The Best Web Browsers for Privacy
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01:51 What's Browser Privacy
03:03 Google Chrome
05:14 Mozilla Firefox & LibreWolf
07:11 Brave
09:14 Tor Browser
10:51 Microsoft Edge
11:57 Opera
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So, Chrome is THE most used browser in the world, on mobile, and on desktop. Out of the box, it doesn't have an ad blocker, or a tracker blocker enabled. To use that browser to the fullest, you'll also need to use a Google Account, and thus everything you do in your browser will be collected unless you specifically disable it.
You can disable a lot of things in your Google account and the web browser settings, but you'll need to download extensions to block the most invasive trackers and limit fingerprinting. Chrome is also not open source.
On Privacy tests.org, we can also see that Chrome has weak fingerprinting resistance.
Firefox has a good reputation for privacy, but it's not the best choice either. By default, it collects telemetry data, including how many tabs you have open, how many windows, how many webpages you visit, the number and type of extensions, duration of your browsing sessions, and some technical data on your OS, the version of the browser, the language, and your IP address in their server logs. Firefox can also use this data to recommend extensions to you.
In terms of protections, Firefox doesn't block tracking scripts or pixels but it does block social media trackers, cross site cookies, cryptominers, plus all tracking when you're in incognito mode. Firefox is open source, so you can be reasonably sure that it doesn't collect more than what it tells you.
If you like Firefox but you don't want the telemetry, and you want improved fingerprinting protection, then there's Librewolf.
Brave offers a lot of what you'd be able to do in another browser with extensions, but it does so out of the box. They call them "shields", and they block ads, trackers, fingerprinters, and cross site cookies by default. They also auto redirect GOogle's AMP pages to the "real" website, and they redirect tracking URLs so you're not even visiting the tracking domain at all.
The ultimate private browser is probably Tor Browser, but it won't be for everyone. Tor Browser blocks everything that the website might want to learn about you, so there's no tracking at all, and no fingerprinting, but ads aren't blocked.
Edge is based on CHromium, the base for CHrome, but they remove everything Google related from it, to mostly replace it with Microsoft related things, like a Microsoft account.
Edge, by default, has an opt-out for telemetry. It will block trackers from third party sites, and some ad trackers as well. It also collects "required" diagnostic data that can't opt out of, and this data is used to personalize ads from microsoft. If you use a microsoft account, you'll also give MS a bunch of data in the process, including device information, usage data, browsing activity, bookmarks and more.
Opera is yet another chromium based browser, which gets the worst results on privacytests.org. It has a unique fingerprint, and doesn't block tracking scripts, or pixels, it doesn't resist fingerprinting, it doesn't remove tracking parameters, and it also doesn't block the major tracking cookies.
It doesn't send "do not track" signals by default either. Their privacy policy also states that they might share personal data with third parties, which can be worrying, as Opera has been bought by a chinese consortium in 2016.
Vivaldi is also a chromium based browser. At first start, it will ask you what you want to block.
Vivaldi doesn't collect any data, browsing history or anything else, even if you use a Vivaldi account, because everything is encrypted in there. - Věda a technologie
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@@knghtbrd all activity, but no contents.
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LibreWolf gang is here
its still here ✊🐺
they are here guys, watch out
Yaep we're still here...!!!
though it would be great if *Librewolf could be a little faster than Firefox and more lightweight* especially for older systems all around the world
Cachy browser too
There's one more convoluted argument for firefox. That's a resistance to google's monopoly. Since all browsers are using blink and v8, supporting firefox prevents google from controlling the internet entirely, they still have to discuss adding new features and standards with mozilla.
^ this
MV3 gave us a glimpse at the possible consequences
Yep that’s why I use it personally
@@TheLinuxEXP
The issue with Google is that they are the major funder for chromium, thus they have control of how it's written. If some of these rich folk who are concerned about privacy set up an independent trust that fully funded chromium, then they could kiss Google goodbye and problem solved.
