Open-source tests of web browser privacy.

[EDIT] - Check the comments for more information and links πŸ”½ πŸ”½ πŸ”½

[Edit Edit] - Brave Browser caught adding its own referral codes to some cryptocurrency trading sites - More in the comments πŸ”½ πŸ”½ πŸ”½

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tor, mullvad, or librewolf i would say

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Vivaldi on why this test is misleading https://vivaldi.com/security/common-questions/#privacytests

Also this doesn’t account for the test choosing bad defaults. Defaults aren’t as important in vivaldi, as it’s made for power users.

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This is a very ignorant response. Do you really think it’s that hard to include some heuristics? This was a very deliberate decision by the team

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if it’s made for power users why is it proprietary software? Vivaldi is yet another chromium browser with a fancy skin.

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This was garbage every time it was posted before, and it’s still garbage.

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Why are the three Chrome derivatives missing features Chrome has? Is it a porting issue or are they just that far behind on pulling in upstream changes?

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They use Chromium, not Chrome. Chrome is Google’s proprietary version, while Chromium is the open source version.

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Still pretty proprietary in my books

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Who watches the watchers.

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Either the watchers watch eachother, or the great kraken watches us all

https://youtu.be/Fzhkwyoe5vI

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