Firefox (and the Gecko rendering engine) is actually the only real alternative to Chrome these days. Because while you do have a few alternatives in Edge, Brave, Opera and Safari they are all using the same rendering engine (Blink) as Chrome under the hood. For that reason Firefox is more important than ever. (Technically Safari is using a different rendering engine, WebKit, but that essentially an old version of Blink.)
th-cam.com/video/eatIzqwB2dA/w-d-xo.html Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life. (John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
I use this on all of my computers now. My productivity has gone up drastically by not having all of this junk I have to skim through. Thank you so much!
Hey Sun, I accidently reset my firefox. i returned to this video and set it up again. So what i want to say is THANK YOU! Your old video is still alive and important!
The inability to disable auto-play alone on chrome was enough reason to completely change everything over to firefox. Firefox is just better in so many ways
Dude, I don't understand why this video does not have more likes, but I've contributed with mine and I just subscribed to your channel because of it. It is a fantastic video. I just followed your instructions and now I feel a lot more safe to browse. Thank you!
@@waltofalltrades6817 If you want to help Mozilla Foundation they have a webpage for that, and if you want to help to Firefox development, you can help them using their latest products (Mozilla VPN for example).
I am a mature person and I really am grateful that I found your videos. I appreciate your tips and setting up the dialogue boxes; Security, sync, cookies etc. I do not enjoy feeling techie uneducated. Thank you.
@@sunknudsen I was trying to also set up containers and realized it is only available if you are not using Private Browsing mode. Any suggestion, is running containers better, and simply not using Private Browsing. Haven't watched your other video yet about private mode.
Containers don't do THAT much. Unless you run them as isolated profiles alltogether. What counts is baton passing (fingerprinting). Firefox sucks at that. What you really need is browser isolation. The container addon on Firefox hardly does anything. But, Firefox hides something more invasive. A really sneaky piece of s;;;t software. That's MITI. It's one of the reasons Brave browser was created.
Good stuff, nice descriptions. I've used Firefox Forever since when IE was slow, as they and others improved I've stuck with Firefox. I knew of many of these and others and agree with your points like passwords and synchronizing. I tried Chrome but didn't like being tied to the mother ship so I use Chromium if absolutely needed, but Firefox on Linux has been fine for all but a couple website apps. Thanks for the https and other tips.
I've used Firefox off and on throughout the years and I do still very much enjoy it but I'm concerned about their recent lack of impartiality in regards to politics. I get that they're open source but we've been seeing so much political censorship over the past year that when companies start getting political, it's an immediate red flag for me.
@@gl35 In my opinion, private companies should do the same unless they're specifically designed and aimed at a certain audience. For example, Twitter should not be censoring people at all (except in the case of illegal activity, naturally) when their platform is aimed at a global audience.
Personally, I don't bother with deleting history/cookies because it also disconnects me from several websites I use on a regular basis. For example, every time I close my browser and re-open it to check my Gmail account, I have to open my password manager, put in the credentials of said account, go and grab my phone, input the SMS code I just received (2-step verification), and then I can log in. I have to do this through different websites, every time history/cookies are deleted. I'm used to closing my browser on a regular basis (because sometimes I'm gaming and I want minimal stuff in the background hogging resources) and this can become a veritable pain in the rear to do all the time. So if you're like me, leave these two options alone unless you're in an unsafe location or need to share your device with someone else.
Really like your videos and how eloquently you cover these topics. While I have been a long-time fan of Firefox, I do like to refresh my browsing experience now and then. I've been using Vivaldi for 1,5 years and came back to Firefox after seeing your video. Any thoughts on the Brave browser? Does it stand up to its hype that it is better than Firefox for privacy? Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
Thanks for the push and great question about Brave... haven't tried Brave in a while. I am planning on trying it out and sharing my thoughts. Stay tuned!
I really appreciate this video! I like how thorough it is, and the number of reasons you give for using Firefox over web browsers. Do you have any recommendations for password managers ? or a video on them?
That was a very useful tutorial. One question about "containers": Are the containers to keep data in or out? What is the potential threat? Also, at the very end of the video, you were illustrating the FF toolbar, and you showed "create folder". Could you please explain why we would want / need to create a folder? Thanks again for an informative video.
You can think of containers almost as being different Firefox profiles - scripts in one container don't have access to data in other containers. Not sure what kind of threat you're imagining, but just using containers at all is an improvement, even if used poorly.
folders because say you are doing some research or more general term lets say you save a lots of reddit posts for some reason now you want to bookmark them but if you put them all in toolbar then it will become a mess. put it in folder and you have some form organisation
Which one do u prefer? Firefox or Brave? I know brave is chromium based but they say they have better privacy by default than Firefox. It'd help to have a video about brave browser, if u think it's worth it ;)
I just stumbled on your channel and I am hooked already subscribed and binge watching your videos. I've been using Firefox as a second to Safari (bc of some sites compatibility) for years and never knew most of this. I just made the switch and its now my default browser in all my devices.
