Why Firefox is the best browser for privacy and how to configure things properly (see change log)

In this episode, we explore why Firefox is the best browser for privacy and how to configure things properly.
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[@hasecilu]

Some time ago I read a comment that said: Chrome is Google's browser, Edge is Microsoft's browser, Firefox is our browser

[@unspecifiedx2096]

It should be their official mantra

[@HafifSyukra]

Why there is Soviet anthem playing?

[@hasecilu]

@@HafifSyukra Because Firefox is made by the community to the community XD

[@marcusbrsp]

Firefox (and the Gecko rendering engine) is actually the only real alternative to Chrome these days. Because while you do have a few alternatives in Edge, Brave, Opera and Safari they are all using the same rendering engine (Blink) as Chrome under the hood. For that reason Firefox is more important than ever. (Technically Safari is using a different rendering engine, WebKit, but that essentially an old version of Blink.)

[@macgyver9013]

@@marcusbrsp very helpful thx... was considering brave vs FF

[@jorgemtds]

I've been using Firefox since it was first launched. It's all I need in to browse the Internet on Windows, Linux or macOS.

[@扎马斯sk]

我也用火狐浏览器，他这个版本插件差一个翻译的，让我放弃这个版本，还是下载普通版本，我是移动用户

[@BobJones-dq9mx]

I use either TOR or Brave

[@Ultrajamz]

I just hope they stay focused on the browser and now sjw crap

[@charlie4christ536]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5LXeq2nrKdlmqM Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life. (John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

[@hiraeth_3674]

Add me on tik tok man

[@jamessandoval101]

I use this on all of my computers now. My productivity has gone up drastically by not having all of this junk I have to skim through. Thank you so much!

[@baruchdkaufman9472]

How does firefox wit your recommendations compare to using the tor browser?

[@mountainskyaerialphotograp3921]

IF you want to protect your privacy, Get rid of FB.! PERIOD.

[@reocam8918]

Also google

[@liar2k5]

@@reocam8918 we need and use google for just about everything tho

[@johnmaletic898]

Or run it in a different browser with an isolated profile (a containerized ssb).

[@nataliefeelme4416]

Google, Twitter, Facebook,Ig ,Whats App. ALL of them.

[@blainesnow1476]

Got rid of FB, got rid of Chrome, got rid of Google Search, now working on getting rid of Gmail and Google apps.

[@ibenzawla]

Whenever I have a new computer or after resetting an old one the first thing I do is update it. The second thing is install Firefox.

[@sunknudsen]

Great process Abdulai. I have to publish an episode on updates. Thanks for sharing!

[@Drew1903SG]

Fortunately now new Win10 machines come with Edge so sure no need or reason to install something else.

[@ibenzawla]

@@Drew1903SG LOL

[@clocked0]

@@Drew1903SG LMAO

[@Drew1903SG]

@@clocked0 Both of you laughing out of ignorance or being ostriches. Doesn't alter what was said as fact.

[@moeldo4435]

I'm clueless and your commentating actually gave me a great feel and understanding of the process. Thanks a lot

[@ungeekfurioso4802]

I already know this, I just came to benefit this video for the algorithm

[@k3lash174]

Hey Sun, I accidently reset my firefox. i returned to this video and set it up again. So what i want to say is THANK YOU! Your old video is still alive and important!

[@m_s7155]

The inability to disable auto-play alone on chrome was enough reason to completely change everything over to firefox. Firefox is just better in so many ways

[@dfaultkey]

@Stephen P Nope

[@adriancastro6202]

Dude, I don't understand why this video does not have more likes, but I've contributed with mine and I just subscribed to your channel because of it. It is a fantastic video. I just followed your instructions and now I feel a lot more safe to browse. Thank you!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push Adrian. I guess the channel is slowly taking off. 🤓

[@imsamiurrahman]

After years of using Chrome I switched to Firefox and now I can say it's the best switch I've ever made.

