As per title, Help me choose a browser for android I have non rooted device. After all the researches I found best for me would be 1: Mull but with Some way for knowing which site have saved any data on my device (Maybe by extension or some defined page like about:config type) But as per my research I do not found any such thing. 2:Cromite or like it but with extension support like kiwi. 3:Privacy browser but just give assurance that google will not track me (as I have nonrooted device I have default webview).

I dont think that Vivaldi,Opera or brave stand anywhere when it is about privacy.

Help/advice/correct me!

  • Norgur
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    117 months ago

    I think you might try to bite off more than you can chew here. You keep insisting that you want to somehow see the data that’s saved on your device. Why exactly do you want to inspect the local cache of those sites? What do you expect the benefit to be? And what’s more: what do you expect such a local cache to look like?

    • Ambuj YadavOP
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      37 months ago

      I just want to know which site I am logged in and to remove those data in order to logout

      Like on desktop I remove all data from settings of firefox from sites I am not using. Hope I a clear to you

      Btw I want to have clear look that data just as on desktop but as addons will provide that data I think It is going to look bad But thats okay

      • Norgur
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        27 months ago

        Yeah, okay. So: Clearing Browser cache is a common feature in any webbrowser (even Chrome, and if Chrome has it, everyone has)

        Regarding insights into the local cache: Are you technically versed enough to understand what you are seeing? If not, what good would looking at the cache do to you? I mean, whatever is in that cache is no indication about your privacy at all. As @minitycactus found out, Wikipedia logs your last visit. Do they spy on you? Very probably not. Besides, whatever they put into local cache is not something they have on their servers,

        I wouldn’t put too much energy into a search for that specific feature.

  • @Daxtron2@startrek.website
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    97 months ago

    I use Firefox focus for random browsing, normal Firefox for general browsing that I want to keep the history of, and Mull for anything where I want to absolutely minimize tracking / enhance privacy.

      • @Daxtron2@startrek.website
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        27 months ago

        Not usually, I don’t find it necessary most of the time. I have a separate pw manager (bitwarden) and if I need to share tabs I just message myself

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          Trying to do same (with keepass and taking bookmarks in .md) BTW what u do for bookmarks?

          • @Daxtron2@startrek.website
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            17 months ago

            I personally like to keep them separate as I use the different devices for different purposes. I don’t really ever have more than the visible row of bookmarks at any one time. If I need to save something I’m not using often, I’ll archive the page. Like for recipes in particular I have a directory filled with them.

    • Lemongrab
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      37 months ago

      Because Mull is hardened Firefox without telemetry. Brave is Chromium based and the company is shady.

    • @java@beehaw.org
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      27 months ago

      How? It’s not on F-Droid. Play store is obviously not an option for a person, who cares about privacy.

        • @java@beehaw.org
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          17 months ago

          Imagine you have lots of toys, like your favorite games and cool apps on your tablet or phone. If you had to update them manually, it’s like having to go to each toy, take it apart, fix anything that’s broken, and then put it back together every time there’s a new version or improvement.

          Now, think about having a special toy store for your toys. When you go to the store, they already know about any new cool features or fixes for your toys. All you have to do is ask the store to update your toys, and they make sure all your toys get the latest and greatest stuff without you having to do anything.

          So, having a store for apps is like having a magical place where all your toys can be fixed and improved automatically, without you having to do the hard work of updating each one by yourself. It saves you time and makes sure your toys are always the best they can be!

    • Ambuj YadavOP
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      17 months ago

      U did not readed it well. As firefox on android do not have sandboxing and segregation things It cant give individual websites permissions like js cookie etc. Firefox due to same reason cannot tell about WHICH SITE IS SAVING WHAT DATA ON MY DEVICE.I need to know that info so I am asking for any solution but as per what I know there are no solutions

      Sorry for poor english

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          Btw Xbrowser sync will function same as brave sync? Anonymous!

