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.

  • Extras
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    491 year ago

    I mean ublock origin is really all you need imo so I guess one

      • Infiltrated_ad8271
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        1 year ago

        I get 100% using only ublock in firefox, without configuring either. Note that stacking filters not only reduces performance, but also increases your fingerprint.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        41 year ago

        Hmm, interesting tool! With just Brave blocking I get 96%, but turning on uBO, I get 100%.

      • @TheInsane42
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        1 year ago

        Very interesting site.

        On Vivaldi I get:

        • No blocking in settings: 39% (how?)

        • only Ghostery active: 86%

        • only uBlock active: 100% (ghostery still reports trackers)

        • Vivaldi Max blocking, no add-ons: 53%

        • Vivaldi max blocking + Ghostery: 93%

        • All max blocing and on: 100% (same as just uBlock)
          uBlock reports 144 blocked
          Ghostery reports 53 blocked

        Even with only uBlock I get a report of 144 blocked ads (96%) with 150 tests and the site showing 100% score Interesting. It’s a nice test site, but I think I can conclude in my setup that uBlock is the best blocker, but a combination of Vivaldi’s settings and uBlock is a minimum. No clue if ghostery ads anything, but the site won’t test everything as it’s impossible to do that in the ad war we’re in.

        • @oaklandnative
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          11 year ago

          Very interesting. Thanks for taking the time to run these tests and share your results!