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EFF "cover your tracks" browser privacy test (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ Wanted to share this awesome tool to test your browser, also please do share your results in the comments.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Just use brave

Our tests indicate that you have strong protection against Web tracking.

IS YOUR BROWSER:

Blocking tracking ads? Yes

Blocking invisible trackers? Yes

Protecting you from fingerprinting? ◕ your browser has a randomized fingerprint

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

fuck brave

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I never got all the Brave hate. Just don't do the crypto stuff.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

that in my opinion shouldn't be in the browser in the first place, plus I don't wanna support the chromium monopoly and instead wanna use a gecko based browser.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

It's opt-in

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

For me, I just dislike the feature bloat. I wonder if somebody has a brave fork, since brave has some of the best fingerprinting protection amongst all browsers