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<blockquote data-quote="Rod" data-source="post: 1710311" data-attributes="member: 204485"><p>Taking a slightly different track on the security angle there is (for some people) another option. Many people do not realise that while using a popular browser eg Safari, Chrome or Firefox a lot of their off line data is available to trackers which do everything from market research to predicting what sites you may be searching for and recording your IP address. It means they can essentially read your browsing history (offline data). Obviously one can put in place addons like Ghostery and Adblock or use Private Browsing options within the browser but these all require time and effort. One alternative for the very lazy is Epic. A chromium based ultra private browser which has only recently come to my attention, full explanation here; <a href="https://www.epicbrowser.com/privacy/intro.html" target="_blank">https://www.epicbrowser.com/privacy/intro.html</a></p><p>This is a browser that is permanently in Private Browsing Mode. It retains no History, does not accept third party Cookies, Utilises a third party US based Proxy to hide your IP address preventing trackers from recording your search history, using search engines via it's proxy site.</p><p>However this does not mean you cannot have a bookmarks bar for quick access to your regular sites and a favourites page for regularly visited sites and save your passwords for sites that require a login. It does not work with many password managers with the exception of OnePass (I am told) and even then it requires some tweaking.</p><p>It does mean that almost all trackers are blocked, your IP address cannot be seen and you will see no ads or be vulnerable to adware on the sites you visit.</p><p>It does display some odd behaviour on some sites, for example I was unable to load the iCloud site until I turned off the proxy server, which is easy to do and there are easy ways to customise Epic's behaviour for any sites but generally I have had no problems with it.</p><p>I think that this "no frills" browser would be ideal for children or the elderly but we have to bear in mind the old argument. If all adware was blocked how would sites (like this) one fund thier presence online.</p><p>Personally I prefer to use Chrome or Opera with Ghostery and Adblock enabled for some (but not all) sites. For those sites I actively support (like this one) and others where I actually want to see the ads I am happy to make an exception.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rod, post: 1710311, member: 204485"] Taking a slightly different track on the security angle there is (for some people) another option. Many people do not realise that while using a popular browser eg Safari, Chrome or Firefox a lot of their off line data is available to trackers which do everything from market research to predicting what sites you may be searching for and recording your IP address. It means they can essentially read your browsing history (offline data). Obviously one can put in place addons like Ghostery and Adblock or use Private Browsing options within the browser but these all require time and effort. One alternative for the very lazy is Epic. A chromium based ultra private browser which has only recently come to my attention, full explanation here; [url]https://www.epicbrowser.com/privacy/intro.html[/url] This is a browser that is permanently in Private Browsing Mode. It retains no History, does not accept third party Cookies, Utilises a third party US based Proxy to hide your IP address preventing trackers from recording your search history, using search engines via it's proxy site. However this does not mean you cannot have a bookmarks bar for quick access to your regular sites and a favourites page for regularly visited sites and save your passwords for sites that require a login. It does not work with many password managers with the exception of OnePass (I am told) and even then it requires some tweaking. It does mean that almost all trackers are blocked, your IP address cannot be seen and you will see no ads or be vulnerable to adware on the sites you visit. It does display some odd behaviour on some sites, for example I was unable to load the iCloud site until I turned off the proxy server, which is easy to do and there are easy ways to customise Epic's behaviour for any sites but generally I have had no problems with it. I think that this "no frills" browser would be ideal for children or the elderly but we have to bear in mind the old argument. If all adware was blocked how would sites (like this) one fund thier presence online. Personally I prefer to use Chrome or Opera with Ghostery and Adblock enabled for some (but not all) sites. For those sites I actively support (like this one) and others where I actually want to see the ads I am happy to make an exception. [/QUOTE]
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