Why should you be using privacy tools in the digital age? (Part 2)

Secure and privacy-friendly browser

✴️ Everyone needs to be using a secure and privacy-friendly browser for three important reasons:

❗️Browsers have a large attack surface and can be compromised in many ways.

❗️By default, most browser will contain lots of private information, including your browsing history, usernames, passwords, and autofill information, such as your name, address, etc.

❗️Browsers can reveal lots of identifying information about your location, system settings, hardware, and much more, which can be used to identify you through browser fingerprinting.

✴️ Secure Browsers - Here are some great options:

✅Firefox
Firefox is a great browser for both privacy and security. It is highly customizable to give you the level of security and privacy you desire, while also being compatible with many browser extensions. https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

✅Waterfox
Waterfox is a fork of Firefox, with telemetry and other items stripped out to give users more privacy. It is based on Firefox 56 with ESR patches. https://www.waterfoxproject.org/en-US/

✅Brave
Brave is a chromium-based browser that is very privacy-focused right out of the box, unlike Firefox, which requires some customization. By default, it will block ads and trackers, and it’s also customizable, fast, and has built-in protection against browser fingerprinting. https://brave.com/

✅Pale Moon
Like Waterfox, Pale Moon is also a fork of Firefox, but an older version (based on Firefox 38 ESR). https://www.palemoon.org/

✅Tor browser
The Tor browser is hardened version of Firefox that also utilizes the Tor network by default (but this can be disabled). It should be noted that Tor was created by the US military and continues to be funded by the US government today. https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser.html.en

There are a few other browsers that may be popular, but they are not good choices for privacy reasons. Google Chrome, for example, offers security, but it is extremely invasive and collects all kinds of private data, which Google uses for targeted ads. Similarly, Opera browser also has a troubling privacy policy, which explains their data collection and data sharing practices.

✴️Browser add-ons worth considering
As discussed in the Firefox privacy guide, here are a few good browser add-ons that may be worth considering:

✅ uBlock Origin – A powerful blocker for advertisements and tracking.
✅ HTTPS Everywhere – This forces an HTTPS connection with the sites you visit.
✅ Cookie AutoDelete – Deletes those unwanted tracking cookies.
✅ Privacy Badger – Another add-on from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Privacy Badger blocks spying ads and trackers.
✅ uMatrix – While this may be overkill for many users, this powerful add-on gives you control over requests that may be tracking you on various websites.
✅ NoScript – This is a script blocker that allows you to control which scripts run on the sites you visit.

❗️Worth mentioning: Don’t use a browser-based password manager, which will store your usernames and passwords in plaintext, thereby leaving them vulnerable to exploitation.

Source: https://restoreprivacy.com/privacy-tools/

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Major Browsers to Prevent Disabling of Click Tracking Privacy Risk

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/major-browsers-to-prevent-disabling-of-click-tracking-privacy-risk/

#browsers #click #tracking

Three years after the W3C approved a DRM standard, it's no longer possible to make a functional indie browser

https://boingboing.net/2020/01/08/rip-open-web-platform.html


#drm #browsers #w3c

Android browsers:
https://t.me/NoGoolag/2194

Chromium based browsers:
- https://t.me/libreware/218

Firefox hardening:
- https://github.com/theel0ja/firefox-recommendations/blob/master/README.md
- https://t.me/NoGoolag/1687

Chromium hardening:
-https://write.as/lynn-stephenson/hardening-chromium

#browsers #chromium #firefox #hardening #androidbrowsers

China launches crackdown on mobile web browsers, decries 'chaos' of information

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China’s top cyber authority said on Monday it would carry out a “rectification” of Chinese mobile internet browsers to address what it called social concerns over the “chaos” of information being published online.

China’s strict internet censorship rules have been tightened numerous times in recent years and in the latest crackdown, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has told firms operating mobile browsers that they have until Nov. 9 to conduct a “self examination” and rectify problems.

The problems include the spreading of rumours, the use of sensationalist headlines and the publishing of content that violates the core values of socialism, it said in a statement.

“For some time, mobile browsers have grown in an uncivilised way ... and have become a gathering place and amplifier for dissemination of chaos by ‘self-media’,” the CAC said, referring to independently operated social media accounts, many of which publish news.

