Incredible Dangers in Browsers (Affects all of them)

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  • čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
  • Most people do not realize the privacy risks in browsers and spend their time thinking about which browser is better. It's time for you to understand the flaws in every single browser and this has a significant effect on your privacy and security.
    00:00 Intro
    01:11 Web Workers
    02:55 HSTS HTTPS Strict Transport Security
    05:33 Autofill and Password Managers
    07:23 Browser Extensions
    09:13 Auto Downloading
    10:37 Google Ad Topics
    13:11 Browser Fingerprinting
    15:40 Defense Approach
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Komentáře • 647

  • @Zundfolge
    @Zundfolge Před 6 měsíci +435

    Every day the idea of building a shack in the mountains and living off the land is more and more appealing. :p

    • @TimJSwan
      @TimJSwan Před 6 měsíci +9

      No. We just need to make our own devices, use bsv, and build on original philosophies by guy who made gnu. We just need better stuff. Not just a couple half used half available things like tor

    • @UNcommonSenseAUS
      @UNcommonSenseAUS Před 6 měsíci

      We need to setup our own comms networks
      The government has become the enemy.

    • @grayrabbit2211
      @grayrabbit2211 Před 6 měsíci +38

      I was in Amish country last month...and while watching them plow the fields with horses, I realized they'd never had to call Comcast before...and suddenly their lifestyle seems very appealing.

    • @Randytherumbler
      @Randytherumbler Před 6 měsíci +9

      If you know what you're doing..... already had experience living off-road,off the grid,and already knowing how to survive..... including knowing how technology works by being a licensed HAM radio operator,then no problem.
      Just like Rob!

    • @BeyondPC
      @BeyondPC Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@grayrabbit2211Pro tip: CenturyLink at 945Mbps for $75 is sooooo much faster. Plus they never try to manipulate our speeds and the router doesn't reboot randomly. We have never had to call support or unplug and rest devices...

  • @tonicrvnts
    @tonicrvnts Před 4 měsíci +35

    Many coworkers are so concerned about privacy even covering with tape the built-in camera on the monitors at work but at the same time make their life, location, thoughts, etc. public for the whole world to see through FB, Instagram, tiktok, Twitter, etc 🙄
    🤦‍♂️

    • @BubstechDOTcom
      @BubstechDOTcom Před 3 měsíci

      Sounds like me 😂

    • @MultiEviscerator
      @MultiEviscerator Před 2 měsíci +10

      I know what you mean, just like a heavy person ordering two Big Mac's, large fries, chocolate sundae, and then ordering a diet coke.

    • @RS-bo8qi
      @RS-bo8qi Před měsícem +1

      Like agent smith said : ignorance is a bliss.

    • @FictionCautious
      @FictionCautious Před měsícem +3

      Ego-powered automatons.

  • @Soniboy84
    @Soniboy84 Před 4 měsíci +12

    Rob, you should create a solution to do browser separation without the additional pain of maintaining 4 different browsers.
    It could be just a front end ui that encapsulates all 4 browser application, or something similar

  • @JT-qw1cn
    @JT-qw1cn Před 5 měsíci +74

    I fear we are reaching a point where all attempts to maintain any semblance of privacy are nullified and futile.

    • @SpaceCadet4Jesus
      @SpaceCadet4Jesus Před 5 měsíci +6

      Any semblance of privacy is already available, has been for decades. Just full privacy is not attainable, nor will be, nor is it very useful.

    • @csongorszecska
      @csongorszecska Před 5 měsíci +6

      Unless you were born without a birth certificate, you aren't part of any countries, don't have an ID, you can't have nullified privacy since your country knows about your existence and your personal information

    • @Bojlabiart
      @Bojlabiart Před 5 měsíci +2

      It makes the situation even worse, the more you block the more your fingerprint becomes unique!

    • @D4RKBRU73
      @D4RKBRU73 Před 5 měsíci

      You fear that? This has been long known to mankind, for DECADES - just that mankind blissfully ignored it and burned those who warned on the with stakes.
      Read 1984, watch "The Matrix", "Minority Report" , "The 13th floor" , ... and you know where things are heading.

    • @iAmNothingness
      @iAmNothingness Před 4 měsíci

      It's already gone. Long ago. Companies. Surfshark is good? HA, good one. All of them sell your data. ALL of them.
      The only true private one is the onion browser for the dark web, but yeah...

  • @hootiebubbabuddhabelly
    @hootiebubbabuddhabelly Před 4 měsíci +6

    Also, I've often wondered how "trash" and wrong passwords or pass codes are handled. Particularly, in the US where "trash" is considered "fair game", from a legal standpoint. BUT, my phone requires a pass code to get into voicemail and I don't use it very often so, when I used it the other day, I had to enter just about every 4 digit passcode I've ever used, a couple of which are still in use for other things.

