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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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With the number of people concerned about privacy, it is a wonder why chrome is even popular.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But I’m using iOS. Can I still do something to atleast increase my privacy?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can still download firefox on iOS. Snowhaze for really sensitive stuff. Safari for anything else. Using different browsers for different purposes help defend against profiling.

I personally use firefox for work stuff, firefox focus for banking, safari for personal and snowhaze for ehem.. err adult stuff.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I read somewhere that no matter the browser you use in IOS, it’s just a skin for safari. Will it make a difference if I use Firefox?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you’re interested here are my safari extensions

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow thank you!

I hope you won’t mind. Isn’t the extension Adblock plus, 1 blocker and AdGuard redundant? Or does each serve a different purpose?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree they’re overkill. But there are sites that detect the adblocker and I just experiment which one they don’t detect. Most of the time, adguard does amazing. But some websites only adblock is not detected. So it’s a cat and mouse game for me. :) I installed them all just in case and activate and deactivate depending on which sites I am on.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh got it. Seems prudent. I’ll try that 😁

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I also downloaded hyperweb. Do you know the difference between all hyperwebs?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think the history and bookmarks are separate. Only the engine is the same. For safari, enabling adguard and other extensions does wonders for privacy. :)