Chromium

While I prefer Firefox or Brave I still use Chromium. It is an open-source web browser project developed by the Chromium Project, as it is without any modification it works well for privacy. As a freely available platform, it allows anyone to inspect, modify, and distribute the code, this makes the browser much more secure. The browser is also quite fast, it offers a minimalistic user interface that reduces clutter. It incorporates numerous security features, such as sandboxing, which isolates processes, this means that you are much more private.

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The Chromium Browser 

I think of this browser more as a secondary browser, much like Waterfox. I primarily use browser for tasks that require browser separation, such as social media, watching porn, reading news, and accessing sites I might not want associated with my main accounts. This separation is important for both security and privacy. For instance, I want to keep Reddit from knowing I use a specific hosting service, so I use the browser to manage that distinction. Let’s make this happen!

Privacy & Security

  • In Chromium click the 3 dots in the upper right corner and click on “Settings” near the bottom of the list.
  • Click on “Privacy and security”.
  • Choose “Block third-party cookies”.
  • Verify that “Send a “Do Not Track” request with your browsing traffic” is off.
  • Go back to “Privacy and security”.

Site Settings & Search Engine

  • Click on “Site settings”. 
  • Click each option and set it to “Don’t allow sites to …” on the first 5 options.
  • Click “Additional permissions” and disable the following.
    • “Background sync”.
    • “Motion sensors”.
    • “Automatic download”.
    • “Protocol handlers”.
    • “MIDI device control & reprogram”.
    • “File Editing”.
    • “HID devices”.
    • “Augmented reality”.
    • “Virtual reality”.
    • “Your device use”.
    • “Window management”.
    • “Font”.
  • Go to “Search engine” and click “Change” then change to “Duckduckgo”.

Now we’ve setup Chromium. All you need to do is to setup uBlock Origin Lite. On the chrome store, it seems like they’ve removed the original uBlock Origin because it doesn’t follow best practice it appears. I guess for Google best practice is no ad blocking. But then there is the lite version which just doesn’t come with the advanced option but it might be a lot easier to use if you are new.

Privacy & Security For All!