  • @iteerrex8166
    @iteerrex8166 Před 6 měsíci +13

    1. Clear/delete: cookies, and unknown browser download folder items.
    2. Do not use: auto fill, password manager, browser extensions, and facebook.
    3. Use browser isolation. One only for all google stuff, and one or two other for the rest.

    • @terry_willis
      @terry_willis Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thanks.

    • @iteerrex8166
      @iteerrex8166 Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@terry_willis No problem, If you’re new I’d suggest to checkout some of his other videos as well, cause this is not everything to be concerned about.

    • @RevWillBreeze
      @RevWillBreeze Před 3 měsíci +2

      I went on step further, machine isolation. I run W11 with Edge, Chromebox with Chrome, and Linux mint with Brave, using 3 different CPU's

    • @iteerrex8166
      @iteerrex8166 Před 3 měsíci

      @@RevWillBreeze Nice, that should keep them 😵‍💫

    • @milire2668
      @milire2668 Před 16 dny

      @@terry_willis u SHOULD use a password manager but not the built in browser ones.. keepass is a good one, os n pretty safe n easy to use

  • @MadDogCrypto
    @MadDogCrypto Před měsícem +2

    Rob, fellow boater here. Anyone that DOESN'T own a sailboat wouldn't recognize it, but it's cool to see you recorded this onboard!!! I spent 10 years as a liveaboard and can't wait to get back at it!
    Keep fighting the good fight!! Cheers

    • @angelo9176
      @angelo9176 Před 13 dny

      Man how the hell did you notice this wouldn't of thought of this until you mentioned it but now I think those are windows behind him also there is a very slight lateral movement in the video and then that creaking occasionally 😂 think that boat looks nicer than my house

  • @Metal-Detecting-NC
    @Metal-Detecting-NC Před 6 měsíci +16

    Thank you for this video. I was curious regarding cookies, super-cookies and ever-cookies and the security risks they pose.

  • @lupeegnino5694
    @lupeegnino5694 Před 6 měsíci +72

    Hey Rob, suppose I’m who you call “a normie”, been listening/watching you for several months now. learned so much from you! Thank you!!! Limited to really invest my time fully, into learning IT as well as you know it, by a ‘calling’ of my own. Namely, for example, growing my own food and all that involves. But it isn’t more important than protecting my privacy! This video is an example of why I value your content so highly! As a” Normie”, don’t always understand what you try to convey, but here I do. You offer simple/real tips that I can implement myself, & in my “normie” language, again, i truly appreciate your generosity of knowledge!!! Very soon i WILL purchase one of the de-googled phones, VPN, & email services you provide.
    Until then (& beyond) please don’t stop posting what you do! Your explanations & suggestions are helping me keep my data more private while allowing me to spend more of my time into perfecting my calling. youre a valuable member of society! Even though you don’t hear from many of us often or we are unable to catch you live… doesn’t mean you are not being heard, for we hear you!!! Thank you my friend! This video has been of great service towards maintaining my personal controls & privacy & really seeing what sort of thieves are in control of media. Happly Holidays! THANK YOU!!! Lupe

  • @UNcommonSenseAUS
    @UNcommonSenseAUS Před 6 měsíci +23

    The speed at which the browser fingerprinting becomes precise is alarming

    • @a.randomjack6661
      @a.randomjack6661 Před 6 měsíci +4

      I use a browser extension, agent... something, that allows me to change browser fingerprint to any one on a long list. I change it every time I use one of the five browsers i installed.
      I also use that Safin port app.

    • @UNcommonSenseAUS
      @UNcommonSenseAUS Před 6 měsíci

      @@a.randomjack6661 user agent switcher.
      Useful against novice adversaries, experienced however will see through it like a fly screen...

    • @DarkGhostHacker
      @DarkGhostHacker Před 6 měsíci

      ​​@@a.randomjack6661it would be great if there was a step by step video on this. A tutorial that goes in depth on how to set up and explaining the details of what each one does. For android devices

  • @cottawalla
    @cottawalla Před 6 měsíci +9

    Never let anyone use your account on any device. Create an account for them, even when you trust them. You can only ever trust their conscious decisions, and nobody is 100% conscious of the consequenses of their decisions.

  • @annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841
    @annacurransmotherofmeghanc1841 Před 6 měsíci +6

    Your easy to digest🤔info is invaluable for so many people, thank you for pressing on and your continued diligence with handling CZcamss obstacles. God Bless!!!🙃

  • @CarlJones14
    @CarlJones14 Před 6 měsíci +42

    I wish you could do concise videos tackling each threat. I realise this is a lot of work, but it would help us on the tech fringe.

