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Today we want to present you a table that often circulates within our communities. It is an online table made by the developer of DivestOS. DivestOS is great Android alternative and maintained primarily by a single person: Tavi.
Among the many projects that the developer carries out, there is one that is particularly interesting and is completely dedicated to Browsers privacy oriented.
A comparative table of Browsers for Android
•Inside this table there really is a bit of everything, including some fundamental and very interesting information such as the explanation of per-site process isolation, of the per-site data isolation and of Safe Browsing. All three are security and protection systems, the third is a sort of list of malicious sites managed by Google.
The table is divided into macro-categories: there are i Browsers based on Gecko as Firefox, those based on Chromium as Brave and finally those based on WebView (which is the Browsers default in Android systems for applications) as DuckDuckGo Browsers.
What does this table say?
In our opinion, the table is the most complete and easiest to consult. We can easily see how the best Browsers based on Gecko they definitely are Mull And Tor Browsers. It is also well highlighted that all the Browsers based on Gecko do not have Per-Site Process Isolation. It's something we know well and it's a fairly serious shortcoming but it depends, as always, on yours Threat Model because the vast majority of people may not care too much about process isolation by site. It is still an important security measure because it means that if a site contains malicious functions it is totally isolated from all other sites and can essentially do nothing.
It's why we always try to advise Browsers based on Chromium for Android but we also understand the ethical needs of those who do not want to use gods Browsers based on Chromium and therefore in this case probably Mull it is the best compromise.
As regards i Browsers based on Chromium the performance of Brave followed immediately by Chromite.
THE Browsers based on WebView, however, they are generally not recommended except for occasional use and not for daily browsing.
Other projects from the DivestOS developer
The developer, as mentioned, is a very active person in the field of security and privacy and beyond the operating system DivestOS, which is truly excellent in many ways, has also created some very interesting applications including:
- Hypathy which is a kind of antivirus for Android
- Extirpater which we will talk about later which is an excellent "free space eraser" that is, an application that allows you to delete any old data left undeleted from your device's memory
- Mulch And Mull, respectively an excellent Browsers based on Vanadium And Mull which is one of the best Fork of Firefox for Android.
- GMaps WV which allows you to use the web version of Google Maps without installing Google Maps
…and many more!
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