I am a newcomer to the space and want to know some stuff about the mentioned mobile browsers. Information on them seems a little sparse to me. I am aware of Brave, however on my current device it is very buggy and I do not like the company’s reputation. I am aware of Firefox and it’s derivatives and the benefit they bring against chrome’s monopoly, however I believe that it’s non existing sandboxing is an issue and would therefore like to exclude them for mobile use.
Bromite seems to have been abandoned as it’s owner appears to be in a war zone (My heart goes out to you Carl!). As for this reason, Cromite was forked from Bromite by the main contributor to Bromite. This in itself raises several question for me:
- Is Cromite as good as Bromite was in it’s golden age?
- Does Cromite have some catching up to do, before it becomes an alternative to other browsers again?
- Can the project be trusted under different ownership?
- Is it not listed on PrivacyGuides.org as it is “new”, or as it’s got an issue? I know that Bromite was once recommended.
- Would you yourself use or recommend Cromite? If yes/no, why so?
Also, how does Vanadium compare privacy wise? I know it’s the bomb for security, however it’s developer(s) did not specifically target privacy if I understood correctly. If I were to get GrapheneOS, I’d be happy to use it’s stock browser.
What about a vm/cloud based browser? I have found very little about them, but could imagine they’d make it hard to track someone.
Cromite is a fork, so waiting a bit before using it would be helpful. Vanadium is a good option if you use grapheneos. Even though there are controversies around Brave, it does not affect privacy and security of it. Turn off crypto and other stuff and it’s done.
Firefox on android does not provide per site isolation. I don’t think it is significant as long as you know what you accept by using it. If you are willing to take this road, then Mull is the browser you are looking for.
https://divestos.org/pages/browsers
First of, thank you. Second, could you exoand a little more on why lacking per site isolation is not so significant in your case?
It’s kind of a vulnerability. Afaik, in case of a compromise on a website, it prevents being spread. For me, it’s an important security feature. Actually, it should be for everyone. But still, I use Mull on android activating https only.
Further info:
https://divestos.org/pages/browsers#processIsolation