Question.....I've had the same MacBook Pro for years with lots of book marks on Safari, can these be imported into Firefox together or do I need to do 1 at a time, or must I do a fresh install of OS for your recommendation to work? Great content Sun...you've got me thinking more about my Privacy!
Firefox is surprisingly smooth on macOS. I would say it’s very close to Safari, and much better than Chrome for which I have to switch to dedicated GPU to make scrolling smooth. But I’m having colour management issue with Firefox. Colours look over saturated. I tried to manually turn on the colour management mode in about:config but it didn’t work for me.
Interesting, never noticed color issues at my end and I am pretty obsessed by color (my monitors are hardware calibrated). Are there others who are having this issue? Thanks for sharing btw.
Thank you for the advice you share in these videos. I’m doing some study on how to set up my devices so I’m less prone to privacy vulnerabilities. Is there any reason to not use Brave in place of Firefox (Developer Edition)? Thank you in advance!
I appreciate that you are trying to cover a lot of details quickly. But by not reading aloud the 'labels' on the features you're whipping through at dizzying speed many of us are only getting half of the instructions 'cuz we don't know what the function you are setting is called. One must go through this stopping at each 'unknown', try to identify it and then set it. OK, but the 'view' of the screen you're showing is 'just readable' and I'm using 'full screen' mode on a 27in monitor @ 1920x1080p. People seeing this on 13in or 15in laptop screens aren't likely to get much of the text without stopping & magnifying the video, etc.,etc. Hence the recommendation to speak the labels for the features you're adjusting. You should watch this video as a 'newbie'; you'll see what I mean.
It will be great if you do a security inspection to Vivaldi browser, they said they are private, but I don't know if as much as Firefox !! Thanks for this great channel
Just done the same myself. Was using firefox from its early days. Was annoyed when they blocked dissenter add-on a couple of years ago. They've sided with the other totalitarians now, so goodbye firefox.
I was thinking to make the switch from Chrome to Firefox for a long time. This video gave me the final push... 2 weeks on Firefox and not missing Chrome at all. Thank you! Keep up the great work
You express real satisfaction when you remove Safari, but you never mention why. Perhaps you have another episode for this but can you give a short version of why are you do not like Safari? I’m a Mac user in Safari is all I use. But I use firefox on rare necessary occasions.
07:05 Do Not Track can ironically be used as a datapoint for browser fingerprinting, lowering privacy. Some argue that the fact websites can choose to ignore this header + the fingerprinting datapoint mean DNT is actually more harmful to your privacy than beneficial.
I love Firefox but I'm intrigued by Brave Browser. It would be great if you could make a video comparison or your general thoughts on Brave browser since they also "sell" the idea of privacy
Safari (Webkit, the "og") and Google Chrome (Chromium, based off Webkit) are also open sourced, Chrome tracks you through the signed in account and by attributing your internet activity to your IP (if you are not signed in). You will be surprised at the amount of big companies with open sourced projects (like Facebook and ReactJS).
Thanks SO much for ALL of the videos you have been posting. I'm in IT and know all these things but out of convenience (Chrome IS fast and Mac OS Key Chain is SO convenient) I've let my privacy guard down a bit. These videos have made me take a new course entirely. Lock it down ... don't give big data a thing - or at least make them work harder for it ! Thank you again.
i use firefox myself, but something like vivaldi is the quickest way to wean yourself of google's chrome. it even supports all of the chrome extensions so it only takes a few minutes to get set up and you can worry about moving to firefox later on since it does take a bit of time to find replacements for chrome extensions that you might be using. luckily enough a lot of firefox add-ons have their source available on github. personally i wouldnt install anything that didnt have its source available because ive heard a few stories where developers of close sourced add-ons get offered big money to add tracking stuff to their code
The fact that the founder of Firefox and creator of JavaScript left Firefox to build a better privacy-preserving browser Brave indicates that while Firefox may be better than Chrome, it in no way protects user privacy as well as Brave. Firefox was flawed and that’s how Brave came to be
Using Firefox since 2009 and never switched to chrome. Sometime when i ask people why they use chrome they don't have any reason but i can provide plenty why i use firefox. People are just looking onto others and says everybody is using chrome so i should also. We should not treat tech like this, a good thing should be appreciated.
