Advanced Plus Security oldschool's config 2021

[oldschool]

Which one do you like more? Firefox or Edge and why?

I haven't used FF enough to say but I primarily use Edge for my sign-in accounts and I prefer it for that. I think FF is a great choice for general browsing, among other things.

 

[Kongo]

I'm now using Edge as my main browser because I'm tired of Brave devs not including or fixing some basic Chromium features, e.g. cookie exceptions that work. Also, I'm a bit tired of the feature bloat. Plus, I tested Trace in Brave and its etag filtering doesn't work which I attribute to the way Brave is built because it works fine in Edge. I guess love isn't always eternal!

Edit: Also using µBO in Easy Medium mode as suggested by @Lenny_Fox in both Edge and Firefox.

Didn't the Trace developer stop updating Trace? I am quite sure that someone said it's discontinued for now.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

I'm now using Edge as my main browser because I'm tired of Brave devs not including or fixing some basic Chromium features, e.g. cookie exceptions that work. Also, I'm a bit tired of the feature bloat. Plus, I tested Trace in Brave and its etag filtering doesn't work which I attribute to the way Brave is built because it works fine in Edge. I guess love isn't always eternal!

Edit: Also using µBO in Easy Medium mode as suggested by @Lenny_Fox in both Edge and Firefox.

Welcome to the dark side.
we have Cookies

 

[CyberTech]

I'm now using Edge as my main browser because I'm tired of Brave devs not including or fixing some basic Chromium features, e.g. cookie exceptions that work. Also, I'm a bit tired of the feature bloat. Plus, I tested Trace in Brave and its etag filtering doesn't work which I attribute to the way Brave is built because it works fine in Edge. I guess love isn't always eternal!

Edit: Also using µBO in Easy Medium mode as suggested by @Lenny_Fox in both Edge and Firefox.

If you have any problem with Edge or whatever that might happen so change to FF as main browser first

 

[silversurfer]

I'm now using Edge as my main browser because I'm tired of Brave devs not including or fixing some basic Chromium features, e.g. cookie exceptions that work. Also, I'm a bit tired of the feature bloat. Plus, I tested Trace in Brave and its etag filtering doesn't work which I attribute to the way Brave is built because it works fine in Edge. I guess love isn't always eternal!

Really, so we can never read again from you: "Stay safe and stay Brave"

Seriously, Your decision is fully understandable, Edge works overall almost perfectly

 

[oldschool]

Didn't the Trace developer stop updating Trace? I am quite sure that someone said it's discontinued for now.

Trace v. 3.06 updated 6-21-21 and is available from the Chrome Web Store.

 

[Burrito]

This is like the worst setup in MalwareTips history.

Not really.

Pretty sure this setup could withstand nuclear attack.

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[blackice]

This is like the worst setup in MalwareTips history.

Not really.

Pretty sure this setup could withstand nuclear attack.

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Someone poked their head up today…

 

[oldschool]

Bye bye Brave!

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

DuckDuckGo Tip:
https://safe.duckduckgo.com/ is DuckDuckGo with enforced strict mode.

You can add it as search engine too. Just change the path in search engine browser settings to this domain so the result is:
https://safe.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

 

[ErzCrz]

DuckDuckGo Tip:
https://safe.duckduckgo.com/ is DuckDuckGo with enforced strict mode.

You can add it as search engine too. Just change the path in search engine browser settings to this domain so the result is:
https://safe.duckduckgo.com/?q=%s

Nice tip! I'm trying to move over to DDG but still end up using Google but with all that consent nonsense with Google, it's making the switch easier.

 

[oldschool]

Switched back to ClearURLs from Trace in Edge.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

@oldschool

When you delete history etc with firefox and chrome, the URL parameters tracking is a little hyped up. Even when you have set all privacy options to a minimum on your phone and your PC, tracking is still possible when websites use agent profiling and pixel tagging (despite using clear URL's). Parameter tracking is usually only session related. When you sign up for a website, you also agree with the terms of usage and these terms often include interest based tracking to provide you with better services .Tracking is not all bad, it helps to find what you want to buy and help you with post sales services (e.g. order history).

As long as you don't login to your browser on your PC and smartphone the tracking across devices is limited due to the increasing government regulations in regard to privacy. Privacy is a lost case, relative privacy is a constantly evolving due to money and risks involved in regard to public health (Covid19) and public safety (terrorism).

I also use strict tracking blocking in Firefox (with Pyllyukko relaxed user.js) and Adguard's optimized Easylist filter with a few extra rules in Myfiles to deal with Google annoyances. On Edge I use default tracking with Kees1958 most common list only and also below rules.

Spoiler: My files

!
! Deal with Google annoyances
!

