Is firefox really better for privacy?

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Is firefox really better for privacy?
The last time I uninstalled firefox, I got a virus detection error that made me uneasy.
I'm thinking of switching browsers to firefox because chrome has been acting weird lately.

[PaulKrawitz]

AD の投稿を引用：

Yeah, and with Manifest V3 replacing Manifest V2 in Chrome, it also means Firefox will retain fully functional ad blocking capabilities! Chrome is limiting their capabilities.

That's probably why the adblocking on YouTube still works as opposed to so many other users.

[Blunt Raps]

Vs chrome?

Yeah lol

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kimiko の投稿を引用：

would be fun to see side by side win and linux man in middle test

Found this video on the same channel (haven't watched it yet, so I cannot say what the conclusion is):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2TyrLZT0r0

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BlackBloodRum の投稿を引用：

AD の投稿を引用：

Yeah, I know. The video I posted goes through it, so if you're interested you can watch it from the beginning. If I understand things correctly, they basically inserted an SSL certificate into Ubuntu that would let them eavesdrop on otherwise encrypted communication. This means they can see everything Ubuntu sends back with its telemetry.

Nah, there's no chance I'll be using Ubuntu and I've already done my own tests on Librewolf, so it's not overly relevent to me.

But it's good Information for others who may enjoy it :-)

(This sounds far more dismissive than I intend btw, don't take it personally or that way.)

Ok, no worries, I wasn't trying to make you use Ubuntu. It was more of an "if you're interested" thing.

[xDDD]

It is definitely better than Chrome but not totally private.
The fact that Firefox isn't Chrome is the main reason to support them, since otherwise Google has a monopoly on browsers and that would be a real nightmare.

[Hobbit XIII]

Ray Rook の投稿を引用：

There is no privacy on the internet. The best you can do is delete all cookies every time you open and close the browser and be vigilant on every website about their information sharing policies.

The internet is no longer free and hasn't been for a while. They aren't making these sites that you enjoy to go to out of the kindness of their hearts.

Even when the internet first started they tried to monetize it with ads. Like Pop-Up Ads. Now, with ads, it's also using your data.

And that data is used to do things like... target ads, compile pricing for coordinating raising prices (which is illegal to do in other fashions but not in this fashion), and to create relational data points to create a profile of you and others like you.

I use Firefox because at the time I swapped, it was the browser being ignored by Google Youtube and allowed me to continue to block ads.

In Javascript a website can record your mouse movement and clicks and send that information off.
Obviously there is a lot more data for it to send off but it is nice to know even your mouse movement can be sent off to some data company.

[Hobbit XIII]

BlackBloodRum の投稿を引用：

Hobbit XIII の投稿を引用：

In Javascript a website can record your mouse movement and clicks and send that information off.
Obviously there is a lot more data for it to send off but it is nice to know even your mouse movement can be sent off to some data company.

If you allow JavaScript to run, yes.

which 90% of the world does.

[Haruspex]

Lately I've been using Brave.

I used Firefox for years and years, and it's great, but then I got a new monitor with HDR support. I wanted to test it out, but I was surprised to discover that Firefox doesn't support HDR video content. I installed Brave just to try out an HDR Youtube video, but it quickly became apparent just how much faster Brave was compared to Firefox. I still have Firefox installed, but I've been enjoying Brave pretty exclusively lately.

[Dutchgamer1982]

BlackBloodRum の投稿を引用：

Dutchgamer1982 の投稿を引用：

who does not use firefox? it is the only browser i have been using for like 20 years.. even on my phone I use firefox.

I know nobody personally that uses crome..you use firefox or (mostly old people) edge.

chrome? whats that?

Me. I use Librewolf instead 😂

Still based on FF though, just without all the tracking.

good tip:)

[Yew Nough]

Firefox is one of the only big-name browsers that isn't built off of Chromium (tools made by Google).

The other being Safari, which isn't that great.

So yes, Firefox is definitely better (privacy-wise)

Haruspex の投稿を引用：

Lately I've been using Brave.

Brave is built on Chromium.

[Good Night Owl]

I use Librewolf. Basically it's the ultimate privacy browser to the point where you have to manually sign in to everything every time you close your browser because it clears cookies every time you close the program.

This can be turned off, but is on by default.

[Phénomènes Mystiques]

I used to use FireFox until they screwed everyone over back in 2018-ish.

[Dutchgamer1982]

Ray Rook の投稿を引用：

There is no privacy on the internet. The best you can do is delete all cookies every time you open and close the browser and be vigilant on every website about their information sharing policies.

The internet is no longer free and hasn't been for a while. They aren't making these sites that you enjoy to go to out of the kindness of their hearts.

Even when the internet first started they tried to monetize it with ads. Like Pop-Up Ads. Now, with ads, it's also using your data.

And that data is used to do things like... target ads, compile pricing for coordinating raising prices (which is illegal to do in other fashions but not in this fashion), and to create relational data points to create a profile of you and others like you.

I use Firefox because at the time I swapped, it was the browser being ignored by Google Youtube and allowed me to continue to block ads.

in the eu at least there are laws about collecting information (which many corporations.. mostly usa ones are all the time sued for not properly complying) and recent every 3 months for every freaking app and website you get a popup with a washlist of things you must one by one set the slider to NO.. (or press the quick and easy yes to settings) as basicly they can no longer collect info for adds.. unless asked permission and have to renew that permission every 3 months by eu law now)
***oh I still think it's a good law.. we just need to add a thing about giving a single button or option to "I deny all data collection" instead of having to go to this harasment of sliders (some pages do have an easy "I deny all data collection" button in these popups.. but many especially american run pages do not

basicly if you truelly want to be private you likely would have to run trough a virtual machine.. but even that would not stop your provider from spying.. (and your ip being logged at various pages for datacollection anyway)... even with a variable ip.. as is standard in my country.. generally it only cycles trough a range.. or between a limited number of them so it still can be logged.. so to solve that you need a vpn.. ofcourse whats keeping that vpn from spying on what you are visiting?? so you are basicly replacing the trust in your provider (who my law is not allowed to collect data.. and only with a order by a judge be used by national security (not the wide spying usa does on it's people).. to an commecial vpn entity
which may be worse...
but well at least the pages you visit won't log your ip.. so there is that..

[Haruspex]

Yew Nough の投稿を引用：

Brave is built on Chromium.

It is, which is why I was initially apprehensive about using it. However a co-founder of Mozilla, former developer of Firefox (and creator of Javascript) is helping build Brave, and I can't deny the performance benefits.

[libadwaita (she/her)]

turn off telemetry and you are golden, or use a fork of Firefox (such as LibreWolf) that has telemetry turned off by default