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submitted 1 year ago by Discola@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Honestly the lack of ad blockers in Vanadium pushes me towards Firefox even though the devs say that Firefox is far less secure. So many web sites are just hard to use on mobile without an ad blocker so I'm curious what the rest of you are doing.

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[-] eggnog@sopuli.xyz 24 points 1 year ago

I have the same reasons for using mull (Firefox fork). I love having an adblocker along side my VPN's ad block. I also hate the chromium UI/UX, mostly because the search bar is on the top of the screen.

[-] featured@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

I like Mull the best. It’s pretty much just Firefox+arkenfox for mobile

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

Except for gecko mobile not having per-site process issolation (Fission) I get it though, its has good anti fingerprinting, isnt chromium, and has compatibility with Firefox addons (you can get around the mobile only requirement by importing a custom collection, which iirc requires Dev mode)

[-] Ward@lemmy.nz 4 points 1 year ago

The amount of Firefox fanboys who will get mad at you for mentioning Android Firefox missing per-site process isolation. I've basically made the choice to not mention it anymore because I always get harassed whenever I do lol...

Firefox on desktop is awesome, Mobile should be avoided.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

I'm willing to bet you get "harassed" for your smug attitude, not for mentioning that fact.

[-] Ward@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

not sure how I'm being smug (please point to my excessive pride in my achievements) but okay, "harassed" is deffo a overstatement but I'm just sick of people like this https://lemmy.nz/comment/1506835 while I'm trying to help people.

But aside that, people shouldn't be a asshole to someone just because they come off smug 🤷

[-] null@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

With that link I just see your comment and no replies (maybe my instance doesn't federate with theirs).

But look at just this thread: your other comment is you telling someone what they use is bad and providing no reasoning as to why.

Then when you get downvoted for contributing nothing of value, you whine about it and begrudgingly post the reasoning you should have shared from the beginning.

That's a shitty attitude that's going to net you downvotes and negative replies, and you shouldn't be surprised by it.

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This is a link to you trashing firefox mobile for not having site isolation by default and disregarding the person that corrected you

[-] Ward@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

How did I disregard it? He literally provided a reference what countered his own point.

Like please, if you actually have a point to make. I'd love to know how he corrected me at all.

I think trashing is a overstatement, I'm providing references to my point (Also I LOVE firefox and use it on my desktop what i mentioned! It lacks basic security features on Android, that is not trashing on Firefox!) and I was deffo a bit hostile because he was obviously responding in bad faith.

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[-] loadsas@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago
[-] Decentralizr@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

You could use DNS and stick with Vanadium. AdGuard, nextdns, decloudus, Mullvad.. all good for ad blocking and probably more effective as it’s system wide

[-] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago

DNS blocking is different than content blocking. A content blocker like ublock can block more than just domains by injecting scripts into DOM (iirc im not a webdev)

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[-] mlfh@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Bromite before it died, RIP :( Vanadium now with regular dns adblocking where security matters, Fennec where it doesn't.

[-] Contort3860@links.hackliberty.org 20 points 1 year ago

There is a fork of Bromite, called Cromite, if you're interested.

[-] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

This one looks cool, but I am so used to having a sync service that I can't enjoy it fully :/

[-] Quereller@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

Mull with Adblock plus, Ghostery and Decentral eyes. Btw. I hope they soon update their icon to be Material theme compatible.

[-] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

Honest question: is using those 3 addons better than sticking to just uBlock Origin?

I have read multiple times that the best is to just uBlock Origin and nothing else, since other addons are redundant and together will make your fingerprint easier to recognize.

[-] Quereller@lemmy.one 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honest answer, I don't know. I will for sure not install another extension. What I like from Ghostery is the "auto decline cookie banner" funktion.

[-] dditty@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

uBlock Origin also has this functionality in its "annoyances" list category

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[-] radau@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

Mull with ublock origin, always on VPN to my house with pihole for DNS.

I use Firefox for the "installed" web pages for quick access to internal things like Sonarr since Mull would log me out fairly often.

[-] Carter@feddit.uk 7 points 1 year ago

I flip between Mull and Cromite.

[-] yoz@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago
[-] DARbarian@artemis.camp 4 points 1 year ago

Prettt sure it's the updated Bromite fork

[-] N4CHEM@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, it's the fork of Bromite that uazo is maintaining.

https://github.com/uazo/cromite

[-] mattyeen@pawb.social 7 points 1 year ago

Mull with ubo

[-] elperronegro@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Mull, Fennec on mobile and Librewolf on laptop

[-] IuseArchbtw@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Fennec, Firefox from the f-droid-store

[-] Ward@lemmy.nz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
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[-] Cinnamon3431@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

really want to like vanadium, but it's giving me a unique fingerprint... So I am currently using Brave

[-] visnudeva@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

You could just keep vanadium and change the DNS of your phone for mullvad DNS for exemple to block the ads in (nearly ) every app.

[-] Bimbus@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Been using duck duck go or Firefox focus personally

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[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago
[-] FarLine99@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[-] mctoasterson@reddthat.com 4 points 1 year ago

Hardened Firefox-based browser like Mull or Klar.

[-] d3lta19@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Mostly Mull. A little Firefox and a little Vanadium

[-] markkdark@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Iceraven from GitHub, it's fork of Firefox but more privacy + add-ons Ghostery & uBlock origin & Bitearden. I don't need more than one browser.

[-] lckdscl@whiskers.bim.boats 3 points 1 year ago

Vanadium and Adguard home

[-] jacktherippah@lemdro.id 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vanadium for when I need to log in and Cromite for daily browsing.

[-] Crabhands@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Use to use forefox, switched to just Vanadium as per Graphenes guidelines

[-] trippingonthewire@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I use Vanadium and sometimes DDG or Tor. Mulls a good, hardcore browser as well.

And for vanadium, I use an ad blocking DNS, which is https://dns.adguard.com/dns-query

Isn't perfect but it blocks some ads

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

i was using Mull for a while but currently trying Fennec. both are firefox forks on fdroid

[-] sibloure@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I use Vanadium with a custom DNS in system settings - NextDNS. It doesn't get rid of every ad but it's pretty good and blocks nearly all of them. You can choose adblock filter lists as well with NextDNS.

[-] thayer@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I use Firefox for most trusted browsing, largely due to its bookmark sync and extension support. It has also been my desktop browser of choice for decades. I always browse in private mode on mobile, and with strict protection enabled (no 3PC), so essentially no cookie or data retention once the app is closed. FF sync for bookmarks only, no search suggestions, autocomplete, etc., except for search bookmarks. DDG as default engine.

Passwords are managed with KeePass autofill, and synced to many other devices via Syncthing.

I love that Vanadium is the default WebView browser though, due to its support for site isolation and other hardened features.

Fingerprinting is still virtually impossible to prevent until/unless the overall web browser model changes.

[-] Imprint9816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 year ago

NextDNS with Vanadium.

To me, being able to use Vanadium in webview is a huge benefit.

Using DNS to block ads is relatively simple these days.

[-] Shaul@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Navi download manager that has a built-in web browser combined with AdAway.

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