I feel like that's delusional speaking. Firefox usage is already so low that Google can do anything - see JXL. It's not like Firefox's engine are super good either. It still lags in several benchmark, and it's still hard to work with considering the lack of electron, CEF, and nwjs which actually means even less people actually use Firefox vs some form of Chromium. I think it says a lot when apps like Ferdium just goes with Chromium despite being a containerized browser.
Google literally pays Mozilla to keep it alive, it can't be a monopoly because that would be a legal mess
I'm using Firefox, as it's pretty main-stream, non-chromium-based and FOSS. I don't mind a little bit of data getting out (what Firefox seems to collect isn't enough to worry me). Also, I like Firefox because its UI is nice and possibly also because it's the first non-IE browser I encountered.
I'm a long-time and loyal Firefox user. Extension support is great too.
Same here, being using "Firefox" since it was Netscape Navigator. I just wish they would stop trying to force my tabs on top every few versions.
@@DavidFrankland
What do you mean by "trying to force my tabs on top every few versions"?
@@DavidFrankland Funny you should say that, I actually keep my tabs on the bottom of the screen (just above the bottom taskbar in both Windows and Linux Mint (Cinnamon), something that I've been doing for 20+ years, ever since the days of NetCaptor (IE shell) - I just prefer it that way, and I use CSS tricks to keep it that way in Firefox, something I can't seem to do very easily with other browsers (other than perhaps Vivaldi). Netscape Navigator was my daily driver back in the day as well, so great minds think alike, I guess :)
Same, and you can fortify the crap out of firefox by simply loading settings profile. Or just couple tweaks manually.
A note for firefox users: by default the url bar doubles as a search bar, even if you also have a dedicated search bar enabled. This also automatically sends everything you type in the url bar to your default search engine even before you press enter. You can disable this behavior by disabling keyword.enabled in your about config page.
A note for anyone wondering why they do that: It does that to fetch search predictions.
I recommend just disabling Firefox altogether.
Remember when it was the best by a vast margin? Oh how power corrupts...
@@MicahJKelly
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@MicahJKelly Firefox isn't perfect but it's the only class of browser not based on the chromium engine, the actual abuser of power in this industry. And it has the potential to have a hardened security configuration that is better than Chrome or even Brave.
@@halcyonacoustic7366
I think that's also why the Tor browser and LibreWolf are based on Firefox.
Also to note that Firefox has "Multi-Account Containers" extension with whom users can separate their browsing data by topics.
Very efficient to isolate social medias from other topics for example.
It makes lot of sense while browsing today's web.
Wavebox have that too. And you can replicate it with something like Ferdium. Plus, functionally, I don't think it's much different from the 1st party isolation that Brave has (and 3rd party cookies isolation is default now with CHIPS on Chromium 114), other than being in a pseudo-incognito tab if you're not on the right container (except not really because the site can still attach a cookie on you). It's neat, but it's not that revolutionary anymore.
@@FengLengshun why did nick say nothing is bullet proof ? how can you be tracked even with Tor and is there a solution to complete anonimity ? or using "decoys" to throw off the 'digital indentity' ?
@@mohammedladjeroud1143Maybe because it's made by the USA whose annual budget for perfecting their spying technology is 75 BILLION dollars? Just a thought.
Brave is the GOAT for me. It just combines all aspects a user might ever need.
Adblock? check,
Privacy respecting? check (fun fact you can actually tweak brave to send absolutely zero telemetry to its servers)
Customisation? check,
Chromium based and vast library of extensions? check,
Simplicity for older and non-technical people? check.
Productive, Clean and customizable new-tab page? check
Like literally everything and anything you could ever ask for. you could ever ask for.
