inox-patchset

The store comes to mind, but see, for example, the inox patchset[1], part of ungoogled-chromium[2], which tries to minimize what Chromium calls home for (e.g. a bunch of extensions, Google accounts, and a few services which sync data with/ping the Google servers). [1] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset [2] https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium

> You can always use Chromium (premade build or make your own build), get the benefits of Chrome's security without the potential tracking. My understanding is that statement is false; let's be careful not to mislead people about these issues. And in that spirit, I should make clear that my understanding is based only on the following, not on direct knowledge: * The ungoogled-chromium project, which aims to remove from Chromium the privacy threats from Google: https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium A number of features or background services communicate with Google servers despite the absence of an associated Google account or compiled-in Google API keys. Furthermore, the normal build process for Chromium involves running Google's own high-level commands that invoke many scripts and utilities, some of which download and use pre-bui

You can also try "Inox Browser"[1] based on Chromium but with security/privacy patches. With extensions like "uBlock0 (Origin)"[2], "uMatrix"[3]. [1] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock [3] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix Optionally, unrelated to security you can try "Dark Reader" extension, which makes all sites darker ^_^ Especially useful with darker themes.

Use uBlock Origin [1] and uMatrix [2] instead. Also using Inox [2] browser helps too. [1] https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/ [2] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix [3] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset/releases

Or Inox https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset

There are also patches for Chromium that remove Google integration and improve its privacy features: inox-patchset - https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset ungoogled-chromium - https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium Iridium Browser - https://iridiumbrowser.de/

- Delete all Google Accounts - Flash AOSP (Compiling it from source rather than a pre-compiled rom is even better) - Install microG, a drop in FOSS replacement for Google Play Services | https://microg.org/ - Install F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/ - Install Yalp Store, an app for downloading apks from Google Play Store via F-Droid | https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=yalp&fdid=co... - Build CAF, Chromium for Snap Dragon | https://source.codeaurora.org/quic/chrome4sdp/ and tweak as you like. I add DuckDuckGo as my primary search and also use a majority of the patches from the inox-patchset | https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset --- With microG and Yalp you'll be able to cover 95% of your proprietary app needs. For example, I use it to occasionally install Slack when I work remote. But remember to always use the unstable vers

There's Chromium Inox[0] which is just a patchset on top of the Chromium build to remove much of the mothership home-calling. Inox seems to be much closer to Chromium than many of the other Chrome-privacy spinoffs. Contrary to popular belief, Chromium still has a lot of Google in it. I always feel like artificially patching a project that doesn't care about your concerns natively to be plugging holes in a sponge boat, but I realize sometimes you need to use that boat because reasons. I installed it from the AUR and it seems to work pretty well for the testing I do in it anyway. I don't daily driver it or Chrome. [0] https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset

There are a set of privacy related patches for Chromium called inox (https://github.com/gcarq/inox-patchset). If you are on Arch Linux, binaries are available on the AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/inox-bin