Goodbye, Chrome: Google’s web browser has become spy software

Our latest privacy experiment found Chrome ushered more than 11,000 tracker cookies into our browser — in a single week. Here’s why Firefox is better.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/google-chrome-has-become-surveillance-software-its-time-switch/

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@privacytools Is Brave Browser a good replacement for Chrome?
Or is firefox and tor browser better?

@thegnumaster @privacytools I use brave but I hear really privacy-concerned folks prefer firefox if not one of its spin-offs (e.g. "waterfox")

Tor is super secure, but slower than hell and has some drawbacks (e.g. certain sites block tor nodes)

@smithy @TheGnuMaster @privacytools The speed argument used to be a real pain for Tor usage, but nowadays I can get a couple MB per second downloading stuff over Tor. It's honestly not as slow as many people still claim it is.

@tyil @privacytools @smithy Tor is really fast nowadays. Capable of streaming 4K or 1080p at the very least.
(I know that is not always the case).
I wish there would be more Internet Service Providers who would be brave and support Tor Exit Relays.