will always be something that annoys someone.
I download it from their web page....HERE
Using the terminal commands for the release channel below
sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browser
this is quick and painless.....it also sets it up in such a way that updates come in regularly via Update Manager
Occasionally brave will break a site. Most of the time it will be privacy Badger screwing it up. It does not happen often.
On rare occasions, I will turn privacy badger off. Very rare ocasions.
if I really want to visit the site, I will use Chromium browser (that's Chromium....not chrome)...I download this from the software manager on Linux Mint
As I said, I am quite willing to send you screenshots of individual settings pages.
I dont use the download from the software manager in Linux mint.....I found that it gets it wrong,,,it asks for the system password every time it is opened.....although this doesn't happen on every pc for some weird reason.
Which Linux are you using ?
Sorry about the blue print....the reply thingie decided not to cooperate
I use brave browser
I pay close attention to the settings
I can give you screenshots of each setting page if you want
The only extensions I use are:
bitwarden password manager
duckduckgo privacy essentials
grammarly grammar checker (I have my boubts about this ones 'privacy"...not sure)
privacy badger
save images as type (saves webimage etc ect to png or jpg etc)
web rtc leah shield
I use Homey: productivity new tab. (it does not require seeing and changing info on any site)
I have its page covered with links to places I use every day)
I used to use firefox. Unless something dramatic happens, I will not use it again.
I have this instinct that it is like a leaky boat
Brave is not perfect. That is impossible for a browser to be ....there will always be something that annoys someone.
I download it from their web page....HERE
Using the terminal commands for the release channel below
Debian, Ubuntu, Mint
sudo apt install curlsudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install brave-browser
this is quick and painless.....it also sets it up in such a way that updates come in regularly via Update Manager
Occasionally brave will break a site. Most of the time it will be privacy Badger screwing it up. It does not happen often.
On rare occasions, I will turn privacy badger off. Very rare ocasions.
if I really want to visit the site, I will use Chromium browser (that's Chromium....not chrome)...I download this from the software manager on Linux Mint
As I said, I am quite willing to send you screenshots of individual settings pages.
I dont use the download from the software manager in Linux mint.....I found that it gets it wrong,,,it asks for the system password every time it is opened.....although this doesn't happen on every pc for some weird reason.
Which Linux are you using ?
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Terminal Velocity
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Thanks for the extensive reply, I use Debian 11, screenshots are not necessary for the moment, when I install Brave I will open a new thread and I may need some help there to configure it
Heh... I've been using Grammarly for a while.
But, they're certainly scooping your data. Everything you type is sent to their servers.
Now, I don't think they share that with anyone else but I bet they'd hand it over if an officer of the law requested it. I presume that's not a problem for you and, if so, you'd be smart enough to keep your illegal activity confined to browsers without that extension.
But, yeah, that's how it works. Everything you type is sent to them.
Condobloke
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I just removed grammarly, and replaced it with brave browser's own spell check
It found 3 mistakes in the sentence I just typed above, and the correction was 100% correct
Unlike grammarly and all others which use a left click to access the correction and the 'net at the same time, Brave's offering is a right click to expose the correction......so it accesses the dictionaries on my machine....not via the 'net
Further testing is in order, but appears ok so far.
Does it do more than a simple spell check? I can spell well enough, but I like how Grammarly deals with my grammar and gives me the chance to improve my writing.
If I wanted a greater amount of privacy, I'd certainly not use a browser with Grammarly enabled.
I don't know if they store this data. I'm positive that they don't have someone sitting there reading it, though I suspect they might try various means of mining the data.
Condobloke
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It is just a simple spell check....just what I want/need
My writing is quite perfect (lol), so I will gladly give up that add on
My writing is quite perfect (lol), so I will gladly give up that add on