! Inject javascript to blur Google FLOC interest tagging
*##+js(no-floc)

! Block switch to Chrome popop on google domains (search, maps, etc)
||ogs.google.*/widget/callout$all

! Strip Google click identtifier and Google search location parameter from URL parameters
*$removeparam=gclid,domain=google.*
*$removeparam=gs_lcp,domain=google.*

! youtube.com
||youtube.com/subscribe_embed?$third-party
||youtube.com/subscribe_widget$third-party
youtube.com###alert-banner > .ytd-browse > .yt-alert-with-actions-renderer
youtube.com###mealbar\:3 > ytm-mealbar.mealbar-promo-renderer
youtube.com###notification-footer
youtube.com###secondary-links
youtube.com###yt-feedback
youtube.com###yt-hitchhiker-feedback
youtube.com###yt-lang-alert-container
youtube.com##.yt-consent
youtube.com##.ytd-banner-promo-renderer.style-scope.ytd-banner-promo-renderer-content
youtube.com##.ytd-banner-promo-renderer.style-scope.ytd-banner-promo-renderer-background
youtube.com##.ytd-primetime-promo-renderer
youtube.com##.ytd-statement-banner-renderer
youtube.com##.ytp-ce-playlist
youtube.com##.ytp-pause-overlay
youtube.com##.ytp-title-channel
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, *.playerResponse.adPlacements)
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, *.playerResponse.playerAds)
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, 2.playerResponse.adPlacements playerResponse.adPlacements playerResponse.playerAds adPlacements playerAds)
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, 2.playerResponse.adPlacements)
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, playerResponse.adPlacements)
youtube.com##+js(json-prune, playerResponse.playerAds)
youtube.com##+js(set, ytInitialPlayerResponse.adPlacements, null)
youtube.com##div[class^="ytd-consent"]
youtube.com##ytd-popup-container > .ytd-popup-container > #contentWrapper > .ytd-popup-container[position-type="OPEN_POPUP_POSITION_BOTTOMLEFT"]
youtube.com#@##consent-bump
||gstatic.com/youtube/img/promos/*.jpeg$image,domain=youtube.com

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Even when you have set all privacy options to a minimum on your phone and your PC, tracking is still possible when websites use agent profiling and pixel tagging (despite using clear URL's).

Also don’t forget Server side Tracking which can’t be blocked and don’t forget that every blocking end in higher fingerprinting

 

[oldschool]

@Lenny_Fox @SecurityNightmares For quite sometime I've been on the fence re: these extensions for the reasons you mentioned so I've removed ClearlURLs. Now using µBO only so I blend in with the herd!

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Also don’t forget Server side Tracking which can’t be blocked and don’t forget that every blocking end in higher fingerprinting

True, but ...

Technically server side tracking systems still needs client side user identifiers. So they can't track you cross domain, but they do offer a more in depth view on first party tracking and anonymous tracking during a session and even over sessions.

 

[Dave Russo]

Hi,Old-school, Just wondering have you ever used your Aoemi backup,for a restore and how do you rate it a

compared to others you have used?

 

[oldschool]

Hi,Old-school, Just wondering have you ever used your Aoemi backup,for a restore and how do you rate it a

compared to others you have used?

I use Aomei Pro. I prefer Aomei over Macrium because I like the simple interface and very easy to use, but others prefer M. These are the only 2 I've used other than Windows built-in.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

True, but ...

Technically server side tracking systems still needs client side user identifiers. So they can't track you cross domain, but they do offer a more in depth view on first party tracking and anonymous tracking during a session and even over sessions.

They can as every client send more than enough identifiers. Just use Facebook or Google as example

 

[Lenny_Fox]

They can as every client send more than enough identifiers. Just use Facebook or Google as example

Not the place to discuss here, maybe you better have a deeper look into server side tagging. This is a nice read explaining the new server side Google Tag Manager (link)

"... The main reason is that this way you can incorporate the server-side data collection endpoint that you own in your first-party domain namespace. Having the endpoint in your first-party domain namespace means you can do things like set first-party cookies with Set-Cookie headers and thus avoid Safari expiring them within 7 days of being set.

This becomes significant when you consider things like Intelligent Tracking Prevention. You might want to make use of cookies in the incoming requests, but if the Server container is hosted on a domain that is different from where the requests are sent (such as your site), these cookies will be considered third-party cookies and thus dropped by many browsers ...."

Key take away: use a browser which clears all data when closing (Edge/Firefox) and/or closes a tabs and clears data when it is inactive for some time (Firefox/Safari). I don't mind server side tracking on websites on which I log into to buy, book or view stuff (like amazon, booking.com and netflix). This type of interest based tracking is where server side tagging is build for.