Right now, my default is Cromite, and I occasionally use Brave as well. I have tried Firefox with uBO, but unfortunately it is slower than the aforementioned browsers and also lacks some features. I’ve also heard that Gecko-based browsers in general have a security issue on Android, but I don’t know the details. Which browser(s) do you use/recommend and why?
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It’s either IronFox or Brave. Both are valid choices. Try them both
Another vote for IronFox
Vanadium
I use Vivaldi, synced with Desktop. It’s pretty private, but more important for privacy is the search engine you use. It don’t make sense if you use an privacy respecting browser using Google for searches. Anyway it’s important to look the permissions which every app has in the settings of your phone and blockig those which have nothing to do with its function. Also a good idea is to install InviZible Pro in your Phone
I usefirefox and didnt notice a difference in speed with chrome…
Brave and DuckDuckGo because they’re cross-platform and give you the option to sync your bookmarks.
DuckDuckGo has Duck Player which I use if I need to watch something on YouTube, I have it set to open in a new window and no ads.
I like Brave because it’s fast and the search is fairly accurate. You can add a video to it’s Playlist for later viewing. Brave gives you the share option to Copy Clean Link.
I used (and loved Firefox) until they revoked their promise of not selling user data and seems sluggish for the past several months, but I still use Firefox Focus.
I use both android and iOS which is why I prefer cross-platform software.
I used DuckDuckGo until they added AI slop. I now use Floorp, a Mozilla fork based in Japan, and Tor Browser for links. I try to go outside the US for software as much as possible.
Check out IronFox https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox
It’s the revived Mull browser.
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Mullvad is not available for Android.
Yeah I realized. Dumb mistake.
Gecko based browsers have worse sandboxing than chromium based browsers on android. But for privacy I think the best would be Ironfox or vanadium however vanadium only runs on Graphene os. Chromite is probably a good next best option.
How is Ironfox better than Chromite if it has worse sandboxing?
Just as an example chromite uses adblock plus where as Ironfox uses unlock. And sandboxing whilst has it’s benefits for privacy is more of a security feature.
The best browser for privacy will always be Tor. But obviously that comes with many compromises, and is more than just a browser.
Other than that, there is no best. Many of them have various degrees of blocking and hiding, which will cause problems on some sites and not on others, many of them have various privacy tools that others don’t.
