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Is Firefox any more private/secure than Brave? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been using Brave for the past three or so years but I do know that Linux/privacy enthusiasts tend to swear by Firefox. Wanted to get people's thoughts on this topic to see if I should be making a potential switch. Thanks!

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[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No sync that way though, so I'm not sure how someone would access bookmarks, history, and open tabs that way.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Up to you if you think that feature is worth the security/privacy loss. Personally I've not missed syncing tabs across devices, I do most things on the one device anyway.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think there would be any privacy loss, Firefox sync is encrypted and all that. I work on multiple devices so I absolutely need it.

[–] smeg@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

I meant the security/privacy loss of using Chromium on desktop or Firefox on Android