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Is Firefox any more private/secure than Brave? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Brave for the past three or so years but I do know that Linux/privacy enthusiasts tend to swear by Firefox. Wanted to get people's thoughts on this topic to see if I should be making a potential switch. Thanks!

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[–] sizeoftheuniverse@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As hard as it is for me to admit, and based on some tests, Brave had better fingerprinting resistance than Firefox. I don't trust the guys behind Brave, but their product is good.

[–] ruination@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Iirc isn't it more like Brave is better out of the box, but given sufficient configuration, both are more or less equal?

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Out of the box - yes, maybe. But I think that with some extensions (uBlock Origin, CanvasBlocker, Chameleon) and tweaking hardened Firefox (LibreWolf, Mull) would be way better!