    • @MowiWowi
      @MowiWowi Před 6 měsíci +1

      666...I bet u don't even believe in God....satan has u

  • @majorgnu
    @majorgnu Před 5 měsíci +20

    3:57 The point is that the legitimate server disabling plain HTTP does *not* prevent a MitM attacker from serving a plain HTTP attack site of their own.
    HSTS makes it so that the browser will refuse to use a plain HTTP connection to a website, for the duration specified in the HSTS header. This prevents that kind of MitM attack against browsers that have already visited the website in the past.
    Also, HSTS supercookies don't work like regular cookies, you don' get to store arbitrary data and then retrieve it later at will. It just causes the browser to refuse plain HTTP for a set time. The way that it can be used to fingerprint browsers is not immediately obvious and requires clever use of a number of phony domains. Accusing the people who came up with it of "not caring about privacy at all" when it requires a sophisticated side channel attack to turn it against users is completely disingenuous.

    • @FuckingChrisKupina
      @FuckingChrisKupina Před 5 měsíci

      So I built this impenetrable safe. Then I used a bike lock to lock it.

    • @kevcube
      @kevcube Před 4 měsíci +3

      agreed, I skipped to this point at first because I don't want to waste 20 minutes of my life and that point was a lot of misinformation and mongering.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt Před 4 měsíci

      You could enable HTTPS only on your browser, so if an MITM serves an HTTP page it simply won't work. While 95% of websites use HTTPS nowadays, there are still some out there which do not. It's a two edged sword.

  • @dean5263
    @dean5263 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Simple, easy to understand explanations. Glad I watched.

  • @0mnis14sh
    @0mnis14sh Před 6 měsíci +26

    Just a fun tip. All links that are written in video descriptions and comments will have youtube/google tracking associated with the link. So always manually copy and paste links, don't just click them.

    • @omahanprabla3058
      @omahanprabla3058 Před 6 měsíci +1

      Delete the rfid and ref strings as well

    • @thebrowns5337
      @thebrowns5337 Před 6 měsíci +5

      can you post a link for more info? 😂

    • @sumbodee3
      @sumbodee3 Před 5 měsíci

      that's how I used to google. I never clicked on the results, I selected the url written under it and dragged it to a new tab

    • @SpaceCadet4Jesus
      @SpaceCadet4Jesus Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@sumbodee3Use to? Why change? And could you remove those glasses so we get a good look at your identity, please?
      😅

    • @sumbodee3
      @sumbodee3 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@SpaceCadet4Jesus I stopped giving a f Ain't got nuttin to hide

  • @cori1302
    @cori1302 Před 6 měsíci +16

    I am so glad you made this video!
    This is a whole fuzzy grey area that I have always been suspicious of.
    I tried to learn some of this from a Cyber Navigator at the library, and later found out he hacked me and others...
    If you can do a whole video series on each of these aspects, that would be great.
    Am clueless.
    What kind of course can one take to learn more about these things?
    Learning to code seems like a long involved, abstract process. I am no good at math.
    Is it needed in order to use a Command line?
    Questions like -
    I don't use a browser, I just use a search engine.
    Or pay directly on the merchant website...
    Browsers are only needed for bookmarks or tabs...
    If your phone has malware, using Signal or a password manager wont help...
    Are there more secure keyboard apps than Gboard on Android?

    • @alan4sure
      @alan4sure Před 6 měsíci +1

      You can't use a search engine without a browser.

    • @shallex5744
      @shallex5744 Před 6 měsíci

      @@alan4sure well of course you can

    • @thebrowns5337
      @thebrowns5337 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@alan4surewhat about a search motor?

    • @NorthernChimp
      @NorthernChimp Před 6 měsíci

      @@thebrowns5337 If you access anything online, you are using a browser. That's how it works. When you use the "Google" app on your phone, for example, it uses the System WebView, a faceless browser engine that all non-browser apps use to access the Internet. (Same for CZcams, Spotify, your bank...) And links you open use your default browser, even within the app. (I managed to have no default browser, so I have the choice every time.)

    • @NorthernChimp
      @NorthernChimp Před 6 měsíci

      @@thebrowns5337 What do you mean by 'search motor'? A search engine (called "moteur de recherche" in French)? Unless you have the whole index stored at home (a massive data center) you need to send your query to a remote server. Using a browser.

  • @barrydengler7883
    @barrydengler7883 Před 6 měsíci +3

    i have a bunch of comments here.
    1- you're just sticking your finger in the dam. browsers are hundreds of thousands of lines of code that cannot really be vetted. you code. you know about combinations. you know that the code isn't really that vetted. the industry just doesn't test that well. browsers are black box, mitm, out of the gate.
    2- how about pulling a stallman, and curling all the stuff you desire. advocate for less dynamic web. advocate for sites that don't serve pages that have external js links. advocate for sites that abide by a "limited complexity" ethos.
    3- the consumer is redirected into better behaviour by example. this ain't by playing stick your finger in the dam ad infinitum. a rewrite/redesign is needed to clarify the boundaries.