“After the rectification, mobile browsers that still have outstanding problems will be dealt with strictly according to laws and regulations until related businesses are banned.”

The campaign will initially focus on eight of the most influential mobile browsers in China, including those operated by Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL], Alibaba Group Holding’s UCWeb and Xiaomi Corp, it said.

Others include the QQ platform owned by Tencent, Qihoo-owned 360, Oppo and Sogou.

👀 👉🏼 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-censorship-browsers-idUSKBN27B1Z3

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If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser

A new crop of internet browsers from Brave, DuckDuckGo and others offer stronger privacy protections than what you might be used to.

Most of us use web browsers out of habit.

If you surf the web with Microsoft Edge, that may be because you use Windows. If you use Safari, that’s probably because you are an Apple customer. If you are a Chrome user, that could be because you have a Google phone or laptop, or you downloaded the Google browser on your personal device after using it on computers at school or work.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/technology/personaltech/online-privacy-private-browsers.html

#online #privacy #browsers #thinkabout
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Against Modern Browsers – https://againstmodernbrowsers.neocities.org/

Web browsers were originally designed with one purpose: reading HTML documents. The web was simple and was not owned by large corporations (most notably Google). Overtime the web has evolved and became bloated and complex. All modern browsers are either forked from #Chromium or funded by Google, giving #Google complete control over the web. An independent browser developed by a small community cannot compete with #Chrome or #Firefox.

This website covers everything wrong with the modern web, everything wrong with modern web browsers, and what should have been done to prevent this..

#Browsers #Webpages #navigateur #web

#Android #web #browsers

Ungoogled Chromium (forked from cromite) with Bromite patches and additional codecs
https://github.com/macchrome/droidchrome/releases
https://chromium.woolyss.com/#android

Cromite is another example of ungoogled chromium without the extra codecs from the above link, but cromite includes more patches as noted at github.
https://github.com/uazo/cromite
Fdroid repo
https://www.cromite.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=49f37e74dee483dca2b991334fb5a0200787430d0b5f9a783dd5f13695e9517b

For an Android Firefox based browser, use IronFox
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/releases
Fdroid repo
https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo?fingerprint=c5e291b5a571f9c8cd9a9799c2c94e02ec9703948893f2ca756d67b94204f904

These can be added to Obtainium to download the latest release when they are available
https://github.com/ImranR98/Obtainium

@NoGoolag #browser #alternatives with mitigations, patches etc.
Alpha version release March 6, 2025

FireFox browser options
- Tor Browser (all)
- Mullvad Browser (Desktop)
- IronFox (Android) Read the Known Issues section on the gitlab.
- LibreWolf (mentally ill devs)

Make your own #Firefox with mitigations etc...
- Phoenix / wiki
- Arkenfox user.js / wiki / gui / user-tool / mobile
- Narsil / Narsil Mobile
- Betterfox / Betterfox Mobile
- pyllyukko
- Compare some of the user.js files

Chromium based browser Options
- Ungoogled Chromium (all)
- Cromite (Android, Linux, Windows)

Browser extensions
- uBlacklist
- uBlock Origin or uMatrix (never both)
- LibRedirect (setup your instances for each service in the settings)

Links to block lists...
- Yokoffing
- Celenity/Phoenix
- FilterLists

Set your default search engine to a search proxy
- 4get instances
- Searx instances

Why your favorite browser is not recommended
- Celenity Firefox browser comparisons
- How to choose a browser for everyday use?
- is your browser spyware?
- Choose your browser carefully
- Browsers and the connections they make compared
- Fake Privacy and security

Additional reading...
- Wiki about extensions
- Multiple Extension Conflicts
- uMatrix for beginners
- Firefox user.js install guide
- Arch Linux Firefox Privacy wiki
- Bromite (for knowledge purposes)

Testing your browser
- Fingerprint.com
- How to test browsers for spyware
- Privacytests browser comparison
- Mullvad check
- Bromite fingerprint testing
- IP Leak
- List of test sites A
- List of test sites B


* Thunderbird users should consider taking a look at Dove - Phoenix's sister project.

#web #browsers