howto: web - browsers and privacy/security     rev 15 dec 2021

     "With great power comes great responsibility."

  "Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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Browsers which protect your privacy more [as of nov 2018]
  (in order of most to least -- all very subjective, and not
   as a result of deep research. But to lead you to find out.)
   Everything changes. Some up-to-date info is at
     https://restoreprivacy.com/google-alternatives/#h-google-chrome-alternatives

  Tor browser
    https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.eni
      Linux, mac, windows.

  Brave
    Brave is the new privacy web browser from the inventor of
    JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla, with a built-in adblocker
    to give you the fastest internet browsing experience, while
    providing a deep level of security and pivacy protection.
    https://be.brave.io/
    not yet available on linux. [nov 2018]

  Firefox
      private browsing windows
        tracking protection, third-party cookie blocking, is on by default 
    https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/
      also has excellent developer documentation and tools.

  Opera
     has ads and tracker blocker - off by default.

  Safari
     ads and tracker blocker on by default.

  Chromium
    same engine as Chrome, made by Google, but without the 
      tracking and other junk that is built on top of it.

  Internet Explorer
     has ads and tracker blocker - off by default.


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Browsers which protect your privacy less

  Google Chrome
    https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/11/google-chromes-users-take-back-seat-its-bottom-line
    No built-in tracker blocker.
    Entire business model is to invade your privacy and inhale your data.
    Its "incognito mode” only hides what you do from others who
    use your machine; does nothing to protect you from being tracked.
    Do not use.

  Microsoft Edge
    No built-in tracker blocker.
    Do not use.



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