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Hhh, true.


My Chrome bristles with privacy extensions -particularly Scriptsafe (which nukes G analytics, for example).  I know some still gets through, but I wonder how much.

Well, here's the thing ..I live in an ad-free world online and I'm OK with what leaks until I see/uncover some nefarious influencing or manipulation of my chosen content or product pricing. I kill ALL the cookies Privacy Badger digs up --currently allowing less than 25 out of 3800+.  Other than what sites I choose to view naked ladies, I suspect VISA and Amazon each have profiles on file that would equal Big G's. I don't use vpns, so Time Warner knows where I've been, including the naked lady sites.  If VISA, AMAZON, & TimeWarner have done a data swap, then -well, crap- they know pretty much everything.

Do not take this as a What's-The-Big-Deal post, as I'm very concerned, but I'm ok-ish with what I let them see because I'm aware, silo-ing, and occasionally self-restrained about what goes online.  I do not bank online, for instance. Nor do I casually buy on strange shopping carts, even when it's more convenient. Content on my gmail is purposely benign, and never includes data regarding the extended family. 

The first Apple computers I saw in the flesh were in boxes piled up at schools, waiting to be installed.

>How

2 words, imo: Androids & Chromebooks

This Windows laptop came with Chrome installed.  G must have paid off Asus.

What I found astounding is the mass migration from Firefox to Chrome. How did that happen?

In my case, it was because Firefox crashed constantly. IE was clunky and I never liked Opera, though I tried a few times to make it my browser and like it.

So I finally just gave into the Gorg and started using Chrome because it actually worked. Ironically, the only place I've ever had trouble, and almost made the switch back to FF because if it, was using Google's own sites, where I generally found FF less likely to crash or hang.

I use FF on all my Android devices.  I've been happy with it.  On the laptops (Mac, Win, Linux), I use Vivaldi which uses most Chrome extensions.  I'm currently using Privacy Possum.  FF is my backup browser. 

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I happen to use an extension as part of my massive newsfeed-handling setup that *may* offer some anti-tracking trickery.  I CAN tell you that it overloads my history to the point of being useless for me, takes forever to search. Mentioned here:

I'm thinking more along the lines of a DOS-attack defense.  Or at least some obfuscation by providing so much data that it clouds their viewport.

In the movie Air Force One, there is a scene where the plane releases metal confetti to mess with tracking. That image keeps coming to mind.

My browser history is already significantly off-center because I happen to use the G Chrome "Mark All As Read" extension

It adds all link anchors to Chrome's history to ensure that. While that turns all links into visited links, it means that all links on the page end up in Chrome's browsing history.

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