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by JeremyNT 3900 days ago
I do similar:

* Chromium = google services only

* Firefox = work, normal browsing (e.g. HN)

* Firejailed firefox = useful for sites too broken in regular Firefox

Both Chromium and FF are set to destroy cookies upon session termination and block third party cookies. I use uBlock Origin in "default deny"[0] mode which blocks all third party content by default. I never sign into accounts from google, twitter, linkedin, or any other advertiser purveyor within FF.

The firejailed firefox is for such advertising purveyors and/or for sites which are cumbersome to make work properly by selective whitelisting in uBlock origin. I use firejail, rather than incognito / private browsing, so that the browser will behave exactly as if it were freshly installed when I visit these sites. Some settings (and in the case of FF, add-ons) will impact incognito/private browsing; firejail allows me to run a browser "wide open" safely.

[0] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Dynamic-filtering:-de...

1 comments

Firejail looks great, I did not know about that. Thanks.