So as the title mentions, I’m wondering how much is too much?
I am currently using Brave with the setting to:
- Aggressively block trackers & ads
- Only connect with HTTPS
- Block fingerprinting
- Block cross-site cookies
In addition to that, I have installed the following extensions:
- uBlock Origin
- Ghostery
- Decentraleyes
- DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials
So my question is: Is this overkill? If so, what should/could be removed that may be redundant? I want as much coverage as possible, but not have things bloated.
Given that the US has almost zero privacy legislation, the politics of the owner/maker often hints at decisions that eventually make it into the software. Many of the reasons to avoid chrome and chromium are similar to this, though not about a specific person but about the values that google holds in fucking over standards. We see this reflected in some of the decisions of say social media platforms (even “free-as-in-beer” ones) and many companies.
In many cases, you’re still giving them money and/or power to continue fucking up open standards.
What money am I giving. I didn’t spend a singular cent.
What power am I giving. I didn’t vote for anything.
Who made you like this?
You sure about that?
Verily
Why waste your time on lemmy/kbin or the fediverse? Reddit/X/Threads are free-as-in-beer so you don’t pay for them, there’s more content, and you don’t pay for them. You can skip all of the ads with adblockers and have a great time.
I don’t get the point that you are trying to make
That part is clear. You’re presumably concerned about privacy based on your participation here, but not about the people responsible for making privacy an issue of concern in the first place. You’ve artificially constrained politics to “voting”, but voting is only a tiny portion of politics, and when it comes to non-government entities one that’s not useful. Using software or a platform is inherently political, and when someone is profiting from that and working to chip away your rights it becomes important.
Yes that’s the point. I couldn’t care less about the politics involved, as long as the product is FOSS.
You like to attach “politics” to anything, because that’s what USA television has warped your mind into.
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lol. That’s the weirdest mind-warping logic that you need to use to make that statement make sense.
I don’t watch television in the US. However, everything being political was true when I lived in Europe for years. Many smart Europeans have written about this for centuries, but I’m guessing you haven’t read their work.