What is the most secure mainstream browser ?

[Deleted member 178]

Doesn't matter what the article says. Just check your Chrome, Chromium and Chromium-based browsers whether they phone home to Google on start up of the browsers. If they do then there's no more privacy despite all those settings

Right & Wrong, you have a build of chromium that remove all the google involvement , however don't expect some features you had in the classic build (sync, etc...)

The question now is who you want to handover your privacy to. Will it he Google, Mozilla, MS, Yahoo or Amazon?

So just use a fake account with fake name, you won't worry about privacy. and i don't see MS or anyone else trying to trace back your IP then ask to your provider who is he person related to this IP ; only gov agencies would do it and mostly because you may be a person of interest (politician, terrorist, activist, etc...)

 

[HarborFront]

Right & Wrong, you have a build of chromium that remove all the google involvement , however don't expect some features you had in the classic build (sync, etc...)

So just use a fake account with fake name, you won't worry about privacy. and i don't see MS or anyone else trying to trace back your IP then ask to your provider who is he person related to this IP ; only gov agencies would do it and mostly because you may be a person of interest (politician, terrorist, activist, etc...)

If you are referring to ungoogled Chromium this software is dead without progress as far as I know otherwise I'll be using it now. However, I'm now using non-Googled Brave browser but it connects to Amazon.

Using a fake name is one thing. Phoning home by MS services is another. Once any MS(or other big evils) service phones home your IP is exposed. Only they can tell what they'll do to your IP address and other data they collect from you

 

[Cohen]

With no changes made to the browser, Chrome is the most secure.
With changes, Firefox with NoScript is the most secure.
Add a little concern for one's privacy and Firefox wins by far.

 

[Deleted member 178]

If you are referring to ungoogled Chromium this software is dead without progress as far as I know otherwise I'll be using it now. However, I'm now using non-Googled Brave browser but it connects to Amazon.

Download latest stable Chromium binaries (64-bit and 32-bit)

check the no sync (etc...) version

Using a fake name is one thing. Phoning home by MS services is another. Once any MS(or other big evils) service phones home your IP is exposed. Only they can tell what they'll do to your IP address and other data they collect from you

phoning home is one thing , knowing who you are from it is another.

 

[HarborFront]

Download latest stable Chromium binaries (64-bit and 32-bit)

check the no sync (etc...) version


phoning home is one thing , knowing who you are from it is another.

Yes, I'm using Chromium no-sync version yet it still phones home on start up

 

[Deleted member 178]

i see, anyway the day i need serious privacy aka "get off the grid" , i have my very very inconvenient "jason Bourne" setup and procedure...which i won't tell for obvious reasons

 

[BearHug]

Dragon is just Chrome with Comodo DNS and some shipped addons , nothing revolutionary, anyone can make a clone of Dragon with Chrome.

But it is better than chrome in catching phishing and malicious links! It take much less ram than Chrome! And It is smaller in size also!

 

[Oxygen]

But it is better than chrome in catching phishing and malicious links! It take much less ram than Chrome! And It is smaller in size also!

The browser is probably a few versions behind Chrome which is bad if you want the latest security updates. You can use the DNS to block malicious websites (assuming it has the ability to do so) and use a up-to-date variant of Chromium.

Chrome actually has a smaller setup file size than that of Comodo (65.7MB Comodo and 47.7MB for Chrome). Chromodo Dragon (after downloading through the setup) is 179MB and Google Chrome is 154MB.

 

[ravi prakash saini]

@BearHug as oxygen said I use chrome with comodo dns instead of using ice Dragon or fire Dragon.
@Oxygen I was too under the impression that comodo dns cannot block malicious site and used it just for checking but I was proved wrong

 

[Ink]

I am wondering which of the following mainstream browsers is the least vulnerable to Malware etc.

Edge
Chrome
Opera
Firefox

I have zero doubts about using Google Chrome, based on Chromium.
Read: Google - Meet Google's 'Security Princess', The Reason You Feel Safe Browsing The Web On Google Chrome

You mean least vulnerable to Exploits? Because you can download Malicious software with any of the browsers.

