Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Not Much LINUX Stuff of Late Date: 27 Jul 2026 00:59:47 GMT Lines: 18 Message-ID: References: <1145p0t$2l6ge$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net qn0jVfgV16dbIMxvpgCZ4Al3RHQ00xFbx1Ny4KlBlJ9QO42WXs Cancel-Lock: sha1:8F0WX9xf4iP9YNAPSi07BLPwKoU= sha256:iMsV0939zV02gK9wpArJsMtJFEOPE2BuuHUQgGnEJec= User-Agent: Pan/0.165 (Kostiantynivka) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:89074 On Sun, 26 Jul 2026 20:00:30 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote: > For example, users want a browser that blocks ads, no java script, no > AI, > fast and lite on memory and can read any site without dealing with > cloudflare. What are corporations giving us ? Nothing but spyware, > ads, > DRM and soon ID checks. I use Brave and LibreWolf. The LibreWolf developers have said they'll strip out any AI found in the Firefox codebase. Brave does have the Leo AI that can be disabled. Tor is available from Brave or as a standalone. I use the standalone. Users may think they don't want JavaScript but that will significantly impact their browsing experience. Better put on a black hat if you expect to sneak by Cloudflare, Anubis, or other tools used by sites to prevent scraping by bots, DDoS attacks, and other 'features' of the web in 2026.