Brave vs Firefox: What is the MOST private Browser? - Techlore
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Date: 2022-04-15
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Quinn
I was hardcore integrated into google chrome. When i switched to Firefox for privacy it was a little difficult, the idea of creating containers really felt over my head but i had really nested into profile on chrome. I work freelance so profile are central to my workflow, creating a new one for each project or client. I-ve sorta made it work but after a long while of trying to switch, i just haven-t been able to kick chrome off my machine completely. I just started using Brave and honestly its been so natural. I have my workflow back but with the added lightweight-ness of Brave i can also have a million more tabs open -. Love it.
Brave is the browser that ill probably start punshing on my friends who use chrome and likely have more success than when i was pushing Firefox. I still use Firefox and have issues with Brendan Eich-s homophobia, but that chromium combined with privacy is an undeniable chef-s kiss-
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I was hardcore integrated into google chrome. When i switched to Firefox for privacy it was a little difficult, the idea of creating containers really felt over my head but i had really nested into profile on chrome. I work freelance so profile are central to my workflow, creating a new one for each project or client. I-ve sorta made it work but after a long while of trying to switch, i just haven-t been able to kick chrome off my machine completely. I just started using Brave and honestly its been so natural. I have my workflow back but with the added lightweight-ness of Brave i can also have a million more tabs open -. Love it.
Brave is the browser that ill probably start punshing on my friends who use chrome and likely have more success than when i was pushing Firefox. I still use Firefox and have issues with Brendan Eich-s homophobia, but that chromium combined with privacy is an undeniable chef-s kiss-
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bonkmaykr
I mainly prefer Firefox for two main reasons: 1. The Blink engine, from my personal experience, is a lot slower than Gecko and uses more GPU power. This is especially important for my laptop, Firefox saves my battery life and also runs smoother. 2. I appreciate Mozilla's support towards the FOSS community, as well as their dedication to running the MDN which is a good learning tool for developers, and using Firefox is kind of a way to give back. I'm not too upset about the spooky features Firefox comes with since they give you the option to disable all of them. There's no illusion of choice, the whole browser is yours and if that's not enough there's even a fork called LibreWolf.
I've also heard that Brave whitelists specific trackers, this isnt a huge deal for _me_ personally but as a privacy-focused browser that is a huge no no.
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I mainly prefer Firefox for two main reasons: 1. The Blink engine, from my personal experience, is a lot slower than Gecko and uses more GPU power. This is especially important for my laptop, Firefox saves my battery life and also runs smoother. 2. I appreciate Mozilla's support towards the FOSS community, as well as their dedication to running the MDN which is a good learning tool for developers, and using Firefox is kind of a way to give back. I'm not too upset about the spooky features Firefox comes with since they give you the option to disable all of them. There's no illusion of choice, the whole browser is yours and if that's not enough there's even a fork called LibreWolf.
I've also heard that Brave whitelists specific trackers, this isnt a huge deal for _me_ personally but as a privacy-focused browser that is a huge no no.
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Pirate
Really nice video. Good stuff. I personally have been looking for a good 2nd browser. I run firefox daily as my main, but between 2 computers, I have multiple online accounts, I use one for one set of accounts, and the other for those sets of accounts. I use firefox as my mine, I just am use to it. However with Brave out the box, it has a much newer refined feel to the look of the interface. I don't know much about the Crypto stuff thats on it, but honestly I don't know if its a big deal to look into to turn off or what not. Over all, for a second browser for my purposes its quick, I like the feel to it. Much better than Chrome IMO. I like that it uses its own search instead of google. I am big on alternatives and really like this feel for the new Browser. Really enjoyed listening to the video.
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Really nice video. Good stuff. I personally have been looking for a good 2nd browser. I run firefox daily as my main, but between 2 computers, I have multiple online accounts, I use one for one set of accounts, and the other for those sets of accounts. I use firefox as my mine, I just am use to it. However with Brave out the box, it has a much newer refined feel to the look of the interface. I don't know much about the Crypto stuff thats on it, but honestly I don't know if its a big deal to look into to turn off or what not. Over all, for a second browser for my purposes its quick, I like the feel to it. Much better than Chrome IMO. I like that it uses its own search instead of google. I am big on alternatives and really like this feel for the new Browser. Really enjoyed listening to the video.
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Lie
Profiles are not the same as Containers.
Profiles are designed to allow a single browser to be used by multiple users.
Containers are designed for a single user to have multiple identities.
Containers segregate your cookies, local storages, and other things that can be used to fingerprint your identity, but share pretty much everything else, like addons, preferences, bookmarks, history, etc.
Containers also allow you to configure so that certain sites are always be opened in a certain container. Profiles are completely segregated, making them really hard to actually use if you need to use multiple identities daily.
Firefox supports both Containers and Profiles. Chromium-based browser only really have Profiles.
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Profiles are not the same as Containers.
Profiles are designed to allow a single browser to be used by multiple users.