[@MichaelSharpTechniSmart]

I have switched to Firefox after watching this, now and will donate to them. We can't let Chrome rule!

[@waltofalltrades6817]

How do you donate to them?

[@IngrownMink4]

@@waltofalltrades6817 If you want to help Mozilla Foundation they have a webpage for that, and if you want to help to Firefox development, you can help them using their latest products (Mozilla VPN for example).

[@thatoneocto]

Using Firefox with privacy settings then using tor when you really want to be private is very cool beans

[@HJM9x]

The containers sound interesting and i am going to used it.

[@sunknudsen]

Containers are amazing! I am so thankful this feature has been developed by the Mozilla team. 😊

[@kamakshiv3118]

Jealous

[@patrickorear5712]

@@sunknudsen I was trying to also set up containers and realized it is only available if you are not using Private Browsing mode. Any suggestion, is running containers better, and simply not using Private Browsing. Haven't watched your other video yet about private mode.

[@johnmaletic898]

Containers don't do THAT much. Unless you run them as isolated profiles alltogether. What counts is baton passing (fingerprinting). Firefox sucks at that. What you really need is browser isolation. The container addon on Firefox hardly does anything. But, Firefox hides something more invasive. A really sneaky piece of s;;;t software. That's MITI. It's one of the reasons Brave browser was created.

Ohh don't tell to anybody... ahh... )

[@170makes]

"Enable DNS Over HTTPS" is automatically set now. Go Firefox! Thx for the great tutorial btw.

[@mzmzmzm]

These tips are great. I should note I didn't learn my lesson until the third or fourth refresh... before watching this video in a different browser.

[@mzmzmzm]

very helpful!

[@sunknudsen]

Happy to read this content is helpful and that you didn't give up!

[@girohead]

Good stuff, nice descriptions. I've used Firefox Forever since when IE was slow, as they and others improved I've stuck with Firefox. I knew of many of these and others and agree with your points like passwords and synchronizing. I tried Chrome but didn't like being tied to the mother ship so I use Chromium if absolutely needed, but Firefox on Linux has been fine for all but a couple website apps. Thanks for the https and other tips.

[@Yatukih_001]

I used it for years but have no idea if the maximise / minimize the search windows issues will be fixed in future releases.

[@monjurkarim9661]

Good knowledge sharing. I have firefox setting in my hope pc , setting like bookmark etc. How can I get the same settings in my office PC ?

[@Nixima81]

Thank you, super appreciated tips and tricks. Is there a good way to backup your settings etc without the build in sync function?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Jonny, between desktops yes... The data associated to profiles is stored in "~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles".

[@cheriyan5183]

Hey, What's your take on the new Microsoft Edge browser which is really promising..?

[@jakobfel2]

I've used Firefox off and on throughout the years and I do still very much enjoy it but I'm concerned about their recent lack of impartiality in regards to politics. I get that they're open source but we've been seeing so much political censorship over the past year that when companies start getting political, it's an immediate red flag for me.

[@gl35]

Good point. Public companies should remain impartial, open, and not censoring or fact-checking every political opinion.

[@jakobfel2]

@@gl35 In my opinion, private companies should do the same unless they're specifically designed and aimed at a certain audience. For example, Twitter should not be censoring people at all (except in the case of illegal activity, naturally) when their platform is aimed at a global audience.

[@earnestthompson5136]

Glad to see the millennials waking up to censorship! Today it’s conservatives and tomorrow it’s liberals or YOU!

[@jakobfel2]

@@earnestthompson5136 I was never really blind to it but it has become too blatant to ignore at this point and it's frustrating.

[@keyboardwarrior2418]

All news sources should always be fact-checked. The world has seen how dangerous fake news can be (especially far-right conspiracy theories).

[@YTG99]

Nice video. Why are you using Mac; is there any proprietary software which is only available there?

