Me, I have a low threat model so I mainly try to stay away from proprietary stuff when possible (Chrome, Edge ect) I use an eclectic mix of browsers.

I use Vivaldi (I know it’s not entirely FOSS but I like the customizability of it), for my amnesiac browsers I use Firefox Focus on Android, and LibreWolf on PC, and for when I want as much anonymity as possible I use Tor with Orbot active routing traffic to Switzerland.

I used to use Brave Browser a lot because I like the user interface but I kinda got turned off by all the crypto stuff they’ve been peddling. And as far as I know, Bromite hasn’t been updated in quite some time (please elighten me if I’m wrong about that I’ve been out of the loop for a while) , and I was weirded out by the developer’s statement “I’ll get around to it sometime.”

Mull is great but very slow to search imo, when I search for something it takes a long time to load. Or it takes a long time to load a website. It could be internet speed but other browsers work just fine,and I’ve tested Mull on other WiFis.

I sometimes also use DuckDuckGo but the search results are so bad that I just find myself searching google to find what I want. No offensive if anyone uses those I personally just haven’t found much use out if them.

So what browsers do you use for privacy and security?

Edit: Sorry for the long post and edited for clarity.

  • @Hyperi0n@lemm.eeOPEnglish
    2•1 year ago

    I can’t find information at all on Fennec F-Droid because of the blackouts, could someone tell me more about Fennec F-Droid. First of all, wasn’t it a dead project? I remember it no longer being maintained. Secondly, that it tracks and reports activity in the anti features section. If this is true then should I use something else. I’m really frustrated that I can’t find this info because all I find on searches is reddit links. If anyone can shed some light that would be great! I heard a lot of good things about it and IF it’s safe I’d love to use it.

    • noodlejetski
      2•1 year ago

      wasn’t it a dead project?

      the latest version has been released a week ago, so… no?

      it tracks and reports activity in the anti features section.

      pretty sure it’s about Mozilla’s telemetry, which is disabled by default in the F-droid version.

    • orankiEnglish
      2•1 year ago

      I think the warning is because you CAN connect to a Firefox sync account. There may be something else too, but I trust Mozilla over Vivaldi or Brave any day. No need to add the sync account if you don’t want to.

      The best feature of Fennec for me is ability to configure DNS over HTTPS via about:config. Allows use of adblocking (Adguard Home) without heavy plugins on the go. I’m still stumped how DoH hasn’t been enabled to official Firefox Android, works great on Fennec.

      Edit: DoH added -> enabled, the feature is there on Ff, just no way to configure it.