Consider using various browsers for different purposes, EFF’s Daly Barnett told the @WSJ. “Choosing a different browser based on the level of privacy one needs for a specific activity will do wonders for the overall risk their digital footprint carries.” wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/int

@eff @WSJ do you have recommendations on browsers that you feel are safe?

@cynical13 libre wolf a Firefox offshoot.

I’ve also heard of Mulhovad a browser where all users share a common web fingerprint

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@mlevison @eff @WSJ Neither of them are in Manjaro's native repo, only on AUR and I try to avoid adding software from there.

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IIRC Mullvad Browser is designed to run self-contained from the directory it's extracted to, to leave no trace on the machine, much like Tor Browser.

Regarding Librewolf (which I use every day on a non-Manjaro system), they have a first-party AppImage that might be more convenient for you than Mullvad Browser, at least if you have some means of managing AppImages. The official site also links to a Flathub package (even more convenient), but it's third-party.

As for browsers that are in Manjaro's repos:

The strongest option, short of Tor Browser, is probably plain old Firefox but manually hardened via Arkenfox configs.

You could also try Epiphany (aka GNOME Web). It's possibly the best WebKit-based browser that exists right now - I use it when I need something non-Gecko. However, I don't trust it to be as robust privacy-wise as Librewolf.

There's also Brave, which is easily in the top two least bad Blink-based browsers, (the other one, ungoogled-chromium, isn't in the Manjaro repos). I'd say it's probably competitive with Librewolf in terms of privacy, but I personally think all Blink-based browsers are bad praxis since they indirectly boost Google's dominance in web standards.

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@Parienve @mlevison @eff @WSJ I'll be honest, I'm really trying to get EFF to publically make recommendations about browsers here.

I've tried hardened Firefox and it was hard to do day-to-day tasks. I currently use Firefox or Vivaldi with a few privacy extensions.

@cynical13 Curiously the more extensions you have the bigger your browser fingerprint so less privacy @Parienve @eff @WSJ

@mlevison @Parienve @eff @WSJ I am well aware of that. On Vivaldi, I limit myself to uBlock Origin, Bitwarden, and Privacy Badger.

On Firefox I add Clear URLs.

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