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.

  • Dataprolet
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    191 year ago

    You just need uBlock. The other add-ons are redundant.

      • @Klajan@beehaw.org
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        21 year ago

        But uBlock also has javascript blocking functionality, so I’m not sure NoScript is needed

        • @McBain@feddit.ch
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          11 year ago

          NoScript also prevents clickjacking, redirection attack (if I remember correctly, also I’m not sure that it’s the correct term), and few more things that I can’t remember right now… From what I’ve heard one can replace them both with uMatrix, haven’t tried it though.

          • regalia
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            1 year ago

            uMatrix is abandoned

            I’m surprised no one has forked it yet, or at least none that I know of

        • regalia
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          11 year ago

          It blocks JavaScript altogether. NoScript is more fine tuned to allow the minimal amount of js to function.

    • @Decentralizr@lemmy.world
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      21 year ago

      Yes for the browser i agree, sadly apps have trackers and ads too. A dns can be useful if it’s system wide for all that stuff. Nextdns, adguard, rethinkdns or decloudus comes to mind