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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by dethada@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

I want to switch to a more privacy focused browser, would like to hear what yall use currently and why.

Edit: I’m currently using edge.

Edit: Thanks everyone for your input. I have decided to go with floorp (a firefox fork) with betterfox. Here's my decision process,

  1. Firefox based browser
    • To help with browser monopoly
    • I really like the sidebery extension
  2. I chose floorp instead of ff or other ff forks because of the ease of customization
    • I also tried zen browser but experienced a bug just from my short usage so I think it's not mature enough for me currently, but I do like the project.
  3. Betterfox + extensions for better privacy settings
    • Ublock Origin
    • ClearURLs
    • Decentraleyes

Did not choose to go with LibreWolf, Mullvad etc because I'm worried about site breakages.

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[–] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 123 points 1 month ago (3 children)

I swear this question comes up everyday in Lemmy πŸ˜….

Firefox, I just use Firefox because, it works, it has enough privacy measures, and everyone is looking at the codebase, something that cannot be said about most (if not all) forks.

[–] dethada@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Any issue with websites breaking? Since sites only care about chromium support nowadays

[–] wazzupdog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not op, but I've yet to encounter a website that doesn't work with Firefox. (In the last 5 years)

[–] refalo@programming.dev 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

there are plenty, you just don't happen to use them

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 5 points 1 month ago

Technically true

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[–] AZERTY@feddit.nl 9 points 1 month ago

I've had a couple sites break but idk if that's because of Firefox or because of my privacy add ons.

[–] wulf@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

Vast majority of sites work for me (librewolf), but for the few that don't I also have Vivaldi installed

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[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 57 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (12 children)

more privacy focused browser

Librewolf is the best, Mullvad Browser is cool, if you use their VPN, ungoogled-chromium is good, if you need a chromium based browser. Despite its popularity among privacy-enthusiasts Brave is virtually a spyware.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 13 points 1 month ago (2 children)

How up to date is that info about Brave? Because their default search is brave-search, not Google as claimed.

[–] JustMarkov@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not 100% up to date, of course, but for the most part, it still applies. And furthermore, trusting a company with that kind of reputation is definetely not a good idea.

[–] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What is their reputation? Genuinely asking, I’ve been ignoring Brave since ever, but lately I thought I should evaluate it for broken sites that depend on chromium.

[–] naught@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

[Brendan Eich, founder of Brave made a] 2008 donation of $1,000 toΒ California Proposition 8, which called for the banning ofΒ same-sex marriage in California,[18]and donations in the amount of $2,100 to Proposition 8 supporterΒ Tom McClintockbetween 2008 and 2010.

It also has optional ads to pay you in crypto. I view 99% of crypto as a scam btw

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[–] SirDerpy@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

I saw crypto from home screen to settings. While anecdotal, that made them very difficult to trust.

I think Mullvad is great even if you don't use their VPN :)

[–] DetachablePianist@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Good choices. I too run Librewolf by default, with ungoogled Chromium standing by for the occassional asshat website intentionally designed to work exclusively on Chrome

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[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

Firefox with a handful of extensions, same on phone.

Last time a site "needed" chromium based a user agent switch did the miracle...

[–] nore@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just Firefox, I like the way it looks, and it's open source.

firefox on desktop: to keep away a browser monopoly for another day.

iceraven on mobile: more extensions.

[–] xnx 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Zen browser. Its a browser that looks like arc browser but its based on Firefox and has tracking removed. Its really nice. They also have their own theme system to change how the browser looks and acts

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[–] LordeMostarda@lemmy.eco.br 15 points 1 month ago

Librewolf is pretty good, i like having privacy features out of the box

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Firefox for most things, but I keep a copy of Vivaldi installed because sometimes my firefox setup breaks capcha.

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[–] inlandempire@jlai.lu 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Zen Browser, love the split view feature, and native vertical tabs !

https://zen-browser.app/

It's a Firefox fork btw

[–] arthur@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Zen Browser since last week. Is a Firefox fork.

[–] Uncle_Abbie@lemmy.today 5 points 1 month ago

I love the split-screen feature.

For the unfamiliar, here's their home page: LINK

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[–] outerspace@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Firefox because of extensions on mobile, literally the only browser capable of that

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[–] floppakid@feddit.org 10 points 1 month ago

Mullvad Browser when I'm on my Desktop, which is basically the Tor Browser but without the Tor network. The Mullvad Browser is instead designed to be used with a VPN.

Vanadium when I'm on my phone, which is is a hardened variant of Chromium providing enhanced privacy and security, similar to how GrapheneOS compares to AOSP.

And when I'm at work or using any other computer I try to mainly use Firefox.

[–] sma3in@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Librewolf. whatever you end up choosing, don't install brave

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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 9 points 1 month ago

Mull on mobile, mullvad and Firefox on desktop

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

plus "I don't care about cookies" and "Cookie AutoDelete" for my sanity...

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (7 children)

Librewolf for anything that does work, Brave for anything that works only on Chromium based, and Mullvad for all the crazy.

On Android it's Mull and Mulch.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (6 children)

Instead of Mulch I would recommend Cromite. It is fully open source (free of proprietary dependencies unlike Brave and Mulch), has anti-fingerprinting (unlike Mulch), and has built-in ad-blocking. Browser comparison table made by the Developer of Mulch: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

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[–] Sarothazrom@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Firefox with ublock origin for both desktop and mobile.

Those two programs alone block out like 75% of the annoyances and dangers of the modern internet. Near-complete removal of ads and a couple nice healthy adware and malware guards on top of that.

Add on a VPN and a few more Firefox extensions and I feel that I can browse the net anxiety-free.

[–] privacydingus@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Firefox then additional hardening through arkenfox.js, minimal extensions - uBlock + Bitwarden.

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 month ago

Edge isn't private so you have plenty of ways to improve

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Librewolf + uBlock Origin on desktop. Mull + uBlock Origin on mobile.

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[–] Ilandar@aussie.zone 5 points 1 month ago

If you want to stick with Chromium-based browsers, you could try Vivaldi. I am a Firefox user myself but Vivaldi is my backup browser for those rare occasions where I have issues. 95% of the browser is open source, with the remaining 5% being comprised of the closed source UI. Vivaldi has a pretty reasonable privacy policy, an inbuilt ad-blocker and is a 100% employee owned company. It supports all major operating systems and has a sync feature so you could use it as your main browser across all devices if you wanted.

[–] batcheck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Firefox with Betterfox user script. Then from there is a bunch privacy focused/oriented extensions. I also harden my DNS with custom host files from StevenBlack. I also point all my devices to NextDNS as another catch and also to standardize things as I use NextDNS to manage my kids access to the world.

I do need to create a private VPN (of my own) still so my mobile devices can be setup behind StevenBlack host entries.

[–] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Hardened Firefox on my PC and Waterfox on my phone. Reason: mostly because I have been using Firefox for a long time and I want to stay away from Chromioum-based browsers (but not out of privacy concerns :) ).

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 1 month ago
[–] troed@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

Firefox with plugins. If we want there to be anything but Chromium and Safari in the future it's simply what needs to be done. Forks of Firefox will disappear when Firefox does ...

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 4 points 1 month ago

Tor Browser

[–] EuCaue@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Just Firefox, and gnome web sometimes.

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