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Switched to DDG + Brave browser on my laptop and I am surprised how subtly different browsing feels with this combo. Simply you realize how "watched" you feel o
by SmallBets 7y ago
Switched to DDG + Brave browser on my laptop and I am surprised how subtly different browsing feels with this combo. Simply you realize how "watched" you feel on Google products and the tracked internet.
Without realizing it there is a "how would this search/page visit etc. look on a tracked profile" process running in my head that is greatly reduced by DDG+Brave. A chilling effect not just on speech, but on browsing behavior that we have to counteract.
- MiroF 7y agoI've found that it's becoming increasingly hard to browse the internet in Brave and Firefox because a. the increasing monopoly of Blink (doesn't apply to Brave) and b. how interconnected a lot of this tracking seems to be with the routine operation of sites i visit
- colordrops 7y agoSo why do you mention Brave if your comment doesn't apply?
- MiroF 7y agoIt does apply to part B and Firefox also has tracking protection.
- Angeo34 7y ago>Brave You are aware Brave is way worse than Google? They took crypto funds in people's names without telling anybody (this is essentially stealing however you put it) they injected unique identifiers into Http headers and their premise of fingerprinting defense is a joke seeing their browser is based on Webkit/Blink.
- colordrops 7y agoWhy did you need to create a new account to post this?
- benhurmarcel 7y agoI’ve found a similar effect by switching email provider. On Gmail (and others) I feel watched, and wonder how does this message/notification look for my profile?