How would this be different from any browser that has Wikipedia search built in?

Did you try changing the timeout time value? I think the default is 3 seconds…

100% this. They already got caught sharing your health data with Facebook. Don’t think they (insurance companies)won’t buy DNA data en masse.

OP wanted a Chromium browser that wasn’t a massive privacy invasion. With Google stuff removed, it’ll be good enough. Add uBO and ClearURLs.

What’s wrong with ungoogled-chromium?

Maybe TOR uses FF because it’s easier to modify for their purposes.

Others would call that “insecure”

The VPN isn’t generating the requests. Other apps on your device are. Run a VPN for a while and look at data usage by app. I guarantee your VPN app will be the highest (all the other apps data gets funneled through the VPN).

Nobody in this entire thread of FUD has posted a single link to support any claim of Russian data intrusion.

Stop using the DDG Browser.

I do the same for desktop machines, just to identify immediately without hostnames.

Not only browsers, but operating system as well. Using GrapheneOS, eOS, or whatever?

Denied. Stock OS only on OUR internet, sorry.

Here’s another large discussion:

https://lemm.ee/post/2081589

https://vivaldi.com/blog/googles-new-dangerous-web-environment-integrity-spec/