Browsers Considerations and Recommendations
Browsers have different levels of privacy protection, but before we look at them, let’s clear some common misconceptions:
Browser account: Once you log into a browser account you have trusted your privacy, sessions and information to the account provider. They can use that to sell your profile behavior on the advertisement market to whoever paid most.
Privacy mode: It simply is NOT private.- Cookies opt out: Refusal of cookies is not sufficient as there are fingerprints and super cookies. This after you go through all options and 3rd party “legit” interest claims.
In short, browsers are not able to protect you fully. That is why there is a bag of extra tools (VPN, ad blockers, JavaScript blockers).
Given the complexity of privacy/advertisement, the key question is: Who do you trust? That should trump all the technology discussions. Google makes most of the revenue from ad business and provides one of the best browsers, Chrome. Firefox is up to par, and they are not the advertisement king, so there are different motives and incentives.
Our recommended Browser is Firefox both for mobile and desktop — it is also where the CloakID extension runs today. Support for other browsers is under evaluation.
Firefox is recommended for best privacy and extension support — and is where CloakID runs today.- Chrome and other Chromium-based browsers: CloakID support is under evaluation.
- Keep your browser updated for the latest security patches.
- Review your browser's privacy settings and adjust them for maximum protection.
- Avoid browsers that do not support privacy extensions or have a history of privacy concerns.