(fun fact you can actually tweak brave to send absolutely zero telemetry to its servers) howwwwww
@@DailyMemesXD1 honestly i would recommend against it. Brave anyways sends minimal data that too which they use only to improve that browser. They don't sell or leak the data anywhere. and its anonymous too, so they don't know that you sent that data. And since brave is our favorite browser, that's the least we could do for them. (help improve brave i mean).
my pick is librewolf, its literally firefox but configured out of the box for privacy. Vivaldi is fine but its built-in adblocker is not as good as Brave. If you guys like strong built-in adblock out of the box, its LibreWolf and Brave. LibreWolf edge out a bit more due to not breaking sites as often as brave on aggressive setting, but will break Twitch. Tor is overkill
I just installed Librewolf to try it out. Once I got bookmarks and passwords imported I ran a test to compare it out of the box with my customized Firefox browser in a fingerprint test from EFF. My FF install was way more private that Librewolf, although in fairness, I could probably get it to the same level with not much effort if I tried. I don't, however, think I could get it to be better. So, if you have the time invested in making Firefox more secure, you are not going to get much better with Librewolf. BTW, Librewolf "out of the box" on the fingerprinting test gave up more info on screen resolution that was able to pin my browser as much more unique (due to where my launcher is located). Firefox did not give up that info
@@scpatl4nowDoesnt hardening your firefox make your fingerprint more unique ?
@@scpatl4nowneed a bigger thred on this
@@phoenix5171it absolutely does, which is why out of the box Librewolf is better than hardened FF
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I stopped using Vivaldi after watching this video :D Brave all the way.
How about using gecko instead of chrome as your engine?
@@ytravi There is no difference between any of the chrome based browser. It is an illusion of choice. All of them are slaves of google.
@@Weezerfier Ever wondered why no company does that?
If you aren't worried about anonymous telemetry or ads, and you just don't want Google and Facebook tracking you around the web - then Firefox is the best browser because they have "containers": you use one container for Facebook, one for Google and one more for everything else - containers are like incognito mode that does not share cookies with other sessions, but you can stay logged in to Facebook and continue using your extensions.
Besides, I would recommend the temporary container too. It creates a container that will be wiped after the condition you choose and all the data & cookies are gone, if not too aggressive on privacy it is also very helpful on debugging as it clears data faster than the private window in auto mode
Facebook is cancer and offers no value just delete it 😂
Containers is neat, I'm just not sure how long it'll remain a "Firefox exclusive". It's already not, actually, because Wavebox has similar containers, temporary containers, and link opening rules. And if a smaller browser like Wavebox can replicate it, I wouldn't be surprised if next year Brave have something functionally similar since they already have a lot of the site isolation backend built-up.
And it's not like Chromium can't do it either - they already have Profiles and, in an admittedly different context, Pixel Tablet used Profiles extensively so it's not like they don't care about Profiles. They already did 3rd party cookies isolation by-default with CHIPS in Chromium 114 and they're rolling out Privacy Sandbox.
I wouldn't be surprised if Chromium just combines all those and create their own containers front-end.
@@FengLengshun Eh fuck Chromium anyway
Right now you dont need container if you want to isolate the cookies
I have been using Brave Browser for like 3-4 years and never regretted making a shift from chrome. It also has Tor inside so it's super useful. 🦁
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i have used brave for a few years and i love it, they just added vertical tabs last month that allow you to have the tabs in a sidebar, it expands when you hover making it really fast to switch tabs and you can have more tabs open without any going off screen. plus i haven't seen an ad in years
Hey, Nick! First-time commenter, but I've been watching your videos for a while now, and they have been my primary source for staying up to date with and learning more about open-source world as I dive deeper into Linux. So, thanks for the amazing videos. :)
Your sponsor at the beginning of the video got me wondering: is an episode comparing email services vis-à-vis privacy in the cards at all?
Firefox is a balance for me, it does not block everything and hopefully not breaking the website, and block some level of trackers.
At least I don't feel to have an AI that keeps monitoring me as Microsoft Edge.
Using Tor all the time is pretty impossible for multiple reasons - speed, captchas, and getting blocked. Basically, it should be used for things that are specifically made to be accessed by Tor, where and when you need almost-absolute privacy.
