15 hours ago · Tech · 0 comments

Okay, simple stuff to get privacy and security in a non-paranoid way that will actually make using the internet better: Use Firefox or Safari (preferably Firefox) on macOS. Use Safari on iOS. There is not a world in which you need to use Chrome.1 Install uBlock Origin for Firefox or uBlock Origin Lite for Safari. Use the default settings on both. What this will do is, simply, block ads. However, "ads" does not exactly cover what is going on with the code behind the web page. Many of these "ads" are recording the information about your browser and computer that is made available simply from connecting your computer to another (this is unavoidable and should be harmless) and running bidding wars with your own computer's resources before showing you an ad. Adblocking will speed up the internet, which seems moot now with gigabyte speeds, but can actually be felt while browsing around. This will also prevent security concerns from attacks that look like ads. uBlock Origin is also so…

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