Best Browser Privacy? Edge vs Chrome vs Firefox vs Brave in Wireshark
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Published 2023-07-17
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All Comments (21)
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Also, love to see you cover LibreWolf, Mulvad Browser, Gnome Web and Min.
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Testing on Windows 11 is indeed the best way to see "privacy violation" but to be fair, a test on Linux would be a good idea, to see what part of the queries are from the browser and what from the system itself, because since Windows 10, Ms OSes are more and more personal data greedy. And a comparison also on MacOS to check Apple's ethic.
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Total privacy on the internet is an illusion.
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you can still have less telemetry in firefox by going to the settings and disable any information being sent to firefox, there are also some settings you can change in about:config to lessen telemetry etc.
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To bad you didn't include Vivaldi. I would be interested to see how this one does as well.
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I can already see a lot of people recommending a lot of browsers. I think now it is a great time to make a tier list to which browsers are best in terms of privacy.
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I have to disagree with using a VPN with Tor browser. The whole point of using Tor is that one centralized server doesn't have your personal information. The VPN becomes the weak-point in the architecture and can give you away if a nation state wishes to force them too. If you want added security just make sure you configure your TOR connection to use Bridges which further hides your entry node from being traced back to you.
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Edge, Chrome, and Firefox all have a 'privacy' mode. I'd be curious to see those compared as well.
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The brave ad stuff wasn't talked about as well as it should. Brave rewards is a program you OPT INTO where they show you ads which give you points you can spend. It is not on by default so I don't know why it was brought up the way it was.
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Thanks to independent testing lab like this we get the actual raw information (a look into the reality) of our digital security. Keep up the good work #TPSC
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Interesting vid. But I would like to see how each browser behaves with "max privacy settings" (which Mozilla seems to make things a little easier to tune)...
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Firefox is bad out of the box but you can harden it in the about:config to the point of being a good privacy browser, unfortunately you can't disable everything spooky without breaking websites. Edit: Also yes I disable all the recommended news, and stories and all that stuff immediately on any new browser. I hate them.
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Would love to see more of the "privacy browsers" covered as well as browsers you already showed in their usable hardened states (Arkenfox for example).
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Nice vid! I'd highly suggest a Part 2 of this vid featuring Opera and other even more niche browsers that I have never heard of
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It would be interesting to see a before and after of these browsers with the 'Privacy' features turned on. Along with taking off the news for you etc.
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It will be great if Vivaldi, Mullvad and Opera will be included in the upcoming test.
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I love these comparison videos... Also which browser uses resources efficiently like Ram usage, CPU usage, Background activities it would help a lot.
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On Mac I use Orion Browser by Kagi, which is a WebKit browser with zero telemetry with a built in aggressive tracking blocker. It also supports both chrome and Firefox addons They also offer a privacy focused search engine with AI integration. The browser is free but search is pretty expensive
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I use pfSense and the package/plugin pfBlockerNG with DNSBL. Literally TONS of lists of things to block. Pretty easy to configure, and the lists are updated automatically with the frequency you prefer. pfSense has a free version. Then it doesn't really matter what browser you use.
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Good video, I actually care for privacy so I use Firefox hardened with a ton of extensions and Malware-blocking DNS. I also enjoy tampering with privacy focused browsers such as LibreWolf, Chromium-unggogled and so on.