[@sunknudsen]

Great question. I find UX on macOS is better than any Linux distro I tried. I also use Adobe products for design work. That being said, I use Linux on my servers and for more sensitive use cases.

[@lucasardelli7164]

Thank you for the advice you share in these videos. I’m doing some study on how to set up my devices so I’m less prone to privacy vulnerabilities. Is there any reason to not use Brave in place of Firefox (Developer Edition)? Thank you in advance!

[@sunknudsen]

Haven’t looked into Brave in a while. Will report back once I have a change to try it again.

[@lucasardelli7164]

@@sunknudsen Thank you in advance!

[@not-ya-business]

@@sunknudsen Brave+Duckgo... do it asap and forget everything about ffox dump. Trackers bloking is one of the main feature I like.

[@bartoszjureczko6833]

Hi! What about the latest news with FF Meta? Do we need to look for another browser? Thanks!

[@RyanThor]

You had me at "Sovereignty":)

[@philaug353]

Hi Sun, you mentionned you werre using a password manager, to protect your privacy could you tell which one and why ? Thanks a lot for your video ...

[@mijaelwatts]

Which one do u prefer? Firefox or Brave? I know brave is chromium based but they say they have better privacy by default than Firefox. It'd help to have a video about brave browser, if u think it's worth it ;)

[@violetrose9403]

I am a mature person and I really am grateful that I found your videos. I appreciate your tips and setting up the dialogue boxes; Security, sync, cookies etc. I do not enjoy feeling techie uneducated. Thank you.

[@sunknudsen]

Glad to hear this content is helping others learn about privacy 😊

[@HelloNotMe9999]

Any experience with Brave Browser, and can you do a video on it?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Leo, great suggestion. Brave is on my research backlog.

[@paulcampbell840]

I've just moved to dissenter which is based on brave. All good so far.

[@IngrownMink4]

@@paulcampbell840 Dissenter is a disaster. It is not regularly updated/patched with the lastest security patches...

[@michaelwelsh375]

I'm a little older then most of your viewers. Is it possible for me to try and follow along in the program you are explain? I can't write quick enough to keep up. Thanks for your work.

[@RonnieAT]

I love how everyone uses the old OG logo with the paw

[@septmoon_]

Can't believe I'm finding this video so late but thank you so much for all the info!!

[@rbrock00]

That was a very useful tutorial. One question about "containers": Are the containers to keep data in or out? What is the potential threat? Also, at the very end of the video, you were illustrating the FF toolbar, and you showed "create folder". Could you please explain why we would want / need to create a folder? Thanks again for an informative video.

[@River-zo6ve]

You can think of containers almost as being different Firefox profiles - scripts in one container don't have access to data in other containers. Not sure what kind of threat you're imagining, but just using containers at all is an improvement, even if used poorly.

[@siliconhawk]

folders because say you are doing some research or more general term lets say you save a lots of reddit posts for some reason now you want to bookmark them but if you put them all in toolbar then it will become a mess. put it in folder and you have some form organisation

[@4knucklehead]

Question.....I've had the same MacBook Pro for years with lots of book marks on Safari, can these be imported into Firefox together or do I need to do 1 at a time, or must I do a fresh install of OS for your recommendation to work? Great content Sun...you've got me thinking more about my Privacy!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push! I believe Firefox can import your bookmarks all at once.

[@rutvik30b]

thanks for this video helps a lot , am gonna follow these steps and get myself secured, thank you again, keep up the good work!

[@sunknudsen]

Pleasure, more episodes coming 🤓

[@kamakshiv3118]

Reaction

[@Adolephon]

Hello, i m using Brave browser, have you tried it? what you think?

[@Youtuber-hm6ir]

Brave is also very good for privacy and ad blocking along with removing trackers.

[@lvh4975]

Any chance of coaching those of us with Windows 10? Also which password managers do you recommend?

