After years of using system-wide VPNs, I made a switch to browser-only VPN extensions because I was constantly turning off my VPN for banking apps, flight check-ins, and captcha-heavy sites. Here's...
  • chi-chan~@lemmy.world
    6·
    6 days ago

    I don’t get it, honestly.

    Just do split tunneling, and exclude a secondary browser or something. Way better setup, IMO.

    Plus, you don’t need to search for tons for extensions, which might not be official/trusted; and it’s better to have a backup browser anyway.

    • refalo@programming.dev
      2·
      6 days ago

      I just use FoxyProxy, which lets you use wildcard/regex rules to send different sites to different proxies (or none at all).

      On firefox at least, you can also manually set a specific tab to use a different proxy.