  • @TheAtlanticGroup
    @TheAtlanticGroup Před 24 dny +1

    Love your videos thank you so much for the knowledge. Just a side note I feel like all of your videos for a few decibels lower in audio volume than other videos. Maybe push the volume DB's a little higher. Thank you again for your help

  • @glennt1962
    @glennt1962 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Appropriate answer is don't let anyone use your PC and especially your login or create a separate guest login.

  • @flywheeldk
    @flywheeldk Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks Rob - once again you've given us all something to think about.

  • @MowiWowi
    @MowiWowi Před 6 měsíci +5

    Google Chrome logo is a stacked 666 no joke

  • @anderslonn730
    @anderslonn730 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you very much, very informative and helpful 😮😊

  • @jms019
    @jms019 Před 6 měsíci +13

    The main problem is that browsers are very complicated constantly changing bits of software and dangers especially of interactions with third parties tend to be discovered too late. This can only get worse.

    • @BillAnt
      @BillAnt Před 4 měsíci +1

      The constant changing IS one of the problems with browsers. Even if most bugs have been worked out, as soon as new features are added, they can potentially introduce new bugs which can be used as back-doors by clever hackers.

  • @user-dr9rb1tc1j
    @user-dr9rb1tc1j Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thank you very much, for the most important information and the best solutions you have provided us. God bless you and your business.

  • @alals6794
    @alals6794 Před 3 měsíci

    Whoa.....this info. is golden. I'm glad I came across this channel. Great info and new sub.

  • @BrianHeimbuecher
    @BrianHeimbuecher Před 6 měsíci +5

    Ironically I think we'll look back at the 2020's as the 'good old days before we were tracked up the wazoo'...

  • @phutrinh686
    @phutrinh686 Před 6 měsíci +1

    very deep and informative content. appreciate your sharing.

  • @thehaqq3540
    @thehaqq3540 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Great video, well done. Subscribed.

  • @lordofelectrons4513
    @lordofelectrons4513 Před 6 měsíci +10

    Hello Rob thanks for all the videos you have authored I find them most informative. I know you have talked about TOR, the onion structure
    and the multiple nodes excreta. Not being a typical browse have you done a focus on the TOR browser. It's strengths and weaknesses
    a how to on configuring it from the same perspective as this video if so I want to see it. If not I want to see it

  • @karsh001
    @karsh001 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I have used browser partitioning for a long time It's super easy.
    An alternative is to use a virtual machine that you reset after each use. That will wholly avoid the super cookie issue, bit it' clunky and it os easy to make mistakes.
    If you still want to go that route here is what I did for quite a while. OS at the time was a self-compiled, hardened Gentoo.
    Browser partitioning for every day use.
    1 browser for google (keep cookies)
    1 browser for surfing (delete cookies at close)
    1 browser for non-google logins (delete cookies manually)
    1 VM for facebook (static disk)
    1 VM for banking and shopping (static disk)
    1 VM for browsing (reset disk after each use)

  • @thebrowns5337
    @thebrowns5337 Před 6 měsíci +7

    In the old days we used to get two phone books dropped on our doorstep every year (yellow pages and a BT one). They had peoples first initial, surname, address and phone number in them. Now we are scared of home addresses getting 'leaked' - why?

    • @SpaceCadet4Jesus
      @SpaceCadet4Jesus Před 5 měsíci

      Paranoia in some cases. But its a different world now with the internet, goofballs, stalkers and weirdos, the less they can find on you, the better.

  • @RandomUser-lp1yh
    @RandomUser-lp1yh Před 4 měsíci +1

    Not only that I use browser isolation I also use "system isolation". I access CZcams through one of the browsers on my virtual machine while using my main system for personal activity such as shopping and stuff.

  • @TheRealMACA
    @TheRealMACA Před 5 měsíci +1

    appreciate your work, thx rob!

  • @HashemMasoud
    @HashemMasoud Před 6 měsíci +1

    Another useful content. Many thanks!

  • @MurksvomGurk
    @MurksvomGurk Před 6 měsíci +5

    Hack #2: You have passwords stored locally in your chrome browser, you pass your computer to your non-programmer cousin, he logs into his google account (which has "sync on"), all your passwords are copied to his account without further warning or notice. his account gets hacked by malware on a different computer, you are hacked. I saw this happening in practice several times.