LibreWolf beats Brave at privacy and ads. I use to only use firefox until they went political along with several others, even Reddit came out saying some crazy stuff. So crazy how so many open platforms are starting to silence people. Driving normal people to go darker in Open Source products. I don't want the company's tracking how I live so they can figure out how to convince me to buy their products. I struggle with my will power on Amazon already.
Years ago I was told not to sign up to FB, because once you do they have all your details etc forever. Hence the reason I have never signed up to FB or TW. Thank goodness for that advice.
See th-cam.com/video/EiDtomF41qY/w-d-xo.html. That being said mobile is not the best for privacy. Have you watched th-cam.com/video/nK76EKvburA/w-d-xo.html
Switched to Firefox a few years back from IE and have been happy with it ever since. Tried google chrome but was dogged by ads. Still running win 7 but will be on 10 soon.
Thank you for your great videos! I've configured my Firefox just as you've recommended. It was no surprise, sadly, when TH-cam would not allow me to watch videos without me agreeing to not browse privately.
Great. Subscribed! As much as possible from what you did, should already be the default of Firefox configuration!!! Why don’t they offer this?!? NOBODY knows .... just make it default
I agree... I guess it has something to do with the fact Mozilla gets most of its funding from... Google... 🤦🏻♂️ ...and these settings tend to break some websites.
Firefox is a privacy nightmare. The settings you check in the menu to ensure said privacy don't actually do what they're supposed to. Take fingerprinting for example even if you check strict tracking protection on the desktop version go to about:config and look for privacy.resistfingerprint it will be set to false...soooooo......... As of 8/27/20 they have eliminated the about:config for the mobile version which basically eliminates privacy and being non monetized. Other privacy issues such as indicating in the settings you don't want autocomplete/search suggestions as you type is ignored (turn it off and try typing amaz it will auto complete to amazon.com), the push for you to add everything to top sites or home page and to sync your tabs all while burying addons under several layers of menus. And it's ugly. They've turned private browsing to the same purple as TOR to try to mislead users into associating it with TOR, among a whole host of other d!@k moves. Make no mistake they are out to monetize you, your privacy is the last thing on their list.
Feel you... but what better options do we have? Mitigating browser security vulnerabilities requires a huge amount of resources. Btw, Firefox on iOS is essentially WebKit... so I would avoid it for privacy. Actually, I would avoid smartphones in general for privacy. See th-cam.com/video/TAPYn6FC5t8/w-d-xo.html.
I use Firefox password manager as is stored encrypted and trust them. :) Also, syncing helps me across platforms, again I trust it (passwords, bookmarks and add-ons). Thanks for the DNS tip!
i have been using chrome for years, but newly i switched to ff also and i am very happy with it. Now i have 1 question please: i have uBlock Origin in FF installed and in the privacy settings i have chosen standard. What do you recommend? To switch to custom, or keep it in standard since there is uBlock Add on installed? Thank you for the great and helpful video!
Great question. I find UX on macOS is better than any Linux distro I tried. I also use Adobe products for design work. That being said, I use Linux on my servers and for more sensitive use cases.
Thanks for another great video. As you can see, the DoH is routing all DNS requests through Cloudflare, which means they still have visibility into your DNS activity. However, local ISPs are blind to these requests. (I know you mentioned that is a whole topic by it self).
You mention DuckDuckGo, but what do you think of Qwant? Many of us in Europe tend to prefer it as it isn’t based in the US and therefore not submitted to intrusive American laws... (Also, your channel is amazing, thank you so much for what you’re doing)
I love firefox, i use an imac and ive found that chrome ran so slowly and it really began to bug me. i switched to firefox and it is amazing and fast. Loved the import passwords and bookmarks feature from other browsers.
hey quick question, why you prefer using firefox than safari? i mean safari is build for mac and its pretty save to use isn't it? and btw your vids is awesome
Safari is OK, but less extensible and not open source. I use containers for Amazon, Google and LinkedIn. I actually don't use Facebook, but would recommend using one container per social media platform.
You suggest changing the DNS to cloud flare at 4:35 and in one of the other videos you recommend using a VPN. Having cloud flare for DNS would result in DNS leak, no? Perhaps add a caveat that do not change DNS if using a VPN.
Some time ago I read a comment that said: Chrome is Google's browser, Edge is Microsoft's browser, Firefox is our browser
It should be their official mantra
Why there is Soviet anthem playing?
@@HafifSyukra Because Firefox is made by the community to the community XD
Firefox (and the Gecko rendering engine) is actually the only real alternative to Chrome these days. Because while you do have a few alternatives in Edge, Brave, Opera and Safari they are all using the same rendering engine (Blink) as Chrome under the hood.
