Open-source tests of web browser privacy.
Stop promoting brave, it’s a scam
This was garbage every time it was posted before, and it’s still garbage.
Some of these test cases don’t matter if you just use uBlock Origin.
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I think they comparing browsers with default configuration. I’m sure Firefox with some addons and extra features enabled passes more tests.
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Firefox with one or two extensions and a resonable configuration would be at or near the top of the list. This test only compares defaults which isn’t so useful if you are someone that takes the time to setup your browser.
if you are someone that takes the time to setup your browser.
Yeah, and I think most people that will ever look at this page are the ones that do take the time.
I use FF on desktop with ublock, fb fence and various settings tweaked.
On mobile I use FF with ublock and the blokada app (which blocks trackers in other apps too).
In that setup I get great privacy results at the eff testing tool. Do you have other tools you like to test with?
Really not sure what to do about the fingerprint, but otherwise feel pretty good.
I think I tried brave at some point and it didn’t do as well. DDG browser didn’t do as well.
Firefox assigns a single fingerprint to multiple users. These tests are wildly inaccurate.
@LoafyLemon @ekZepp @cupcakezealot
How does Firefox assign a fingerprint? I thought a fingerprint was made of all my add-ons, browser version, OS, screen size, device version, etc?
Firefox generates a modified user profile by anonymizing data collected from multiple users. A more technical explanation can be found here:
https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2020/01/07/firefox-72-fingerprinting/
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-against-fingerprinting
I don’t understand the ones where a browser doesn’t have the feature so it gets a green dash versus a green check. I’d assume not having a feature should just be considered failing. What’s the distinction?
tor, mullvad, or librewolf i would say
Who watches the watchers.
Vivaldi on why this test is misleading https://vivaldi.com/security/common-questions/#privacytests
Also this doesn’t account for the test choosing bad defaults. Defaults aren’t as important in vivaldi, as it’s made for power users.
if it’s made for power users why is it proprietary software? Vivaldi is yet another chromium browser with a fancy skin.
Some of the items on that list are kinda weird. Why would I want to block a website from knowing my screen size?
Window sizes can vary widely and if you come from the same IP with the same exact window size (1033x832 for example) then people wanting to track you for ads etc will have a higher degree of confidence that you’re the same person. It’s part of “browser fingerprinting”, which can also include things like the extensions you have installed: https://amiunique.org/
Tracking/advertising corporations have developed techniques called ‘browser fingerprinting’ where innocuous seeming things like screen size and the fonts you ahve installed on your system can be used to uniquely identify you and track you across the internet even without cookies or anything like that.
It’s one of the metrics used to build unique identifiers (amongst many many others).
Why are the three Chrome derivatives missing features Chrome has? Is it a porting issue or are they just that far behind on pulling in upstream changes?
LibreWolf should be on the list.
No, and no other forks of Firefox should be either. Why don’t you guys get that you can do the same stuff with Firefox as all these different forks do, and still get same day updates and security patches?
Because its so hard to configure something on my mother’s laptop that stays on a different continent, cannot figure out how to share screen. There is value in knowing which browser is better out of the box, so I can set it and forget it on any computer that’s not mine.
There’s still some value that “private” forks add to the list - you can see how well a tweaked Firefox can perform.
Specially relevant in this page because this test uses Firefox as is, without installing uBlock Origin, which is ultra basic advice for privacy. IMO they do this to benefit Brave, but whatever.
