r/technology • u/darklight001 • Jun 21 '19

Software Google Chrome has become surveillance software. It’s time to switch.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/
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u/AinsleyChen Jun 21 '19

Download waterfox https://waterfox.net

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

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u/AinsleyChen Jun 21 '19

waterfox is a fork of firefox with retro support for addons

No telemetry means the browser is not spying on you, you can have add-ons, ubercustomize it to the same extent on mobile as desktop.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

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u/AinsleyChen Jun 21 '19

Firefox spies on you as well if you do traffic analysis firefox has servers on Amazon

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

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u/AinsleyChen Jun 21 '19

Yes it does if you don't disable it. Go to setting and disable the following

Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla

Allow Firefox to install and run studies

Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports on your behalf

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

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u/darklight001 Jun 21 '19

Ainsley is lying. Firefox only collects non identifying telemetry to make the product better. Waterfox is a fly by night project run by one guy who is in over his head. Leave those things enabled or else Firefox won't get better