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Librewolf, but I'd argue it's more of a Firefox/web debloater reason. No pocket, no VPN ads. I would have said that the only issue is that it is a pain to update, but they added a windows updater and software repos, so I would almost recommend it over stock firefox for normies.
And I use tor to search stuff that contains sensitive data like my location... Or when a website is blocked
This is the argument I keep using for why people should use Linux more. The fact you have to run updater software for each piece of software is so stupid. It's a horrible solution to a poorly designed problem. On Linux I just tell my package manager to update everything and it takes care of it all. There's no need for the user to be handling all of that, and it also shouldn't have to update in starting the application because that's when the user wants to use it, not wait for an update.
(For reference: it's the same thing as on your phone where it tells you the number of things that need updated and you just tell it to update whenever you feel like it.)
VPN ads? Not sure I've ever gotten such a thing. Been using Firefox daily for several years
You know that tab that opens sometimes when you update Firefox? The welcome to Firefox or what's new, whatever it is? If I remember correctly, there are sometimes ads for mozilla vpn on that tab. But you, like me, might just close that tab without ever looking at its contents
Haha yeah... I actually like that there is a confirmation that an update was installed and there's a list of changes if I want to view them. If that "ad" indeed is there, it's inoffensive enough I never once noticed it. I loathe ads. Not one of those people who tolerates them
it is a pain to update, but they added a windows updater
the linux package manager in question
it's not in the arch repos π
It's in the AUR
everything is in the aur
edit: i use the aur package already, but you have to acknowledge aur packages just aren't the same
[Richard Stallman] usually does not browse the web directly from his personal computer. Instead, he uses GNU Womb's grab-url-from-mail utility, an email-based proxy which downloads the webpage content and then emails it to the user.
If you're not doing this you're not properly paranoid.
Tor Browser serves a different purpose/use-case to the first two. The first two are intended for everyday browsing while I've never heard of anyone using Tor Browser as their daily browserβand if you log into websites then using Tor Browser as your daily driver would defeat the anonymity purposes if you're logging in anyway.
I use librewolf for everyday browsing and Tor Browser for things requiring a higher threat model.
It actually feels selfish to use Tor as a daily driver.
I assume that by "selfish" you mean taking up bandwidth from the Tor network, which is a valid concern. But using it as a daily driver for low-bandwidth tasks like reading text (and maybe a few compressed pictures here and there) is actually be beneficial to the Tor network, as it increases the size of the crowd, thereby making everyone more anonymous.
Eh, that's fair. As long as it is low bandwidth like you said. Maybe I'll do it some.
LibreWolf as daily driver and whenever I need a little extra privacy I use Tor or even tails
Tor Browser is this kid wearing many layers of different masks and hoodies, and changing them randomly whenever the mood strikes.
I have modified Firefox. Might as well be Librewolf.
I was the same which was why I just switched to librewolf. Cut the work out for me.
Librewolf enables fingerprinting preventation which makes some websites / fields very laggy. I can disable it but what's the point of using Librewolf then? Also using FF is not paranoid, it is the only free software I installed that sticked with my family. Tor has a wholly different purpose.
Regular firefox and tweaked
I'm considering switching to LibreWolf after all the AI crap Mozilla is adding
Librewolf is great. I just add exceptions for a handful of sites I want to retain sessions for and it is very usable as a daily driver
Statistical analysis of a large data set is a sin, after all.
Librewolf for normal stuff, Tor for stuff I don't even want linked to my IP.
Jokes on you, cause a lot of alphabet organizations set up entry and exit nodes on Tor so you're being tracked regardless.
Most of my Tor activity is on onionsites, so that's okay.
Also, even given spooky nodes, the chances of getting a spooky entry and exit node are slim. Still, given the possibility, it is advisable to do spicy clearnet activities away from home with a MAC randomizer as insurance in case you win the world's worst roulette game.
I think the big problem I have with tor is that there's no way to know how compromised the network is. From a three letter agency budget, setting up 30,000 nodes wouldn't be a big deal, you just have them doing other things.
Of course, I'm not really doing anything that would draw the ire of a three-letter agency, so even tor is overkill.
I was also never really big on people running bad s*** through my node. I've always felt better using a paid proxy then at least claims not to log, Even if there's a half decent chance that people are watching their ingress and egress at the ISP level.
Vacuum-gapped video relay in the wilderness.
NetCat. /s
Seriously though, I just use Firefox. LibreWolf is basically Firefox with stricter defaults, and over the years I've already tweaked Firefox to use all the privacy features anyway.
I know there's some extra sauce implemented in LibreWolf that Firefox lacks, but that stuff seems like too much of a compromise for me (like canvas fingerprinting).
Plus, I think orange looks nicer in my window list than blue.
I also don't use tor or a vpn unless I can't access anything otherwise. I guess I don't really see the need to, since I don't think I'm doing anything that'll draw the government's attention.
You can turn off canvas fingerprinting or any added feature with a single checkbox. I used to feel the same way about LibreWolf, but once I familiarized myself with the different settings, it became clearly the superior option if you value privacy. I also set my Firefox settings strictly, but then they added new βfeaturesβ and turned them on by default. That was the last straw for me.
I started moving from Firefox to LibreWolf and found a few too many convenient features broke.
I think password and bookmark syncing was too difficult to move away from, as I use them across devices/phone.
Haven't had time to research alternative methods or practices.
Firefox may silently opt you into "features" such as targeted advertising. Librewolf acts as a barrier.
Also "nothing to hide" is fine if you have nothing to say and you don't care about liberty.
I use Librewolf and TBB. Both have NoScript enabled and JS turned off by default. I never turn on JS on TBB obviously, and for the few sites that I frequent on Librewolf, I tweaked it by hand. It's not that hard.
I will look to also use Mullvad browser alongside Librewolf maybe, not sure which one of them is more private since Mullvad browser comes straight from the TOR project and has their security settings.
I'm using Mullvad browser for over a year on Linux and I can recommend. It's basically TBB without TOR
Librewolf also has Tor security settings
ubuntu font!!!
Librewolf. I yearn for something better for ios. I'm sticking woth firefox because all my tabs & shit are synced.
There isn't going to be something better because of the locked down proprietary ecosystem. You might as well use Safari
Clearly πΊ. Been on it like, 3y+? Maybe longer, it's been my primary for a long time. π¦ as a backup, and for DRM stuff. Chrome/Chromium for shit that just doesn't play well with π¦. Edge (for windows) is my 'I need to test this with a vanilla browser' and cba to disable ublock etc from chrome incognito.
Iceraven, with backup Vanadium, on mobile.
For mobile, I'd recommend Mull instead of Iceraven
Pros:
Cons:
Here's a probably somewhat biased but from quickly skimming over it not inaccurate browser comparison by the developer(s) of Mull:
https://divestos.org/pages/browsers
Also based GrapheneOS user
Librewolf is better than Tor in some ways. Tor has ads
Gotta weigh in the benefits of privacy/features vs anonymity for your needs.