I thought it would be helpful for all the good people of Lemmy World if we shared our browser setups.
I’m mostly a laptop user when it comes to the Internet. I’ve been using Firefox with the Ublock Origin addon and it makes browsing the web so much less ad filled.
For youtube specifically I’ve had the best results with Chrome and an extension called Clear Skies for ad skipping.
Share you own browser setup. What do you use to surf the wild waves of the web to avoid the sharks and the sharp rocks?
Librewolf/Firefox+Arkenfox
Addons:
- Ublock origin
- noscript (default to block everything, trusted still blocks “LAN, other, ping”
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- fingerprint defender (multiple addons)
- add custom search engine
- temporary container, multi account containers
- dark background light text
- undo close tab
- simple tab groups
- offline qr code generator
- libredirect (updated version of privacy redirect)
Android: Mull with my custom Addon collection and mostly the same addons, Firefox Translate installed manually
Use Profiles for different setups, not different browsers. firefox -p. I have one seperated for Captive portals (doesnt enforce HTTPS) and Netflix (DRM, unhardened because Netflix sucks)
Firefox
• Multi-Account Containers
• uBlock Origin
• NoScript
• Cookie AutoDelete
• Link Text and Location Copier
• DownThemAll!
I also made multiple Firefox profiles and made desktop shortcuts to launch each profile using these switches:
-P ProfileName
-no-remote
And I’ve got ad-blocking enabled on my UniFi router. Probably set up a PiHole later this year.
Mobile: (android) mull browser with ublock origin, adguard adblocker, privacy badger along with privacy settings on strict. Also, access youtube using the app tubular. PC: (windows) : Firefox with ublock origin and privacy badger.
Daily Driver - Vivaldi with any applicable EFF plugins and custom settings aimed at security and privacy.
2nd Daily Driver (usually on a separate screen) - Firefox configured with any applicable EFF plugins and settings put at the most restrictive and forgetful to facilitate privacy and security.
Mobile - Literally the same as above to the extent i have the ability to ^^
Instead of forget everything I recommend to keep session and create cookie exceptions for selected sites. So you will stay logged in there and have a normally working browser, that is just as private
Good advice, but for how i have my workflow set up, it makes more sense for me to have it set on full amnesia. Vivaldi is what i use if i need persistence.
You can use profiles if you want different use cases. I dont think “increased attack surface” is the biggest problem, but you have 2 browsers that are both updated, take up RAM etc.
You could just use different Firefox profiles, using a custom desktop entry with actions and one action for every profile, example:
desktop entry
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Firefox
Comment=Web Browser
GenericName=Web Browser
Exec=firefox %u
Type=Application
Icon=firefox
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;
Actions=Private;Work;PrivateWindow;Insecure
[Desktop Action Private]
Name=Open Private Profile
Exec=firefox -p private %u
[Desktop Action Work]
Name=Open Work Profile
Exec=firefox -p work %u
[Desktop Action PrivateWindow]
Name=Open Private Window
Exec=firefox -p private --private-window %u
[Desktop Action Insecure]
Name=Open Insecure Profile
Exec=mullvad-exclude firefox -p insecure %u
This was so cool to find out, and in KDE (and likely other desktops) you can access those actions using right click.
You can also change such a workflow to do
launch app && rm -rf ~/appdirectory which will enforce to always delete everything without needing to trust that app. I do that for the flatpak app “Decoder” which is great but wants to save a history without an opt-out, and as I use it for password sharing (generate a QR code locally on my phone)
Edge. I simply disable what I don’t use.
And if a site has ads that I can’t ignore, I just close that browser tab.
You really cant rely on GUI settings at all. Edge cannot be made private very likely.
Using Christitus WinUtil you can remove edge entirely, reinstall the webview afterwards its needed, replace it with Librewolf, Brave, thats basically it.
