Do you use a Sandbox for your web browser?

[fusi0n]

Just curious of how many people use a sandbox for their web browser? Just curious and share your tips if you have any  Good ole weekend convo 

[+Biscuits Brown MVC]

I do not sandbox my browser however I do have very strict javascript policies. Javascript is essentially disabled across the board with a whitelist of certain sites and even within that list, I still block many scripts. My web experience a lot of the time is pretty bad looking because of this but I'm used to it at this point.

[fusi0n]

  On 17/03/2018 at 12:11, Zag L. said:

I do not sandbox my browser however I do have very strict javascript policies. Javascript is essentially disabled across the board with a whitelist of certain sites and even within that list, I still block many scripts. My web experience a lot of the time is pretty bad looking because of this but I'm used to it at this point.

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Are you using Firefox with NoScript?

[+Biscuits Brown MVC]

Firefox, NoScript and uBlock Origin as well as a JavaScript Toggle addon.  

[cork1958]

No need to. I use Linux and have ublock origin and a good host file in all my browsers.

[seeprime]

Sandboxie.

[Nick H. Supervisor]

I selected the "living dangerously" option, not because I do like to live dangerously but because although I don't use one I do appreciate they can really help with security.

[dragontology]

Never considered it. Should I?

 

When I first upgraded to Windows 10 and my wife complained about it being different from Windows 7, I should have built her a Windows 7 VM to run in. She doesn't do PC gaming, so I don't think it would have hindered her in any meaningful way. I got a pretty powerful Xeon with 16GB of RAM. I might need to shut down the VM for gaming, but otherwise, it should be okay.

 

Honestly I just can't be arsed to deal with VMs. They're very cool, but it's just extra steps. To do things I could do with my computer without the VM, or on my phone. I got a VM running a PC-optimised build of Android (it has a taskbar... it's from the android-x86 project, so it's not shady). I use an iPhone, I generally prefer Android as an OS, but Android in a VM on my PC... I just gotta ask "why?". It's like having an Android phone ,but worse.

[spaceelf]

My browsers sandbox themselves.

[+Zagadka Subscriber²]

I don't do anything remotely interesting enough, and I trust my uBlock, AV and Defender to pick up things. I occasionally use NoScript if I am visiting a shady site, but not often.