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Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser

From Marion <marion@facts.com>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser
Date 2025-08-12 20:13 +0000
Organization BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com)
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>  1. User-Agent Switcher and Manager : version 0_6_4
>  2. uBlock Origin : version 1_65_0
>  3. NoScript : version 13_0_8
>  4. Cookie AutoDelete : version 3_8_2
>  5. Font Fingerprint Defender : version 0_1_6
>  6. WebRTC Control : version 0_3_3
>  7. Location Guard (V3) : version 3_0_0
>  8. Referer Control : version 1_35
>  9. Skip Redirect : version 2_3_6
>  10. StayInTab : version 1_0
>  11. ClearURLs : version 1_26_0
>  12. Decentraleyes : version 3_0_0
>  13. LocalCDN : version 2_6_79
>  14. Trace - Online Tracking Protection : version 3_0_6
>  15. Canvas Blocker - Fingerprint Protect : version 0_2_2
>  16. Browsec VPN - Free VPN for Chrome : version 3_92_2
>  17. Privacy Badger : version 2025_5_30
>  18. CthulhuJs (Anti-Fingerprint) : version 8_0_6

UPDATE.

It's ironic that I needed to add an "extension manager" to this list, as I
test each and every extension above in detail against privacy test sites.

I tested a few free, ad free, no-registration privacy-aware extension
managers, and the one I like most so far is this on Mozilla & Chromium.

Extension Manager by HongYuanCao for Mozilla-based browsers:
 <https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/extensions-manager/>
Extension Manager by HongYuanCao for Chromium-based browsers:
 <https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/extension-manager/gjldcdngmdknpinoemndlidpcabkggco>

a. It's available on both Chrome & Firefox, which is rare for EMs.
b. It's ad-free, registration-free, and privacy-respecting.
c. It has batch actions, grouping, and a clean UI.
d. The developer appears to be transparent and responsive.

Meanwhile, I've been testing the VPN extensions which passed the initial
tests, where my fungible test-rating system puts them in this order:
 1_browsec
 2_1clickvpn
 3_1vpn
 4_vpnly
 5_xvpn
 6_securefreeedgevpn
 7_setupvpn

Bearing in mind these all failed the most basic initial VPN tests.
 hotspotshieldvpn
 itopvpn
 protonvpn
 urbanvpn
 hidemevpn
 hiddenbatvpn
 tunnelbearvpn
 windscribevpn

In summary, we're pretty close to making a DIY browser, in both
Mozilla-land and Chromium land, that is distinct from the mothership
browser in terms of inherent privacy as tested against privacy test sites.

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Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-29 02:25 +0000
  Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser "Allan Higdon" <allanh@vivaldi.net> - 2025-07-29 08:38 -0500
    Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-29 22:41 +0000
      Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-30 05:42 +0000
        Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-07-30 21:01 +0000
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            Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-07 03:31 +0000
              Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-09 02:57 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-09 19:35 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-12 20:13 +0000
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                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-18 16:42 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-18 19:10 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-19 11:00 +0000
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                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-20 18:27 +0000
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                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-22 09:45 +0000
                Re: Tutorial: DIY build your own lightweight chromium-based privacy web browser Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-08-23 17:14 +0000
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