 

[mekelek]

the only browser so far that i have seen that actually modified something of Chrome/Chromium is Yandex.
but as everyone said, you can make any Chromium based browser secure with the right extensions.

 

[enaph]

Edge is also not bad in terms of security as it uses Windows App Container.
Strengthening the Microsoft Edge Sandbox - Microsoft Edge Dev Blog

 

[jetman]

What I don't like about Chrome is that there seems to be limited ways of ensuring that all your cookies and browsing data get wiped at the end of each session. Firefox and Opera seem to allow this. As soon as I log into my gmail account, Chrome knows who I am and starts tracking me.

I'm not worried about being tracked by the government as i have nothing to hide. Its the corporations and criminals that I'm more worried about. I don't want my all my browsing data out there in a server somewhere and I dont want to be continually traced online. Chrome is more or less built for that purpose isn't it ?

 

[Kwan ST]

For regular stuff I use Chrome but for pRon I use Epic Privacy Browser with 360 Total Security sandbox feature:

Epic Privacy Browser, a secure chromium-based web browser that protects your privacy and browsing history | a free VPN privacy browser

 

[Marko :)]

I don't see anything bad in Chrome's privacy and most of things can be turned off in settings. So what if Google collects a little bit of data when using Chrome? Windows 10 collects all kind of data and people are still using it.

Chrome Browser - Privacy Policy

 

[HarborFront]

What I don't like about Chrome is that there seems to be limited ways of ensuring that all your cookies and browsing data get wiped at the end of each session. Firefox and Opera seem to allow this. As soon as I log into my gmail account, Chrome knows who I am and starts tracking me.

I'm not worried about being tracked by the government as i have nothing to hide. Its the corporations and criminals that I'm more worried about. I don't want my all my browsing data out there in a server somewhere and I dont want to be continually traced online. Chrome is more or less built for that purpose isn't it ?

You are right! So you can either use Mozilla-based browsers in which case you are being tracked by Mozilla. Alternatively, you can use non-Google browser like Brave in which case you'll be tracked by Amazon. If not then use IE/Edge and you get tracked by MS.

So, who do you want to handover your privacy info to?

 

[HarborFront]

For regular stuff I use Chrome but for pRon I use Epic Privacy Browser with 360 Total Security sandbox feature:

Epic Privacy Browser, a secure chromium-based web browser that protects your privacy and browsing history | a free VPN privacy browser

Just remember a sandbox cannot prevent your privacy info from the browser being send home

 

[HarborFront]

I don't see anything bad in Chrome's privacy and most of things can be turned off in settings. So what if Google collects a little bit of data when using Chrome? Windows 10 collects all kind of data and people are still using it.

Chrome Browser - Privacy Policy

Oh yeh? You use gmail, Google DNS, Google Drive, Google maps, Google cloud, YouTube, Chromebook, Android smartphone with Google features and many more as listed below? All these tracking add together is a lot, ok?

Remember one thing. Google provides interconnected services.

The whole list of Google services is here

Category:Google services - Wikipedia

Tell me how many you DON'T use?

 

[FrFc1908]

I have to vote for chrome , you can even make safer with the appi / applock and sandbox tweaks via chrome flags. the devellopment team is constantely busy , making the browser more safe and less prone to exploits. when a security hole / flaw is found they take the appropreate action to fix this asap

 

[Marko :)]

Oh yeh? You use gmail, Google DNS, Google Drive, Google maps, Google cloud, YouTube, Chromebook, Android smartphone with Google features and many more as listed below? All these tracking add together is a lot, ok?

Remember one thing. Google provides interconnected services.

The whole list of Google services is here

Category:Google services - Wikipedia

Tell me how many you DON'T use?

What do other Google services have to do with Chrome's privacy?

TBH I use only 6 services; Android, Search, Maps, Drive, Translate and YouTube (without YouTube account).