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I&#8217;ll update it regularly as required.<\/p>\n<p>First, I use an ad blocker.  Sites don&#8217;t like you to block ads, but there are so many malicious ads out there that chew up bandwidth, slow my browser, and clutter my screen that I don&#8217;t recommend using a browser without an ad blocker.<\/p>\n<p>The ad blocker I recommend is uBlock Origin by Raymond Hill on Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Microsoft Edge browsers.<\/p>\n<p>Browsers I recommend:<br \/>\n&#8221; Firefox Quantum &#8211; currently the fastest browser I&#8217;ve tested and it works on just about every site I use.<br \/>\n&#8221; Google Chrome &#8211; good general use browser, and any Google sites are optimized for use with Chrome.<br \/>\n&#8221; Microsoft Edge &#8211; taking a lot of abuse from the tech crowd, but it&#8217;s fast, secure, and my only issue is problems with some sites.<br \/>\n&#8221; Epic Privacy Browser &#8211; based on Chrome, it&#8217;s designed to be secure.  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