    • @acewickhamyoshi8330
      @acewickhamyoshi8330 Před 5 měsíci

      Ah yes , sunds like how australian malware follows us in shops and location ,,, ,,, our government is the hack , and they encouraged australians to all manditorally go online , with 30 million IP servers overseas none actually in australia we have internet shutdowns nationwide ,sometimes twice a month, did you know the aussie internet still runs on Windoes 95 , cos our politicians thought to never vote to approve an upgrade over the past 30 years ,,.no wonder we have faulty internet well except for American Intelligence base that is always on,

    • @SpaceCadet4Jesus
      @SpaceCadet4Jesus Před 5 měsíci

      Was his sync ON?
      Best to let him use your computer under a guest account.

  • @FictionCautious
    @FictionCautious Před měsícem +2

    Worried about internet privacy?
    Cut computer-related activities closer to absolute zero! Live in the real world more.

  • @OgdenM
    @OgdenM Před 5 měsíci +2

    Stop even trying to get privacy online. It's impossible and always has been.

  • @jim8790
    @jim8790 Před 6 měsíci +8

    I’d be interested to about partitioning that some browsers offer, like Firefox or Brave. How good at isolating data and threats etc are they? Love your work! Don’t stop. Ever!

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +13

      If that were a method I'd discuss it. I don't suggest it at all.

    • @jim8790
      @jim8790 Před 6 měsíci +1

      @@robbraxmantech thanks for replying

    • @thomasranjit7781
      @thomasranjit7781 Před 6 měsíci

      ​@@robbraxmantechwhat about Android phone?

  • @SatyaSanathani
    @SatyaSanathani Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thanks for the information.

  • @jackwaycombe
    @jackwaycombe Před 4 měsíci +2

    What I constantly wonder about is why there aren't constant class actions against theft of bandwidth?

  • @alvynTC
    @alvynTC Před 5 měsíci +1

    Hi Rob, regarding browser compartmentalization, how is behaving different profiles on Chrome / Edge / Brave etc? One for "logged in" stuf and "clean" or "one-time" for non logged stuf?

  • @X1Y0Z0
    @X1Y0Z0 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thanks 4 this info!❤❤❤

  • @LiebsterFeind
    @LiebsterFeind Před 6 měsíci +9

    Yes it would be an extension but how about a browser fingerprinting "fuzzing" extension that generates false information randomly every time you go to a site, or revisit it?

  • @JohnAlbertRigali
    @JohnAlbertRigali Před 6 měsíci +1

    I have a similar web-browsing strategy, but yours is superior. I’ll switch to it soon.

  • @mscir
    @mscir Před 6 měsíci +3

    Rob, what do you think of installing AdGuard Home on a Raspberry Pi to block ads and enhance privacy?

  • @BFG_10G
    @BFG_10G Před 4 měsíci +1

    Very insightful video.

  • @Easy_Skanking
    @Easy_Skanking Před 6 měsíci +12

    You mentioned these hidden and secret Google and CZcams cookies they imbed in browsers. Could you cover their removal in a video?
    Thanks again for all of your knowledge and help, sir!

  • @devnelson
    @devnelson Před 6 měsíci +2

    Great info! I'm more privacy savvy than most but some of these were indeed new to me. Super cookies?!

  • @Maxume
    @Maxume Před 6 měsíci +3

    I found the "DOM" acronym in the part about extensions really funny. The word, "dom," in Afrikaans means "stupid." Now, that's an appropriate acronym if there ever was one.

  • @mannyl3766
    @mannyl3766 Před 6 měsíci +4

    Great content Rob! Thank you! What's your take on using LibreWolf with segmented containers? ...am I still at risk of cross-website tracking?

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +10

      Containers do not protect you. Stick to browser isolation

    • @NoEgg4u
      @NoEgg4u Před 6 měsíci

      @@UNcommonSenseAUS I have never used Qubes. But I am intrigued by its functionality.
      Are you using Qubes?
      Is it worth the extra effort?
      Does it perform well with modest hardware (say, an Intel Core i5, 16GB of RAM, and an SSD)?

  • @spartanchuckles8743
    @spartanchuckles8743 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Thansk for all you are doing to help us normies understand and improve on tech stuff relating to privacy/security. (as i see it, the more private you are, the more secure your data, etc is).
    its sort of sad that even if i got rid of all tech or kept my stuff off the internet, my personal info/data could and would still get online. tracking would be not near the same degree, but there are so many places (government, business, schools, place you work) that would collect a bunch of info on you and would use their computers and internet and have all that stuff accesible.

  • @AdamTheTruthSeeker
    @AdamTheTruthSeeker Před 4 měsíci

    For years I have told people about how violated we were where we use anything using the net. One day Iwas driving my semi as I was speaking to my step father about his up coming retirement. You see he is 6'6 and his legs have been giving him problems and so that's what particularly we were discussing. And so after the convo we hung up and it wasn't 10 min later he was calling me back asking me if I had contacted a doctor about his legs. And I said "no" I'm still driving and we just got off the phone. Then he proceeded to tell me how a doctor called him about service for his legs. I was stunned. Since then I play in settings so much I mess things up now turning everything off. I'm like the guy in comments that want to live off the grid in the woods.