For that reason Firefox is more important than ever.
(Technically Safari is using a different rendering engine, WebKit, but that essentially an old version of Blink.)
@@marcusbrsp very helpful thx... was considering brave vs FF
I've been using Firefox since it was first launched. It's all I need in to browse the Internet on Windows, Linux or macOS.
我也用火狐浏览器，他这个版本插件差一个翻译的，让我放弃这个版本，还是下载普通版本，我是移动用户
I use either TOR or Brave
I just hope they stay focused on the browser and now sjw crap
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Christ died for your sins and rose on the third day, showing that anyone who trusts in him for salvation, will have everlasting life.
(John 11:25-26) "Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?"
(John 3:16) For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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I use this on all of my computers now. My productivity has gone up drastically by not having all of this junk I have to skim through. Thank you so much!
How does firefox wit your recommendations compare to using the tor browser?
Whenever I have a new computer or after resetting an old one the first thing I do is update it. The second thing is install Firefox.
Great process Abdulai. I have to publish an episode on updates. Thanks for sharing!
Fortunately now new Win10 machines come with Edge so sure no need or reason to install something else.
@@Drew1903SG LOL
@@Drew1903SG LMAO
@@clocked0 Both of you laughing out of ignorance or being ostriches. Doesn't alter what was said as fact.
I'm clueless and your commentating actually gave me a great feel and understanding of the process. Thanks a lot
IF you want to protect your privacy, Get rid of FB.! PERIOD.
Also google
@@reocam8918 we need and use google for just about everything tho
Or run it in a different browser with an isolated profile (a containerized ssb).
Google, Twitter, Facebook,Ig ,Whats App. ALL of them.
Got rid of FB, got rid of Chrome, got rid of Google Search, now working on getting rid of Gmail and Google apps.
Hey Sun, I accidently reset my firefox. i returned to this video and set it up again. So what i want to say is THANK YOU! Your old video is still alive and important!
The inability to disable auto-play alone on chrome was enough reason to completely change everything over to firefox. Firefox is just better in so many ways
@Stephen P Nope
Dude, I don't understand why this video does not have more likes, but I've contributed with mine and I just subscribed to your channel because of it. It is a fantastic video. I just followed your instructions and now I feel a lot more safe to browse. Thank you!
Thanks for the push Adrian. I guess the channel is slowly taking off. 🤓
After years of using Chrome I switched to Firefox and now I can say it's the best switch I've ever made.
I already know this, I just came to benefit this video for the algorithm
I have switched to Firefox after watching this, now and will donate to them. We can't let Chrome rule!
How do you donate to them?
@@waltofalltrades6817 If you want to help Mozilla Foundation they have a webpage for that, and if you want to help to Firefox development, you can help them using their latest products (Mozilla VPN for example).
"Enable DNS Over HTTPS" is automatically set now. Go Firefox!
Thx for the great tutorial btw.
I am a mature person and I really am grateful that I found your videos. I appreciate your tips and setting up the dialogue boxes; Security, sync, cookies etc. I do not enjoy feeling techie uneducated. Thank you.
Glad to hear this content is helping others learn about privacy 😊
The containers sound interesting and i am going to used it.
Containers are amazing! I am so thankful this feature has been developed by the Mozilla team. 😊
Jealous
@@sunknudsen I was trying to also set up containers and realized it is only available if you are not using Private Browsing mode. Any suggestion, is running containers better, and simply not using Private Browsing. Haven't watched your other video yet about private mode.
Containers don't do THAT much. Unless you run them as isolated profiles alltogether. What counts is baton passing (fingerprinting). Firefox sucks at that. What you really need is browser isolation. The container addon on Firefox hardly does anything. But, Firefox hides something more invasive. A really sneaky piece of s;;;t software. That's MITI. It's one of the reasons Brave browser was created.
Ohh don't tell to anybody... ahh... )
These tips are great. I should note I didn't learn my lesson until the third or fourth refresh... before watching this video in a different browser.
very helpful!
Happy to read this content is helpful and that you didn't give up!
Using Firefox with privacy settings then using tor when you really want to be private is very cool beans
Good stuff, nice descriptions. I've used Firefox Forever since when IE was slow, as they and others improved I've stuck with Firefox. I knew of many of these and others and agree with your points like passwords and synchronizing. I tried Chrome but didn't like being tied to the mother ship so I use Chromium if absolutely needed, but Firefox on Linux has been fine for all but a couple website apps. Thanks for the https and other tips.
I used it for years but have no idea if the maximise / minimize the search windows issues will be fixed in future releases.
