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A fully free (as in freedom) open source browser with a focus on a privacy.

UPDATE: THIS USES GOOGLE WEB VIEW. DO NOT USE.

I can’t figure out why nobody talks about this. I see all kinds of alternative browsers on here, but never this one. I especially like the color coded bookmarks for different categories (my news is gray, my searxng/swisscows and other search engines green, my tech solutions purple). It has anti-fingerprinting and a quick toggle for if you need to quickly adjust javascript or cookie setting to make a quick exception. There are lots of features. If anyone else has tried it, it would be interesting to hear your feedback too.

  • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
    3·
    14 hours ago

    Hey ScoffingLizard

    I am always the sceptic, but I have read that the monocles browser uses the monocles webview.

    https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.monocles.browser/

    It says here: In the defaults, the monocles browser uses the monocles webview

    here it is more in depth:

    basically they are saying that unless you are using an up to date custom rom, currently android 15 on my lineage phone, there maybe security issues with webview

    https://docs.monocles.eu/apps/browser.app/

    Limitations and Known Issues#

    Security Issues#

    As monocles Browser is based upon the WebView component, it is dependant of the underlying Android ROM and it’s updates.#

    We thus recommend to use the latest available Version of Android for your device and - if necessary - upgrade to an aftermarket ROM like:

    DivestOS

    /e/

    LineageOS

    If a device has no modern firmware updates anymore and Aftermarket - Firmware is just not available, then please consider a different Browser like Fennec, which is privacy-enhanced version of Firefox for Android nee Firefox Mobile or Tor Browser which you can also get via F-Droid by adding or enabling the Guardian Project repository.