To opt Google out, go to Search section in browser settings and choose your default search engine. While I can understand Mozilla’s reason for such decision, I can’t understand the ones who mindlessly follow it without setting the default search engine of their own preference. Firefox defaults to Google for financial reasons Google pays them rather generous amount of money, around $400-$450 million annually, to keep their spying search engine as default. Then scroll down to Firefox Data Collection and Use to make sure that telemetry is disabled.Īnother important step in privacy configuration is to set up your default search engine. To stay clear from Firefox’s (stalking) sympathizing with you, go to browser settings and choose Privacy & Security section. UX enthusiasts call it sympathizing with a customer, I call it what it really is – tracking.
This feature is commonly justified by companies’ struggle to improve user experience. This seemingly benign word means that browsers track your online activity and collect data such as performance metrics. So, let’s take a look at it.įirst of all, browsers use telemetry. Indeed, Firefox might be the most adjustable and flexible of all the major ones browsers. Still after applying a few tweaks, Firefox can serve as a nice compromise between privacy and usability. Careful though, while Firefox is not as intrusive as its other big competitors, especially Google Chrome, MS Edge or Apple Safari, which are more or less official spyware, there are some hidden gotchas. Firefoxįirefox is often the first privacy-oriented browser that which occurs to a a privacy conscious individual. I expected Safari and Opera to be salvageable even if Chrome and Edge were lost causes. Even a privacy cynic like myself was surprised by the results. Why not? It’s not a short answer but we’ve published a dedicated article to explain why not.
It’s impossible to protect your privacy on Safari, Opera, Chrome or Edge. We won’t show you how to set up Edge, Safari, Chrome or Opera to protect your privacy. We will indeed show you how to set up Firefox, Brave and Chromium to protect your privacy.
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