• dsemy@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    Using niche browser forks is often not a good idea. These are extremely fast moving projects that need to constantly be updated to stay secure.

    This is especially true for Firefox forks, as Firefox allows you to customize it to the point that it is almost the same as many of these forks.

    There are exceptions to this - for example, LibreWolf has a fairly good track record and Mullvad Browser needs to fork Firefox to (try) ensure all users have the same fingerprint.

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      5 months ago

      I feel like this argument is the same argument people use to tell you never to leave the Microsoft ecosystem

      You must use Edge, Office, Defender and Azure

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        5 months ago

        No it’s a security and fingerprinting tradeoff.

        The more your browser acts to hide your behaviors and limit tracking, the more unique your fingerprint is. The most private browser setup is one which appears to be identical to all the other traffic in a non unique way, or noise. This definitionally lacks information for tracking.

        Also security flaws and tracking exploits need to be constantly patched.

        This is a fundamental tradeoff for privacy. Using more obscure browsers can (not always) then expose you to behavioral fingerprinting because they look different and react to web pages differently.