💯
Yeah, it’s definitely not usable for everyday browsing
But please consider that if you're the only one using Tor, you can be tracked relatively easily. There was a student who got caught sending a bomb threat by Email because he was the only person using Tor in the university
@@jan-lukas He was tracked because how he did it. He called in a threat to where he was at while using that service.
If he it to a different spot or was elsewhere? He would have been far harder to impossible to track if he then securely erased the instance or used Tails so nothing was saved.
In short - Tor didn't fail. He failed basic OpSec. Which honestly is how the majority of criminals are found from Tor. They make a mistake in their OpSec instead of Tor failing.
I always use Thor inside Tails from a speedy USB 3.1 stick.
I think anyone using Firefox for privacy reasons would know how to turn off or adjust things to make it more private, as opposed to Chrome and Edge which don't let you make those changes.
Microsoft pretty much ignores your privacy settings since Windows 10 was first launched.
Tbh. hardening browsers is not a very good idea, because it makes you stand out. A lot of security experts are pointing this out.
Yeah, this is why something like Brave is preferable to me. Fairly mainstream and private all by default. I just turn off the crypto stuff cause I don't use it.
@@dand337Do you have any more information or sources for this?
@@dand337I mean, sure if there’s only one dude in Germany doing it, but if you have millions worldwide and they follow more or less the same standards then it gets much harder to pinpoint exactly who you are
A note about whether or not to trust Vivaldi. They are based in Norway, which has some of the strictest data privacy laws in the world. So I think you can trust them.
Opera says the same thing yet theyre owned by China, so how do we trust Vivaldis word over Operas? They claim the same thing. This is a general question too mind you, im actually trying to learn here
@@pancakes8816 Opera is owned by china, and the other one isn‘t. For me that’s already enough.
@@pancakes8816 Can you trust China ?!
Vivaldi's only not open source part is the UI lol, so it *is* open-source almost all the way.
I'm a Firefox user and to make my browsing more private I installed Librewolf. Same browser but less annoyances and you really don't even notice it's different from Firefox when you do usual stuff on the web.
Dude how can you read my mind, I was just thinking about which browser is the most secured and private and you came up with this video.
Amazing
The Browser Security Site you referred to in this video is owned and run by a Brave Employee and the results of their tests should be taken with a grain of salt as it is made to make Brave look the best and everyone else look poor. While I take my hats off to you for doing these tests as a user should, I think that leaving out the Brave involvement was a major let down. By taking Vivaldi at its strongest settings it shows you aren't taken by the sites methodology, but you still refer to it. Better job than most.
I didn’t know it was run by a Brave employee at all. Had I known I wouldn’t have used it.
@@TheLinuxEXP Well to be fair he doesn't put it on the front page, and he supposedly was hired after creating it, but he still does it without saying he may be prejudiced by his employment.
Well the strong break you gave when Vivaldi does its set up walking a user through, and the mentions that you can fix many of the issues with browser extensions showed you were were more independent.
@@TheLinuxEXPtechlore has an interview with the creator explaining all of that czcams.com/video/ygvhCa9-0L4/video.html
Chromium-based browsers are a no-go for me, so Firefox kinda wins by default. Librewolf looks interesting but if you configure firefox then it's mostly redundant, and tor isn't the best for all general purpose browsing.
Firefox is a good browser. It's unfortunate though how most websites are more optimized for chromium based browsers than firefox, video websites mostly and CZcams isn't the worst one, ironically.
cause you are in a cult
Hi Nick, it would be interesting if you made a video about browsers performance and battery life on laptops on Linux and even on Windows. Awesome channel, keep it up!
Noted!
Awesome idea!
That's a good idea! I do wonder how Firefox with Wayland mode would do, but thanks to a similar experiment performed by TheLinuxEXP, I doubt they'd use Wayland. But even with X11 it would still be a really good test though.
If you watch lots of videos I would suspect firefox based browsers to perform the best, because they support hardware video acceleration, where chrome based browsers don't.
@@benjy288You're right, at least based on my experience. I tried other browsers on Ubuntu and Fedora and could never get HWA to work properly. However, I meant general browsing performance in the main comment.
