or better use the garuda safty guide in the wiki very useful are add-ons like ublock-origin and also https everywhere with a little bit be careful no-script and canvas blocker is very safe but maybe useless for payment systems
might make some pages not accessible
apropro with the gamer edition was a kind of download helper included but don't know how it is called can someone help me out
also will be on the garuda side
the search service searchx is mentioned
under the page https://searx.space/ you can choose one that suits you
i am european and i also find all the restrictions on search stupid so i recommend https://www.startpage.com add-on