Unfortunately, on Android, Chromium based browsers are SIGNIFICANTLY more secure than any other browser framework. I recommend Mulch and Cromite.
Again, this is ANDROID specific. Everywhere else, I use FF based browsers.
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schwim@reddthat.com 11 months ago
Orrrr… don’t use Google Chrome.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 months ago
You can’t just say that FF on Android is less secure and not give any sources for that claim.
I mean, you can, but that makes your claim not have any value.
circuscritic@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I wasn’t trying to educate people on the specifics, I was just making an objective statement of fact.
You’re free to do your research to validate my assertion, or ignore it.
But I can help you get a jump start, here is a good write-up from the developer of a security focused ROM, DivestOS:
dditty@lemm.ee 11 months ago
The grapheneOS team also discourages using FF android but I still use it (well, Fennec). Add-ons are a must have and would never use a chromium browser.
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Mobile FF on Android is just fine.
schwim@reddthat.com 11 months ago
I’m having problems finding unpatched vulnerabilities on Android ff, could you expand on what makes it less secure?
blackbarn@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Are there issues with FF on android?
schwim@reddthat.com 11 months ago
I don’t know of them and I’ve used it for as long as it’s been available.
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Agreed. I never understood why anyone goes out of their way to install Chrome.
Rant:
Why not use Edge, which comes with the OS? I’m not promoting Edge, but it’s already there. If you’re going to install another browser, why not use Firefox instead? Every time I ask someone why they’ve installed Chrome, they either don’t have an answer or say something like “it looks nice”.
That said, Firefox’ handling of tabs is still horrible. “Go Vivaldi” on this count. Sadly it’s a Chromium browser.
schwim@reddthat.com 11 months ago
How does Firefox fail you at tabs? I’ve always been happy with it, I sandbox my FB and Google social stuff, Save groups for opening at once, share tabs across devices, I don’t want for anything.
Orbituary@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The tab categories and paging are excellent. I don’t understand what else you need. There are even 3rd party tools that improve this functionality.
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I wrote my answer up here.
Linking it so I don’t post it twice.
PlexSheep@feddit.de 11 months ago
Idk what people have about chromium tabs. Firefox does tabs just fine.
Also, edge does not come with most os, just w*ndows
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Vivaldi does this out of the box: Tab grouping, tab stacking, tab stack renaming, vertical tabs, periodic tab reloading, etc.
Firefox has some catching up to do in this regard. I need extensions to do some of this. Tab stacking, for example, simply does not exist on Firefox, which means that my tab bar eventually makes me scroll horizontally.
Not badmouthing Firefox. Just saying that it isn’t the greatest in this area. Am still using it daily. I just don’t use it for tasks that require having many tabs at my disposal.
quaddo@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Love Vivaldi, but when I hit a site that has excess crap on it, I’ll switch to FF and tap the reader mode for a cruft-free experience.
Asymptote@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
lol
Not with any of my OSes.
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Fair enough. 🙂
Am sure all know what I’m talking about.
TserriednichThe4th@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Using edge is probably a bigger offense than using chrome.
Lmaydev@programming.dev 11 months ago
I don’t know they’re likely getting most of the information from the OS anyway.
Installing chrome is like doubling it.
AA5B@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Inertia. For years: IE sucked and Mozilla was painfully slow and missing features. I know it’s been quite a few years since that was a thing, but people don’t like to change, so I really think it’s still leftover behavior.
Or at least it is for me, but I’m mostly in the Apple ecosystem now, so it’s not as relevant
cm0002@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I go out of my way to purge Edge from Windows every time it works it’s way back in no matter what registry edits I have to make, what Windows “features” it breaks or whatever script I have to write.
Edge is like having a roommate constantly hitting on you and occasionally withholding things from you when you reject them and you’re basically over here going “They’re already living with you, why not go with them instead of hooking up with someone from outside”
Chrome is ethically questionable admittedly at best, but Edge is straight up cancer.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
My computer doesn’t come with edge
UNWILLING_PARTICIPANT@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Chrome was pretty good and somewhat faster than FF for a while in the oughts. At least it felt that way, and Google didn’t seem so evil at the time. My guess is people go with chrome out of inertia
DingoBilly@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yes unfortunately I’ve found chromium is just much better than Firefox when it comes to tabs. It’s at least a step removed from Chrome.
Tatters@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I started using Chrome instead of IE11, which was crap for standards, and before Edge was a thing. When Edge came along, I got really ticked off by the constant nagging to use it, which made me hate it without even trying it. I will probably carry on with Chrome for now, whist I can still turn off all the ad tracking stuff.
Candybar121@lemmy.world 11 months ago
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Amen. Only using Edge when there’s no other choice.
Usually there is, though.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Chromium is the open source project, it doesn’t contain any of the Google Chrome specific changes.
original_reader@lemm.ee 11 months ago
Google’s changes for Chrome are a problem.
Chromium being mainly developed and maintained by Google and a ton of browsers basing themselves on that is another problem: Chromium monoculture and why it is a concern.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Chomium isn’t Chrome, but Chrome is Chromium. Just like Vivaldi or Edge aren’t Chrome, they’re Chromium (based). Unless you can show that these tracking features are going into the Open Source Chromium Project, we’re pretty safe.