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Whats do you consider the best choice for private mobile browsing? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by stoicEuropean@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey everybody. I'm somewhat new to the field of privacy, but I am eager to learn. Right now I am wondering what mobile web browser to use for everyday activities. I'm running GrapheneOS. Options that often come to mind:

Tor
Firefox Focus (= Firefox Klar in German)
IronFox (formerly Mull Browser)
Cromite
Vanadium

I feel like I simply don't know enough about the underlaying mechanisms to elaborate which might be better and which might be worse. Feel free to teach me!

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[–] hneerqe@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

Use Vanadium. On android, any Firefox based is lacking either in the sandbox or fingerprinting mitigation, plus extentions make you more fingerprintable and can possibly track you. Even on desktop they're behind. Chromium based is much more optimized and secure.

I saw on GrapheneOS forum Vanadium is the better option, with Brave a second alternative. Also tor browser on android is not officially from the tor project and suffers from firefox android implementation. Browsers are extremely complex, they're made to run external code in the wild securely. Quite an endeavor.