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I use Chrome for any sensitive browsing, and I only have one extension installed there: uBlock Origin. For development, I use Chrome Canary where I have dozens

I use Chrome for any sensitive browsing, and I only have one extension installed there: uBlock Origin. For development, I use Chrome Canary where I have dozens of extensions installed, since I don't enter any sensitive credentials into that browser. For leisure, I use Firefox where I have uBlock Origin and a few paywall circumvention extensions installed - not the safest, but I only log into pseudononymous accounts in that browser. An extension I will never install is one that interfaces with my password manager. I've seen way too many exploits that begin with a bug in such an extension to feel comfortable with it. I prefer the security of my clipboard, where I can copy/paste from my password manager - if my clipboard is compromised then at least only one password will be stolen, and a separate exploit would be required to even know into which website I entered the password. This does leave me vulnerable to phishing, since I don't get the automated URL->password retrieval, but I've never liked that feature of password manager extensions anyway.

autoexec 3y ago
> I use Chrome for any sensitive browsing You have a lot more faith that Google isn't collecting data on every last website you visit than I do.
- chatmasta 3y ago
  Nah, I've just accepted it as part of life. If my bank is already using Google Analytics, what difference does it make if Chrome juices the data a bit more? And as far as tracking what content I view, I only use that browser for work, so I actually want it to learn about me (e.g. I have Google search history enabled on that account). Any browsing for leisure, medical, political, etc. purposes, I do in Firefox where I only log into pseudononymous accounts not associated with my main email or name. But I do disable as much Chrome telemetry as possible, including features like auto-suggest and pre-loading, and I don't "log in" to the browser with my Google account (despite the constantly changing dark patterns trying to trick me into doing that). It's not much but it's good enough.

autoexec 3y ago

> I use Chrome for any sensitive browsing You have a lot more faith that Google isn't collecting data on every last website you visit than I do.

chatmasta 3y ago
Nah, I've just accepted it as part of life. If my bank is already using Google Analytics, what difference does it make if Chrome juices the data a bit more? And as far as tracking what content I view, I only use that browser for work, so I actually want it to learn about me (e.g. I have Google search history enabled on that account). Any browsing for leisure, medical, political, etc. purposes, I do in Firefox where I only log into pseudononymous accounts not associated with my main email or name. But I do disable as much Chrome telemetry as possible, including features like auto-suggest and pre-loading, and I don't "log in" to the browser with my Google account (despite the constantly changing dark patterns trying to trick me into doing that). It's not much but it's good enough.