[@giornogiovalim6301]

Thank you very much! I definetly put some of these settings on my firefox too, and i think it's a good way, to browse like this :)

[@randomuser4838]

This is better chrome.com

[@fastlane005]

@@randomuser4838 not for privacy

[@ChildTickler202]

Good to see Sun always opening Facefox on Firebook browser

[@mocoyotzi11]

I really appreciate this video! I like how thorough it is, and the number of reasons you give for using Firefox over web browsers. Do you have any recommendations for password managers ? or a video on them?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Moses, have a look at kzbin.info/www/bejne/q3ulmJVuja-id5o. I have published two episodes on password managers. 🤓

[@roberthardy5171]

Hello, well what do you think about Safari? Especially now they have tracker blocking too and add lots of privacy features. Is Firefox still better?

[@roberthardy5171]

and excuse me but do you make any other containers or only for Facebook?

[@sunknudsen]

Safari is OK, but less extensible and not open source. I use containers for Amazon, Google and LinkedIn. I actually don't use Facebook, but would recommend using one container per social media platform.

[@Targariyen]

Really like your videos and how eloquently you cover these topics. While I have been a long-time fan of Firefox, I do like to refresh my browsing experience now and then. I've been using Vivaldi for 1,5 years and came back to Firefox after seeing your video. Any thoughts on the Brave browser? Does it stand up to its hype that it is better than Firefox for privacy? Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the push and great question about Brave... haven't tried Brave in a while. I am planning on trying it out and sharing my thoughts. Stay tuned!

[@ZacharyConner93]

@@sunknudsen Did you happen to make the video on brave? Couldn't find it in your videos yet. Thank you for all you do!!

[@tommy3bad]

Thank you, great content. Subscribed

[@CH-ol5rh]

Firefox is surprisingly smooth on macOS. I would say it’s very close to Safari, and much better than Chrome for which I have to switch to dedicated GPU to make scrolling smooth. But I’m having colour management issue with Firefox. Colours look over saturated. I tried to manually turn on the colour management mode in about:config but it didn’t work for me.

[@sunknudsen]

Interesting, never noticed color issues at my end and I am pretty obsessed by color (my monitors are hardware calibrated). Are there others who are having this issue? Thanks for sharing btw.

[@afipermana551]

hey quick question, why you prefer using firefox than safari? i mean safari is build for mac and its pretty save to use isn't it? and btw your vids is awesome

[@sunknudsen]

Hey, I favor Firefox because the app is open source and more configurable. Thanks for the push!

[@ganjagun3997]

I have firefox both on my phone and computer I love how you can take control and the security! 🦊

[@nekonesto5601]

What a gold-mine of an audio, thanks! I can't find the HTTPS everywhere add on you use, does it have a different name now?

[@kevomeister]

I have used Firefox since I was a kid, due to their recent authoritarian comments, I'll move on to Dissenter.

[@paulcampbell840]

Just done the same myself. Was using firefox from its early days. Was annoyed when they blocked dissenter add-on a couple of years ago. They've sided with the other totalitarians now, so goodbye firefox.

[@sofiabergstrom41]

What authoritarian comments?

[@barleyeducated8714]

@@sofiabergstrom41 Deplatforming Trump wasn't enough, need to do more to clamp down. :(

[@blainesnow1476]

Hey Sun - isn't the new Safari (in Big Sur) about as safe as Firefox? Or would you recommend still using Firefox on my Macbook?

[@bibleredpill]

You express real satisfaction when you remove Safari, but you never mention why. Perhaps you have another episode for this but can you give a short version of why are you do not like Safari? I’m a Mac user in Safari is all I use. But I use firefox on rare necessary occasions.

[@the-old-channel]

I’m curious, what’s your opinion on Brave?

