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Librewolf but like... for chromium? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by spez@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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My main browser is Librewolf but I keep a chromium browser just in case. Previously used brave but their flatpak is shit. Ungoogled chromium seems ok but it looks like they don't change much from upstream chromium. Any good chromium browsers which harden their browsers like librewolf does for more privacy?

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[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 50 points 7 months ago (16 children)

I would stick to librewolf. Supporting Chromium is not good for freedom.

Anyway, ungoogled chromium is probably the best answer. There also is Cromite which supports android and windows

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[–] wincing_nucleus073@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cromite is the closest thing i can think of to Librewolf. Tons of hardening. but i dont think he ships a Linux version. just android and windows.

[–] iloverocks@feddit.de 5 points 7 months ago (14 children)

I'm currently using thorium as an appimage and it is god enough. But to be honest if you want privacy use Firefox or a fork of it.

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[–] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

I've been using Thorium recently with no issues. Before I was using Vivaldi.

Edit, Firefox is my main browser. Thorium is used as an alt for the 2 websites that don't work in Firefox.

Edit 2; seems the developer of Thorium has made some err questionable choices. Not with the browser itself, but a mild furry nsfw easter egg, and a link to some site talking about their beliefs against a common medical procedure performed on baby boys. I have not seen either for myself as they have both been removed as the browser gained a sudden spike in popularity.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thorium would be good but it probably has too few contributors

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[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Highly advise against Chromium, see different comment

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR-dhc_SWBk

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[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thanks to everyone for replying! I have decided to stick with brave for now since after an update to the flatpak the thing's font is back to readable again.

[–] Unsafe@lemmy.today 2 points 7 months ago

https://spyware.neocities.org/articles/iridium https://iridiumbrowser.de/

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I use hardened Chrome with a lot of flags/features disabled and some privacy extensions. It's good enough for me.

[–] spez@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

hardened chrome

lmao.

[–] hottari@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

What's so funny?

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[–] RmDebArc_5@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Thorium is good for privacy and speed but not security, Vivaldi isn’t that private, ungoogled chromium removes everything google. Brave also has packages available for manual installation if you want to give it another try

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