Containers are designed for a single user to have multiple identities.
Containers segregate your cookies, local storages, and other things that can be used to fingerprint your identity, but share pretty much everything else, like addons, preferences, bookmarks, history, etc.
Containers also allow you to configure so that certain sites are always be opened in a certain container. Profiles are completely segregated, making them really hard to actually use if you need to use multiple identities daily.
Firefox supports both Containers and Profiles. Chromium-based browser only really have Profiles.
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Nordstorm
I would say, that Librewolf is a much closer comparison to Brave. While Firefox is the popular pick, LW will do a lot of out-of-theh-box privacy for you, the sams way Brave does. The only thing is, that firefox can become librewolf if enough time is given to hardening it and keeping up-to date. On the other hand ungoogled chromium can't really -become- brave on it's own. What I'm trying to tell you is
A. Firefox/UGC are options that need hardening, but get you very far in the privacy world
B. LibreWolf and Brave work out of the box, and are as good if not better than their counterparts uptop.
C. Firefox is more flexible, but that leads to more work being needed on it.
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I would say, that Librewolf is a much closer comparison to Brave. While Firefox is the popular pick, LW will do a lot of out-of-theh-box privacy for you, the sams way Brave does. The only thing is, that firefox can become librewolf if enough time is given to hardening it and keeping up-to date. On the other hand ungoogled chromium can't really -become- brave on it's own. What I'm trying to tell you is
A. Firefox/UGC are options that need hardening, but get you very far in the privacy world
B. LibreWolf and Brave work out of the box, and are as good if not better than their counterparts uptop.
C. Firefox is more flexible, but that leads to more work being needed on it.
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Gunnar
I use Brave from mobile, Firefox for desktop PC, I like the configurability of firefox with telemetry turned off and tracker blocker but as you said you need less and less privacy add-ons these these days I have a chinese->translator (you mark text and get a popup with the translated text) and uBlock and darkreader that's all.
On mobile I don't take a lot of measures to increase privacy since i assume the phone phones home a lot of info anyway and that mobile use isn't good for privacy no matter what you do. I wouldn't do anything i felt as sensitive on my mobile anyway so the not-so-complete but still built-in adblocker and the one it comes with.
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I use Brave from mobile, Firefox for desktop PC, I like the configurability of firefox with telemetry turned off and tracker blocker but as you said you need less and less privacy add-ons these these days I have a chinese->translator (you mark text and get a popup with the translated text) and uBlock and darkreader that's all.
On mobile I don't take a lot of measures to increase privacy since i assume the phone phones home a lot of info anyway and that mobile use isn't good for privacy no matter what you do. I wouldn't do anything i felt as sensitive on my mobile anyway so the not-so-complete but still built-in adblocker and the one it comes with.
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Vipz
Out of these mainstream 2, I trust Firefox much more, but if I really wanted more privacy out of it, then Librewolf. I used Vivaldi before finally having to move to Firefox due to numerous problems I had in Chromium-based browsers. But what really matters for me are features in the first place. I managed to edit my Firefox interface to make it much smaller and rectangular with user scripts and I'm happy with it.
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Out of these mainstream 2, I trust Firefox much more, but if I really wanted more privacy out of it, then Librewolf. I used Vivaldi before finally having to move to Firefox due to numerous problems I had in Chromium-based browsers. But what really matters for me are features in the first place. I managed to edit my Firefox interface to make it much smaller and rectangular with user scripts and I'm happy with it.
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Scuba
This year it seems all ad blockers on firefox don't block ads on social media. I went from no ads on FB to every other post being an ad. I couldn't believe people were putting up with so many ads all this time without blockers. Does Brave or any other browsers get rid of social media ads? I just figured they are all getting paid off to allow them now.
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This year it seems all ad blockers on firefox don't block ads on social media. I went from no ads on FB to every other post being an ad. I couldn't believe people were putting up with so many ads all this time without blockers. Does Brave or any other browsers get rid of social media ads? I just figured they are all getting paid off to allow them now.
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Debunked
Talk about Gullible! The amount of NoN stop pinging by firefox phoning home & refusing to allow a person to choose things they dont want. Its worse than this guy is claiming.
Even the -about. config- refuses to let you stop or change annoying things. Which is not for your benefit but theirs.
Their Mobile Browser is even more suspicious?
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Talk about Gullible! The amount of NoN stop pinging by firefox phoning home & refusing to allow a person to choose things they dont want. Its worse than this guy is claiming.
Even the -about. config- refuses to let you stop or change annoying things. Which is not for your benefit but theirs.
Their Mobile Browser is even more suspicious?
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im
I don't understand all the haters. I use both - Brave for personal use and Firefox for school and they are both great browsers! I usually recommend brave to my friends who are still on chrome because of their out of the box features but I still enjoy both.
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I don't understand all the haters. I use both - Brave for personal use and Firefox for school and they are both great browsers! I usually recommend brave to my friends who are still on chrome because of their out of the box features but I still enjoy both.
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