This might have been discussed to death by now, unfortunately I couldn’t find any discussion on it on Lemmy. Though I would love to be corrected on that!
How does an always on incognito Chromium with uBlock Origin on medium mode (and other hardening/privacy settings enabled) compare to Brave (with e.g. Privacy Guides’ recommended settings) with respect to security and privacy on Linux[1]?
Commonly heard whataboutisms:
- “With the looming advent of Manifest v3, this discussion might not be very relevant for long.” I’m aware.
- “Just use Firefox/Librewolf or any other privacy-conscious browser that isn’t Chromium-based.” I already do, but some websites/platforms don’t play nice on non-Chromium-based browsers due to Google’s monopoly on the web. Sometimes I can afford to not use that website/platform, but unfortunately not always.
- “Brave’s [insert controversy] makes them unreliable to take services from.” Honestly, I think that if both solutions are as effective that a reason like this might be sufficient to tip the balance in favor of one. Because ultimately this all comes down to trust.
- "Just use Ungoogled Chromium." Some more knowledgeable people than me advice against it. Though, I’d say I’m open to hear different opinions on this as long as they’re somewhat sophisticated.
- “Just use [insert another Chromium-based browser].” If it has merits beyond Brave and Chromium with respect to security and privacy, I’ll consider it.
Thanks in advance!
- I can be more specific about which distro I prefer using, but I don’t think it matters. I might be wrong though*.
Thanks for chiming in 😅.
Could you elaborate on what specific websites? Firefox i had 0 issues, librewolf has to get some tweaks has few incompatibilities like netflix etc…
Google cloud consoles require chrome for IAP attention. That is a concrete example of Firefox not working on a site.
I use Firefox, but I also know it has its issues. Don’t be a zealot.
Yeahhhh i could have guesses dthat XD
those aren’t Firefox issues. it’s google purposefully using chromium only features and not well-supported web standards.
Page won’t load in Firefox, making it an issue. I don’t care what the root cause is, and also I already knew all of that.
Just a few days ago I tried to pay for flight tickets on flypgs.com. Multiple attempts on Firefox didn’t work, while the first attempt on a Chromium-based one did. It might have been a fluke, but every so often issues like these do happen. And for some reason switching the browser does bear a positive result. YMMV though.
Best to do in that case to complain over the email contact. That they fix that shit.
Yes, that is definitely easier and more effective than opening a different browser for a couple of minutes /s
It probably is. For some reason I didn’t think it would be beneficial to complain about it. But like you said, it’s probably the best.