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lima 6 hours ago

Which browser has a better security track record?

bawolff 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Despite what people are saying here, chrome has a really excellent track record. Nobody is perfect. Switching just because chrome got exploited one time will likely result in you switching to something worse.

If you're paranoid, disable JIT.

dwattttt 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Or disable JS altogether, and enjoy many sites working much quicker. Many others fail & need to be selectively allowed, but it's been worth it.

Cider9986 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Vanadium makes improvements on Chromium. https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium

StilesCrisis 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most of those are just changing flags, not really unique development. Like "disable JIT" is a Chromium flag. "Zero-init everything" is a Clang flag.

esseph 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Right, but it's value-add on a derivative, not its own standalone engine.

p-e-w 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Firefox with uBlock Origin. It’s astonishing how many exploits uBO stops before they ever reach your browser engine. It’s the antivirus of the 2020s.

armadyl 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Firefox absolutely does not have a better security track record than Chromium browsers and on top of it you’re recommending an extension as a security measure oh my god man this comment needs to be flagged dead

edit: links

https://www.reddit.com/r/GrapheneOS/comments/1unhtxu/initial...

https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing

yjftsjthsd-h an hour ago | parent [-]

I'm willing to believe that stock chrome has a better record than stock Firefox, but

> and on top of it you’re recommending an extension as a security measure

... Yes? Why can a browser extension not be a security measure/improvement?

Cider9986 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Brave would be a much better option if you want security and good adblocking.

Alifatisk 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I suggest Zen browser (fork of FF), it feels closer to chrome.

Barbing 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I hear about Zen. Random q:

It can’t trick Canva into letting you use the color picker, or otherwise enable it, can it - if someone happens to know?

(What a dumb feature to be locked to the Googlesphere.)

aleksandrm 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

What does it mean "closer to chrome"?

ZiiS 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

In a good way?