I realized a couple of weeks ago that 1. Interactive media is all about tracking and 2, Non-interactive media such as TV, movies, videos, "news"etc is about propaganda.
I remember when Mozilla was the go-to open source for less intrusive browsing. No more. How long before the Brave Browser falls under the surveillance state? Who knows? For now, it looks like the best alternative.
Cyberspace really is the new "Wild West" and we need to keep practicing our self defense disciplines. I cherish privacy in my activities and I thank you @Stellabelle for this info.
Firefox was totally independent, but then Google invited them to take part in a programmers camp and not much later we learnt that the company was heavily fined by the IRS for not disclosing receipt of a grant from Google of about $32 million (if I recall correctly). To me, though I still use Firefox, it is from then they took the downhill roll.
There is another browser I have tested and like. It is called Pirate. The name is not because it is for going to pirate sites.
Somebody wrote a book (I think I still have it) about this young person who is using a browser called Pirate, which commpletely protects him from any spying on him.
A gaggle of coder-hackers got together to create Pirate, as close to its description in the book.
It is a useful browser to have, even if you do not use it every day (sorry, but I like Major Geeks):
http://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/piratebrowser.html