Whenever I see Brave as part of the list of browsers people recommend, I know it's astroturfed.
Because every time someone calls it out, there's an immediate reply of "Oh yeah you can turn off the crypto mining" or whatever security issue there is.
All info on that site is several years stale and the site itself is unmaintained (last update 2022; git repo permanently archived 2024). Many of the details are not reflecting current state of things and this page is not a good resource for comparing browsers in 2026 (except as inspiration for replicating their methodology^1^).
Konform Browser is to my knowledge the only up-to-date webextension-capable browser today with literally 0 phone-home / background connections under defaults, and no telemetry or other superfluous undesired activity ever. (disclaimer: am dev. I'm certain it would be ranking as top if such a ranking was made today. Come @ me ;))
^1^: Separately recently published container-based flow for doing this kind of analysis and doing similar comparison. There are some basic results and comparison included in readme but would be cool to see someone take it to the next step, drill deeper, share more exhaustive and educative results, present it in a format more digestible for non-techies (whether using this setup or something different).
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VitoRobles@lemmy.today · 47 pts · 175d
Whenever I see Brave as part of the list of browsers people recommend, I know it's astroturfed.
Because every time someone calls it out, there's an immediate reply of "Oh yeah you can turn off the crypto mining" or whatever security issue there is.
quick_snail@feddit.nl · -7 pts · 174d
Crypto mining is not a security issue.
LincolnsDogFido@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 174d
No, just a waste of compute and electricity.
ken@discuss.tchncs.de · 44 pts · 175d
All info on that site is several years stale and the site itself is unmaintained (last update 2022; git repo permanently archived 2024). Many of the details are not reflecting current state of things and this page is not a good resource for comparing browsers in 2026 (except as inspiration for replicating their methodology^1^).
Konform Browser is to my knowledge the only up-to-date webextension-capable browser today with literally 0 phone-home / background connections under defaults, and no telemetry or other superfluous undesired activity ever. (disclaimer: am dev. I'm certain it would be ranking as top if such a ranking was made today. Come @ me ;))
^1^: Separately recently published container-based flow for doing this kind of analysis and doing similar comparison. There are some basic results and comparison included in readme but would be cool to see someone take it to the next step, drill deeper, share more exhaustive and educative results, present it in a format more digestible for non-techies (whether using this setup or something different).
Calfpupa@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 174d
Off to uninstall zen!
Yes there is a fox reference in the name so it's still carrying the legacy
XLE@piefed.social · 15 pts · 175d
Firefox got the same rating, and this was before they added FakeSpot, an ad network, and everything they advertised as AI.
U7826391786239@lemmy.zip · 19 pts · 175d
fizzle@quokk.au · 3 pts · 175d
I get that too but my fingerprint is unique, which is not ideal?
I understand that's very difficult to address.
ken@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 175d
See above comment
Captainautism@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -2 pts · 175d
Yeah, you shouldn’t be using that either.
parzival@lemmy.org · 2 pts · 175d
So... What should we be using, I use fennec and Firefox with a lot of modification
Xorg_Broke_Again@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 174d
To be fair, it has the same rating as Firefox. Though because of the URL hijacking scandal alone, Brave should NOT be trusted.
BigTurkeyLove@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 175d
What android browser yall using? I've been using waterfox but was using Brave till there CEO said soon pro-Trump stuff a while back.
Side note: this will be my last Android phone, plan on switching to the fairphone or a graphine pixel after this one.
YourItalianScallion@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 175d
Ironfox
BTW grapheme is announcing a partnership with a non-Google phone company soon, keep an eye out
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 4 pts · 174d
I'm keeping both eyes out for weeks since I first read it. I hope they hurry up.
Elgenzay@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 175d
Fennec F-Droid
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 2 pts · 174d
Testing, thanks 💖
glitching@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 174d
TIL neocities is a thing
Ghostie@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 174d
LucidNightmare@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 174d
I've got one myself and can say that it is definitely fun and worth the $5 I put to it every month. :)
sonofearth@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 174d
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 174d
No.
LemonyLickets@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 175d