An open-source privacy audit of popular web browsers.
  • solidsnail@infosec.pubEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I think they’re lacking explanation of what the data means.

    This can be very nuanced, and dependent on your goals.

    For example, in the context of fingerprinting, sometimes it’s better to provide fake data instead of no data, because that itself can be a unique characteristic.

  • DeadGemini@waveform.socialEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I just run Firefox with uBlock Origin, but if I was real tinfoil hat about this stuff I would go for LibreWolf, or just the Tor Browser.

    Brave bugs me because I don’t want my web browser to be a crypto wallet lol (also, the only cryptocurrency I actually have faith in is Monero).

    • futz@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Couldn’t agree more. I just wish there was an easy way to replicate Edge’s vertical tab implementation. I really like the way you can minimize the title and side bar so that you’re in an almost frameless window.

      I’m also a proponent of running multiple browsers for different purposes. One with accounts logged in, known advertising ID with browsing patterns and history that, when shared, don’t have any adverse effects. Various others with additional protections but nothing too extreme.

  • Renegade@infosec.pubEnglish
    52·
    1 year ago

    My personal opinion:

    For normal every day desktop usage Firefox or Brave. For mobile, Bromite. Tor browser here for specific workflows.

    • user@infosec.pubEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      This is really bad advice(except for “Tor browser for specific workflows.”).

      Bromite’s last update was in 19th of Dec 2022, it’s missing a fuckton of security updates(it was always late on updates).

      See my reply above for Brave and Firefox.

      EDIT: On Android just use Chrome or Edge with an ad blocking DNS filter.

    • Renegade@infosec.pubEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      If I recal, this site is a side project by one of the brave devs but dont discount the results. Brave is decent these days but its not perfect across all use cases. For example, Mozilla’s container extension is a very powerful privacy tool.

      • EmperorHenry@infosec.pubEnglish
        21·
        1 year ago

        Whenever I try to use containers in firefox, they just randomly reset to the default 4 at some point down the road

  • user@infosec.pubEnglish
    210·
    1 year ago

    Websites like these are kind of useless(sorry).

    I wouldn’t recommend Brave. Firefox is cool but is chromium is so far ahead.

    Just use Chrome or Edge with uBlock. At Least those two have massive companies with incredible security teams backing them.

    Remember, if you get targeted by an APT nothing will save you.

      • user@infosec.pubEnglish
        12·
        1 year ago

        What privacy do you have if some script kiddie could own you ?

        EDIT: It’s the best for security and can be enhanced for privacy. I’d say Vanadium is the best we have on android, but that’s only available on GrapheneOS.

    • EmperorHenry@infosec.pubEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Actually. Zero trust and whitelisting applications can help a lot with APT typed malware. Because it doesn’t need prior knowledge of a threat to protect you from it.

    • Umbrias@beehaw.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      OK chromium PR team.

      This is a massive list of objective metrics to reference. And your entire reasoning is “big company = better”

      Nah.