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Need a solid daily driver browser that’s good for most things (piefed.social)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by hellerphant@piefed.social to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I am trying to get better with my privacy, and I specifically want to try and avoid big US tech where possible. I know they there are many people saying you should use multiple browsers for better privacy and all that stuff, but I’m also being realistic with myself - I just want a solid browser experience that has decent privacy and i can live with that for the most part. Not opposed to maybe 2 browsers, but I’d like one daily driver, especially for work.

I do a lot of social media management and am using the Steam backend daily as I work for a game studio. I need to use YouTube and Bluesky and all those things, so it needs to handle media.

I’m running Vivaldi at the moment after jumping off Chrome. I don’t need to use Chromium. I was trialing Orion on my Mac but I use a Linux machine at home, a windows PC sometimes at work, having something across all would be nice and once again I know that is not 100% privacy, but it’s better than the average user.

Advice would be super appreciate.

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[–] doodoo_wizard@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Pick either chrome or Firefox. I use Firefox when possible. Configure it to delete all cache, history and cookies when closed. Install the appropriate container extension. Install ublock origin and privacy badger. Install your password manager of choice. Configure dot or doh perhaps using the socks proxy settings.

Use containers to avoid sharing cookies. Close your browser when you’re done using it. If you are going to walk away from it you’re done using it, close your browser.

If you’re worried about remembering your tabs, bookmark em. You can’t rely on ctrl-shift-t

If you’re worried about fingerprinting, use a window size that reflects a common screen size or common device.