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          I tried some addons and probably cookie is not only form of data. As I was loggined on piped.video but there were no cookie showing in quick cookie manager I also used cookie auto delete and piped data was not deleted. I dont have technical details but in an addon (Name was probably something like forget forever) which claim to delete all site data. There were about 10 types of data listed including cookie,IndexDb,Session storage etc. That extension was also not able to remove that data (Was showing not available on your platform).

      • cant give individual websites permissions like js cookie etc.

        Don’t you think there is a reason why none of browsers provide this feature? Do you seriously want to open a website and be greeted with 30 pop ups asking “do you want to allow javascript on api.example.com website?”. Then instantly “do you want to allow loading static images/media on api.example.com website?”. Point is - it’s not how web works.

        WHICH SITE IS SAVING WHAT DATA ON MY DEVICE

        Imagine in your perfect world you get a pop up saying “Firefox has detected that example.com has saved 2 cookies on your device and they consume 43 bytes of your storage space. Do you want to delete them?”. Again, even if it saves cached data (static images) - why would you care? Firefox has addons that can help you to get rid of tracking cookies.

        Please learn on how internet works. There is no such thing as “website”, especially in your context. Technically, your requested features could be possible to implement, but that would break like 100℅ of websites. And what you are probably looking for is something like Postman, but for Android. 🙆

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          Don’t you think there is a reason why none of browsers provide this feature? Cromite does provide it I am writing this reply from it and only some website have js enabled like lemmy instance I use,masto etc. Rest open without it and if something breaks I change settings for it. But I dont hate js, its fine and I was just explaining how I want things to happen. *Firefox has detected that example.com has saved 2 cookies … * I was not saying that but as in chromium or in ff desktop u can check which site have saved what data in settings I just want something like that (Nobody wants that much interupping popups) that would break like 100℅ of websites. Chrome does it and everything works

        • Jajcus
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          17 months ago

          But all this is available in desktop Firefox. Partially built-in, partially via add-ons. The mobile version is very limited.

        • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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          17 months ago

          Noscript does exactly that. Poorly there is no exception to allow x origin only on y domain. But yeah, its supported very well

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          Thanks this is exact thing I was looking for. A bit more explanation

          • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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            17 months ago

            Use noscript and ublock to control what gets to your browser and what gets executed there. Noscript is so underrated, its literally the best way to remove tracking. All these superficial blockers cant reach manual opt-in for javascript, selected by origin.

            Forgetmenot replaces firefox desktop functionality, but does even more.

            • Ambuj YadavOP
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              17 months ago

              Hmm but as in screenshot U cant remove all types of data as platform limitation.

              • @Pantherina@feddit.de
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                17 months ago

                Yes its great. Biggest reason why Chromium is not an option, apart from UserChrome.css, user.js, many addons and an addon store not by google not requiring an account

  • bbbhltz
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    47 months ago

    Not a complete answer, but I stand behind Privacy Browser. The dev has a great blog explaining how the browser works:

    https://www.stoutner.com/webview/

    https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/core-privacy-principles/

    https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser-android/permissions/

    I appreciate the transparency of the Dev and I am looking forward to the long-teased 4.x series that will ship with its own webview.

    If you decide not to use it, keep it on your watchlist.

  • Fake4000
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    37 months ago

    I would say go with either chromite or firefox. Both are private, supported for now, and can block ads (UBO on firefox)

    • Ambuj YadavOP
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      27 months ago

      U did not readed it I want some extensionised version of cromite or site data in firefox

  • soyboy77
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    7 months ago

    Really liking Vivaldi so far. The baked in adblocking and encrypted syncing is neat. Everybody also always recommends Brave as “good out of the box” where you can use it straight away without any tinkering…

      • @pewgar_seemsimandroid
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        i could make out that you want :

        about:config

        mobile extensions

        privacy focused

        and iceraven is all 3

        • Ambuj YadavOP
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          17 months ago

          In privacy i think mull is better than iceraven with its arkenfox.js and trackers removal. Extensions can be added to all these browsers by custom addon collection