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Lemmy helping Lemmy World browse the web

I thought it would be helpful for all the good people of Lemmy World if we shared our browser setups.

I'm mostly a laptop user when it comes to the Internet. I've been using Firefox with the Ublock Origin addon and it makes browsing the web so much less ad filled.

For youtube specifically I've had the best results with Chrome and an extension called Clear Skies for ad skipping.

Share you own browser setup. What do you use to surf the wild waves of the web to avoid the sharks and the sharp rocks?

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  • If you're already using a whole second browser just for YouTube, may I suggest looking into FreeTube? It's a great YouTube desktop client.

  • Just Firefox/Librewolf with uBlock Origin is enough. The more extensions you add, the larger the attack surface and chance of site breakage. A common mistake many do is to add multiple blockers on top of uBO which will decrease uBO's ability to defuse various anti-adblocks. This also includes addons like Privacy Badger, Ghostery, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, etc. uBO have good enough privacy protection enabled by default. If you want more, enable some other privacy filter lists. And if you know what you're doing, enable hard mode by blocking all 3rd party requests and JavaScript.

    If you want to feel more secure when adding more extensions to your browser, then only use Firefox addons that are recommended by Mozilla. Those extensions have gone through a review process to make sure they don't contain anything malicious.

    If you're like me and don't care about recommendations and being able to comment, then use Freetube with sponsorblock enabled.

    • NoScript is missing a lot here. Ublock doesnt really block much tracking, you need to break every site by default and then allow javascript only from trusted origins. This is the opposite of UBlocks badness enumeration, it is manual work and is waaaay more secure and private.

      No Browser without noscript to block everything by default, manually allowing all trusted sites, is private. Ublock may allow this but the UI is too slow to use it generally

      There only is a lack of a database or something to share such a config. I use it for years so my noscript list is quite big

  • Firefox
    • Multi-Account Containers
    • uBlock Origin
    • NoScript
    • Cookie AutoDelete
    • Link Text and Location Copier
    • DownThemAll!

    I also made multiple Firefox profiles and made desktop shortcuts to launch each profile using these switches:
    -P ProfileName
    -no-remote

    And I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.

    • On KDE you can create a desktop entry with actions so you can launch a profile using right click and the list, very cool

  • Desktop: Firefox + uBlock + SponsorBlock (for youtube) + Consent-O-Matic + Tampermonkey w/ YouTube HD script (force 1080p resolution)

    Mobile: Fennec (Firefox fork) + uBlock + Consent-O-Matic, for youtube I'm using NewPipe with Sponsorblock

  • Daily Driver - Vivaldi with any applicable EFF plugins and custom settings aimed at security and privacy.

    2nd Daily Driver (usually on a separate screen) - Firefox configured with any applicable EFF plugins and settings put at the most restrictive and forgetful to facilitate privacy and security.

    Mobile - Literally the same as above to the extent i have the ability to ^^

    • Why would you have 2 daily drivers?

      • Tracking mostly. If i need to visit a site that i want to know the absolute minimum about me or my accounts, i use Firefox. Vivaldi is secured well, but I'm logged in to various accounts for convenience there. I have a 3 monitor set up so it's easy to just have it open on a separate screen.

    • Instead of forget everything I recommend to keep session and create cookie exceptions for selected sites. So you will stay logged in there and have a normally working browser, that is just as private

      • Good advice, but for how i have my workflow set up, it makes more sense for me to have it set on full amnesia. Vivaldi is what i use if i need persistence.

  • Librewolf/Firefox+Arkenfox

    Addons:

    • Ublock origin
    • noscript (default to block everything, trusted still blocks "LAN, other, ping"
      • fingerprint defender (multiple addons)
    • add custom search engine
    • temporary container, multi account containers
    • dark background light text
    • undo close tab
    • simple tab groups
    • offline qr code generator
    • libredirect (updated version of privacy redirect)

    Android: Mull with my custom Addon collection and mostly the same addons, Firefox Translate installed manually

    Use Profiles for different setups, not different browsers. firefox -p. I have one seperated for Captive portals (doesnt enforce HTTPS) and Netflix (DRM, unhardened because Netflix sucks)

  • A 1970's dumb terminal dialed up through an acoustic coupler to a mainframe running Lynx...

  • PiHole+: 

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             * Firefox with uBO, Privacy possum, Sponsorblock as primary, BypassPaywallsClean
     * Brave with shields up and fingerprint resist for when I need chrome, with BypassPaywallsClean and privacy badger.

    When a site blocks or is otherwise slow on FF, I use Brave. When a site is slow or blocks brave, I use FF. Brave really stays on top their YT ad blocking so they're a good fallback even if I'm selling my soul to them a bit.

    I regularly blow away bookmarks in Brave and reimport from FF to keep all my browsers synced.

    If a site doesn't work in FF, then it doesn't work in Brave, I'll open it in vanilla Edge to sanity check but I generally don't open edge otherwise.

  • Desktop (Personal):

    • Browser: Brave
    • Extensions used: uBlock Origin, uBlock Origin Lite, AutoplayStopper, Dark Reader, LeechBlock NG, Cookie AutoDelete, Incognito or Not, Off the Record History, Stylus, Terms of Service; Didn't Read, Unhook, Dictionary Anywhere, Content Blocker, Highlight or Hide Search Engine Results, Indie Wiki Buddy, Uber Simple Bookmark Count, BlockTube, Enhancer for YouTube, ClearURLs, Bypass Paywalls Clean, No Opener, No Phishers, Recipe Filter, Redirect AMP to HTML, Smart HTTPS, Text Area Word-Wrap Fixer, Charcoal: Dark Mode for Messenger, Control Panel for Twitter, Office - Enable Copy and Paste, Return YouTube Dislike, SponsorBlock, and YT Playlist Length - Duration Display

    Desktop (Work/School):

    • Browser: Microsoft Edge
    • Extensions used: Cookie AutoDelete, Dark Reader, uBlock Origin, Bypass Paywalls Clean, AutoplayStopper, Grammarly, Incognito or Not, LeechBlock NG, Off the Record History, Return YouTube Dislike, Twemoji for Chrome, Unhook, YT Playlist Length - Duration Display, uBlock Origin Lite, and Uber Simple Bookmark Count

    Mobile:

    • Browser: Firefox
    • Extensions used: uBlock Origin and Dark Reader

  • desktop: Firefox with ublock origin, privacy badger, and "Alternate Player for Twitch TV" (html5 alternate twitch player with ad block)

    mobile: Revanced YouTube, YouTube music , and Twitch. Also Xtra as a twitch back up

  • Firefox with Ghostery add-on, mostly because its built-in cookie-nag blocker. Also use Bitwarden and Dark Reader. Pretty much the same setup on both desktop and mobile.

  • Waterfox on my laptop, using Rehike for YouTube, uBlock origin, and DuckDuckGo privacy essentials not because it does much more than uBlock, but because of the built in unlimited email aliases. Incredibly useful feature.

    On mobile I use stock brave since waterfox for iOS isn't out yet, and it collects no directly identifiable information unlike Firefox which for some reason does.

  • Plain chromium with uBlock Origin, Sponsorblock and Return YouTube dislike.

    • I recommend running googerteller. Chromium, even after applying all degoogle policies, using without account, no google search etc, connect to Google every few seconds. Especially when launching the profile chooser, loading the addons, viewing some settings and your password list.

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