I missed that part

The time from opening the browser to having a fully loaded site is minutes.

I think it depends on the region. To me, full browser restart with reconnect is maybe 10 seconds tops, usually less. I use Tor Browser as a default one on my phone, and it opens random links quite okay.

For me, the main issue is exit node blocking, then I need to restart the browser 1-2 times.

This question is unironically very deep. As it’s privacy we’re talking, you decide what to trust on your own.

My understanding is that Tor provides anonymity for my threat model (ad-tech corporations).

But trust need to be placed somewhere. Do we trust Mozilla? All their emploees? Do we trust OSS? Does anybody actually review open-source code? What about supply chain attacks?

I am, a nobody, was personally invited to a Contagious Interview (a person, pretending to be a client for consulting was trying to place a rootkit on my machine via GitHub repo).

What about AI-assistet coding that actively tries to eliminate security gates?

It worth okay for me.

Why not? If more people use onion router the network only becomes better.

You are correct that Tor is not as convenient. I use Tor Regularly but I use another browsers if I need to login. Sometimes I have to restart Tor Browser because of blocks.

The NSA wasn’t able to break Tor fundamentally, even with spanning numerous exit nodes to intercept traffic, and high-scale traffic correlation between enter and exit nodes

“We will never be able to de-anonymize all Tor users all the time.” It continues: “With manual analysis we can de-anonymize a very small fraction of Tor users,” and says the agency has had “no success de-anonymizing a user in response” to a specific request.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/04/nsa-gchq-attack-tor-network-encryption

I’m surprised to read the whole thread and nobody mentioned that TorBrowser is the goat for daily anonymous browsing.

LibreWolf doesn’t update itself on OSes other than Linux, it’s a security nightmare for an average person.

This is a very good point. I was reading “Extreme Ownership” and one of the point they were making: a 5-star manager makes 5-star team and vise versa. I called it a BS back when I was reading. But afterwards I got a new manager that threw the amazing well-oiled high-performing team in a dumpster in 6 weeks. Half the people quit within a month (it took me longer because of the vacation lol)

The alternative is a literal Nazi posting racist cartoon depicting Obama as monkey, not to mention a few murders here and there, and a promise to deploy armed Gestapo to watch the election. But worry not. You prople did very well not woting for a weak candidate.

Alas, you have a strong one now.

If you’d replace the word ‘flattened’ with the specific term ‘unwrapped’ it’s starting to make even more sense.