Very helpful video! Something i do is use multiple browsers, brave, harden firefox and tor. One one i do my basic search, on one i watch youtube. Its a good solution to have the advantages of both browsers.
Perfect video timing for me. I was looking for a privacy focused browser for both pc and android. Was thinking of using Mull and Librewolf with sync. At least this video will clear my doubts for pc.
lfoWerbiL and lluM is an awesome pair!
Firefox user for the last 11 years, the safari on mac, was looking to try another stuff, but I think I will keep it this way. Thank you!
Thanks Bro, I am from Sri Lanka, it is highly informative it is worth watching by everyone in every corner of the world! keep it up!
Thanks for a great video. I like and use Vivaldi because it has very good memory usage and management. 🙂
One thing you didn't go over is what browsers accept "scroll to text fragment" which is on in some browsers and off in others.
It's kind of inch, but still a feature none-the-less.
I'm surprised Mullvad browser wasn't in here. Especially considering Nick mentioned that the inconvenience of Tor isn't for everyone. I think Mullvad is a fairly nice in-between pick. I personally use Firefox, Brave, Mullvad, and Tor (might switch Firefox with Librewolf after this video). But Mullvad is new, so perhaps it's uncertainty might play a roll. Either way, great video!
Eh dont need to switch Firefox with Librewolf if you already have setup Firefox in hardened mode
@@MyCompAndGadgetHacks I followed a few hardening guides but recently I've been made aware that this can actually further fingerprint you since you stick out from the other default option Firefox users. If I use librewolf and don't configure it, I might be less fingerprintable.
@@cameronmoore136 If you really have a concern for fingerprinting I would go with Mullvad browser + a VPN and not change any settings
@@anon8510 Yes. Like I mentioned, changing settings can make you unique. If Librewolf is hardened by default, it's likely a better option for me.
@@MyCompAndGadgetHacks Yeah, I totally agree. Mullvad is one of the browsers I use. So far I've loved it.
I've been using Brave for a few months now. It's definitely a very powerful browser & I'm satisfied with its performance!
I use Librewolf with a cointainer for any google page where I have to log in. I also use a work container for work related tabs. For general purpose stuff I am using vivaldi. All my machines can run multiple browsers.
Occasionally I bring up Tor browser if it seems necessary.
Couldn't have done it any better ;)
I've been using LibreWolf for years and Brave as a backup.
Switched from Firefox to Brave quite recently, and so far I'm very satisfied
Firefox user here
I just use it cause it was installed by default and I still have 0 complaints. I like all the selection of addons available for Firefox. I also downloaded Firefox mobile so I can push tabs between my devices
Pretty neat stuff
Also, rounded edge rectangles are the best kind of ui
Screw Google chrome's circles
Yes, pushing tabs between devices is great, I use it in my Firefox, too!
You can css to make it look like chromium
@@lussor1 why on earth would I wanna do that?
Not particularly fond of Brave due to their heavy push for BAT, their in house cryptocurrency. Their payout mechanism in the past has been fraught with controversy. See Tom Scott’s rants about it online.
Also, just because Brave has an ad blocker doesn’t mean you’ll never see ads. They have their own ad injection apparatus that can be used in certain circumstances.
Yeah, not a fan of the crypto stuff either…
I don't really notice anything about BAT while using it, and it's the only browser I use on my phone and desktop.
it being Chromium is already a red flag for me lol
@@ordinaryhuman5645 It's possible in more recent times they've de-emphasized their advertisement of BAT, but the feature is still present. I'm thinking LibreWolf is the best choice right now for a properly privacy respecting browser.
Actually for me, this crypto stuff makes them even more trustworthy. Not because of crypto, but because of... We are living in a capitalist world. And every browser is monetized somehow. Chrome and Edge is kinda bad in this line of tought as you know they monetize your data. Opera for example is the worst offender for me here, because that is one of the biggest browsers where you cannot clearly see the monetization.
