u/WelderOk2829

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Browsers: Security Versus Privacy

A long time ago we separated from the monkeys. We've come a long way since then. We're now clever. We use iPhones. We send men to the moon. And well all stuff our fat faces with Big Macs and Cheezey Fries.

IMO, we've reached one of the most pivotal times in our entire evolution. Anthropic have just rolled out Mythos. It's the most intelligent AI ever created.

Experts predict that in two years from now, AIs like Mythos will be able to give birth. Yes, you read that correctly. AIs will be able to generate next generation AIs.

So Mythos #3 will have a baby. It'll be called Mythos #4. A year later, Mythos #4 will give birth to Mythos #5. And so on.

I'm a published designer. My company makes websites. We have a client that not so long ago sold a multi-million dollar superyacht.

On the PC, I use Google Chrome. I will now be massively downvoted. But one year from now, I will be massively UPVOTED.

Security will be significantly more important than privacy.

Imagine what might happen if Mythos #6 ends up in the hands of scammers, or the type of people that inject malware into websites and/or browser extensions.

Every week, at least two people on this sub start threads asking about privacy browsers. Next year, these people will be asking about security browsers.

What do you guys think about this? Some of you are a lot more knowledgeable about this topic than me, so I'll be interested to see what you think.

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u/WelderOk2829 — 24 hours ago

First off, Brave Nightly is excellent. I'd recommend it to anyone.

Earlier today I tested Edge for Android. It's okay, but what surprised me is that it still offers uBlock Origin as an extension. I thought Microsoft, along with Google, had deprecated MV2. I guess they continue to offer UBO as it's known to be a secure, high quality product.

I then re-tested Firefox Nightly to see how it's evolving. As well as its obvious UBO compatability, it now features Time Magazine's Invention of the Year: Shake to Summarize.

https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-special-mentions/7320805/firefox-shake-to-summarize/

This is actually a very useful feature. If you're reading a long-form article and it starts to drag, what do you do? Soldier on and endure the tedium, or quit? Well, now you don't need to do either.

Shake to Summarize isn't perfect. Summaries are done on Mozilla's servers, and sometimes they're busy. Quite a few times I got a message telling me to try again later.

IMO, this is a step forward for Mozilla, and further evidence that they're using AI sensibly. A few weeks ago, for example, they used Claude to identify a set of vulnerabilites in Firefox which their engineers had completely overlooked.

Shake to Summarize is also the kind of feature normal users want. Normal users do NOT want to know how to install extensions as XPI files, nor do they want to fiddle around with UBO's settings in order to add a Hazegi Pro++ list.

It seems to me, then, that Mozilla is finally starting to get its shit together. And if you're the sort of person who opposes the Chromium monopoly, that's good news.

One more thing: Firefox Nightly is definitely smoother than it used to be. Last time I tested it, scrolling on certain websites was noticeably bumpy, jumpy, laggy and stuttery.

u/WelderOk2829 — 15 days ago

I use Brave Nightly on Android and generally switch on the first 6 filters in the Content Filtering section (which of course lives in the Brave Shields section).

Today I scrolled down a bit and noticed a Paywall Blocker filter. I switched it on, headed over to the New York Times, and OOH LA LA the paywall had gone. I can now read the NYT without interruption and without needing to set up an account.

This can't be done with a normal Hazegi-style list -- it must be done with a user script (ie, Javascript). This intrigues me. Until today, I thought Brave Shields was primarily a set of lists.

Are there any other tips and tricks I should be aware of in order to get the most out of Brave?

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u/WelderOk2829 — 21 days ago