On Linux and Android. What are privacy oriented alternatives to Firefox now that it’s no longer trustworthy?

The ability to sync between devices would be a huge bonus, even just on a local network.

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    1 day ago

    If you want to keep the Gecko Engine from Mozilla to support an alternative to Google’s monopoly here are a couple alternative for Linux :

    • Librewolf
    • Mullvad Browser
    • Zen Browser

    For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.

    • IronFox (active fork of Mull by DivestOS)
    • Fennec

    On the dark side of the spectrum you have chromium browser such as :

    • Brave (Linux & Android) (disable cryptocrap, sponsor backgrounds and it’s quite good)
    • Cromite (Android)
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      For Android you have to be aware that unfortunately every firefox based browser lack of per-site isolation unlike chromium browsers.

      Wait really? Its 2025, seriously, what is Mozilla doing?

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        22 hours ago

        Yes, I learned that thanks to DivestOS which was comming with Mull, they had a comparison table and yes no FF based browser support that basic security feature yet…

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        14 hours ago

        Yes Vivaldi doesn’t come with crypto bullshit nor AI. However by default it’s so badly tuned for user privacy… and sprobably even security. Honestly I would prefer having a Vivaldi AI Agent over a proprietary web browser (I know it’s mainly open but it’s not) It was not that well optimized on several of my devices when I tried it… I’m not conviced by their chromium proprietary fork even tho it’s not the worst alternative either.