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Chrome's proxy plug-ins still suck. Last time I checked, Chrome still leaks DNS requests.

Adblock is also gimped because of the browser API, making it impossible to block ads before they load, slowing your internet connection and sometimes making ads flash momentarily before disappearing.

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Not true since version 2.0 of the plugin.

https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/gighmmpiobklfepj...

What? Chrome uses the built in OS level proxies... so blame your OS. Additionally, Firefox out of box leaks DNS queries. Ever tired to use tor/.onion in a default firefox setup? Doesn't work because by default, firefox doesn't subject its DNS queries to the proxy...

But in Firefox that's easy to fix.

Just type about:config, set network.proxy.socks_remote_dns = true.

And in Chrome it's automatic and it uses the system level proxy system so DNS queries are automatically included. I didn't say it was hard in Firefox, but it was simply false criticism and it was too easy to turn it around on Firefox.

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