I am in the privacy game for about 2 years now and I’ve become the go-to on privacy questions in my family (which makes me proud, cuz this means, I am not just this privacy nut that cant be reached on whatsapp :D). I was asked about a browser for Graphene OS. Clearly I recommended the one I use atm, which is Waterfox (was recommended once in this comm). The person who asked me is using bromite (which looks good too). After thinking about the recommendation, there is one open question:
Does it really matter which alternate browser you choose, if it is of course not something like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Safari (especially regarding the outcome in this comm, where someone compared Chromium and Firefox without any real conclusion)? Also doesnt it also come down to the plugins? Like, what difference does it make, if I use Waterfox or Bromite, if I also use Privacy Badger, uBlock Origin and maybe JShelter?
Hope too read a lot of your toughts on this :)
The built in browser on GrapheneOS, Vanadium, is great.
If they’re using Bromite, that’s a problem because Bromite ended development like a year ago, and they should at least switch to Cromite
Edit: A problem with all the plugins is that it creates a unique fingerprint, which Cromite and Vanadium prevent by not doing plugins/extensions and instead using built-in ad blocking (which can/should be supplemented with a decent VPN and/or DNS level ad blocking)