Brave on the other hand, you can be pretty Chill about as you can see where thier monetization is(BAT, Brave ads, and a few other things) and you can see that it's not something that hurt you.
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I use Firefox as my main browser, but the data they collect is pretty much only crash data to help fix problems with the browser.
Imo there are 3 tiers of private browsing. The "normie" tier : where you want to retain data between sessions (brave is found here)
The "i want privacy AND speed": hardened Firefox and librewolf are here
And last the tor tier
Agreed!
I read somewhere that you don't need a VPN on top of Tor, and that it may actually make you less anonymous than you are with only Tor.
I could be wrong though
You're right: I was going to comment something like this. The recommendation is *definitely* DO NOT use a VPN with Tor. It de-anonymizes the user FWIU.
I started using Opera because it 'has a built-in VPN', which you didn't even mention. And this feature works, as I used it when I was doing my online course for Teaching English as a Second Language. Other browsers failed to show embedded videos (I live in Indonesia, and the government here blocks Vimeo and other formats), so you might want to look and reconsider some aspects of your video on Opera. Now this is the Mac version of Opera, so your mileage may vary.
it is a video for privacy browsers, and Opera fails miserably in that regard
Opera Android adblock is much stronger than Vivaldi, but less than Firefox uBlock origin. But Opera Android sometimes does not load webpage correctly by skipping some links and images, for example the Lenovo Finland page, laptop sub category often does not load.
@@DamianS78 I would suggests that there is no 'one size fits all' in browsing. My requirements to exorcise the crude censorship of the Indonesian government in order to do my course ,meant that I would have had to pay for an external VPN. Other folks may well have other reasons for their anonymous browsing, so-called. That was not a priority for me. Besides, I am way past all the exhortations to use or endorse or stop using a product on CZcams just because someone with his/her own channel, about whom I know nothing starts saying so.
@@mauricegold9377 then... why are you commenting this on a video about privacy focused browsers?
@@mauricegold9377sorry you have to deal with the censorship. If something works for you, no reason not to use it. Opera just isn't good in regard to the topic of the video. Would be nice if one of the other browsers offered a free vpn and were more private. Some kind of demo or lite version (like less server locations) and a payed superior version
I have a machine that I use for privacy purposes but everything else is mostly pointless trying to stay private. Sometimes the best way to hide yourself is to hide in plain sight.
Firefox gang here
LibreWolf gang here
Fantastic. I have proton, but didn't know about the Aliases!
After watching this I find myself wondering how some really niche browsers like Gnome Web hold up on a privacy standpoint. Firefox is and remains my preferred choice for browsing. Just the fact that Tor browser use Firefox as their basis is praise enough for me. Gnome Web is a browser I'd like to use however, being a Gnome user and all.
Pale Moon uses the Goanna browser engine, very important to use that to make it better and prevent browser engine duopoly
nice to see Proton Mail as a sponsor
the only thing that breaks me using librewolf is some specific pages not working well, for example twitch or aliexpress, specially because of login mechanism, so sometimes i have to switch to brave just cause of those stupid things, but i mainly use librewolf as my daily driver and very rarely use brave.
The fact that you still gave proprietary browsers a chance is pretty funny!
I'm shocked no mention of Mullvad's browser, granted it is a new browser however. But you reference the privacytests' research which is odd, considering Mullvad's browser is a collaboration between Mullvad and the TOR project.
I felt it kinda duplicated Tor Browser, so I decided to not include it, maybe I should have covered it
Useless. Same as LibreWolf, so why bother.
@@FarLine99 They are similar but not the same at all and rather it's designed to be more like the TOR browser rather than be a LibreWolf replacement but to be used with a VPN (not just Mullvad VPN but any VPN). Granted, based on the info from privacytests, YES they cover almost all the same boxes but fundamentally still have different use cases. I feel both browsers have a use case depending on one's threat model and privacy needs, which is up to the user.
@@nobodytrulyimportant What are the actual differences?
I'm pretty sure mullvad clears cookies or browsing history by default when you close it, and I don't think you can turn that off.
