Tried Firefox with NoScript addon? [May run faster with less script run] If no-script does not "know" Main site, can temp-Trusted or trusted scripts then other scripting site may appear to be needed [never trusted FaceBook] Funny story, a few years ago 3 large online Tax prep sites sent USER TAX data to FACEBOOK. If script was untrusted from FACEBOOK [or in hosts file] no tax data for facebook
On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 1:57 PM Ted Mittelstaedt <[email protected]> wrote: > Any browser based on the Chromium engine can only display a max of 6 > stream windows and most modern security cameras are outputting in H.264 > mpeg video format of which Chromium does not have an encoder built in. > However, there are builds of Chromium out there that have that codec added > and will have no problems with the security cam output. > > Microsoft has an H.264 codec available for 99 cents that will go into > Windows and the browsers will offload to it if it's present. > > Ted > > -----Original Message----- > From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Chuck Hast > Sent: Wednesday, June 5, 2024 7:43 AM > To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Web browser recommendations > > I have been using a browser called Vivaldi of late. I have a batch of IP > cameras that I monitor. Chrome was giving me fits with some of them, > Firefox others, somehow or another I tripped over Vivaldi. Read the info on > it pulled it down and gave it a try. I use it for presentations regarding > the Amateur radio network called AREDN. Vivaldi lets me jump from live > screen to live screen with no issues. I have some cameras that Chrome does > not want to display, Vivaldi displays them all and it appears to be quite > fast. > > > On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 3:28 AM MC_Sequoia <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > "I find Google to be quite intrusive and I'm at an age where I value > > the privacies we used to have and try to retain as much of them as > possible. > > > > That's my main concern." > > > > I take privacy & security pretty seriously and I'm also very > > anti-corporate. One of things I actually like about Google is that in > > my Google account settings I can disable all of the tracking, history > > as well as see what 2rd party apps/sites are allowed to connect to my > > Google account. > > > > There's a high degree of control and transparency, in my very > > non-security/privacy professional opinion. Last summer I was locked > > out of my Google account that I had 2 factor auth setup on for over a > > week after I lost my phone. I had to go through a quite involved > > security process to recover my account even with them having my name, > phone number and address. > > > > One common privacy recommendation for any browser is to use a few well > > known & well reviewed browser extensions such as Cookie Autodelete, > > uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger and HTTPS Everywhere. > > > > More info here - > > https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/online-privacy-change- > > these-browser-settings-asap/ > > > > Lastly, I don't know if this was mentioned but you can also set the > > Brave search engine as your default search engine. More info here - > > https://search.brave.com/default > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
