• LWD@lemm.ee
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    11 days ago

    BTW: “this guy” on PrivacyTests is Brave Browser’s Senior Research and Privacy Engineer, Arthur Edelstein.

    You wouldn’t know this unless you looked through multiple pages on multiple sites, especially when his coworker doesn’t disclose this when praising his website, but it’s worth noting.

    • Sophocles@infosec.pub
      2·
      11 days ago

      Littetally. I found it fishy that Brave suspiciously scored so well. Half of those browsers are just modified Chromium anyway including Brave, and Brave has made some suspicious marketing decisions which is why I dont really trust them. If you’re curious look into their history involving crypto and advertising.

      The only good ones I’d recomend are Librewolf, Mullvad Browser, and Tor. They’re really the only ones that even try to combat fingerprinting.

    • madame_gaymes@programming.devEnglish
      1·
      11 days ago

      Yep, written before Mozilla’s latest move, and doesn’t even mention EFF’s Cover Your Tracks or CreepJS for fingerprint testing. Just some vague descriptor of “Browser Privacy Test”, which they have provided no links or details on.

      They also just claim Tor is the penultimate privacy browser, when it isn’t. Doesn’t even mention that exit nodes around the whole world can be run by anyone, including 3-letter agencies and bad actors. I don’t trust the testing of whoever this is, seems kinda lazy and doesn’t cover all the angles that need to be covered when it comes to browsers.

      • Kr4u7@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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        11 days ago

        Best bet is probably privacyguides.org they usually are quick on the uptake

        Also check their discuss forum since there is a quite lengthy discussion ;)

        My personal daily drivers are librewolf on PC and cromite/vanadium on mobile