Glad a friend showed me this video, I have been an opera user for years, since China bought them in 2016 I am bailing out to Brave. Thanks for posting.
I thought LibreWolf would have got a shout-out at the end, something like "If you want easy privacy choose Brave, if you want to avoid the chromium ecosystem choose LibreWolf, and if you like pain choose Tor" :D
I remember some note about Brave sending sites visited in Tor mode
Vivaldi comes from the old Opera CEO that's why it looks almost like Opera.
Vivaldi is great. Takes a while to configure it the first time and then a bit to learn your new configuration but after that learning period, everything is where you want it.
good video and tuxedo laptops as well
I'm currently using Vivaldi and wondering if it's worth changing to Brave
Final comment, it would be good to which of hte browsers do and which don't pass the EFF's Cover Your Tracks test. My experience has been that only one browser consistently passes this test over multiple versions.
Nice video, comparting Brave and Vivaldi, which is faster and more efficient?
I might give Brave another try, but last time i found it too limiting. I've been a Firefox user for a long time and a NN user before. For me, it is a good combination of privacy, customization and ease of use.
Nothing like a good old fashioned browser war to get the nerds going! 😂
what are you using tho ? nerd
@@placedinspace4849 as a web developer I use three: Gnome Web, Firefox and Vivaldi. But Firefox is my favorite.
i'm using firefox since 2007 and i'll keep using it since they're the most vocal about privacy and i want to keep them afloat
Great analysis but I didn't understand why you didn't recommend LibreWolf at the end as well.
Switched from Librewolf to Brave
Main reason here is because I use far less extension
I don't need an extension for Adblocking, a new startpage, vertical tabs, Librewolf update extension ..
Less extension means being better off against fingerprinting and one of Librewolfs best sellers is this
You can use any browser if you spend time to get the right tools. Lazyness isn't a argument
Using extensions means that I can customize my browser the way I want, and not use however some crypto-bro wants me to.
Hey, I have this question. Would you send some tutorial on how to configure hybrid mode for nvidia GPU? I've been struggling for 2 weeks now, and I can't get anything to work.
I use Brave on my Android Phone and my work Macbook, and Librewolf on my personal laptop.
How do you get the tabs under the search bar in firefox?
i use firefox and brave thanks for your videos Mr Nick
Well done, Most Excellent! I will be back! Thank You!
TOR browser can be detected (it does not hide the fact its using TOR network) and therefore can block access.
Gnome web: 😢
I really like how epiphany is part of the gnome desktop environment and uses WebKit (so I can test web apps without constantly needing Safari). It has improved since your last review of it, from what I heard. Is it any good to get a majority of web tasks done quickly and securely?
Not for me, it still can’t play CZcams videos on my computer
Epiphany has bugs that don't occur in Safari, due to the shitty WebkitGTK.
It still doesn't have hardware acceleration. But it's expected to get it relatively soon I think. Midori is another lightweight browser, which was improved recently. I think it doesn't have the problem of Gnome Web. If you want a lightweight browser, Falkon is also an option. I am not sure what engine they use though.
If I recall correctly, the only thing that's closed source in vivaldi is the UI. So idk what can they do with that.
Has some one tough of use recommendations based on the what “kind” of pages one most use?
I use Chrome and Edge on my PC and Safari on my iPhone. I recently installed the Brave browser cuz I wanted to give it a try. It's fine 👍🏾
librewolf user here. this browser needs tinkering for every day usage. many websites simply wont load properly due to librewolfs very strict restrictions (e.g. java scripts are disabled by default). couple librewolf with noscript and a lot of websites wont even load anymore, even if you enable said scripts again. they just nope out. but if you know a thing or two about about:config its literally like firefox lazier edition for the user as you dont have to do as much privacy tinkering you have to do on firefox. you simply revert those that prevent you from accessing your websites and be done with it. i recommend having BOTH however, so you can do switcheroos whenever needed.
There's no need in using a VPN with Tor. It'll just make your network speed slower.
