Usually it’s user behaviour that needs to change, not picking the ‘special’ software. A libre base is all you need and there’s a few. The “most” secure browser won’t help you retain privacy from Facebook when you use it to chat to friends on… Facebook. These sorts of questions drift into nonsense and pointlessness. X, Y and the rest of the alphabet all could all be of use to you. What do you actually want to do? The most secure browser is offline and doesn’t load anything. Now what? How’s that going to help you? If you take this community’s name to actually mean anything than the correct answers exclude Google’s chromium. There. You have another answer: anything that’s not Google-chromium. Now what? Using ungoogled-chromium downstream when the upstream is controlled by Google is indefensible if the objective is to regain ‘control’ from Google by DeGoogling yourself.
It will be a bummer to see how many downvotes I will get for saying this, but it’s 100% true: chromium is the most secure browser engine followed by webkit.
I don’t know what implementation transmits the least information, but in terms of number of known exploitable vulnerabilities there’s little question.
My guess would be Helium and Titanium
FWIW, my firewall shows 0 packets when opening Ungoogled Chromium
Librewolf for desktop, heard IronFox is good for mobile
My phone security has found 33 trackers in ironfox.
Those are the trackers from websites you’re visiting, not the browser.
During runtime? Runtime scanners don’t work on browsers cause they flag tracking URLs loaded by websites you are visiting.
Why are you visiting a bunch of tracking websites?
Ok, that still looks like a list of websites you visited and trackers they loaded. What app are you using for this anyway?
Dillo.
You can’t collect less data than none and you can’t be more secure than entirely passive interpreting (no js-support).
Vanadium on GrapheneOS and Trivalent on SecureBlue are the most security-focused. Firefox/Chromium/Safari-based browsers on desktop in general are decent for security. Avoid anything through Flatpak, and I believe Firefox-based browsers on Android are still behind as well. For Linux in general, Librewolf and Floorp don’t collect telemetry as far as I’m aware and have the most features. If you’re trying to be as anonymous as possible there’s other options as well.
Interesting point about Firefox on Android being behind. Do you think Vanadium is the only viable option there, or is there any other hardened browser for mobile that actually works?"
For a secure browser, I run Brave on my Android and Librewolf on my laptop. This is my login browser for social, email, etc. I’m not too concerned about the browser as the sites are the more privacy invasive issue.
My other browser is my main browser and deletes all data on exit. This one I want more privacy. Currently, I’m using Tor. Brave is installed for when Tor gets blocked.
I disagree that the browser matters less than the sites. A leaky browser can expose your hardware fingerprints and IP before the site even loads its own scripts. Brave might block ads, but it doesn’t stop the underlying telemetry. If you want real isolation, you need something more hardened than Brave.
Hiding properties of your physical hardware is a lot of work and comes with tradeoffs, and it’s worth asking what exactly you’re trying to accomplish. If it’s being anonymous, then you want Tor or Mullvad browser. If you just want to confuse websites then LibreWolf has fingerprinting protection enabled (and other Firefox browsers can toggle it on), Brave also has that but not as aggressive, but neither will work as well for fingerprint protection especially if you modify the settings or install extensions or even just resize the window.
I’m terrible at modifying my browser and making it more secure. My own Firefox, for example, isn’t very secure at all.
I was just looking for a secure browser for personal safety. Now, anonymity would make sense to not me since I barely know much about technology.
I was just looking for a secure browser for personal safety.
I can’t tell what exactly you’re trying to stay safe from. If it’s exploits and getting hacked, then Firefox is good basically as long as it’s on desktop and not installed through Flatpak. If it’s telemetry from the browser itself, then LibreWolf and Floorp are better choices. If it’s tracking from websites, then having an ad-blocker and light fingerprint protection has basically no downsides which you can get on any Firefox-based browser (although the Chromium forks are more user-friendly for that specifically) but beyond that requires more effort.
I barely know much about technology.
LibreWolf has somewhat aggressive defaults so it’s not the smoothest browsing experience but easy to work with if you know what to expect. Floorp is my go-to recommendation for people who just want a well-functioning web browser that doesn’t get in their way, but it doesn’t have ad-blocking or anti-fingerprinting enabled by default.
I think LibreWolf only works on Windows computers or Apple devices. What concerned me most was digital privacy, because I feel that Google is always watching us, like a spy. I still don’t know which browser to use—the Firefox browser. Some people say that Mozilla sells some of its users’ data and makes false promises about security.
For now, I think I’ll use the Tor Browser until I find a browser that is more focused on privacy and has more advanced features.
Tor Browser for both security and privacy, but you won’t like it because it’s slow.
Your question combines two separate features in the same way that the nearly useless question “which is the best and the cheapest” does. You could ask for the best quality/price -ratio. You can have great security with no privacy when you use a well-made big tech solution. You can have great privacy with low security when you choose a poorly made, easily hackable open-source solution.
curl
For even more safety, just read directly from the underlying socket.
Probably Lynx
I recently found Librewolf
It’s a great start, but remember that no browser is 100% secure. Even LibreWolf can’t protect you if your OS is leaking data or if you’re not using a VPN/Tor.
I do not currently use a VPN but I am thinking of getting Proton VPN, I do however use different forks of Debian on most things. All of my IoT things do not have access out of my 10.6.66.0 vLAN (which has its own wifi) and most do not have access to the WAN. I use Home Assistant for most things on my 10.0.69.0 homelab vLAN (does not have wifi it is all wired) to reach into the IoT vLAN to do stuff which has limits to my personal vLAN 10.42.0.0 (Does have its own wifi). My guest vLAN 10.4.20.0 (Does have its own wifi but does not have eth) does not have acess to anything other than the WAN, just for shits and giggles I have a child friendly vLAN 10.6.7.0 (Does have its own wifi but does not have eth) that only has wifi and does not acess to anything other than the WAN during certain times. My personal wireguard vLAN 10.69.42.0, has the same acess as my personal vLAN, and my guest wireguard vLAN has the same acess as my guest vLAN but limits them to 2 hours before OpenWRT kicks them off.
I do not use my ISPs firewall/router just the fiber modem into my OpenWRT firewall. The DNS I use is two piholes with unbound.
That’s an impressive network architecture. Your VLAN segmentation and the use of OpenWRT with Pi-hole/Unbound effectively mitigate most of the internal risks. In your case, the local security is definitely top-notch
did you just meat proxy us?
Not at all! Just sharing some general reminders for the community.
Librewolf is the best answer I can think of, but I just can’t resist:
Have you seen the better browsing experience? It’s on Zen. It’s literally kb Librewolf. It’s on Floorp without ads. It’s literally on Waterfox. You can probably find it on Ironfox. Dude it’s on Ladybird. It’s a Servo original. It’s on GNOME Web. You can browse on GNOME Web. You can go to GNOME Web and browse it.
No way Floorp is a real name and not a joke lmao
I have some hilarious news for you…
For Gecko, Librewolf is very strict.
Strict, yes. Invincible, no. It’s the best of the Gecko bunch, but it’s still not a silver bullet for privacy.
Definitely not invincible, I think one would be stuck with chromium forks and manifest v3 if security and privacy are key. There is really no silver bullet :(
Fair point. There’s no silver bullet indeed, and different engines offer different trade-offs between privacy and security.
