So as the title mentions, I’m wondering how much is too much?

I am currently using Brave with the setting to:

  • Aggressively block trackers & ads
  • Only connect with HTTPS
  • Block fingerprinting
  • Block cross-site cookies

In addition to that, I have installed the following extensions:

  • uBlock Origin
  • Ghostery
  • Decentraleyes
  • DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials

So my question is: Is this overkill? If so, what should/could be removed that may be redundant? I want as much coverage as possible, but not have things bloated.

  • TheInsane42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Very interesting site.

    On Vivaldi I get:

    • No blocking in settings: 39% (how?)

    • only Ghostery active: 86%

    • only uBlock active: 100% (ghostery still reports trackers)

    • Vivaldi Max blocking, no add-ons: 53%

    • Vivaldi max blocking + Ghostery: 93%

    • All max blocing and on: 100% (same as just uBlock)
      uBlock reports 144 blocked
      Ghostery reports 53 blocked

    Even with only uBlock I get a report of 144 blocked ads (96%) with 150 tests and the site showing 100% score Interesting. It’s a nice test site, but I think I can conclude in my setup that uBlock is the best blocker, but a combination of Vivaldi’s settings and uBlock is a minimum. No clue if ghostery ads anything, but the site won’t test everything as it’s impossible to do that in the ad war we’re in.