  • @StevenChristenson
    @StevenChristenson Před 4 měsíci +1

    It's refreshing to get the straight stuff! Thanks for this!

  • @LB-tt7kx
    @LB-tt7kx Před 6 měsíci +7

    Any implications for using Safari? I use it almost exclusively w/ Brave to bookmark sites. Is this a bad idea?Sorry to ask if you covered this apple issue previously. Thanks so much Rob.

    • @nickplays2022
      @nickplays2022 Před 5 měsíci

      There is a new vulnerability in Safari, iLeakage

  • @homemark22
    @homemark22 Před 5 měsíci +1

    There's no way any protection can do but to completely cut out online presents

  • @vladimirmisata
    @vladimirmisata Před 6 měsíci +6

    Great Report Rob! Everything Is On The Ball. It Seems I'm Constantly Role-Playing With These Terds Considering A "Shadow" Is Constant In The Digital World, That Don't Play In The SUN - Expect It As Is, IS!
    Just Wondering Rob, What Are Your Thoughts About "User-Agent Switchers", Extension for Firefox header, ie Pretending to be a different browser?

    • @skate5652
      @skate5652 Před 5 měsíci

      Unless you're spoofing default browser settings ( kind of like a tor browser does) user agent switchers help build a unique profile that can be tracked and used in a correlation attack. It's counterintuitive but they work against good opsec

  • @jondoe9581
    @jondoe9581 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Rob forgive me if you have all ready covered, could you make a video about google incognito tracking lawsuit ?
    Long time fan thank you for your work !!

  • @pauldaystar
    @pauldaystar Před 6 měsíci +1

    Rob, Big Thankyou from Alaska,

  • @orsoncart802
    @orsoncart802 Před 6 měsíci +2

    Thanks, Rob! 👍👍👍

  • @deborahwalden8067
    @deborahwalden8067 Před 5 měsíci +1

    You are looking ageless, Rob! I don’t get your notifications 😮. Signed up for sailing too. You are menza aren’t you. 🎉

  • @a68k_de
    @a68k_de Před 6 měsíci +3

    That's why I hate modern browsers, especially since Firefox version >35.
    You no longer have any control over your data and what the browser can and is allowed to do.
    To this day I still don't understand why Mozilla sold itself and gave up itself. Not only to mention the "great" developers......

  • @sidburn2385
    @sidburn2385 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Is partitioning effective using different profiles in ffox with tweaking settings in about:config for each profile ?

  • @ronsilva516
    @ronsilva516 Před 5 měsíci

    Very informative thanks

  • @stopthink7202
    @stopthink7202 Před měsícem

    That autofill thing scared me. Thanks for brining it to my attention.

  • @macik7624
    @macik7624 Před 6 měsíci +3

    Thank you for the video. This is super helpful.
    If I accidentally logged in on Google with a browser that is meant for non-google activities, is there a way to recover my privacy other than to uninstall/reinstall?

  • @rakly3473
    @rakly3473 Před 29 dny

    Well, that explains how Humble Bundle so so often has book bundles about the stuff I was looking into to the past week. I'm sure it's not tailored exclusively to me personally, but if they can see the interests of their visitors, it's pretty easy to then offer anything related to that topic the next week.

  • @haxortrent
    @haxortrent Před 5 měsíci +1

    Pretty incredible channel! Please tell me with specific instructions how to pay for your product without telling everybody that wants to know that I am paying for it

  • @tomnoyb8301
    @tomnoyb8301 Před 6 měsíci +2

    What do you think about Eric Prince's 'UP-phone?' Has hard-switches you used to like.
    Looks ridiculous next to your open-source apps and dual physical-sims though. Three times the price too.

    • @slickrick412
      @slickrick412 Před 6 měsíci

      Wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.

  • @notthedroidsyoulookingfor
    @notthedroidsyoulookingfor Před 5 měsíci +1

    I miss the days when I could take a dump without Google knowing... This days you get in the first two minutes the chemical analysis...

  • @josefserf1926
    @josefserf1926 Před 6 měsíci +2

    My phones software update is now 1.6 Gb, how come?
    I can remember the days when you could fit Windows XP on a CD ROM.

  • @randycrager4074
    @randycrager4074 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I was hacked and it came from Google. Had to change accounts at my Bank, Cell Carrier, so on and so forth. It was a pain in the butt.

  • @Ardinia
    @Ardinia Před 5 měsíci +1

    speaking of partitioning of browsers, i would be curious to have you do a video on Qubes OS, and how it compartmentalizes everything across different workflows

  • @wt8522
    @wt8522 Před 6 měsíci +3

    You went to Gmail and signed in with your Google ID? That's not De-Google-ing dude.

