I am trying to get better with my privacy, and I specifically want to try and avoid big US tech where possible. I know they there are many people saying you should use multiple browsers for better privacy and all that stuff, but I’m also being realistic with myself - I just want a solid browser experience that has decent privacy and i can live with that for the most part. Not opposed to maybe 2 browsers, but I’d like one daily driver, especially for work.
I do a lot of social media management and am using the Steam backend daily as I work for a game studio. I need to use YouTube and Bluesky and all those things, so it needs to handle media.
I’m running Vivaldi at the moment after jumping off Chrome. I don’t need to use Chromium. I was trialing Orion on my Mac but I use a Linux machine at home, a windows PC sometimes at work, having something across all would be nice and once again I know that is not 100% privacy, but it’s better than the average user.
Advice would be super appreciate.
Pick either chrome or Firefox. I use Firefox when possible. Configure it to delete all cache, history and cookies when closed. Install the appropriate container extension. Install ublock origin and privacy badger. Install your password manager of choice. Configure dot or doh perhaps using the socks proxy settings.
Use containers to avoid sharing cookies. Close your browser when you’re done using it. If you are going to walk away from it you’re done using it, close your browser.
If you’re worried about remembering your tabs, bookmark em. You can’t rely on ctrl-shift-t
If you’re worried about fingerprinting, use a window size that reflects a common screen size or common device.
Browsers//
Android: Ironfox (BEST OF ALL) and Cromite Linux: Librewolf, Zen, and Ungoogled Chromium Anything Apple: Orion Windows: Anything from Linux section
For future reference keep an eye on Servo, and I guess Ladybird too
Recommend all that!
I would use Mullvad Browser for browsing as it has very strong anti-fingerprinting/tracking and Brave/Librewolf (or a different privacy Firefox fork) for anything that you need to be logged in for.
LibreWolf is a Firefox fork hardened for privacy. I suggest to disable the cookie and history deletion for it to be more usable. It has a more tradicional UI than Zen.
Thanks for the info. I’ve seen Librewolf recommended a lot but also found a lot of threads of “normies” complaining it was a pain to use daily. I’ll give it a spin!
You’ll almost certainly want to disable some of the more extreme privacy settings. Specifically, enabling Canvas and WebGL will make it much more usable, at the cost of some reduced privacy.
firefox on everything. it supports ublock origin on mobile too, it’s great.
I just switched to waterfox and it’s doing great, doesnt have the trouble shooting of the 6 years od adons from firefox either
Librewolf if you want something more heavy handed with the privacy. It can break some websites though if you don’t tune it. Firefox for an every-man browser that isn’t chromium based. I personally run Firefox with ublock because I’m not looking to use Google stuff anymore. I’m waiting to see Orion’s deployment on Windows and Linux. I’ve been using that on my iPad and phone and like its potential.
I’m using Waterfox: privacy respecting and AI-free fork of Firefox.
Vivaldi is chromium… It’s also not FOSS. As with most the other people in the comments, I’d suggest Librewolf, though I’m looking into going back to regular Firefox with a custom user.js for added security.
Zen is Firefox but really pretty and with a ton of added functionality and customization.
I was quite fond of Arc so the layout would work for me. How does the privacy compare to say Librewolf which is what others are recommending?
I’ll check out their website. Would be awesome if they had a mobile browser. I’m not sure what to do there. I’m on iOS.
Not on PAR with that. I would recommend Mullvad over Librewolf though. Not to say that there’s anything wrong with either.
