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Is Brave overrated? (jeremmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by thekittencultist@jeremmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I don't know if I am missing a point or not but I don't exactly quiet get the hype as to me, it just chrome with poor man's uBlock Origin and their own crypto in the mix.

Like how it that different from me using ether Librewolf or even Google Chromium and install uBlock Origin compare to Brave?

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[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Librewolf

It's a different platform, you won't participate in the monopolization of Chromium as the only browser worth building webpages for.

Google Chromium and install uBlock Origin

AFAIK you'd have to do some tweaking under the hood to achieve the same effect, particularly when it comes to de-coupling Google from Chrome. My impression is that you'd be closer to Brave if you started with Chromium or even Ungoogled-Chromium.

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (6 children)

One problem with LibreWolf is that it has very weak security. The exact same goes for FF and other FF based browsers.

The Chromium monopoly sucks tho.

Edit: grammar. :p

[–] bbbhltz@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What's this about weak security? Do you have something to read about that?

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

From the same author as one of the best linux hardening guides: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html

[–] IoniCitY@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then get off the internet, none if it is secure.

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Generally speaking is true that our security standars are incredibly low and that's becoming more and more dangerous as time goes. Even moreso in our hyper-digitalized society.

But I fail to understand what does that have to do with the fact that FF is less secure than Chromium. May you develop, please?

[–] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Can you go into more detail about Librewolf having weak security? This is news to me.

[–] SrEstegosaurio@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Compared to Chromium.*

Not only LibreWolf but every FF based one.

You can check out this article since it explains it better than me: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html

While it's not about the most recent version most if not all of its points are still true.

[–] anders@venera.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

@SrEstegosaurio @coldhotman why does it have weaker security than Chromium browsers?

Edit: saw this in the comments: madaidans-insecurities.github.…