I've used Firefox off and on throughout the years and I do still very much enjoy it but I'm concerned about their recent lack of impartiality in regards to politics. I get that they're open source but we've been seeing so much political censorship over the past year that when companies start getting political, it's an immediate red flag for me.
Good point. Public companies should remain impartial, open, and not censoring or fact-checking every political opinion.
@@gl35 In my opinion, private companies should do the same unless they're specifically designed and aimed at a certain audience. For example, Twitter should not be censoring people at all (except in the case of illegal activity, naturally) when their platform is aimed at a global audience.
Glad to see the millennials waking up to censorship! Today it’s conservatives and tomorrow it’s liberals or YOU!
@@earnestthompson5136 I was never really blind to it but it has become too blatant to ignore at this point and it's frustrating.
All news sources should always be fact-checked. The world has seen how dangerous fake news can be (especially far-right conspiracy theories).
Personally, I don't bother with deleting history/cookies because it also disconnects me from several websites I use on a regular basis. For example, every time I close my browser and re-open it to check my Gmail account, I have to open my password manager, put in the credentials of said account, go and grab my phone, input the SMS code I just received (2-step verification), and then I can log in. I have to do this through different websites, every time history/cookies are deleted.
I'm used to closing my browser on a regular basis (because sometimes I'm gaming and I want minimal stuff in the background hogging resources) and this can become a veritable pain in the rear to do all the time. So if you're like me, leave these two options alone unless you're in an unsafe location or need to share your device with someone else.
Really like your videos and how eloquently you cover these topics. While I have been a long-time fan of Firefox, I do like to refresh my browsing experience now and then. I've been using Vivaldi for 1,5 years and came back to Firefox after seeing your video. Any thoughts on the Brave browser? Does it stand up to its hype that it is better than Firefox for privacy? Thanks a lot and keep up the great work!
Thanks for the push and great question about Brave... haven't tried Brave in a while. I am planning on trying it out and sharing my thoughts. Stay tuned!
@@sunknudsen Did you happen to make the video on brave? Couldn't find it in your videos yet. Thank you for all you do!!
Good knowledge sharing. I have firefox setting in my hope pc , setting like bookmark etc. How can I get the same settings in my office PC ?
I really appreciate this video! I like how thorough it is, and the number of reasons you give for using Firefox over web browsers. Do you have any recommendations for password managers ? or a video on them?
Hey Moses, have a look at th-cam.com/video/uJBgb8XJoA8/w-d-xo.html. I have published two episodes on password managers. 🤓
Thanks. Stumbled across your channel and am enjoying the security centric content. Keep it coming. 😊
That was a very useful tutorial. One question about "containers": Are the containers to keep data in or out? What is the potential threat? Also, at the very end of the video, you were illustrating the FF toolbar, and you showed "create folder". Could you please explain why we would want / need to create a folder? Thanks again for an informative video.
You can think of containers almost as being different Firefox profiles - scripts in one container don't have access to data in other containers. Not sure what kind of threat you're imagining, but just using containers at all is an improvement, even if used poorly.
folders because say you are doing some research or more general term lets say you save a lots of reddit posts for some reason now you want to bookmark them but if you put them all in toolbar then it will become a mess. put it in folder and you have some form organisation
Hey, What's your take on the new Microsoft Edge browser which is really promising..?
Which one do u prefer? Firefox or Brave?
I know brave is chromium based but they say they have better privacy by default than Firefox. It'd help to have a video about brave browser, if u think it's worth it ;)
I just stumbled on your channel and I am hooked already subscribed and binge watching your videos. I've been using Firefox as a second to Safari (bc of some sites compatibility) for years and never knew most of this. I just made the switch and its now my default browser in all my devices.
Welcome back to Firefox. 🤓
Brave is also very good for privacy and ad blocking along with removing trackers.
Thank you, great content. Subscribed
Thank you, super appreciated tips and tricks. Is there a good way to backup your settings etc without the build in sync function?
Hey Jonny, between desktops yes... The data associated to profiles is stored in "~/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles".
Question.....I've had the same MacBook Pro for years with lots of book marks on Safari, can these be imported into Firefox together or do I need to do 1 at a time, or must I do a fresh install of OS for your recommendation to work?
Great content Sun...you've got me thinking more about my Privacy!
Thanks for the push! I believe Firefox can import your bookmarks all at once.
thanks for this video helps a lot , am gonna follow these steps and get myself secured, thank you again, keep up the good work!
Pleasure, more episodes coming 🤓
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Can't believe I'm finding this video so late but thank you so much for all the info!!
