Use Firefox or Safari, they have proper end-to-end encryption (browser maker can’t read the data) of bookmarks and other private and personal browsing information (like your passwords!).
I can’t stress enough just how ridiculous it is that most of you just hand Google your passwords to everything from your bank accounts to porn sites.
@thomasfuchs I don't get why brave gets so much mention these days. They seem to have shut down the only semi good idea they had of automatic micro payments to creators for browsing their stuff (even if it was with dumb crypto crap)
Everything else it does is a browser extension away
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I confess I don't fully understand the obcession some have about avoiding Chrome, without adding the "need" to avoid Gmail, YouTube, Maps, Android and the all the other Google products with equal emphsis.
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Letting Google Chrome, or Google anything know your passwords seems like a very bad idea to me. I use Bitwarden, I have been happy with it.
@thomasfuchs Quite right. Plus, Chrome is just a Google-ised version of the Chromium browser. Lastly, Firefox whizzes as compared to Chrome. It has fantastic shortcuts, too e.g. ctrl + shift + c, closes all tabs in the current window.
@thomasfuchs It would not take very long to edit your post with something like "Edit: Sorry folks, this is about public link "collections" that Google have a responsibility to moderate; Google are not moderating bookmarks you save for your own personal private use." That would undo the misinformation that has been spread to, so far, the followers of 1,000 people through boosts.
@thomasfuchs First thing I do when I get a new laptop is to uninstall Chrome (I use Vivaldi which, I know, is a Chrome browser but without all the Google tracking)
@thomasfuchs I'm slightly disappointed it seems very cumbersome to set up my own Mozilla Sync instance. Everything seems to be there, just nut put together in a reasonably installable way.
ok ok!!! I finally just did it. I swapped to Firefox and made it my default! I hope you're happy now!
😜 🙃
I dont know why I get so used to one thing and never want to change just because Im used to it. Im closing out now to open into a new realm forever more and it IS about time!
@thomasfuchs It appalls me when I ask millennials or younger about privacy and/or data security and I get that blank look that says, "Who cares about my info."
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