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The Great "Alternatives to Chrome" Browser thread

#1

Lob

Lob

Following on from this thread which is similar....

UR Browser seems to have nice features and is very configurable: www.ur-browser.com
(does anyone know why Windows considers this a PUA? :D)

Any other options you can think of or offer?


#2

P

PHolder

Lob said:
UR Browser
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Stay far far far away from this software. They have instructions in the FAQ on how to whitelist in in all the major anti-malware programs. Any software that is found to be bad by ALL the anti-malware software is definitely dangerous. Also there's this:
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/bk8txp


#3

Happenstrance

Happenstrance

Tor Browser


#4

R

Ralph

I use TOR browser selectively depending on what I am doing, otherwise I use Firefox. A browser thread seems the perfect place to ask this. I recently read that it is a bad idea to use a VPN with TOR. I think the reasoning was the VPN funnels everything from one source, or something like that. I use a VPN for everything. Any thoughts on using TOR with a VPN?


#5

P

PHolder

Ralph said:
I use a VPN for everything. Any thoughts on using TOR with a VPN?
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Well TOR isn't really much more than a "multi-level" VPN. Beyond extreme paranoia, unclear what is beneficial about using TOR if you're already using a quality VPN. It will most definitely mean your session will have higher latency.


#6

R

Ralph

There is an increase in latency, but nothing objectionable. I don't use TOR often, but a couple programs I run are set to use it. I would imagine that if I were streaming video or moving large files using TOR my opinion on latency would change. I think the point the article I read was bringing up was that using a VPN with TOR undoes at least some of the anonymizing TOR does.


#7

P

PHolder

Ralph said:
using a VPN with TOR undoes at least some of the anonymizing TOR does.
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I can't imagine how. If it does, it must be something highly technical in TOR that puts one at risk. Personally I think that is just scare mongering.


#8

R

Ralph

The fact I haven't seen that from multiple sources makes it quite likely scare mongering.


#9

miquelfire

miquelfire

The only way I can think of (and I could be VERY wrong BTW) is if the VPN your use happen to be a TOR node itself that happens to be a entrance or exit node your using. Don't know if the VPN could do anything in that case to nudge your node selection process to use one of its nodes.


#10

Watchman

Watchman

Old and skeptical, I "cut my teeth" on XP. If you understand the "KISS rule", less can be MORE. I use Firefox; they have F Secure, the best security package bar none. Duck Duck Go is my anonymous search engine. UBlock Origin is my only ad blocker. Over the last decade, on my WordPress blog, I posted at least fifteen warnings pertaining to Google, and social media including Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, (which I satirically call "CensorTube") over privacy and security issues. Many are unaware that Google is the CIA's bastard child! Being new here I'm finding the navigation somewhat peculiar; Trying to paragraph opens a second "reply" window.


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