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Title basically. I want to know what are the differences and which is the best in terms of privacy. Also, F-Droid says that Fennec tracks your activity, is it true?

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[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Well, i know Fennec replaces Google with (i think its ddg by default). Otherwise i am not sure what it changes. I know Mull has even more privacy settings enabled by default.

[–] Xirup@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As far as I remember, Fennec is a normal Firefox but without the telemetry, and that's it.

[–] zwekihoyy@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

this is correct.

[–] Shaul@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you want to be strict about privacy, in F-Droid turn off all anti-features and you'll see there is no version of Firefox available to install. You have to make compromises if yo want to install any off-shoot of Firefox.

[–] Lemongrab@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Iirc anti-features are autodetected from source code. So unused code is too. Also its not like chromium is better in terms of privacy.

[–] Shaul@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago

Chromium is not an option and it never will be an option.

[–] Mane25@feddit.uk 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So what is your suggestion?

[–] Shaul@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

I've settled on Navi doenloader that has a built-in browser for websites combined with AdAway