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1. everyo+(OP)[view] [source] 2017-01-05 15:15:24
Who uses Chrome anyway?

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Question: I'm not a web dev, Ive never heard of this. I currently use adblock plus and privacy badger. Does this do what they do? Would it be a good idea to install them all? If not which solution do you think is the most hardcore in terms of privacy. thanks!

replies(4): >>iUsedT+q >>pimlot+v2 >>xkcd-s+z3 >>pixdam+Fb
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2. iUsedT+q[view] [source] 2017-01-05 15:17:57
>>everyo+(OP)
Consider using Ublock Origin, lightweight, more honest and well behaving adblocker.
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3. pimlot+v2[view] [source] 2017-01-05 15:29:36
>>everyo+(OP)
> Who uses Chrome anyway?

Over 50% of all desktop users [0], or, in other words, hundreds of millions of people.

0: https://www.netmarketshare.com/browser-market-share.aspx?qpr...

replies(1): >>ryandr+E8
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4. xkcd-s+z3[view] [source] 2017-01-05 15:35:43
>>everyo+(OP)
I use it at work, where I don't expect tons of privacy to begin with.

Google keeps trying to recruit me based on my search data...

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5. GlickW+j5[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-05 15:47:23
>>xkcd-s+z3
They're just recruiting based on specific search terms. It's not your search data or related to your browser. If you find a search term that pops up the recruiting message, you can send it to your friends and they'll be able to get it to appear as well.

It's pretty pointless anyways.

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6. ryandr+E8[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-05 16:07:52
>>pimlot+v2
GP should have asked "Who uses Chrome AND is privacy conscious enough to be interested in this?" Those demographics shouldn't really overlap much. It's like making a product for people who like hanging around in a casino but don't like gambling.
replies(2): >>jstanl+69 >>hshuss+aa
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7. jstanl+69[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-05 16:10:37
>>ryandr+E8
I use Chromium because Firefox's performance is too terrible, but I consider myself privacy-conscious.
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8. hshuss+aa[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-05 16:16:17
>>ryandr+E8
They do overlap. I'm privacy conscious but I feel myself forced to use Chrome because the alternative, Firefox, has subpar security features (no sandbox, no process separation) and terrible performance.
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9. pixdam+Fb[view] [source] 2017-01-05 16:23:48
>>everyo+(OP)
> Who uses Chrome anyway?

Anyone who's (or should be) a little bit concerned about security ?

Firefox has been absent from 2016's Pwn2Own contest because of insuffisant "security improvements in the last year".

This may change with the Electrolysis project[1]

[1]: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Electrolysis

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10. gog+Vk[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-05 17:13:05
>>jstanl+69
Where do you get the binaries? Or do you build it yourself?
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11. jstanl+NJ1[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-06 06:22:14
>>gog+Vk
I use Ubuntu. I get the binaries out of apt.
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12. square+x75[view] [source] [discussion] 2017-01-07 23:48:53
>>jstanl+69
Take a look at Palemoon. A Firefox fork with speed in mind. https://www.palemoon.org/
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