Unless properly configured, most browsers contain lots of private information that can be exploited – or simply collected – by various third parties:
“private” or “incognito” browsing will not protect you
12 Secure Browsers That Protect Your Privacy in 2023
@ecksmc Been using Brave in all devices for a few years now. Happy to see it's #1!
@HealingHobbit Brave has its flaws
also that's just one articles review ive seen loads where Brave is way bottom of list - like 5th and under
then we have stories of brave not being on the right side of privacy and security
icymi
The shady world of #Brave selling copyrighted data for AI training
https://counter.social/@ecksmc/110848033485495621
just one article from over the years - fact is ALL browsers at some point get bad reviews and do bad things & try to hide it EVERYONE has to make there own mind up
@ecksmc It gets exhausting trying to find the lesser of all evils, and I think many just give up the struggle and go with what's easiest. I'm trying to fend off that impulse.
@HealingHobbit there are few good alternatives about like
ungoogled-chromium
A lightweight approach to removing Google web service dependency
ungoogled-chromium retains the default Chromium experience as closely as possible. Unlike other Chromium forks that have their own visions of a web browser, ungoogled-chromium is essentially a drop-in replacement for Chromium.
ungoogled-chromium features tweaks to enhance privacy, control, and transparency.
@ecksmc In Captain Dummy speak, what would you recommend for someone who just wants to be a bit safer online? I have everything possible blocked or disabled as a general rule. I just downloaded Firefox to my cell, and still have Brave on it for now, but will try something else if you think it's better. @th3j35t3r
@HealingHobbit really depends what your online for and mostly doin
for social media, if you use SM apps like twitter app - instagram aoo - FB app etc... as far as browsers go like i said firefox focus just because of the bare bones features and what it d=features it has are all security/privacy based - that and it open URLs you tap inside they SM apps fast with no fuss then when closing to go back to SM app all data & site settings a re wiped as well as cookies automatically
@ecksmc Good to know, thanks. 🙂@th3j35t3r
@HealingHobbit i use several browsers myself on different devices each has it's functionality
after a while of having a few browsers installed and set up in different ways you get used to it and it becomes second hand what browser to use for what without even thinking
never put your eggs in one basket
also use different search engines
startpage
duckduckgo
google
Google Scholar.
DogPile
Openverse
it's easy to set them all up in on browser via "search engines" & create shortcuts
@HealingHobbit that said it is a personal choice
firefox focus doesn't allow you to bookmark stuff or anything fancy like other browsers do - what you do then is tap three dots and share with a browser like brave or chrome and bookmark from there ##you can download from firefox focus though like pics and PDF etc
Brave is good browser - Firefox is gonna start rolling out the full extension/add on library soon also so, you can instal any add-on just like desktop
personal choice
@th3j35t3r