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Which browsers are best for privacy? (privacytests.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by original_reader@lemm.ee to c/vivaldi_browser@lemmy.ml

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I am a little disappointed that Vivaldi did not do so well in this test. What do you think? Is there a way to improve Vivaldi in these areas? Is it necessary? Should privacy-conscious people use another browser?

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[–] accentgrave@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The person doing these tests works for Brave and doesn’t disclose this on the main page. He keeps spamming social media with his results and therefore this comes up time and time again. The main problem is that he refuses to test browsers which have been configured, he always tests them ootb. For Vivaldi this means ad and tracking protection is disabled, even though the choice of setting this up is presented to the user in the very first setup steps (one‐click operation), without the need to visit settings …

I wouldn’t take the results serious. If you want a sliver/the chance of privacy, you have to use Tor browser anyway.

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Of course this is bullshit. One single Browser does not win in basically every category except this is an advertisement for said browser.

[–] AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Even if this is independent, Brave turns off a lot of the kinds of trackers and scripts that make big corporate social media websites work properly. That's why a lot fo those websites load slower on Brave than on something like Vivaldi.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 year ago

Important context, original test was created before they were invited to work at Brave and in part because of their creation of the test. And LibreWolf and Mullvad wins the tests, not Brave.

And testing out-of-the-box experience is valid use case as that is what most of the non-tech people you recommend the browser will run.

Also while it's great that Vivaldi has ad and tracker protection added, it's average at best. Installing uBlock Origin with default configuration is better than what Vivaldi offers.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip -1 points 1 year ago

Full disclosure and transparency
(Updated June 2022)

This website and the browser privacy tests are an independent project by me, Arthur Edelstein. I have developed this project on my own time and on my own initiative. Several months after first publishing the website, I became an employee of Brave, where I contribute to Brave's browser privacy engineering efforts. I continue to run this website independently of my employer, however. There is no connection with Brave marketing efforts whatsoever.

I am committed to maintaining this website's accuracy and impartiality. It is my goal not to promote any browser here, but rather to offer objective test results for all browsers that encourages a general improvement in privacy across the industry.

By keeping this project fully open source, I endeavor to provide the maximum possible transparency and verifiability of the tests and results. Anyone who wishes to check the results can clone the git repository and run the browser tests independently. Ideas for additional tests, or code (pull requests) for additional tests that provide further insight into browser privacy, will be gratefully accepted.

https://privacytests.org/about.html

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Every browser created on top of the Chromium open source base and/or by a for-profit organization cannot be seen as secure.

[–] altair222@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

firefox, librewolf. use nothing but FOSS.