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I've been thinking about making the move to another browser.
Is firefox good?
Been using google chrome (adrenochrome??) for a long time.
If firefox is not good then what is?
 
There is not much browser that comes with good privacy and security right out of the box. However, two of them would be librewolf, and ungoogled-chromium.

Firefox is good with the arkenfox user.js.
These three are very good.
 
I've been thinking about making the move to another browser.
Is firefox good?
Been using google chrome (adrenochrome??) for a long time.
If firefox is not good then what is?
No, Firefox isn't good. It's better than Chrome, but not by much.

Generally it depends on what sites you want to use it for.

For normal usage, Brave is the best browser, and also very safe.

But, if you want to visit sites where you want to be totally anonymous and you don't want people to see your IP address (like many people do in this forum), I recommend Tor Browser.

The reason why Tor isn't recommended for normal usage is because it's slow and makes it harder to browse sites.
 
I've been thinking about making the move to another browser.
Is firefox good?
Been using google chrome (adrenochrome??) for a long time.
If firefox is not good then what is?
open source browsers are the best because you can download the code and inspect it yourself or even compile/build the program itself and there is much less of a trust gap because of that.

It's not.
Librewolf is capable for normal usage and is safe.
second this, brave is a honeypot and so is opera gx and all the other shilled browsers. (opera gx is at least partly controlled by the ccp and they track everything you do)
i have been trying out librewolf for a few days, its pretty much a hardened (more secure) version of firefox, while still not being too overbearing on the security part like tor.
its open source too so you cant really go wrong with it over any other mainstream browser so i'd also recommend it if you want a more normal browser experience.
otherwise, if you need complete privacy and dont mind sacrificing a little bit of speed, 100% use tor as SatAnon mentioned.

hope it helped :3
 
otherwise, if you need complete privacy and dont mind sacrificing a little bit of speed, 100% use tor as SatAnon mentioned.
Yeah, but you do not get privacy with The Tor Broswer, but instead anonymity.

With a VPN you don't get anonymity, but instead privacy.

There is a technical difference between the two, and it matters in cases where people are very interested of their digital footprint.
 
Yeah, but you do not get privacy with The Tor Broswer, but instead anonymity.

With a VPN you don't get anonymity, but instead privacy.

VPN and the TOR network can be combined too.
I'm not sure if anonymity and privacy is not the same thing, but security is another mayor aspect, besides privacy.

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For starters, the biggest security upgrade for windows users, is to upgrade to Linux, since it's way less targeted. From there, the more simple your system is, the less attack-able surface there is. Browsers like firefox also has a lot of security features, but at the end of the day the most secure and private browsers are browsers that only fetch the HTML and display it. This however is not usable for 99,999% of people.

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Hello,

The following is a mixture of facts, personal opinion and personal experiences:

1. Firefox, out of the box is better than all other mainstream browsers. Still corporate owned. Still tracks you, collects data.
-Recommended for the uninitiated.

2. Hardened Firefox is when you take a standard Firefox browser and you make certain changes to it, increasing the level of privacy.
You can find online resources on this. It should be pretty easy from what I read.
-Recommended for people which are not scared to tinker a bit.

3. LibreWolf is a FOS (Free Open Source) Firefox modified clone by a small team of guys that have my respect.
It is similar to a Hardened Firefox instance.
-Recommended for the uninitiated and the people that are not scare to tinker a bit.

4. Brave, I don't know much about. I'll trust the other members which talked about it.

At the end of the day, dump Chrome, Edge or Opera or whatever dubious browser and get one or more or all of the ones described above.

You could Start off with Firefox, move to LibreWolf then Hardened Firefox.

Also try Brave.

But most importantly, don't believe me, do your own research.

Sincerely,
HDNW.
 
Yeah, but you do not get privacy with The Tor Broswer, but instead anonymity.

With a VPN you don't get anonymity, but instead privacy.

There is a technical difference between the two, and it matters in cases where people are very interested of their digital footprint.
VPN and the TOR network can be combined too.
I'm not sure if anonymity and privacy is not the same thing, but security is another mayor aspect, besides privacy.
there certainly is a huge difference between anonymity and privacy, i just wanted not to use a lot of jargon.
privacy is more about staying "low-key" to most of the internet, not having your data logged/stolen etc. and trying your best not to be traceable to an extent (very big oversimplification though)
anonymity on the other hand, is about having an internet identity completely untraceable to all actors including the website owners, your isp, the government, and other various threat actors

for example, TLS is one of the protocols used on websites to partially encrypt your traffic, that would be privacy instead of anonymity, because while it encrypts your actions on the website itself, your IP is still visible by the TCP handshake being made to the website (which is able to be read by anyone really), they just dont know what you've been doing on the site.

