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Which VPN should I use?
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Hides ur IP address from the websites you visit and any peer to peer services, which otherwise could be used to geolocate you or identify whoever’s name is on the internet plan. They also block your ISP from seeing what connections you are making, but this is just a shift of trust as the VPN provider will then get that information so you need to trust that they won’t log it or sell it
Thanks. What are your thoughts on Brave browser?
I don't trust Brave
https://archive.ph/jKeYQ
https://absolucy.moe/dont-use-brave/
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2020/06/06/the-brave-web-browser-is-hijacking-links-and-inserting-affiliate-codes/
https://davidgerard.co.uk/blockchain/2019/01/13/brave-web-browser-no-longer-claims-to-fundraise-on-behalf-of-others-so-thats-nice/
https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/8793
If you need a Chromium based browser, I would suggest Cromite. Otherwise, I recommend people use hardened Firefox or LibreWolf, especially considering Manifest V2 not being supported by Chromium unless forks maintain their own. The whole point of switching to V3 was to make adblock less effective. Thus, Firefox and its derivatives, which are not within the chromium ecosystem, which has its neck under Google's boot (though Mozilla is basically supported financially by Google, which is another story), are the best to use with uBlock Origin, which is generally the best adblock you can use.
https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#best-case
https://backlit.neocities.org/browser-evaluation-mullvad-floorp-librewolf
https://privacytests.org/
brave is a cornucopia of blockchain scams and lies but it does a little ad blocking well so the average tech person doesn't bother fact checking any of it's marketing/privacy claims lmao