So as the title mentions, I’m wondering how much is too much?

I am currently using Brave with the setting to:

  • Aggressively block trackers & ads
  • Only connect with HTTPS
  • Block fingerprinting
  • Block cross-site cookies

In addition to that, I have installed the following extensions:

  • uBlock Origin
  • Ghostery
  • Decentraleyes
  • DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

So my question is: Is this overkill? If so, what should/could be removed that may be redundant? I want as much coverage as possible, but not have things bloated.

  • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    10 months ago

    You don’t need any of those.

    The functions and lists of uBlock are built into Brave. Most of the rest are redundant. You’re just having the opposite effect that you’re trying to achieve. These extensions are just used to fingerprint you.

      • HughJanus@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Depends on which browser. On Brave the only ones I use are Proton Pass and ViolentMonkey. You can search/install/run scripts in ViolentMonkey to do the same thing as any other extension.