    • @narcissismisadisease
      @narcissismisadisease Před 6 měsíci +2

      He makes CZcams videos. Duh

    • @hpa021
      @hpa021 Před 2 měsíci

      it's only for CZcams. For search engines and websites you use a different browser

  • @NoEgg4u
    @NoEgg4u Před 6 měsíci +10

    Rob, could virtual machines mitigate tracking?
    For example, if you do a clean install of Windows 10 as a guest in Oracle's Virtual Box, take a snapshot (before any web browsing), and then do your web browsing... then...
    ...when you are done with your web browsing, you can restore your snapshot (takes 2 seconds). Your Windows 10 guest machine will be completely restored to prior to your web browsing session.
    Is there any benefit to the above? Or is it a waste of time?
    Your solution, to use different browsers, is intriguing. But then each of those browsers is keeping a history of your activities. And what happens if you mistakenly use the wrong browser and visit a site that you were supposed to visit with a different browser?
    I figure that by using a virtual machine (even more than one virtual machine), then you would be completely clearing out whatever your guest machine had stored, upon restoring your snapshot.
    Your thoughts?

    • @DOUBLE0SEVUN
      @DOUBLE0SEVUN Před 6 měsíci +2

      I’d like to hear his thoughts on this too!

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +11

      Yes VM's solve a lot of these. But browser isolation is simpler to execute. You can do either

    • @NorthernChimp
      @NorthernChimp Před 6 měsíci

      @@robbraxmantech Is VirtualBox trustable, knowing it's from Oracle?

    • @cori1302
      @cori1302 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I like the multiple virtual machines idea.
      And yes, it is a lot more work than just using separate browsers.

    • @a64738
      @a64738 Před 5 měsíci

      There exist linux versions specially made to run in virtual machine with TOR as internet connection and special versions of Firefox that uses TOR for going on internet if you want high privacy...

  • @dusanmal
    @dusanmal Před 6 měsíci +6

    Related question/problem I can't understand despite my technical background: This happens only on mobile, Android browsers no matter Googled or de-Googled. I typically use Firefox there so we can narrow issue to it. I follow same good privacy idea as you and on installation I disable any memorizing of anything (name, email, address fields, ccards,...). I also disable any "hints" for any fields such as URL, search,... However, now and then a website form will provide me with an option when I click on the field. Say I click on empty email field and below it will appear "suggestion" of the last email I typed in some other form on the browser. Need not be the email I use at that site but, suggestion appears. I have never seen this on desktop browsers and I don't understand where the info is coming from. Any ideas? (I see this as very bad as it somehow automagically bypasses my "ban" on remembering the form fields...)

  • @neliademelo6176
    @neliademelo6176 Před 6 měsíci +5

    Hi Rob.
    Thank you so much for what you do.
    Teaching us to be aware, and how to protect.
    We appreciate you!

  • @GiovanniChinnici
    @GiovanniChinnici Před 13 dny

    Thank you. What do you think of Startpage?

  • @JayGee824
    @JayGee824 Před 2 měsíci

    Hello do you also research or involve ur work how tv antennas/towers can be a serious issue against peoples privacy?

  • @martinfromseacity2010
    @martinfromseacity2010 Před 6 měsíci

    Thanks for the info

  • @powerpower1797
    @powerpower1797 Před 6 měsíci +3

    CZcams attaks firefox and slowing down firefox is this a privacy intrusion?Because ad blockers?

  • @nickplays2022
    @nickplays2022 Před 5 měsíci

    Fun fact: when you say "like button" in the video, the button below the video player is highlighted.

  • @ababcb3005
    @ababcb3005 Před 5 měsíci +1

    What do you think about the --user-data-dir command line argument in Chrome? It basically lets you run multiple instances of Chrome independently, each with their own extensions/history/etc. Could that be used in lieu of having a bunch of different browsers on your system?

    • @SpaceCadet4Jesus
      @SpaceCadet4Jesus Před 5 měsíci

      If you're running one session of Chrome, how is two or more sessions going to do anything for you? Just put all the "extensions" on one single version, go into settings and turn off history, etc...etc.
      I mean, what is the actual goal we are trying to accomplish here?
      Visa, Mastercard and your bank have records of all you ever buy and where you go to buy it with timestamps, unless you always use cash. And I mean always.
      What's the purpose?

    • @lmotaku
      @lmotaku Před 5 měsíci

      @@SpaceCadet4Jesus This is a good point, however I think political affiliation and partitioning super cookies is detrimental for people wanting to work in cyber security or government. While it doesn't matter in regards to purchases, one big thing you could be doing is a VPS/Virtual container (Maybe even docker) specifically for running an isolated instance of a browser with a proxy or VPN specifically for political/news/social [with other usernames, etc] and do your real name stuff via normal parameters. My biggest thing is it's a little too late, I mean, if we all have a super cookie, how does suddenly changing our browser history change 10 years worth of data?