Firefox is surprisingly smooth on macOS. I would say it’s very close to Safari, and much better than Chrome for which I have to switch to dedicated GPU to make scrolling smooth. But I’m having colour management issue with Firefox. Colours look over saturated. I tried to manually turn on the colour management mode in about:config but it didn’t work for me.
Interesting, never noticed color issues at my end and I am pretty obsessed by color (my monitors are hardware calibrated). Are there others who are having this issue? Thanks for sharing btw.
Hi!
What about the latest news with FF Meta? Do we need to look for another browser?
Thanks!
Any experience with Brave Browser, and can you do a video on it?
Hey Leo, great suggestion. Brave is on my research backlog.
I've just moved to dissenter which is based on brave. All good so far.
@@paulcampbell840 Dissenter is a disaster. It is not regularly updated/patched with the lastest security patches...
Wish you had also done a video on how to import passwords and stuff from chrome and then linked it to this one. Yet, I must say hats off
Thank you for the advice you share in these videos. I’m doing some study on how to set up my devices so I’m less prone to privacy vulnerabilities.
Is there any reason to not use Brave in place of Firefox (Developer Edition)?
Thank you in advance!
Haven’t looked into Brave in a while. Will report back once I have a change to try it again.
@@sunknudsen Thank you in advance!
@@sunknudsen Brave+Duckgo... do it asap and forget everything about ffox dump. Trackers bloking is one of the main feature I like.
I appreciate that you are trying to cover a lot of details quickly. But by not reading aloud the 'labels' on the features you're whipping through at dizzying speed many of us are only getting half of the instructions 'cuz we don't know what the function you are setting is called. One must go through this stopping at each 'unknown', try to identify it and then set it. OK, but the 'view' of the screen you're showing is 'just readable' and I'm using 'full screen' mode on a 27in monitor @ 1920x1080p. People seeing this on 13in or 15in laptop screens aren't likely to get much of the text without stopping & magnifying the video, etc.,etc. Hence the recommendation to speak the labels for the features you're adjusting. You should watch this video as a 'newbie'; you'll see what I mean.
Thanks for sharing... I hope I have improved since... that was my second video on TH-cam.
Thank you very much! I definetly put some of these settings on my firefox too, and i think it's a good way, to browse like this :)
This is better chrome.com
@@randomuser4838 not for privacy
It will be great if you do a security inspection to Vivaldi browser, they said they are private, but I don't know if as much as Firefox !! Thanks for this great channel
I have used Firefox since I was a kid, due to their recent authoritarian comments, I'll move on to Dissenter.
Just done the same myself. Was using firefox from its early days. Was annoyed when they blocked dissenter add-on a couple of years ago. They've sided with the other totalitarians now, so goodbye firefox.
What authoritarian comments?
@@sofiabergstrom41 Deplatforming Trump wasn't enough, need to do more to clamp down. :(
Great video! played @ 1.5x speed and secured my browser @ a blazing fast pace XD
I love how everyone uses the old OG logo with the paw
I was thinking to make the switch from Chrome to Firefox for a long time.
This video gave me the final push... 2 weeks on Firefox and not missing Chrome at all. Thank you! Keep up the great work
Congrats on switching! Humbled to have helped with the push. This is why I am pouring love into this channel. 😊
You express real satisfaction when you remove Safari, but you never mention why. Perhaps you have another episode for this but can you give a short version of why are you do not like Safari? I’m a Mac user in Safari is all I use. But I use firefox on rare necessary occasions.
07:05 Do Not Track can ironically be used as a datapoint for browser fingerprinting, lowering privacy. Some argue that the fact websites can choose to ignore this header + the fingerprinting datapoint mean DNT is actually more harmful to your privacy than beneficial.
Good point... that being said, I like signalling that I care about privacy... Ironic isn't it? I wish DNT had better adoption.
I love Firefox but I'm intrigued by Brave Browser. It would be great if you could make a video comparison or your general thoughts on Brave browser since they also "sell" the idea of privacy
Thanks for sharing. I agree. That episode is on my mind. 🤓
@@sunknudsen great! i will look forward to it. Love your channel
Thanks a lot! you helped me so much.... really appreciate your work and effort.:)
Pleasure!
You had me at "Sovereignty":)
Wow...... That's a long video but it's worth it. Got everything needed to keep privacy mode on. Thank u....
Pleasure! Lots to cover... and the privacy guides series has 39 other episodes now... welcome to the rabbit hole!
It’s also open source. ALSO IT HAS ATUO PINING FOR ADD ONS.
Safari (Webkit, the "og") and Google Chrome (Chromium, based off Webkit) are also open sourced, Chrome tracks you through the signed in account and by attributing your internet activity to your IP (if you are not signed in). You will be surprised at the amount of big companies with open sourced projects (like Facebook and ReactJS).
