Anno domini 2020 Thu, 20 Aug 20:30:58 +0100
Janek Stolarek scripsit:
No, certain
browsers typically make lots of connections like this:
Chromium, for example, but Vivaldi is worse.
Yes, but the key question is *why*
are they makling these connections. If they are sending your
private data somewhere that of course is be bad. But if they are fetching data actually
used to
improve privacy? Modern pbrowser provide tracking protection, dangerous site protection,
ad
blocking - they need to get the data required to get this right from somewhere. So, to me
the
fact that a browser is making connections to various web servers doesn't really tell
me anything
about its security or privacy practices.
I did try out Icecat. This one is truly for the masochists. If I want a browser where
nothing
works because of privacy concerns I go with Tor. It was however interesting to try out
something
new, if only for 10 minutes.
I use Tor on a daily base. Looks like you visit interesting places on the net, if it does
not work - Government sites for example. From my point of view any connection a program
makes to any "service" that I did not ask for is not accceptable, what
"good" intentions ever. E.g. "Bad site protection" in firefox gives
your browsing hotory to a private company - that's not fair exchange for a mediocre
blacklist.
Nik
Janek
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