Hi! I just got a new computer recently, and I’m concerned about browser security and security in general. Any recommendations for a good secure browser? Preferably open source.

  • UprisingVoltage@feddit.it
    21·
    3 years ago

    Iirc the most secure browser in a vacuum is Edge, mostly because of its integration with defender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAu2KYrNgY0

    However privacy ≠ security, and I wouldn’t trade all my privacy for it (also a non private browser shares more information with the actors you interact with by default, which means you have always more personal data to lose).

    My recommendation for a secure and private everyday browser, both on mobile and desktop, is Brave. They check every box in privacytests.org and are built on top of chromium, which is (sadly) more secure than Firefox or any of its derivative (apart from tor, ofc).

    Edit: if you don’t have any particular threat model I’d suggest just go with firefox (or librewolf if you don’t want to spend time hardening it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7-bW2y6lcI) from desktop and brave from mobile (I really don’t like firefox mobile).

    Here’s a good general overview https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/88991d6f-b6f4-4673-9ba3-8d9a33cff19e (as I said privacy ≠ security, but if you don’t start from a private browser security is useless unless you have very specific threat model)

  • panbroggi@feddit.it
    0·
    3 years ago

    I personally go for firefox on desktop (with AdGuard/UBlock) and with Mull (Firefox based) on mobile with the same extensions (yes, you can add practically any extension to firefox mobile).

    If you prefer a chromium based browser, brave is fine, even if I don’t like some of their choices. An alternative on mobile is mulch - that is based on chromium and available on fdroid.

    Both mull and mulch are part of a privacy oriented project. I like firefox on phones more than chromium based, while on tablets it struggles IMHO.

  • codenul@lemmy.ml
    11·
    3 years ago

    Could give Mull Browser a try? Its a fork of Firefox, but without any of the telemetry.

    Also, browseraudit.com is a nice online tester that tests browsers in an array of things.

  • donkeystomple@lemmy.ml
    23·
    3 years ago

    I really like using Brave. Seems to strike a good overall balance. It has some annoying things like the crypto crap, but luckily you can customize a lot of that so you don’t see it.