[@Sergiopoo]

I love Firefox but I'm intrigued by Brave Browser. It would be great if you could make a video comparison or your general thoughts on Brave browser since they also "sell" the idea of privacy

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for sharing. I agree. That episode is on my mind. 🤓

[@Sergiopoo]

@@sunknudsen great! i will look forward to it. Love your channel

[@stevevlahos1]

Thanks. Stumbled across your channel and am enjoying the security centric content. Keep it coming. 😊

[@nicholasbrooks7349]

It’s also open source. ALSO IT HAS ATUO PINING FOR ADD ONS.

[@tejpatel5320]

Safari (Webkit, the "og") and Google Chrome (Chromium, based off Webkit) are also open sourced, Chrome tracks you through the signed in account and by attributing your internet activity to your IP (if you are not signed in). You will be surprised at the amount of big companies with open sourced projects (like Facebook and ReactJS).

[@Fotogoscar]

I followed to the end. One question, setting up Gmail. Do you put it in a container too? Also, how do you set Firefox to use Google maps?

[@froekenur]

Hey again Sun, would be interesting to hear your thoughts on Brave.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the recommendation. Brave is on my research backlog.

[@froekenur]

@@sunknudsen Would be interesting to hear your thoughts about the ethic stuff with the brave browser. Also check the "braver" project :)

[@Agent47real]

@@froekenur Personally it’s amazing with a built in ad block and blazing speeds and it uses less memory than chrome

[@akbc3247]

I just stumbled on your channel and I am hooked already subscribed and binge watching your videos. I've been using Firefox as a second to Safari (bc of some sites compatibility) for years and never knew most of this. I just made the switch and its now my default browser in all my devices.

[@sunknudsen]

Welcome back to Firefox. 🤓

[@xsarchitect]

Yeah, that's nice but we're all going to throw it in the toilet now.

[@liar2k5]

Wait why what happened?

[@hakimakbary65]

Wish you had also done a video on how to import passwords and stuff from chrome and then linked it to this one. Yet, I must say hats off

[@MetikalMan]

Do one for mobile! Most of my browsing is on iPhone iPad.

[@sunknudsen]

See kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5qnpaKje5lkp7s. That being said mobile is not the best for privacy. Have you watched kzbin.info/www/bejne/pHyaZ3iBq8eoqKM

[@RBASB10]

Hi 👋, would you say that Firefox is more private and secure than Brave?

[@gkp1595]

how about brave browser? please compare and bring the review on that.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for the suggestion. I confirm Brave in on my research backlog. 🤓

[@informativecontent4778]

Brave isn't as powerful as Firefox

[@Snbravo03]

What about Brave browser? How secure is that, especially compared to Firefox?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Samuel, I have to look into Brave again. Stay tuned!

[@sophiegadoury830]

Firefox 💪🏼

[@tr33m00nk]

I appreciate that you are trying to cover a lot of details quickly. But by not reading aloud the 'labels' on the features you're whipping through at dizzying speed many of us are only getting half of the instructions 'cuz we don't know what the function you are setting is called. One must go through this stopping at each 'unknown', try to identify it and then set it. OK, but the 'view' of the screen you're showing is 'just readable' and I'm using 'full screen' mode on a 27in monitor @ 1920x1080p. People seeing this on 13in or 15in laptop screens aren't likely to get much of the text without stopping & magnifying the video, etc.,etc. Hence the recommendation to speak the labels for the features you're adjusting. You should watch this video as a 'newbie'; you'll see what I mean.

[@sunknudsen]

Thanks for sharing... I hope I have improved since... that was my second video on KZbin.

[@kram_lina]

The fact that the founder of Firefox and creator of JavaScript left Firefox to build a better privacy-preserving browser Brave indicates that while Firefox may be better than Chrome, it in no way protects user privacy as well as Brave. Firefox was flawed and that’s how Brave came to be

[@sunknudsen]

I agree the story is intriguing. Have to look into Brave again.

[@marthaceciliasierrasaenz5662]

It will be great if you do a security inspection to Vivaldi browser, they said they are private, but I don't know if as much as Firefox !! Thanks for this great channel

[@JJSS-vg1qs]

Well this hasn't aged well.

