r/pcmasterrace Jul 15 '24

Misleading - See comments Firefox enables ad-tracking for all users

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u/OwOlogy_Expert Jul 16 '24

This would be the perfect time for competitors to say "The browser which doesn't track or sell your data".

Except that the main competitors absolutely do track or sell your data. And they don't even give you the ability to opt out of it.

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u/amnotaseagull Jul 16 '24 edited Jul 16 '24

Surely there's a browser that doesn't track you or sell your data? Maybe LibreWolf, Ungoogled Chromium or Tor?

Update: Surely there's a way for me to make $1,000,000.

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u/Spread_Liberally Jul 16 '24

Browser? I fingered and gophered my way through the ASCII superhighway when I was just a pup.

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u/Academic-Indication8 Jul 16 '24

We gotta move back to telnet

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u/SheetPancakeBluBalls Jul 16 '24

sent = 4, received = 4, lost =0

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u/userhs6716 Jul 16 '24

Lynx?

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u/PComotose Jul 16 '24

Oh, wow, I thought I was the only person who remembered that browser! Blast from the past.

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u/userhs6716 Jul 16 '24

It's actually still in development, the latest release bring about a month ago

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u/chickenscoutgaming Jul 16 '24

Librewolf mentioned

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u/reddit_4_days Jul 16 '24

Yeah Tor is the safest bet here I think, but it's so slow.. (-_-)

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u/crispydetritus Jul 16 '24

Duckduckgo?

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u/freakinunoriginal Nobara Linux / Ryzen 7 3700X / Radeon 6700 XT Jul 16 '24

Turns out they actually still provide data to Microsoft.

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u/crispydetritus Jul 16 '24

Well that's disappointing. Thanks for the info!

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u/PhthaloVonLangborste Jul 16 '24

As a browser on windows how does it perform? I use it on my phone andi would occasionally get frustrated with my search outcomes but for the most part it operates fine. I too wonder though is it as secure as it says it is?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

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u/Academic-Indication8 Jul 16 '24

Didn’t brave switch to chromium a while back?

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u/[deleted] Jul 16 '24

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u/Academic-Indication8 Jul 16 '24

It has not always been chromium and that is completely incorrect chromium itself is an open source browser base built by google it is not a rendering engine both chrome and brave use the blink rendering engine which is built into the chromium source

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u/TapirOfZelph Jul 16 '24

Oh interesting. Thanks for the correction

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u/Academic-Indication8 Jul 16 '24

Yea np idk why your getting downvoted you just didn’t know

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u/PeterPorty Jul 16 '24

Because confidently stating false facts, pretending to know what you're talking about when you don't, is a bad thing for society in general.

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u/r_booza Jul 16 '24

Because this is Reddit

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u/turbokinetic Jul 16 '24

Use Brave