How many Adblocking/Privacy extensions are too much?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨SomeTeaMonster@lemm.ee⁩ to ⁨privacyguides@lemmy.one⁩

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.

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Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I mean ublock origin is really all you need imo so I guess one

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Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Use Firefox with ubo. Stop using chromium browsers.

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- SomeTeaMonster@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  After reading through this whole thread, that’s exactly what I’m doing.
  
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  - Genghis@monero.town ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    Firefox isn’t as secure as Chromium browsers due to its internal sandboxing and site isolation being substantially weaker (especially on Linux). If you are on a Linux machine, I recommend you use Brave with no ad blocking extensions because first, it comes with an ad blocker by default. Also, the more extensions you have, your attack surface increases.
    
    If you are on Windows, you should be using Microsoft Edge paired with UBO Lite as it offers the highest security and UBO Lite doesn’t have access to the site data. If you are concerned about the telemetry of using Edge, you can turn it off and if you’re still paranoid, you will have to switch to Linux at this point.
    
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Sebo@lemmy.one ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
My rule for this is if tor uses it its pretty dam good aka No script + Ublock Orgin

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n0clue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
Ditch ghostery and replace with privacy badger.

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AphoticDev@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
The only privacy add-on you need is uBlock Origin with script blocking and advanced mode enabled, installed on Firefox. Better yet, LibreWolf, although a few websites will be broken by LibreWolf. There are no other privacy add-ons that are necessary beyond uBlock Origin.

I mean, you can install them if you want, but they won’t do anything.

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scytale@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
You can have what Brave does except block ads/trackers, which uBO can cover anyway, but on Firefox or Librewolf instead. For extensions, ditch Ghostery.

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chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
less is more in this case, the best approach is:

UBlock Origin NextDNS to filter the queries Block Cookies cross sites

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ReversedCookie@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
I do not need to try smth which I already did and others too. I’m also not talking about ky experiences or opinions, what I said are facts.

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