Privacy @lemmy.ml cmgvd3lw @discuss.tchncs.de 7mo ago

Is Mull a good private browser for android?

https://f-droid.org/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/

Anyone using it?

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I use Mull as my daily driver. It works well. It tends to break some sites, so I keep Fennec as a backup.
- Same, minus the Fennec as a backup thing.
- Honestly my experience is that if a site is broken it probably isn't work using. That being said I can't remember the last time something broke. I mostly do research and reading so maybe it is just my use case
I like it. Pretty damn good for privacy, based on Gecko, supports desktop extensions, and developed by the Divested Computing Group (the same one that created and maintains DivestOS).
It's fantastic. Can't recommend it enough. The best part for me is that it's on Fdroid
I use it as a daily driver, but sometimes it's do slow I want to use chromium (cromite) again. I have a website open, I turn off the screen and immediately turn it back on, and the page takes several seconds to load again. And sometimes, it doesn't even load at all and it's just grey. Same thing happens when I switch to another app from Mull. It's annoying, but the extensions and privacy are still worth it.
- I posted a similar issue. Apparently its Firefox related and all FF browses will have this issue for you. Cromium works as its crome based, not ff.
- Kinda sounds like it doesn't like whatever your phine is doing to optimize background battery usage
- Check your ram usage. Cromite is chromium mobile so it doesn't support extensions and is to close to google for comfort
It would be perfect except that the fingerprint protection includes forcing the screen refresh rate to the lowest common denominator. Scrolling is unbearable.

They need to report whatever number they want while always using the highest rate instead.
- it's worth noting that this is the intended behaviour for privacy.resistFingerprinting. this is not exclusive to Mull.
  
  I know it's intended, but I find it unusable. Report what you want, but disconnect from the actual refresh rate. Best of both worlds.
  
  Does Firefox standard fingerprint resistance include the refresh rate? Because I use Firefox over mull on Android because of the drastic difference when scrolling.
- It should set your screen to 60 Hz
  
  And that is exactly why I find it unusable. I have a 120 Hz phone slowed down to a hideous 60 Hz. This is why use Firefox instead of mull.
What's the browseraudit.com score of using it?
- 361 passed, 30 warnings, 40 skipped in my device and network.
  
  You also might want to try running the eff fingerprinting test. It isn't always a good metric but it does give you a decent idea of how well your browser protects your privacy.
It is a really good browser just make sure you install ublock origin. The only big privacy issue is the screen resolution but that's really hard to defend against.
I've started using Fulguris lately, just random tryout. Its actually decent and has a built in content blocker where you can add lists with the big three main ones already being there. I'm not 100% sure how barebones privacy is on it, but it is open source and from what Exodus says there's no trackers (unless you opt into Google Crash Reporting which is off by default). It does have some extra permissions you might not need, so if you want a near-permissionless browser, it might not bwe the one for you.
it's the best private daily driver. recommend to pair with something like cromite too
- My combo is Mull and Mulch.
  
  the Divested combo, based
I use Privacy Browser
I used FOSS Browser, now im into Tor Browser
- Mull is better as extensions and has a better UI (in my option)

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