Which browsers are best for privacy?
privacytests.org
An open-source privacy audit of popular web browsers.
  • satanmat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    402·
    1 year ago

    From the JDLR dept… notice how brave is listed first, and passes every test (except a very few)

    This report just looks biased. Even if it is totally legitimate, and many users have pointed out how it isn’t , it looks biased.

    It looks like every sales pitch for a product where they list everything their product does and how it’s better than the other things.

    I vote librewolf

    • DeathToZerg@lemmy.ml
      7·
      1 year ago

      And under misc. tests, neither Mullvad nor Tor are identified as being Tor enabled? Say what now?

    • cyanarchy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      51·
      1 year ago

      Please forgive me, I’m going to keep asking this everywhere I can until hopefully get an answer.

      I love librewolf and I want to use it, but I can’t get it to render the symbols that some websites use to make their UI work. I’ve tried downloading fonts but they’re all mapped to private use area. I think they need to be downloaded on a per website basis but librewolf seems to categorically refuse.

      I really want to stop using brave and I honestly don’t want to figure out arkenfox.

      • SakiEnglish
        6·
        1 year ago

        Since LibreWolf is libre software, it’s likely that a user has freedom to tweak this maybe via about:config. You just need to ask this directly in the LibreWolf community.

        I think I know what you’re talking about, though. Perhaps CSS @font-face is forbidden, because many sites use Google fonts, which allows them to track you.

        If Tor Browser is acceptable, give it a try. While TB too has very strict font restrictions to avoid finger-printing (so that a remote site may not know which fonts your system already has), web fonts are allowed by default. It’s relatively harder to distinguish/track individual Tor users, since TB hides your real IP & by default cookies are per session only.

        LibreWolf shows your real IP, so it’s understandable and reasonable that it wants to be more careful about fonts. Still a user should be given freedom to do whatever, at their own risk. That’s what free software is all about, after all. Just a thought…

      • satanmat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I’m not sure I understand… The symbols?

        Could you give an example?

        Librewolf has stuff cranked down for a reason putting privacy before usability

    • topinambour_rex@lemmy.world
      41·
      1 year ago

      I agree it can look biased, until you check the initial of each browser.

      What comes out ? They are listed by name.

    • TraditionalMuslim@reddthat.com
      32·
      1 year ago

      No it isn’t. It’s just listed in alphabetical order. It’s not bias lol. People will see evil intent where just to confirm their own biases and beliefs.