[@halasimov1362]

Right!!

[@snagglepuss3341]

LibreWolf beats Brave at privacy and ads. I use to only use firefox until they went political along with several others, even Reddit came out saying some crazy stuff. So crazy how so many open platforms are starting to silence people. Driving normal people to go darker in Open Source products. I don't want the company's tracking how I live so they can figure out how to convince me to buy their products. I struggle with my will power on Amazon already.

[@ivoryowl]

Personally, I don't bother with deleting history/cookies because it also disconnects me from several websites I use on a regular basis. For example, every time I close my browser and re-open it to check my Gmail account, I have to open my password manager, put in the credentials of said account, go and grab my phone, input the SMS code I just received (2-step verification), and then I can log in. I have to do this through different websites, every time history/cookies are deleted. I'm used to closing my browser on a regular basis (because sometimes I'm gaming and I want minimal stuff in the background hogging resources) and this can become a veritable pain in the rear to do all the time. So if you're like me, leave these two options alone unless you're in an unsafe location or need to share your device with someone else.

[@zaak186]

welp not anymore!

[@nithin6093]

Hello, great video, I have problem with firefox containers extension. It doesn’t show in the top right, other extensions are showing. What to do? Pls help

[@computerfachmann4278]

I love Firefox, but I don't understand why you can use Chrome or the new edge That's just Google Tracking out and Microsoft tracking in

[@shaun5234]

what search engine do you prefer? DuckDuck Go or Google , I prefer Google, everyone collects your cookies thats part of the scam

[@shaun5234]

@Leif I want to be Elected , Alice Cooper

[@vaaldrin]

i have been using chrome for years, but newly i switched to ff also and i am very happy with it. Now i have 1 question please: i have uBlock Origin in FF installed and in the privacy settings i have chosen standard. What do you recommend? To switch to custom, or keep it in standard since there is uBlock Add on installed? Thank you for the great and helpful video!

[@mrjoshharvey7017]

Firefox isn't the best anything anymore dude. This vid didn't age well

[@sebastienmeunier1643]

Hey there I just stumbled upon your channel and this video. I see that it was released 3 years ago so I'd like to know if all the information contained here still applies today exactly as is, or do you have another more recent video with updates taking into consideration new versions of software, new security/privacy threats, etc. Thanks for sharing!

[@itscolll]

he made a 2022 revised edition of this video

[@disposableproduction]

Firefox is a privacy nightmare. The settings you check in the menu to ensure said privacy don't actually do what they're supposed to. Take fingerprinting for example even if you check strict tracking protection on the desktop version go to about:config and look for privacy.resistfingerprint it will be set to false...soooooo......... As of 8/27/20 they have eliminated the about:config for the mobile version which basically eliminates privacy and being non monetized. Other privacy issues such as indicating in the settings you don't want autocomplete/search suggestions as you type is ignored (turn it off and try typing amaz it will auto complete to amazon.com), the push for you to add everything to top sites or home page and to sync your tabs all while burying addons under several layers of menus. And it's ugly. They've turned private browsing to the same purple as TOR to try to mislead users into associating it with TOR, among a whole host of other d!@k moves. Make no mistake they are out to monetize you, your privacy is the last thing on their list.

[@sunknudsen]

Feel you... but what better options do we have? Mitigating browser security vulnerabilities requires a huge amount of resources. Btw, Firefox on iOS is essentially WebKit... so I would avoid it for privacy. Actually, I would avoid smartphones in general for privacy. See kzbin.info/www/bejne/inKziqFse6hoqpo.

[@joeheritage]

Just found your channel and I am happy I did. Any thoughts on Brave browser?

[@ashishpatel350]

real privacy is when you use linux instead of osx.

[@death_parade]

Just made the jump to linux (OpenSUSE). Couldn't be happier.

