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If you value privacy, ditch Chrome and switch to Firefox now (www.fastcompany.com)
submitted 2 years 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] 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

True, but it is insanely slow, and blacklisted by many websites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

And you shouldn't use it for anything sensitive. Anonymous browsing is great, but since you don't control the exit node, the average user isn't guaranteed absolute security.

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

https://librewolf.net/ and Mull at https://divestos.org/pages/our_apps are good options as well if you rather not use TOR.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah I use both

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

And you really need to trust Tor exit nodes