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From the linked GitHub webpage:
All builds are experimental, so unexpected issues may occur. Helium Browser for Android only attempts to improve security and privacy where possible. For better protection on Android, you should instead use GrapheneOS with Vanadium, which additionally integrates patches into Android System WebView and provides significant kernel and memory management hardening on the OS level.
I wouldn’t recommend browsers in an experimental state developed by a single person; this is partly why I don’t recommend Cromite.
The original Vanadium is great, but the lack of proper content-blocker integration is a big privacy trade-off, in my opinion. Vanadium only provides a per-domain blocker solution, which is based on the very small EasyList.
A good Chromium-based alternative is Brave, as it has a solid content blocker that attempts to recreate the full feature set of uBlock Origin.
I recommend Fennec by F-Droid, a FOSS fork of Firefox out of the options listed. I would adjust the settings within the GUI, such as setting tracking protection to Strict, and install uBlock Origin.
IronFox is, sadly, somewhat extreme and not suitable for non-tech-savvy users and those who don’t want to deal with regular breakage.
Vanadium sadly lacks a proper content blocker integration.
IronFox is not formerly Mull Browser; it uses a different basis (Phoenix instead of Arkenfox), is maintained by different people, etc.
Privacy@lemmy.world
TOR is mostly designed to run within the Tor Browser or specialized operating systems like Tails or Whonix. While it is possible to use Tor systemwide on a normal OS, it comes with many problems, such as slow connection speeds, very limited bandwidth, no split tunneling, and other technical network limitations. VPNs, in comparison, usually provide a better user experience, but privacy-wise, Tor is the superior tool.
Privacy@lemmy.world
*onion services
“Dark web” is a misleading collective term commonly causing confusion. The Tor Project themselve refer to .onion websites as onion services.
Depends. The update will likely be rolled out via Google Play system updates and not a usual Samsung One UI update. Disabling Google Play Services might also be enough to restore the functionality of installing ("sideloading” is a misleading term, making it seem like installing software from other sources is unusual, weird, and “shady").
I also highly recommend against stopping OneUI system updates, since you will miss out on important Android security patches.
To be honest, they will all land on radars as more their usage grows.
You may want to reach out to support, and let them know that you don’t feel okay about them doing this and (if you do) therefore switch to another service provider that doesn’t reject alias emails.
Samsung rejects them.
Yes, it doesn’t take you much research to find out that it is impossible to achieve anonymity only through a normal VPN service. The technology doesn’t allow for it.
Everyone who believes otherwise got deceived by cheap marketing lies from providers like NordVPN.
The company has gone with big profits in recent years through the sale of so-called VPN services, which make it possible to surf anonymously. In 2024, the company had a turnover of SEK 314 million.
Very incompetent author, includes misinformation.
”This is a donation from me personally”, he writes in an email to Flamman.
You’re delusional (saying this as a long time tech support for various new Linux users)
Privacy@lemmy.ml
Ente is more than alright, I wouldn’t recommend self-hosted solutions to people who do not have the admin experience required, losing something as valueable as photos or videos can be very damaging.
Privacy@lemmy.ml
Ecosia has a terrible privacy policy, I analysed it in the past. They are likely in violation of the GDPR, I’m currently considering to file a complaint, they’re still a lot better than Google though, but DDG is privacy-wise superior.
Privacy@lemmy.ml
See here why the link you shared isn’t a good source:
https://soatok.blog/2025/07/07/checklists-are-the-thief-of-joy/
And learn more about Threema vs. Signal:
https://soatok.blog/2021/11/05/threema-three-strikes-youre-out/
Privacy@lemmy.ml
I think your search engine is more than alright. Regarding the rest, I believe it requires no change aslong as you feel satisfied with it.
Why are you telling lies? Have you even read the article?
The title is misleading.
I don’t think so, while the impact wasn’t as great as he and other people wished, it nonetheless had a big impact, many people started to care, just because of what he exposed.
I wonder why they still haven’t had their domain taken away, as it is hard to believe they didn’t upset their local government too.
The worst thing the UK could do is sanction the country where responsible people live, though I consider this unlikely. The second worst thing they could do is just block it nationwide on a network level.
I would rather not.
Quote from the article.
Cloudfare doesn’t let me through. 🙄
If the majority of people would be right, the world wouldn’t be where it is today. Also, I do not tolerate insults, get blocked.
And I told you it’s not, with an real example.
Check my profile.
Based on what? You haven’t provided anything objective that contradicts my argument.
What chat control are you talking about?
You shouldn’t be talking about private content in Minecraft at all, as the chat is inherently insecure. Private server or not.
So in your definition a private company has to do with privacy? I recommend you take a dictionary and follow your own advice.
It is about the ESA misunderstanding Microsoft’s and Mojang’s license agreement, nothing more.
Not privacy related.
Edit: Some people are apparently very delusional. It’s sad, since having proper discussions in spaces like this one becomes almost impossible because of that. I will no longer reply to anything on this comment that fits the category of delusion.
They have false advertisement, which is illegal in some jurisdictions including Germany, wouldn’t recommend it.
I wouldn’t recommend NYM, I tested it for multiple months, it’s quite unreliable and had serious security issues (e.g. updates weren’t available through multiple repositories they publish to).
I’m not from Brazil, but thanks for opening this informed discussion, I think this matters.
You’re welcome, I encourage you to check out my latest reply.
Quote from the README from the repository it sources the Vanadium patches from:
I’m sorry, but it’s an objectively bad recommendation. Vanadium is currently held intentionally exclusive to GrapheneOS by its team because of the reasons quoted above. Taking Chromium, applying Vanadium patches and extension support, and having one stranger maintain it is not a viable option. Even when he doesn’t write code himself, regular updates are a must, and if he discontinues or can’t keep up with updates for one of many possible reasons, all the people who relied on it will experience a massive security decrease if they don’t migrate to another browser. Real examples would be: Mull, Mulch and Bromite.
It’s something fun to check out and play around with, but no one should use it as a daily driver unless they fully understand all the risks and can act accordingly.
TL:DR: Yes. Long answer: It’s complicated.
Would be nice if you could correct it in your original post too.