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by anonymousiam6 hours ago |
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upvoteby fidotron6 hours ago|
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Chrome product management is horrible. Chrome software engineering is some of the best ever done.

(And no, I don't use it except for testing).

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upvoteby noir_lord6 hours ago|
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I don’t disagree, two or more things can be true at once.

That said I still use Firefox for other reasons.

I simply don’t trust google, I don’t trust Mozilla either but I do trust them more than Google and you do kinda have to have a browser to function in the modern world.

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upvoteby Barbing5 hours ago|
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Of all the reasons to use non-Chromium browsers whenever possible(!), this isn’t really on the list.
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upvoteby lima6 hours ago|
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Which browser has a better security track record?
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upvoteby bawolff4 hours ago|
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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.

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upvoteby dwattttt2 hours ago|
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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.
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upvoteby Cider99866 hours ago|
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Vanadium makes improvements on Chromium. https://grapheneos.org/features#vanadium
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upvoteby StilesCrisis6 hours ago|
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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.
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upvoteby esseph6 hours ago|
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Right, but it's value-add on a derivative, not its own standalone engine.
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upvoteby p-e-w6 hours ago|
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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.
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upvoteby Cider99865 hours ago|
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Brave would be a much better option if you want security and good adblocking.
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upvoteby armadyl4 hours ago|
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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

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upvoteby drnick156 minutes ago|
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The idea here is that uBlock filters the domains that may serve the malware in the first place. It basically works the same as a DNS filter.
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upvoteby qlte19 minutes ago|
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Which you can also easily do with uBlock Origin Lite in Chrome/Chromium.
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upvoteby yjftsjthsd-h2 hours ago|
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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?

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upvoteby Alifatisk6 hours ago|
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I suggest Zen browser (fork of FF), it feels closer to chrome.
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upvoteby Barbing5 hours ago|
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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.)

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upvoteby aleksandrm5 hours ago|
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What does it mean "closer to chrome"?
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upvoteby ZiiS6 hours ago|
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In a good way?
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upvoteby armadyl4 hours ago|
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This is like saying never use seatbelts because people still die in car accidents.

Chromium is still far superior on the security front than any other browser.

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upvoteby StilesCrisis6 hours ago|
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Oh, right, because other browsers never have bugs.
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upvoteby lta6 hours ago|
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If we needed any more.
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upvoteby paulpauper5 hours ago|
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chrome has more bugs, not necessarily because it's less secure, but its popularity makes it a bigger target, so more bugs are found
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