  • @Acrimonious_Snake
    @Acrimonious_Snake Před 6 měsíci +1

    Windows 10 spies on user and makes screenshot at every mouse click. That is written in the license agreement.

  • @rainchopper898
    @rainchopper898 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Good explanation, I would buy a phone if I ever used one.

  • @ChaceBonanno
    @ChaceBonanno Před 6 měsíci +2

    Should take it further and do entirely different machines on different networks

  • @happycamper90596
    @happycamper90596 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Privacy is a thing of the past .. Ai , Social media & Facial recognition , When they all connect its all over .. You cant beat the dod system. The Only way to beat it is not using it

  • @walter_lesaulnier
    @walter_lesaulnier Před 21 hodinou

    I finally set up a virtual machine with a hardened Firefox that I do everything involving money in any way on. I also make sure my VPN is on when using it. The host is a semi-hardened Fedora Workstation.

  • @xDMG15x
    @xDMG15x Před 6 měsíci +7

    I learned heaps from this video. I never considered that javascript might capture autofill data even if i delete it out of the input box before i submit.
    You mention watching youtube videos in a browser, i assume because you dont want to install the app, understandable. Is this the case with all the google services you use? Maps, search, gmail, docs etc?
    I’m forced to use google authenticator app for 3 different sites, is there a better option than having this app installed?

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +5

      De-Googled phones cannot run Google apps. Which is critical since the spyware is tied to a Googled phone and not removable

    • @xDMG15x
      @xDMG15x Před 6 měsíci +3

      Oh okay, that makes sense. Thanks.
      Can you use third party youtube apps on degoogled phones? Like vanced, newpipe or even the one Louis Rossmann is co-developing, Grayjay?

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +4

      yes works fine

  • @patvb3243
    @patvb3243 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Hi Rob, is the Firefox Multi-Account Containers of any use for information isolation?

    • @entcraft44
      @entcraft44 Před 6 měsíci +2

      It's better than nothing but worse than different browsers. It prevents tracking via cookies but fingerprinting can connect the containers since you have the same browser settings, extensions, etc. on all containers.

    • @robbraxmantech
      @robbraxmantech  Před 6 měsíci +2

      exactly

  • @chenpu1
    @chenpu1 Před 5 měsíci +1

    So. instead of keeping documents in the cloud, should we keep the documents only locally on one's PC and make the PC accessible remotely?

  • @YordkarYordkar
    @YordkarYordkar Před 6 měsíci +1

    Could you please make a video about protecting your home router/network? And secure your browser for online banking.

  • @PaulAnthony2009
    @PaulAnthony2009 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I have a OPPO phone and despite it (the app) being disabled, it keeps on nagging me to enable some kind of "payment protection", Any ideas to remove it from my system?
    thanks

  • @swipekonme
    @swipekonme Před 6 měsíci +1

    i use a browser exported out of distrobox in debian, what are the implications (distrobox is running fedora)

  • @davidedwards2401
    @davidedwards2401 Před 4 měsíci

    Thank you love this.

  • @terminator2513
    @terminator2513 Před 6 měsíci +1

    As always, you are our best protector❤🙏

  • @tenitabrown9086
    @tenitabrown9086 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Are super cookies persistent in privacy tab, once the private tab is closed?

  • @wrongun635
    @wrongun635 Před 2 měsíci

    Hey Rob. What about the actual keyboard app on Android. If I switch on my VPN and load up Brave browser, Gboard still has all my auto fill words and It sends usage statistics to Google. Is this data also being used to fingerprint across browsers ?
    Thanks

  • @ctg3d
    @ctg3d Před 5 měsíci +4

    Just a note, moving around on other browsers (FF, chrome, whatever), using the same IP.. doesn't mean much to people who are dedicated to scraping data. Especially when requests are within the same time frame or depending on the logs, months apart. Using a VPN could circumvent that.. since the scraped data would all be lumped over "everyone" using that IP making the data an irrelevant mess.
    Using a different IP per sectioned off browser, like using your phone's data and PC on home wifi.. can segregate it like you propose. Up until you merge the phone on wifi or pc tethered to cell data. You're probably reaching paranoid levels at this point though. ;)

    • @user-ys4kp5yx9u
      @user-ys4kp5yx9u Před 4 měsíci

      ok, but who are those 'people dedicated to scraping data'? Please, I wanna know who these bad men are. Do the smoke cigars?

  • @user-wq8cp3bi9k
    @user-wq8cp3bi9k Před 6 měsíci +1

    Most ppl dont know how many private is destroyed in google chrome...