Hi! I just got a new computer recently, and I’m concerned about browser security and security in general. Any recommendations for a good secure browser? Preferably open source.
I really like using Brave. Seems to strike a good overall balance. It has some annoying things like the crypto crap, but luckily you can customize a lot of that so you don’t see it.
Depends what you mean by security.
If you mean privacy, no such thing exists. All browsers snitch on you, and trying to actually have a private life will land you in jail soon enough.
If you want to do online banking, any of the big three will do if updated regularly.
I’d choose firefox as a symbolic protest against tech oligarchy.
OP, go download Firefox and then go to https://stigviewer.com/stigs
And find Firefox. This will cover all known low level security controls. This will keep you from ever being vulnerable in the first place. Just follow the fix text for each control you care about and you’re done.
While you’re at it, go through the windows controls. Hope you know regedit.
Brave because it has great defaults out of the box, and it’s Chromium, so all websites work as intended.
I wish I could recommend Firefox or LibreWolf, but their performance isn’t nearly as good.
However privacy ≠ security, and I wouldn’t trade all my privacy for it (also a non private browser shares more information with the actors you interact with by default, which means you have always more personal data to lose).
My recommendation for a secure and private everyday browser, both on mobile and desktop, is Brave. They check every box in privacytests.org and are built on top of chromium, which is (sadly) more secure than Firefox or any of its derivative (apart from tor, ofc).
Edit: if you don’t have any particular threat model I’d suggest just go with firefox (or librewolf if you don’t want to spend time hardening it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7-bW2y6lcI) from desktop and brave from mobile (I really don’t like firefox mobile).
Security or privacy? If security is all you care about then any modern browser is fine so long as you keep it up to date. If privacy is a concern then get LibreWolf + uBlock Origin and you’re good to go.
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DuckDuckGo has released their own browser on Windows and Mac. You can check it out.
Firefox
Firefox.
I really like using Brave. Seems to strike a good overall balance. It has some annoying things like the crypto crap, but luckily you can customize a lot of that so you don’t see it.
Depends what you mean by security.
If you mean privacy, no such thing exists. All browsers snitch on you, and trying to actually have a private life will land you in jail soon enough.
If you want to do online banking, any of the big three will do if updated regularly.
I’d choose firefox as a symbolic protest against tech oligarchy.
LibreWolf is a privacy oriented fork of FireFox. If you like FireFox, you could give it a shot.
Could give Mull Browser a try? Its a fork of Firefox, but without any of the telemetry.
Also, browseraudit.com is a nice online tester that tests browsers in an array of things.
Opera
/s
I know you were joking, but opera is the worst choice for privacy. It’s own by the chinese. It’s as risky as it sounds.
I know, that’s why it’s the best browser out there 👍 💪.
/s once again
Tor network
Firefox (hardened with this guide: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/#firefox) or Brave.
This is really close.
I do this shit for a living.
OP, go download Firefox and then go to https://stigviewer.com/stigs
And find Firefox. This will cover all known low level security controls. This will keep you from ever being vulnerable in the first place. Just follow the fix text for each control you care about and you’re done.
While you’re at it, go through the windows controls. Hope you know regedit.
Brave because it has great defaults out of the box, and it’s Chromium, so all websites work as intended.
I wish I could recommend Firefox or LibreWolf, but their performance isn’t nearly as good.
Can’t go wrong with ol Firefox
Iirc the most secure browser in a vacuum is Edge, mostly because of its integration with defender. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAu2KYrNgY0
However privacy ≠ security, and I wouldn’t trade all my privacy for it (also a non private browser shares more information with the actors you interact with by default, which means you have always more personal data to lose).
My recommendation for a secure and private everyday browser, both on mobile and desktop, is Brave. They check every box in privacytests.org and are built on top of chromium, which is (sadly) more secure than Firefox or any of its derivative (apart from tor, ofc).
Edit: if you don’t have any particular threat model I’d suggest just go with firefox (or librewolf if you don’t want to spend time hardening it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7-bW2y6lcI) from desktop and brave from mobile (I really don’t like firefox mobile).
Here’s a good general overview https://tilvids.com/videos/watch/88991d6f-b6f4-4673-9ba3-8d9a33cff19e (as I said privacy ≠ security, but if you don’t start from a private browser security is useless unless you have very specific threat model)
Security or privacy? If security is all you care about then any modern browser is fine so long as you keep it up to date. If privacy is a concern then get LibreWolf + uBlock Origin and you’re good to go.
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Brave browser is rivaling librewolf in most cases regarding data protection, privacy, and anomysing also anti fingerprinting.
Librewolf even better than brave regarding privacy but breaks some websites.
Heavily modified Firefox Takes longer to set up, breaks some websites, even “use able” set up worse than brave and librewolf.