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 @moftasa @apollon Firefox does much of the same shit, though more of it can be disabled. For starters, modern browsers have essentially turned the URL bar into a keylogger that reports to Google by default. Also, once you press enter to actually navigate to the URL that you're entered into the keylogging URL bar, by default, Google is asked if it considers that URL to be malicious or not. 12 comments
  @srslypascal @moftasa @apollon You can also switch that off in the Privacy & Security settings if you don't want to mess with about:config @srslypascal I wouldn’t recommend disabling Google Safe Browsing to just about everyone. Telemetry and search suggestions can be disabled safely, however, Google Safe Browsing is important for flagging malware domains/downloads. @moftasa, I’d say proceed with caution in that regard. @srslypascal @moftasa You’re not wrong. Unfortunately, Mozilla loves to claim they’re privacy-this, privacy-that, yet do too much of the shit Google is notorious for. I only said “Google” because the video shows Chrome 😅 @srslypascal @moftasa @apollon Pale Moon is a modern browser that had telemetry yanked off straight from its core.  @srslypascal @moftasa @apollon Right, but I'm sorry, but this is misleading at best. @srslypascal @apollon @moftasa I feel that the Librewolf fork actually lives up to what Firefox presents itself as. @srslypascal @moftasa @apollon If you're the kind of person who cares about that, you're also the kind of person who would turn it off. |
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@srslypascal @apollon even if DDG is my default search engine?