I was using brave before and decided to switch to firefox but I did some research and turns out firefox collects way more by default than brave and I am switching back, what do you think?
I was using brave before and decided to switch to firefox but I did some research and turns out firefox collects way more by default than brave and I am switching back, what do you think?
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miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml · 24 pts · 3y
I will also recommend Mull, it's a hardened Firefox and can pretty much be described as Librewolf for Android
Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 3y
grapheneOS devs say Firefox is unsafe, but I think they say that for anything that isn't Vanadium (their own browser)
DmMacniel@feddit.de · 4 pts · 3y
which is just another chromium browser; kinda contra-productive of them.
LoveSausage@lemmygrad.ml · -1 pts · 3y
Untill we get a gecko webview , you are using chromium based , whatever browser you are using. So yea the options are or use chromium or chromium plus Firefox.
N4CHEM@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 3y
As others have said: Mull (which is based on FireFox) + uBlock Origin is the way to go.
If for any reason you need a Chromium-based browser: Cromite.
DARbarian@artemis.camp · 15 pts · 3y
Use Mull -- it's like LibreWolf, for your phone
anamethatisnt@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
Fennec works well
CrypticCoffee@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 3y
Just turn off studies, pocket and change default search.
Not using Chromium is about preventing the WEI rollout.
erithrym@hispagatos.space · 7 pts · 3y
@spez I use Mull (https://f-droid.org/es/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/) for Android and Librewolf for desktop. If you want the more convenient way to use Mull on Android, NeoStore (https://f-droid.org/es/packages/com.machiav3lli.fdroid/) is the way. They even have DivestOS official repo.
Risk@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 3y
I don't know how it stacks up but there's also DuckDuckGo's browser - it has the added benefit of 'App Tracking Protection' which stops other apps from collecting data in the background by using a local VPN. Crazy how much it blocks - even for apps that haven't been launched at all recently.
whiskers@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 3y
Can you share what tracking data Firefox connects by default on Android?
jet@hackertalks.com · 2 pts · 3y
Look into mullvad browser for a out of the box private browsing experience, no tweaking required.
It's based on tor browser, based on Firefox.
neme@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 3y
jsdz@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
KrimsonBun@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y
Mull and Tor Browser
Resonant0838@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Firefox has specific issues that chromium based browsers don't. A big one is site isolation or keeping one website from accessing data from another. Those problems are worse on Android than desktop. I do use Firefox with uBlock on desktop but Brave on my phone.
owlinsight@lemm.ee · -1 pts · 3y