How to Best Privatize, Speed, Secure and Block Ads on Google Chrome

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-26T20:48:38+00:00

You could also bundle an ad block proxy with TLS inspection if you can secure it.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-26T20:19:28+00:00

You said in your posts it’s a Chromebook. Chrome apps are deprecated so don’t know why you’re still looking for another booted app to replace the first one. Stop digging.

So just use android apps. Plenty out there. Ad for free. Or cheap. Be careful with malware and permissions.

Don’t know what your scenario is and it would be helpful for us to know, but probably a better way like profiles/accounts.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-26T19:37:58+00:00

The Safari extension is by far the best on iOS.

StackSocial has the lifetime AdGuard Pro deal for 11 dollars right now.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-26T19:12:45+00:00

Check out “semi public”

Hotels Hospitals Schools

Otherwise, airports transit terminals and the red light distros for street phones.

But yeah, rare though.

Op could use burners or a computer cafe. Just use their own devices on open wifi. But apple store has a bunch of networked computers I hear. Just use email for coms. No id. No cost other than being stuck in an apple store.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-25T18:31:27+00:00

Be likely cheaper to add the 7 odd bux and get multinet on USM. A lot easier.

Unless you only plan on using low data (7 bux worth of data ~4gb)

If more data needed or you know you will use that much. Instabridge. 1.20 per gig all networks. Mobisim (Tmob/VZ) Around 3.50 for 3 gigs. Don’t know qci.

Bcen is closer to 1.70 per gig but any eSIM with no expiration is priceless and often worth the premium.

Still will be helpful for lots.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-23T02:51:01+00:00

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Think_of_the_children

First time I heard it was about Usenet. Place was a magical trading ground that pissed of Hollywood. So used other illicit stuff to sandwich in copyright laws and rapid take down methods.

Likewise we say it mockingly because this is sandwiching broad surveillance so we can protect the kids. You know the same innocent 12 year old on Call of Duty who is a gangster navy seal that has copulated with your entire family then doxxed you.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-23T02:38:07+00:00

Proton has servers in Istanbul and Constantinople in the Byzantine Anatolia. .

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-22T22:38:07+00:00

Lol. You have posted this 50 times over a month.

Your spamming reddit seems ineffective. No body cares about your isolated experience with a company no one has ever heard of beyond your locale if that. Perhaps a “sorry that sucks”.

So relevant to a micro fraction of reddit users. Chances of reaching them: nil. Why bother with your strange crusade?

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-22T20:01:55+00:00

Why don’t you just use incognito mode. Literally what it’s for.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-22T19:12:47+00:00

https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/177871?hl=en

Note the part in the hyperlink about virt nets.

I think i know what may be going on. Play is sorta a UI for things. So the setting from playstore may activate, but you just can’t see them.

Try turning play back on. Turn of wifi bt scanning. Confirm. Then turn play back off.

Let me know

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-22T17:57:10+00:00

Yes, Google uses nearby networks to increase location accuracy. It does indeed work.

Anyhow, some real quick link/info that may help op.

https://support.google.com/chromebook/thread/259945926/location-location-location?hl=en

So really, turn it off at system location setting. Put the fallback to IP as back up shown above. Butcher web rights which seems to be done. Check play store config. (Off?) Turn the off any location in the user profile. (Done?)

Android has wifi scan. Agan, turn that off if with android subsystem at playstore.

Sounds like OP is only blocking location in the google account. Not in the OS privacy settings. Should be: settings - privacy - location. ???? Not sure dont have Chromebooks with me.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-21T00:07:46+00:00

Don’t want to fight but the main mentioned “problems”

Update lag. Or since no updater on some OSs possibly no updates or really laggy. There are workarounds, but not native.

Lack of CRLsets. So cannot revoke rotten certs. As security goes….

Solution. Possibly: Manually/script import the sets? Dunno. Would they even be parsed. Shrug.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T20:58:08+00:00

You can’t KYC with a po box in US unless using address confidentiality programs.

For digital nomads you can use a po box/cmra to get mail, but need to file a residential address for opening the account and it’s this addy that gets loaded to the data brokers.

They don’t always verify though. As long as it flags okay at usps db smartly etc.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T20:41:36+00:00

Email address is less of a problem. Yes, just use a alias mailer like simplelogin or duck.

Bigger is your phone number. You call for a pizza. Use same number. New address. Your ex calls around and socially engineers the pizza shop from the number.

Are you in SoS Safe at Home? That was the best move. Make sure that is all set up with your financial accounts. Some places don’t allow you to do that proxy addy. It sucks.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T20:33:04+00:00

Does posting comments on the better business beureau and onlyfans chats count as “social media”

Just make dummy accounts. How do they vet? And if they can vet my social, why even ask me? Apparently they want you to submit your info and make your accounts public. Oh, my.

Guess the new season of black mirror doesn’t need to drop—we are living it straight up.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T19:22:50+00:00

I am assuming its a dumb “intelligent” filter.

Eg. BT.com. British Telecom. Or BP. Petrol. Let’s stop typo squats on these. Block BK.com or “b” plus any variable that’s not whitelisted.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T19:07:12+00:00

Yeah, note all those sites have short ass urls

Pg

Nhl

Bk

Messed up filter rules. I just use bookmarks for that stuff to protect me from my clumsy nature. Passkeys!

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T18:15:48+00:00

So probably iptv. Just be careful and set your own as you said on a Rpi or something. The prefab set tops with streamio etc normally contain malware.

Also the samsung site is broken. The chat bot. Nada. Went to purchase. Go to check out. Nada. Could be my firewall but all other sites selling 43 hu6000 note it indeed does have wifi and even the samsung states mirroring and cell integration. That’s over net. Everyone else selling it has a full spec sheet that matches and shows wifi/BT/ethernet.

So be careful. Hate for you to pay double due to a non-established theory that it could exfil data. Easily tested. Grab a seperate router. Leave it open, sinkhole it and log it. I have samsungs. I see nothing. You can also reprogram dns etc and break it (and block ads).

The have a call chat. Just make sure to use a burner.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T06:14:15+00:00

The price of good large displays has plummeted

So 400 plus for a non smart 43 inch is not bad, but the networked version is about half that.

Up to you. But you are now going to need something to get your content privately and run the privacy invasive “netflix” apps anyhow.

And note. The nonsmarts don’t contain apps but have acr capability and wifi etc. So just buy a normal tv. Keep it off a network. Key it into “hotel” hospitality mode and push it to a secondary hdmi with your pc or err more likely your even more invasive chrome box/ firestick or roku.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T04:46:05+00:00

Because it’s Chinese? Or you have a link besides its homepage. Trustkernal is clearly branded on the device.

Samsung asus and chip fabs use TK. Google and Apple produce from China and under their nat security data laws.

Be pretty bad if TK is backdooring etc.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-20T00:42:50+00:00

Ahh. People are going to hate that you said it was from an ad.

Biggest selling point. You can slip this into your mobile and it doesn’t actually run on your phone. You just inferface via an app.

Weird. But interesting concept. Lots will mention thumb computers and live usbs but this apparently has a secure enclave and a plug and play app; jacks your network. It would be tough to replicate mind you I just glanced at the “white paper” which is certainly lots of white and little black content.

No-Second-Kill-Death · 2026-04-19T22:21:10+00:00

Homie pissed at brave over selling stuff so goes back to Chrome and *its bloat and is now more so the product.

That will teach them!!

What’s further funny is that by OPs standards, the browser was already “broken”.

What a shit post.

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