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| From | Marion <marion@facts.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.software.firefox, alt.privacy |
| Subject | Re: Is there a de-mozzilla'd FIrefox (similar to degoogled chromium)? |
| Date | 2025-08-18 18:23 +0000 |
| Organization | BWH Usenet Archive (https://usenet.blueworldhosting.com) |
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On Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:13:06 +0100, Andy Burns wrote :
>> I note you said "if all the proxies slow down", where I think you had meant
>> "if all the VPN extensions slow down",
>
> Well, you said you were ditching the VPN extensions, and had switched to
> SOCKS5, and then gave a long list of "X slows down", "Y slows down" ...
Ah. Sorry. That's my fault. My bad. I'm confused. There's a lot of detail
when you are building your own DIY privacy browser from existing browsers.
I just ran a few more experiments with speedtest sites where I get my
Internet from miles away over the air (as you know), so I don't have the
fastest of speeds (they don't bring cable or fiber to this part of town).
<https://www.speedtest.net/>
<https://speed.cloudflare.com/>
<https://testmy.net/>
<https://www.fast.com/>
<https://www.bandwidthplace.com/>
<https://www.speedcheck.org/>
<https://www.nperf.com/en/>
<https://speedsmart.net/>
<https://www.dslreports.com/speedtest>
<https://librespeed.org/>
<https://www.measurementlab.net/tests/ndt/>
<https://www.ispeedtest.io/>
etc.
After running s'more speed tests today, I think some my speed slowdowns are
perhaps likely more due to one or more of my privacy extensions
irrespective of the VPN itself; but I'm not really sure why the slowdowns.
C:\> dir /b .\vpn_extension\working\.
browsec
1clickvpn
setupvpn
securefreeedgevpn
xvpn
vpnly
1vpn
hoxx
It's perhaps due to one or more of these privacy-based extensions perhaps:
C:\> dir /b .\privacy_extensions\.
fontfingerprintdefender
localcdn
privacybadger
referercontrol
skipredirect
trace
ublockorigin
useragentswitcher
webrtccontrol
canvasblocker
clearurls
cookieautodelete
decentraleyes
privacypossum
locationguard
stayintab
cthulhujs
allfingerprintdefender
It will be a while before I identify conclusively which, if any, of these
privacy extensions are slowing the VPN extensions down, but they don't seem
to be slowing down the SOCKS5 tunnel via the open source Psiphon 3 tool.
But I'm still running experiments, so consider this a running log report.
At the moment, we have 3 options for a privacy browser with IP obfuscation.
1. System-wide VPN + the 18 browser-privacy extensions listed above
2. Browser VPN extensions (any of the 8 above that passed initial tests)
3. Local open-source SOCKS5 Proxy Tunnel (Psiphon + FreeCap)
All three methods worked for me, so far, for my privacy purposes.
All I need out of them is faster speed.
Don't we all. :)
Note: Part of the problem is I've never used VPN extensions in a browser
until now & I've never used SOCKS5 tunnels until now, so I'm still a noob.
But I'm always trying to be helpful and to add value, so that's why I'm
reporting in reproducible detail what is working so far and what isn't.
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