VPNs are mostly used to only hide your IP address from other users of the internet. while your IP is safe to other users, it doesn't mean it is safe to the company managing the VPN, most VPNs are required by law to store logs of all your connections and requests to websites so when law enforcement wants something, they knock on the door of the company and it gladly complies and gives all your data to them (perhaps because it was a honeypot in the first place).
VPNs that claim they don't do this are called no-log VPNs, regarding this, i would recommend mullvad, its cheap and reasonably trustable unlike proton and other shilled VPNs like NordVPN :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO:

however nothing can really cover up your own mistakes, when darkweb website owners got caught it wasnt because of using tor, it was because they did small stupid opsec mistakes just like mr. conor fitzpatrick, a hacking forum owner...

If you need to go ultra schizo then i recommend using tor + renting a residential VPS, a VPS doesnt get detected by filters that block all connections to tor users and a lot of the fraudsters and hackers use a setup like that. alternatively proxychains + tor + multiple residential VPS but that would be kinda overkill.

For starters, the biggest security upgrade for windows users, is to upgrade to Linux, since it's way less targeted. From there, the more simple your system is, the less attack-able surface there is.
I agree with the second part, as for the second part, theres really tons of reverse psychology on this topic, using Linux would make you stand out more as you would be seen as an individual who cares about their privacy or is generally technically enclined (obviously Linux is still used by 99% of servers but the fingerprint is different). I'm sure the governments etc. all have 0 day exploits on Linux, but in general, you shouldn't be worrying about that if you're not a huge threat to them. But yeah if we're only talking about security then Linux is a good start, user friendly distros are more hardened than windows but still are not perfect, even the most barebone distros like gentoo still have people trying to harden it even more.
 
VPN and the TOR network can be combined too.
I'm not sure if anonymity and privacy is not the same thing, but security is another mayor aspect, besides privacy.
Anonymity refers to a hidden alias. And privacy refers to being 'hidden'. You can be hidden, but people know who is hidden. You can be unknown while people being aware of you.

Look for the definitions of these words, and understand how these protocols work.
 
I agree with the second part

The first part refers to exploits, viruses, and etc. that are way more common for windows desktop, than for Linux desktop. Perhaps this is the only good thing in the fact that not many people uses Linux. You just don't have to worry anymore to get a virus or something.

however nothing can really cover up your own mistakes, when darkweb website owners got caught it wasnt because of using tor, it was because they did small stupid opsec mistakes just like mr. conor fitzpatrick, a hacking forum owner...

That's the thing. Targeted individuals on the internet never got exposed because of a breach in the system they used, but because of too much talking. I have already messed up this, but it's hard when we are so "close" to each other here, in a way, like a family.
 
The first part refers to exploits, viruses, and etc. that are way more common for windows desktop, than for Linux desktop. Perhaps this is the only good thing in the fact that not many people uses Linux. You just don't have to worry anymore to get a virus or something.



That's the thing. Targeted individuals on the internet never got exposed because of a breach in the system they used, but because of too much talking. I have already messed up this, but it's hard when we are so "close" to each other here, in a way, like a family.
there's always some sacrifice of opsec happing everywhere, even the way you type and articulate yourself exposes everyone, including myself. there's no fool proof way to be completely anonymous, every single vector there is will be used against you. but we, as SS, have the Gods to guide and protect us, unlike others. so always keep your head up. i completely understand the emotional attachment, i also felt very conflicted about sharing personal stuff on other platforms to friends i've made there, its hard to let go sometimes. all in all, minimum interaction is the "safest", but does it all really matter if you cannot participate in the first place? i'm here to repay the Gods and the JoS staff that worked hard to give me the knowledge that i now possess and i know i will not regret helping everyone here out, even if it leads to the exposure of my identity.

well that was my small little rant lol
 
Anyone know if Firefox with Ublock origin as good as people say?
I don't know what people say, but I know for a fact that having no ads show up on your desktop PC for as long as having a desktop PC and then using a public PC that does not have Adblock is a huge contrast. The internet is infested with ads. I would also add other useful add-ons such as block WebRTC, and maybe NoScript or something along those lines for a more controlled web browsing environment.
 
I've been thinking about making the move to another browser.
Is firefox good?
Been using google chrome (adrenochrome??) for a long time.
If firefox is not good then what is?
Brave Browser i recommend ;)
 
Anyone know if Firefox with Ublock origin as good as people say?
Firefox with uBlock origin is a solid choice.
LibreWolf is a FOS clone of Firefox and it comes with uBlock already installed and enabled.

On top of both browsers with uBlock origin, look for other useful externsions. Henu the Great recommended some.
Please refer to my previous reply on browsers.
That's the story for Desktop / laptop usage.

For mobile browsers, Firefox seems to be the only decent choice (if you have an Android phone).
As I said previously, I have no experience with Brave.
Perhaps Brave's native ad blocking works on iOS, as opposed to Firefox on iOS being castrated by Apple by disallowing extensions.

Sincerely,
HDNW.
 

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