[Cialug] Chromium vs. Chrome

[Brett Neese]

Again, not sure why you wouldn't trust it when actual security experts
claim it's perfectly secure, in fact, most argue it's the most secure.

The rest is also untrue, you can install ad blockers, turn on DNT, use
NoScript, not connect your Chrome to Google and if you did delete your app
activity. The data Google gets on you is only going to be the diagnostic
data any other app collects -- which is used to make the browser more
secure (and yes, for DRM.)

Note: I'm not defending Google, I use Firefox and have never had a problem
loading websites except on extremely rare occasions (even then, it's
usually because of my content blocking configuration.)

Even so, that's a privacy issue, not a security one.
But if you're having trouble getting websites to work and don't want to use
Chrome, I would just fudge your UA so websites think you're using Chrome.


On Sat, Apr 25, 2020, 3:55 PM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:

> I don't understand what you mean by you can't selectively block js? There
> is an option in the settings to disable it.   While I get what you are
> saying about the insecurities of Javascript, but it's so prevalent now that
> the web is almost useless with JS disabled.
>
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> On Sat, Apr 25, 2020 at 3:30 PM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Jared Brees wrote:
> >
> > > Perhaps slightly deviating from the original topic, I'm curious about
> > > the claim that Chrome is the "most insecure" browser.
> > >
> > 1) No way to selectively block JS;
> > 2) No way to disconnect Google tracking;
> > 3) No way to block advertisements;
> > 4) Nor really a browser to trust, .. unless you also accept Google.
> >
> > FF, OTOH, excels at all of those; the downside is that some sites fail to
> > render properly.
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