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I am an enthusiastic Brave user - but seeing stories like these make me wonder if I'd be better off configuring Firefox to be more secure/private and using that

I am an enthusiastic Brave user - but seeing stories like these make me wonder if I'd be better off configuring Firefox to be more secure/private and using that. As a privacy and transparency advocate, it disappoints me to see Brave fail to pass the test, especially considering that privacy and transparency are supposed to be the browser's MO.

DagAgren 6y ago
Yes, you would be much better off doing that.
SahAssar 6y ago
What makes you think brave is better for privacy and transparency in the first place? Everything I've seen about brave sounds like something that can be done better with extensions within firefox, just with some added crypto/privacy hype BS added on top.
- fastball 6y ago
  The fact that it is built-in makes me think the browser vendor (Brave) cares more about this issue. Does that not seem like a reasonable assumption? Presumably it's not built-in to Firefox because if it was, Google might pull the lucrative default search engine deal that they have.
luxurytent 6y ago
Not too difficult to configure Firefox imo. My recommendations on plugins: * HTTPS Everywhere: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywh... * DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-for-firefox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-fo... * uBlock Origin Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...
- Ayesh 6y ago
  I'd also suggest DeventralEyes, it's a nice quiet extension but works fantastic.
- whycombagator 6y ago
  Privacy Badger[0] too. Multi-account containers[1]. I also agree with the Decentraleyes[2] suggestion. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badge... [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes...
ayoisaiah 6y ago
Firefox is too slow for me, so I'm stuck with Brave
- snazz 6y ago
  De-Googled Chromium with an adblocker is the correct choice, in that case.

DagAgren 6y ago

Yes, you would be much better off doing that.

SahAssar 6y ago

What makes you think brave is better for privacy and transparency in the first place? Everything I've seen about brave sounds like something that can be done better with extensions within firefox, just with some added crypto/privacy hype BS added on top.

fastball 6y ago
The fact that it is built-in makes me think the browser vendor (Brave) cares more about this issue. Does that not seem like a reasonable assumption? Presumably it's not built-in to Firefox because if it was, Google might pull the lucrative default search engine deal that they have.

luxurytent 6y ago

Not too difficult to configure Firefox imo. My recommendations on plugins: * HTTPS Everywhere: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywhere/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/https-everywh... * DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-for-firefox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-fo... * uBlock Origin Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin...

Ayesh 6y ago
I'd also suggest DeventralEyes, it's a nice quiet extension but works fantastic.
whycombagator 6y ago
Privacy Badger[0] too. Multi-account containers[1]. I also agree with the Decentraleyes[2] suggestion. [0] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badge... [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account... [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes...

ayoisaiah 6y ago

Firefox is too slow for me, so I'm stuck with Brave

snazz 6y ago
De-Googled Chromium with an adblocker is the correct choice, in that case.