From Newsgroup: alt.privacy
On 2025-07-06 11:02rC>a.m., Marion wrote:
The Hidden Truth About Privacy-Oriented Browsers for macOS ><https://www.macobserver.com/tips/round-ups/the-hidden-truth-about-privacy-oriented-browsers-for-macos/>
I think the article has some good privacy insight that even I didn't know.
The main premise of the article is:
"All Browsers Claim to Respect Privacy, Only a Few Actually Do"
I love the way they explain "We respect your privacy" and "for a more >personalized experience" in a matter-of-fact manner.
They specifically delve into Opera, Brave, Vivaldi, and Firefox.
Thanks, that article was a good read. I didn't realize there were so many
other browser offerings. I never much liked Google Chrome, or any Microsoft
browsers. I've been way too entrenched in using Firefox since the early
2000s, so despite any of its shortcomings I'll still stick to using it.
The bottom line is also using common sense with many of our browsing habits.
Being careful what sites to visit and what you click on is a big part of
it.
On my Windows and Android devices I prefer Firefox. But on my Apple laptop
and iPad, I more often use Safari.
Computers and browsers were a lot simpler back in the 90s, albeit less
advanced, but we didn't need to worry as much about all this. But now
everything has become very corporate, and it takes the fun out of what was
once the magical feeling of being online.
Maybe for a really secure browser, I should just run OS/2 in a Virtualbox
and use the old versions of Netscape or even IBM Web Explorer. Lol, they
will be a lot slower and clunkier, but I'm sure there's no built-in garbage
for telemetry and tracking like we see in modern-day browsers.
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