I'd be curious to hear your reviews of the webkit based browser i.e gnome-web, otter,falkon, and midori
Him: "The best web browser for privacy"
Also him: *Shows google chrome*
I've used brave for years, it's pretty good in my book.
how did you make firefox like that? I mean, sounding like Epiphany? I always wanted to know, it looks so beautiful!
By this point I had used Firefox for so long that I simply don't see why I should switch up, all my stuff is here and sits pretty solidly.
The New Mullvad Browser is pretty good
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Mulvad and icecat are what i started using once I started getting into cyber security. Librewolf and firedragon are good for everyday stuff too
LibreWolf is ideal....It's FOSS, and security wise is very well equiped. I have used Brave in the past, but I ditch it, specially due to the Multi-Account Container. A good private search engine is Startpage...
Brave constantly crashes with my Wayland/Debian as flatpak. So I stay at FF, since LibreWolf is often too slow to implement latest sec updates.
How the heck do you create such high-quality videos (with well-written scripts, full-on animations and diagrams and such) almost every day? It takes me like a week to make one decent scripted video with some computer screen footage as B-roll!
Haha it’s 3 per week, and it’s my only job, so that’s relatively easy!
Hey i gotta ask If fire fox had the same protection of Tor Browser i be using fire fox all the time i mean i got it a few weeks ago! But i mean this year was the year when i really started taking my privacy seriously and really seeing that opera is really bad im shocked but of course i enabled everything on it in the privacy but that doesnt stop everything whats better opera or opera GX?
Does this apply to Android browser apps as well? I currently use ff only with ublock origin and ddg as search engine, disabled as much stuff as present in it's settings.
Haven't used brave for years now, I'll give it a try if what you mentioned in the video also applies to it's Android app
The only difference is the new tor privacy tab is not available on mobile yet. However, it's still better that any other browsers by miles OOTB.
I am using Brave on my android phone and Librewolf on my Debian laptop and Linux Mint pc.
I use Linux Mint and Brave. I also have TOR installed if I want to be completely anonymous.
I use GNOME Web and Firefox. LibreWolf seems to have issues recognizing my timezone which can be a dealbreaker in some situations.
Personally, I just run Firefox, but I also have Brave installed. Firefox is great, but it's just a bit lacking with video. On my Windows PC, I use Brave for HDR playback and for Nvidia's AI video upscaling, which both aren't supported on Firefox yet. I do hope that at least HDR will get supported on Firefox once Linux also starts supporting it.
Just use brave bro only 1 browser is good
@@neotrixvlogg1278 I just prefer Firefox for various reasons and not having HDR is just a minor inconvenience considering Windows' implementation is already lacking, Linux has no support yet and there's not much HDR content to begin with.
With Tors Darknet connection.. is Tor or Brawe more secure ?
My top 7 browsers based on usability/privacy balance:
1. Firefox (super balance, Gecko-based);
2. Brave (super balance);
3. LibreWolf (good balance with tweaks, Gecko-based);
4. Vivaldi (good balance but privacy concerns);
5. Waterfox (good balance but bigger privacy concerns, Gecko-based);
6. PaleMoon/Basilisk (good balanced but bad in general, Goanna-based);
7. Tor Browser (privacy overfocusing, Gecko-based).
But I have no experience with some other browsers like, for example, Mullvand Browser.
Vivaldi includes an Email, it is a major breakthrough for private data leaking, so it's time for Proton to embed Proton-mail in own browser, with a Tor VPN like it 'll will the gral. I don't understand that current browser don't supply query randomly routed in P2P mode through other current users to not be capable to trace dedicated user traffic.
the DDG browser was less impressive than expected. checking out Brave now.
I was hoping you would talk about Mullvad. I've heard about it recently.
I used opera gx. Thanks for the video - it helped a lot. I still want to try vivaldi. And I have already installed the tor browser.
malware lmaoo
Good explaination and comparison👍
Brave got me interested but is the download button on their website legit? Something with laptop-updates when hovering over the button