Advice Request Firefox vs Opera Vs Yandex

[Step 1]

Hi

I'm reading recently that Firefox is not the secure browser I thought it was.

I work on 4 devices (Linux, Windows 10 and Android), so I need them to synchronize all data, (sorry Brave), especially passwords.

I don't want to install Chrome, I just find myself more comfortable with the three above mentioned.
So, what's your opinion?

Thanks in advance

 

[Lemon60]

I love Opera. Have better design. But bad idea for privacy. So, Firefox good for you.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Out of these 3 of course Firefox.

 

[HarborFront]

Germany declares Firefox the most secure browser

Read here

Germany declares Firefox the most secure browser

The German Federal Office for Information Security (or BSI) has published a report (in German) which evaluates the most popular modern web browsers against the

secureteam.co.uk

And you can harden FF's privacy, security and improve its speed performance by following the below guide especially in the use of the user.js file

Firefox Privacy - The Complete How-To Guide for 2024

This new and updated Firefox privacy guide shows you how to tweak and configure Firefox for maximum privacy and security.

restoreprivacy.com

 

[Paul.R]

Firefox or Brave(not mentioned) if you want privacy

IF you want features use

Opera or Yandex.

 

[blackice]

Firefox updates less frequently than chrome, but it has lower market share and is less frequently targeted.

 

[SeriousHoax]

Firefox updates less frequently than chrome

Actually both receive updates at exact same rate. The both follow a 6 weeks release cycle so a version bump every 6 weeks. But from next year, Firefox is changing it to a 4 weeks release cycle but this has been criticized by most of the Firefox community including myself. Shorter release cycle means less testing and more in a hurry to release new features which could be a bad thing but Mozilla said they're confident about not messing up and if things don't work out they will get back to the current ways.

 

[Deletedmessiah]

Less secure than Chrome in general but Firefox should be secure enough in my opinion. And best for privacy among those three. You may also look at Brave browser for privacy.

 

[blackice]

Actually both receive updates at exact same rate. The both follow a 6 weeks release cycle so a version bump every 6 weeks. But from next year, Firefox is changing it to a 4 weeks release cycle but this has been criticized by most of the Firefox community including myself. Shorter release cycle means less testing and more in a hurry to release new features which could be a bad thing but Mozilla said they're confident about not messing up and if things don't work out they will get to the current ways.

Ah, my info was out of date. Thanks!

 

[Protomartyr]

I'd pick Firefox out of the 3 browsers mentioned in the poll.
Firefox has a lot of good about:config tweaks that are great for privacy/security. Some of them are slowly making their way to Firefox default settings.
A good example of some of the tweaks: Web Browsers | PrivacyTools

 

[upnorth]

Even if I'm too biased on my beloved Opera, and of course cast my vote on it dosen't mean I still can like and acknowledge other browsers.

Firefox ( FF ) for example I used for so many years, I can't remember how long it is. Then again I can't recall what I had for supper yesterday. Anyway, I use FF mainly for browser/site compatibility tests. It does exist sites that does that and much better but, it's still faster to simply boot up FF and paste the url/s and see how it renders.

 

[patoli]

I did use Opera before but I don´t like it very much + owned by Chinese (think what you want). I voted for Firefox.

 

[upnorth]

I did use Opera before but I don´t like it very much + owned by Chinese (think what you want)

Sad that it happened, but the amount the previous owners got was a pretty obvious reason why, China or not. That the present developers actually still is located in Europe is for me personal one of the main reasons why I'm still using it.

 

[Paul.R]

Regional split of privacy policies

Opera is growing into a global business with hundreds of millions of users spread across all continents. To provide the best service to our vast user base, we have extended our presence in several locations and, to assist us in our efforts to streamline business processes, we will now offer our products to users from more than one company. Our users from within the European Economic Area (EEA) will continue to be served by a Norwegian data controller. Users located in other areas of the globe (non-EEA) will, after this change in regional privacy policies, be served by our company in Singapore. We chose Singapore as this is where we have the largest data centers already storing data. As previously stated, we will continue to develop the same products and follow the same security and privacy guidelines as before.

Opera seems to be a good choice for EU users, but I give it a try some days ago , now back to Firefox

 

[Threadripper]

Regional split of privacy policies

Opera is growing into a global business with hundreds of millions of users spread across all continents. To provide the best service to our vast user base, we have extended our presence in several locations and, to assist us in our efforts to streamline business processes, we will now offer our products to users from more than one company. Our users from within the European Economic Area (EEA) will continue to be served by a Norwegian data controller. Users located in other areas of the globe (non-EEA) will, after this change in regional privacy policies, be served by our company in Singapore. We chose Singapore as this is where we have the largest data centers already storing data. As previously stated, we will continue to develop the same products and follow the same security and privacy guidelines as before.

Opera seems to be a good choice for EU users, but I give it a try some days ago , now back to Firefox

Facebook have an Irish data controller for users in the EEA, it's still the company you need to trust.

 

[Cortex]

For reasons unclear Firefox is somewhat clunky / laggy on this PC, unlike Chromium based browsers, whether that's to do with AdGuard I have not yet properly investigated. I actually like Opera & though in the past it was very different & started out as Ad Based& you could pay to have he Ad banner removed. On this PC I have a largish display & the brilliant white option is far to white & I don't like the dark, too dark for me. I really like the classic themes from Chrome Web Store, pity Opera don't give you an in between theme? Although I voted for Firefox the amount of data collection in privacy by default including surveys etc. for me is a bit much. I'll give Firefox another try,