Excellent, one of the best Videos that I have seen.
All videos should be like this.❤
Yeah, that's nice but we're all going to throw it in the toilet now.
Wait why what happened?
Thanks SO much for ALL of the videos you have been posting. I'm in IT and know all these things but out of convenience (Chrome IS fast and Mac OS Key Chain is SO convenient) I've let my privacy guard down a bit. These videos have made me take a new course entirely. Lock it down ... don't give big data a thing - or at least make them work harder for it ! Thank you again.
I have firefox both on my phone and computer I love how you can take control and the security! 🦊
i use firefox myself, but something like vivaldi is the quickest way to wean yourself of google's chrome. it even supports all of the chrome extensions so it only takes a few minutes to get set up and you can worry about moving to firefox later on since it does take a bit of time to find replacements for chrome extensions that you might be using.
luckily enough a lot of firefox add-ons have their source available on github. personally i wouldnt install anything that didnt have its source available because ive heard a few stories where developers of close sourced add-ons get offered big money to add tracking stuff to their code
Thanks for sharing. Have to look into Vivaldi. Using a Chromium-based browser does have advantages.
Hey again Sun, would be interesting to hear your thoughts on Brave.
Thanks for the recommendation. Brave is on my research backlog.
@@sunknudsen Would be interesting to hear your thoughts about the ethic stuff with the brave browser. Also check the "braver" project :)
@@froekenur Personally it’s amazing with a built in ad block and blazing speeds and it uses less memory than chrome
Hi Sun, This was really helpful. Thank you. Your videos are interesting and informative. Subscribed.
The fact that the founder of Firefox and creator of JavaScript left Firefox to build a better privacy-preserving browser Brave indicates that while Firefox may be better than Chrome, it in no way protects user privacy as well as Brave. Firefox was flawed and that’s how Brave came to be
I agree the story is intriguing. Have to look into Brave again.
Using Firefox since 2009 and never switched to chrome. Sometime when i ask people why they use chrome they don't have any reason but i can provide plenty why i use firefox. People are just looking onto others and says everybody is using chrome so i should also. We should not treat tech like this, a good thing should be appreciated.
I agree... we need to be conscious about the technology we use!
Well this hasn't aged well.
Right!!
LibreWolf beats Brave at privacy and ads. I use to only use firefox until they went political along with several others, even Reddit came out saying some crazy stuff. So crazy how so many open platforms are starting to silence people. Driving normal people to go darker in Open Source products. I don't want the company's tracking how I live so they can figure out how to convince me to buy their products. I struggle with my will power on Amazon already.
Years ago I was told not to sign up to FB, because once you do they have all your details etc forever. Hence the reason I have never signed up to FB or TW. Thank goodness for that advice.
Do one for mobile! Most of my browsing is on iPhone iPad.
See th-cam.com/video/EiDtomF41qY/w-d-xo.html. That being said mobile is not the best for privacy. Have you watched th-cam.com/video/nK76EKvburA/w-d-xo.html
Hi Sun, you mentionned you werre using a password manager, to protect your privacy could you tell which one and why ? Thanks a lot for your video ...
Firefox 💪🏼
Very clear presentation! I am rather new to Firefox, but after seeing this, I will probably switch to that. Thanks a lot.
how about brave browser? please compare and bring the review on that.
Thanks for the suggestion. I confirm Brave in on my research backlog. 🤓
Brave isn't as powerful as Firefox
I’m curious, what’s your opinion on Brave?
welp not anymore!
Switched to Firefox a few years back from IE and have been happy with it ever since. Tried google chrome but was dogged by ads. Still running win 7 but will be on 10 soon.
Firefox isn't the best anything anymore dude. This vid didn't age well
Thank you for your great videos! I've configured my Firefox just as you've recommended. It was no surprise, sadly, when TH-cam would not allow me to watch videos without me agreeing to not browse privately.
Very strange... I watch videos on TH-cam all the time with the same setup.
@@sunknudsen what is also strange is that I did not get that message when I did this setup on my MacBook Air..only my iMac.
I love Firefox, but I don't understand why you can use Chrome or the new edge That's just Google Tracking out and Microsoft tracking in
what search engine do you prefer? DuckDuck Go or Google , I prefer Google, everyone collects your cookies thats part of the scam
@Leif I want to be Elected , Alice Cooper
Great. Subscribed! As much as possible from what you did, should already be the default of Firefox configuration!!! Why don’t they offer this?!? NOBODY knows .... just make it default
I agree... I guess it has something to do with the fact Mozilla gets most of its funding from... Google... 🤦🏻♂️ ...and these settings tend to break some websites.
