"There is no perfect choice here in the array of browsers that protect your privacy, but certainly Chrome is not one of them," Budington says.
It shouldn't be surprising that the most private browser is not the one made by a company that generates the majority of its revenue by collecting data. But which browsers are more private?
Tor is the ultimate private browser, but it comes with trade-offs
Credit: Justin Pot"Because it's aimed to be ephemeral, not leaving traces, and turning off cookies by default, it's going to be the gold standard when it comes to privacy and anonymity," Budington says, "but there's a tradeoff in usability." The problem, according to Budington, is that Tor's privacy means it's a common tool for distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which in turn means many services block it.
Both experts recommended using Tor for those moments when you really want to make sure no one is watching.
"If you're someone who wants to look up a medical condition, use Tor because it won't leak your browsing," Budington adds. "You might want to use Tor browser in those specific situations, but there are browsers that do a pretty good job at protecting your privacy but will be much more usable."
Brave is a good option for private browsing but also comes with caveats
Credit: Justin Pot"It's clear that they are taking reasonable and good steps in order to protect users' privacy," according to Budington. He particularly emphasized the length Brave goes in order to randomize your browser's fingerprint, which can protect against canvas fingerprinting in which sites render an unnecessary vector image to detect subtle differences in hardware configuration. The other browsers on this list don't do that, which might be worth keeping in mind.
Brave is also built on the Chromium code base, meaning sites that break on Firefox and Tor generally open without problems. "Brave is an option if you need a Chrome compliant thing around," according to Vertesi.
Firefox is still great with the right extensions
Credit: Justin Pot"With the right add-ons installed, Firefox can be just as private as Brave," Budington says, recommending EFF's own Privacy Badger alongside the ad-blocker uBlock Origin. "There's no reason not to use these in combination," he adds, mentioning there are also add-ons for randomizing fingerprinting.
Why you should use different browsers for different uses
Vertesi emphasized that a core part of her privacy strategy is to use multiple browsers. "Don't just choose one best browser, use many," she said. "It's a way of cordoning off different parts of your life, so your browser doesn't know about other accounts." Vertesi, for example, generally has a single browser for occasionally browsing Facebook products and nothing else—that way Facebook can't track her other browsing. She said there are many good options out there including Opera, Vivaldi, DuckDuckGo Browser, and even Apple's Safari, which has a few privacy-specific features. Budington mentioned that because Apple devices are all so close in terms of hardware configuration, Safari has incidental fingerprint protection.
But, again, if you care about your privacy, a good place to start is simply not using Chrome. "If you have an amazing VPN but you're doing everything in Chrome...why bother?" Vertesi says.
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