Privacy Guides
In the digital age, protecting your personal information might seem like an impossible task. We’re here to help.
This is a community for sharing news about privacy, posting information about cool privacy tools and services, and getting advice about your privacy journey.
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Additional Resources:
- EFF: Surveillance Self-Defense
- Consumer Reports Security Planner
- Jonah Aragon (YouTube)
- r/Privacy
- Big Ass Data Broker Opt-Out List
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Edge isn't that bad of a browser. I don't appreciate the hate people sling at it without even trying it. It's seriously becoming a better browser than Firefox.
Hmm, I don’t know… Leaving privacy aside (we are on /c/privacyguides mind you) it’s not that bad but it has become so incredibly bloated with features that I almost feel overwhelmed especially coming from stock Chrome or Firefox. Might just be me tho
I thought I wasn't the only one. Came from Chrome and Firefox, MS Edge seems overstuffed with news grids/headlines, Bing sidebar, MS "apps" etc. It is soooo unnecessary.
Like someone has said, we're in a privacy-oriented sub so it's natural (expected even) to expect the hate. Edge/MS really is bad in terms of privacy. So I get the hate.
With that said, privacy concerns aside, I have to agree that its reputation is worse than it really is. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried it, but my standard was IE so it wasn't really saying much lol. It's getting bad with unnecessary features, though.
As for being better than FF... well, of course in terms of privacy FF is still better imho. However, I rely on chromium-based browsers for work. Some internal sites I use for work simply don't play well with FF. I do have Brave, but I sometimes use Edge as well.
Is there a good chromium browser anyone can recommend? Is Brave the best privacy-wise? Vivaldi?
Brave is more private than Vivaldi, but both options are good. Vivaldi's main focus isn't really privacy though. Like they don't sell your data nor collect it (other than some info to see I guess how many users there are?). So if you like the features that Vivaldi has (which is a lot) then VIvaldi sin't a bad option. So really just test em out and see what you like.
Thanks! I'm not sure I'll be using many of Vivaldi's features but it's nice to know they're a good option. I'll stick with Brave for now. Too many features scare me.
I'm one of those people. I hate Edge. Like, with a disproportionate amount of vitriol.
But it actually doesn't have anything to do with its functionality (though I'm not thrilled with the privacy concern OP linked), but rather the fact that I get bombarded with "IT'S BETTER IN EDGE! MAKE EDGE YOUR DEFAULT BROWSER! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE!." It's the most asinine, annoying bullshit.
In all fairness, I did finally figure out how to make it stop. It's just ridiculous that I have to go through all of that every time I'm on a new PC. Let me browse the way I want to, damnit.
I've been using it a bit since Bing chat came out (even though Edge on Linux should probably be like a crime) and it's pretty good. But this is a legitimate privacy concern that's deserving of hate.
The concern about privacy is definitely valid, but I'm not as worried about that stuff as I care more that it works than anything else.
You're on privacy guide, so I think it's natural that people would be worried about privacy.
You're also one of the 5 other people who use edge on Linux then. I'm forced to use it for work and have got too used to vertical tabs to use anything else. You can fix a lot of edges privacy issues via settings and launch options, though sometimes they'll end up turned back on due to an update. I have a love-hate relationship and won't hesitate to move back to Firefox.
Brave has vertical tabs now. :)
Brave is run by a homophobe unfortunately so I don't see myself ever using it.
That's very fair and a bit of a liability for them. It's a bummer.
Yeah, I was using Edge before I started caring about my privacy. It's literally the fastest chromium browser and has a bunch of cool features. But as @CheshireSnake said, privacy wise Edge isn't an option.
I use edge at work only, where idgaf if they have info from that. It's literally just me looking shit up and accessing sites I need to do my job. My coworkers also use edge because it's faster than Chrome and all that.