Firefox is a privacy nightmare. The settings you check in the menu to ensure said privacy don't actually do what they're supposed to. Take fingerprinting for example even if you check strict tracking protection on the desktop version go to about:config and look for privacy.resistfingerprint it will be set to false...soooooo......... As of 8/27/20 they have eliminated the about:config for the mobile version which basically eliminates privacy and being non monetized. Other privacy issues such as indicating in the settings you don't want autocomplete/search suggestions as you type is ignored (turn it off and try typing amaz it will auto complete to amazon.com), the push for you to add everything to top sites or home page and to sync your tabs all while burying addons under several layers of menus. And it's ugly. They've turned private browsing to the same purple as TOR to try to mislead users into associating it with TOR, among a whole host of other d!@k moves. Make no mistake they are out to monetize you, your privacy is the last thing on their list.
Feel you... but what better options do we have? Mitigating browser security vulnerabilities requires a huge amount of resources. Btw, Firefox on iOS is essentially WebKit... so I would avoid it for privacy. Actually, I would avoid smartphones in general for privacy. See th-cam.com/video/TAPYn6FC5t8/w-d-xo.html.
I use Firefox password manager as is stored encrypted and trust them. :) Also, syncing helps me across platforms, again I trust it (passwords, bookmarks and add-ons). Thanks for the DNS tip!
You are right that Firefox Sync is safe for most use cases. Pleasure!
This didn't age well
Wait why?
@@liar2k5 th-cam.com/video/BMXrfmRSprM/w-d-xo.html
Hi what is your opinion about the Brave browser?
real privacy is when you use linux instead of osx.
Just made the jump to linux (OpenSUSE). Couldn't be happier.
OSX IS EASIER TO USE
Any chance of coaching those of us with Windows 10? Also which password managers do you recommend?
I #boycottMozilla.
i have been using chrome for years, but newly i switched to ff also and i am very happy with it.
Now i have 1 question please: i have uBlock Origin in FF installed and in the privacy settings i have chosen standard. What do you recommend? To switch to custom, or keep it in standard since there is uBlock Add on installed?
Thank you for the great and helpful video!
Firefox is garbage....
Nice video. Why are you using Mac; is there any proprietary software which is only available there?
Great question. I find UX on macOS is better than any Linux distro I tried. I also use Adobe products for design work. That being said, I use Linux on my servers and for more sensitive use cases.
Firefox sucks
Thanks for another great video. As you can see, the DoH is routing all DNS requests through Cloudflare, which means they still have visibility into your DNS activity. However, local ISPs are blind to these requests. (I know you mentioned that is a whole topic by it self).
No thanks, I don't need a browser that crashes every 5 mins.
You mention DuckDuckGo, but what do you think of Qwant? Many of us in Europe tend to prefer it as it isn’t based in the US and therefore not submitted to intrusive American laws...
(Also, your channel is amazing, thank you so much for what you’re doing)
Thanks for the push! Haven't explored Qwant... adding the project to my backlog. 🤓
I love firefox, i use an imac and ive found that chrome ran so slowly and it really began to bug me. i switched to firefox and it is amazing and fast. Loved the import passwords and bookmarks feature from other browsers.
Good to see Sun always opening Facefox on Firebook browser
Great Video will set that up on my Firefox !!
hey quick question, why you prefer using firefox than safari? i mean safari is build for mac and its pretty save to use isn't it? and btw your vids is awesome
Hey, I favor Firefox because the app is open source and more configurable. Thanks for the push!
Wonderful insights for browser setup.... 😊😎👍
Hello, well what do you think about Safari? Especially now they have tracker blocking too and add lots of privacy features. Is Firefox still better?
and excuse me but do you make any other containers or only for Facebook?
Safari is OK, but less extensible and not open source. I use containers for Amazon, Google and LinkedIn. I actually don't use Facebook, but would recommend using one container per social media platform.
Thanks for all the tips! How do you think Brave stacks up against Firefox? Both in terms of privacy and usability.
Haven’t looked into Brave in a while. Will report back once I have a change to try it again.
Yes, please do report back on Brave, Sun!
Hey what about Edge and Brave? It would be nice a versus between these theee (Edge, Brave and Firefox)
You suggest changing the DNS to cloud flare at 4:35 and in one of the other videos you recommend using a VPN. Having cloud flare for DNS would result in DNS leak, no? Perhaps add a caveat that do not change DNS if using a VPN.
Hey Sun - isn't the new Safari (in Big Sur) about as safe as Firefox? Or would you recommend still using Firefox on my Macbook?