Da Cap’nUsing Brave browser? Stop now.
XLEFirefox got the same rating, and this was before they added FakeSpot, an ad network, and everything they advertised as AI.
parzivallist of other browsers:
spyware.neocities.org/articles/
+1 for librewolf, been using it a while and it works perfectly
Most updates on that site are several years old and the site itself is unmaintained (last update 2022; git repo permanently archived 2024). While many of the details are not reflecting current state of things though broads strokes still rhyme, this page is not a good resource for comparing browsers in 2026 (except as inspiration and replicating their methodology).
Konform Browser is to my knowledge the only up-to-date webextension-capable browser today with literally 0 phone-home / background connections under defaults.
Off to uninstall zen!
Banks track everything. Some platforms don’t.
Big T
Elgenzay
SeductiveTortoiseTesting, thanks 💖
Ironfox
BTW grapheme is announcing a partnership with a non-Google phone company soon, keep an eye out
I’m keeping both eyes out for weeks since I first read it. I hope they hurry up.
Whenever I see Brave as part of the list of browsers people recommend, I know it’s astroturfed.
Because every time someone calls it out, there’s an immediate reply of “Oh yeah you can turn off the crypto mining” or whatever security issue there is.
quick_snailCrypto mining is not a security issue.
No, just a waste of compute and electricity.
I’ve got one myself and can say that it is definitely fun and worth the $5 I put to it every month. :)
To be fair, it has the same rating as Firefox. Though because of the URL hijacking scandal alone, Brave should NOT be trusted.
It was literally last updated in 2021 lol.