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Help me choose my mobile browser (programming.dev)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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As per title, Help me choose a browser for android I have non rooted device. After all the researches I found best for me would be 1: Mull but with Some way for knowing which site have saved any data on my device (Maybe by extension or some defined page like about:config type) But as per my research I do not found any such thing. 2:Cromite or like it but with extension support like kiwi. 3:Privacy browser but just give assurance that google will not track me (as I have nonrooted device I have default webview).

I dont think that Vivaldi,Opera or brave stand anywhere when it is about privacy.

Help/advice/correct me!

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (7 children)

They can see my fingers? I dunno know about that

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (6 children)

You know, I don't know if you are trying to be annoying or if you truly do not know. Here is a wikipedia link for topic of device fingerprints: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint

Here is the Tor project's take on it: https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead/

And here is an overview of the browsers which are best at preventing fingerprinting for desktop: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/desktop-browsers/

The privacyguides website is generally a good resource. Sometimes, rarely, lacks a little behind in the latest and greatest. It's not primarily a site for news anyways.

One part of your browser's fingerprint that I find quite interesting and is easy to understand is it's resolution. Your browser displays websites in a set resolution, say 1080x1920. This resolution is dependent of your screen's resolution, the window size of the browser and generally everything that changes the shape anf size of the website. Firefox does not protect here, old man.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 11 months ago (5 children)

😂 So you attempt to help me understand and then call me an old man? I was pretty interested in this. Now I know your information is bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

And yes, this time I do mean to make you feel down.

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