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  • nxfsi@lemmy.worldtoFirefox@lemmy.worldSwitch from Brave to Firefox
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    10 months ago

    Unless you absolutely need the very latest upstream features, just go with Librewolf.

    It’s literally just Firefox, but:

    • - telemetry to Google and Mozilla
    • - useless features like pocket and recommended websites
    • + privacy-focused, aka non brain dead default settings
    • + uBlock Origin installed by default







  • You assume, but I am a minority living in China, where I have seen first hand that the state monopoly on violence has led to peaceful protests being branded as terrorism and violently crushed, not to mention the cultural genocide and actual genocide being committed as we speak. But hey, there are zero guns in China (even the black market guns come from the government) and our harmonious socialist society has an even lower crime rate than Australia!

    You should be grateful that you still have a King to reset your government in case things get too out of hand, because the only other cure for fascism is violence (banned btw).



  • In my opinion windows defender is worse than not using an antivirus at all because of the false sense of security. I’m sure that the guy who got his Bitcoin stolen from downloading fake OBS software has windows defender enabled like everybody else.

    I’m not suggesting you go out of your way to disable defender, but exercise common sense and good security practices instead of relying on any antivirus. Download software from package managers (winget, scoop, chocolatey) instead of from Google and always read the megathread for getting “other stuff”. Install an adblocker on your browser and block as much 3rd party and Javashit as is practical. Don’t use the administrator account as your main account. Sandbox your programs if you’re feeling extra paranoid. Always back up everything important somewhere else. Use TRON script (r/tronscript) to clean up your computer in case you get infected.

    However always keep in mind no strategy is 100% safe, but a little common sense goes a long way.