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Warning to all Brave Browser Users (infosec.exchange)
submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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Warning to all Brave Browser Users

Blocking variations.brave.com which is used for A/B testing could potentially break Brave's functionalities. For me did Brave's "forgetful browsing" feature broke which seems to be disabled by default if you block this domain.

#brave #bravebrowser #privacy @privacy @privacyguides

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[–] 27 points 2 years ago (2 children)

For incognito browsing I recommend Librewolf, a firefox fork. If you want anything more secure, you should start looking into tor

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Why is librewolf superior to our of the box Firefox? Or mullvad browser for that matter?

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    It has included some privacy measures to resist fingerprinting like letterboxing and has more privacy focused search engines as default like searx. Also it takes out some firefox utilities like pocket which I don't really use

    As for Mullwav browser I'm not really sure, it seems to be another reinforced firefox like librewolf

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago* (3 children)

    any benefits over Mullvad's browser?

    https://mullvad.net/browser

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