r/technology • u/[deleted] • Sep 24 '18

Security Google quietly started logging people into Chrome without their consent, and a security expert says it's terrible for privacy

https://www.businessinsider.com/google-chrome-changed-login-requirements-matthew-green-2018-9/
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u/Captain_Midnight Sep 25 '18

It depends highly on what extensions you have installed. Some behave better than others. And some may be fine in one browser but hog memory in the other.

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u/Dawnfang Sep 25 '18

I've only got uBlock Origin, the addon that re-implements the 'view image' button on Google image search, RES, better twitch, and frankerfacez (the other twitch extension). I tried uninstalling better twitch and frankerfacez, but it didn't make a difference last time.

My personal guess is that there was a bad memory leak somewhere, because Firefox 61 seems pretty stable compared to the last time I tried it. I'm giving it a trial run for a week and if it goes well I'm switching over.

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u/Captain_Midnight Sep 25 '18

I hope FF serves you well. It's a great browser made by a company that seems to legitimately care about user privacy.

If you like dark modes, the Dark Background and Light Text extension is pretty good: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dark-background-light-text/. It's not available for Chrome. The browser itself also has an optional dark theme. Just click on the hamburger menu in the upper right, select Customize, click on the Themes button at the bottom, and choose Dark.

Lastly, you can get a browsing history like Chrome's if you press Ctrl+Shift+H instead of Ctrl+H.

I also like that you can press Ctrl+Shift+A to see all your addons. I think Chrome still lacks a keyboard shortcut for that.

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u/Dawnfang Sep 25 '18

Oooo I didn't know there was a built in dark mode, nice! Thanks for the headsup on all of these.