Advice Request Browsing Profiles

[Back3]

My basic security setup: W11 64 bit, UAC default, F-Secure Safe, Simple Windows Hardening, Firewall Hardening, Norton Power Eraser and SophosScanandClean as second opinion scanners, O&O Shutup10, Macrium Home and Syncback free, Sumo, Process Explorer and Autoruns.

Browsing profile for my secure surfing (mostly 25 sites like MalwareTips):
Chrome or Edge, Cira DNS for Canadians, F-Secure Browsing Protection and Adguard Ext. Bitwarden

Browsing profile for insecure browsing:
Enable a VPN ( Windscribe or Surfshark), Activate Sandboxie Plus and use Librewolf (uBlock Origin).

Do you guys use different browsers or different browser profiles to accommodate your surfing habits?

 

[roger_m]

I am always connected to a VPN. I use Catsxp (a fork of Brave) 99% of the time. I use Edge for browsing YouTube, as I'm signed into my Google account on Edge. I'm never signed into Google on my main browser.

 

[Jan Willy]

For banking and buying I use a different profile in MS Edge with strict security settings. The only extension is Adguard Browser Assistent, which is the link to the interface from Adguard for Windows. This improves the tracker protection and adds Google Safe Browsing (for what's worth). Next DNS is the last link in the security chain.

 

[Jan Willy]

I use Catsxp (a fork of Brave) 99% of the time.

What's the advantage over Brave? I can't find documentation about it.

 

[roger_m]

What's the advantage over Brave? I can't find documentation about it.

It has better tab management. For example, it can open every address entered in a new tab rather than the current tab and you can get it open new tabs to right of the current tab. Also, it is based on newer builds of Chromium than Brave is.

 

[Brahman]

What's the advantage over Brave? I can't find documentation about it.

It's made in PRC and there is no information about who is making it and there is no contact information. The FAQ about privacy states as follows....

Strictly abide by the "Regulations on the protection of computer software" of the people's Republic of China, will not collect your personal information for any reason, and will not send them to the server or any third party server. Fully comply with the principles stated in the privacy white paper of Google Chrome, and can only be enhanced on this basis, but not weakened. In the future, it is possible to send usage statistics and crash reports to the server with the authorization of users. In addition, no data will be sent to the server.