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submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 121 points 3 months ago (17 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.

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[–] Tolstoy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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@slrpnk.net 15 points 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

[–] Angry_Autist@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago (3 children)

Zen Browser since last week. Is a Firefox fork.

[–] Uncle_Abbie@lemmy.today 5 points 3 months ago

I love the split-screen feature.

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

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[–] floppakid@feddit.org 10 points 3 months 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.

[–] outerspace@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

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

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[–] Extrasvhx9he@lemmy.today 9 points 3 months ago

Mull on mobile, mullvad and Firefox on desktop

[–] belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 9 points 3 months ago
[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] sma3in@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (8 children)

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

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[–] Sarothazrom@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months 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 3 months ago

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

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 3 months ago

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

[–] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months 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 :) ).

[–] batcheck@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months 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.

[–] troed@fedia.io 4 points 3 months 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 ...

[–] StanislavP@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Firefox on desktop and Mobile. To keep browser monopoly away. All settings set to max strictness except no DNS, because I have a VPN. Firefox works on 99.9% of sites. You can use a script called Arkenfox, to harden FF even more, almost to Librewolf, but with the advantage of updates coming directly from mozilla. I love the sync function across FF, so that's why I have it on my mobile as well, it's seemless.

[–] jet@hackertalks.com 4 points 3 months ago
[–] EuCaue@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 months ago

Just Firefox, and gnome web sometimes.

[–] foster_hangdaan@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago (4 children)

Currently using Firefox but I'm also keeping an eye on Ladybird.

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