[@primekrunkergamer188]

OSX IS EASIER TO USE

[@XxxTheCoolKidxxX]

Great video! played @ 1.5x speed and secured my browser @ a blazing fast pace XD

[@Bay_0k]

This didn't age well

[@liar2k5]

Wait why?

[@Bay_0k]

@@liar2k5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eH67o5mjh7ijqK8

[@hakimakbary65]

There are quite many web applications (e.g. twitter) that I login with my google account. Should I put them inside the container that we created for google?

[@msheart2]

I #boycottMozilla.

[@lte1581]

Hi Sun, This was really helpful. Thank you. Your videos are interesting and informative. Subscribed.

[@IOnlyFollowChannelsIHate]

No thanks, I don't need a browser that crashes every 5 mins.

[@Our1stPlanet]

Excellent, one of the best Videos that I have seen. All videos should be like this.❤

[@jackagain8346]

Firefox is garbage....

[@854gabryel]

What's the reason to choose a third-party password manager over firefox's own pass manager?

[@sunknudsen]

Hey Gabriel, great question. I like to compartmentalize how I use computers... and tend to favor providers that specialized in one area. Firefox as a browser and 1Password (currently) as a password manager.

[@stanthaman6634]

Firefox sucks

[@rbrock00]

What about using Firefox VPN extensions? Recommended or not? Necessary or not?

[@imsamiurrahman]

What about AdGuard extension? Would you recommend using it?

[@frozenturbo8623]

Really good, requires little better computer than ublock origin, also blocks bad sites

[@TheDreadwolfMetal]

Hey what about Edge and Brave? It would be nice a versus between these theee (Edge, Brave and Firefox)

[@amangeorge2407]

Wow...... That's a long video but it's worth it. Got everything needed to keep privacy mode on. Thank u....

[@sunknudsen]

Pleasure! Lots to cover... and the privacy guides series has 39 other episodes now... welcome to the rabbit hole!

[@philgreenfield8704]

Years ago I was told not to sign up to FB, because once you do they have all your details etc forever. Hence the reason I have never signed up to FB or TW. Thank goodness for that advice.

[@insertnamehere4550]

07:05 Do Not Track can ironically be used as a datapoint for browser fingerprinting, lowering privacy. Some argue that the fact websites can choose to ignore this header + the fingerprinting datapoint mean DNT is actually more harmful to your privacy than beneficial.

[@sunknudsen]

Good point... that being said, I like signalling that I care about privacy... Ironic isn't it? I wish DNT had better adoption.

[@koneb1323]

Hi! Thank you for your sharing.. i use firefox with some addons and brave. But i was wondering something, in firefox even if i choose « strict model » , « block all cookies » etc,.. the cookies appears. I want do disable all cookies, first and third party cookies ! When i go on websites it’s always show the pop up screen « accept cookie » or « save my preference and accept cookies » or so Si please can you answer me? Thanks !

[@sunknudsen]

Strange... btw I don't think browsing without cookies is possible nowadays. Perhaps this is why you are asked to allow them on a site by site basis.

[@BradleyBell83]

Any reason not to just use the Facebook container extension? It automatically contains all of Facebook’s subsidiaries ( IG, Messenger, etc. )

[@sunknudsen]

Great question Bradley. If you only wish to compartmentalize Facebook and its subsidiaries, you're all set using "Facebook Container". My gut feelings is "Facebook Container" is essentially a per-configured "Firefox Multi-Account Containers".

[@amargautam2745]

Thanks a lot! you helped me so much.... really appreciate your work and effort.:)

[@sunknudsen]

Pleasure!

[@al-thaidi]

Thanks for all the tips! How do you think Brave stacks up against Firefox? Both in terms of privacy and usability.

[@sunknudsen]

Haven’t looked into Brave in a while. Will report back once I have a change to try it again.

[@MinotaurDIGITAL]

Yes, please do report back on Brave, Sun!

[@czereyski]

Hi what is your opinion about the Brave browser?