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.

  • Klajan@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

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

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      1 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.

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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

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      1 year ago

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