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  • Have you tried out Strict?

    Posted on January 22, 2025 at 03:00 CST by • Comment in the Forums
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    The other day I was on someone’s computer downloading a tool that I’ve downloaded from my own PC and saw a ton of banner ads on the website. I thought it odd that I never saw these same banners when I went to the site.

    In a business environment, I don’t like to install a lot of extensions because of the interaction with some business websites. But I do turn on Strict browsing. Of course, I then forget that I’ve turned it on my browsers until I go to another computer for someone and wonder why their website experience is so ghastly.

    The primary side effect I see with the Strict setting — which you can find under security in just about any browser — is that websites will complain about an ad blocker being enabled. Let them complain, I say.

    Most browsers ship with Standard privacy as the default.

    My recommendation? Try Strict mode. See what issues — if any — occur. Remember: you can always add exclusions as needed. You can also designate one of your browsers as more open, with the defaults, and use that browser when a site doesn’t like how your main browser is set up.

    Yes, I said “browsers,” plural. Everyone should have multiple browsers. Use one for your main browser and others as backups.

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