We tested 7 private browsers. Which one is the best?

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Hi there! In this video, we’ll be testing seven different private browsers.
BRAVE
EPIC
AVAST SECURE BROWSER
COMODO DRAGON
WATERFOX
IRON
LIBREWOLF
We’ll be comparing their interfaces and capabilities, as well as some interesting settings. We’ll also test each browser to see just how private they really are.
For this test, we’ll need two different tools:
The first is Browerleaks.com, which offers a range of tests to evaluate the security and privacy of your web browser, including geolocation and fingerprinting.
The second is PortMaster, which checks to see the kind of connections each browser is making.
We’ve divided the video into chapters, and the timecodes are in the description, so you can jump to whichever browser you’d like to hear about.
Тimecodes:
00:00 About the experiment
01:00 Brave
05:14 Epic
08:48 Avast Secure Browser
11:25 Comodo Dragon
13:29 Waterfox
15:19 Iron
17:32 LibreWolf
19:58 Verdict
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[@4bytesuserpage]

my favorite part in this video is when bradley said "its browsering time" and browsered all over the video

[@adeetyaarora6868]

He's not actually Bradley but that was indeed sweet.

[@ParisLawLess]

They need to give us deepfake Bradley

[@ReligionAndMaterialismDebunked]

Nice PFP.

[@horrorbiz72]

That’s hot.

[@davidaraujo2049]

Been using Brave for year, its awesome and has over the years it has been adding very cool functionalities that other browsers do not offer.

[@osky3301]

same here

[@ahmadshafiqzia2087]

Quite bloated tho You don't need that many features

[@davidaraujo2049]

@@ahmadshafiqzia2087true, personally I would remove the Brave wallet if I could

[@gregpeterson3144]

They recently deprecated the bookmarks sync, and replaced with something else, so I couldn't even transfer my bookmarks... That wasn't nice at all.

[@casperblackcat1975]

I found brave to be very bloated & It took up 1gb hard drive space on my PC.

[@xpeq7]

Waterfox maybe based on the ESR branch of Firefox (which is (currently) at version 102.9.0 and identifies itself as Firefox 102.0). AFAIK Firefox ESR receives all the important security fixes as regular Firefox.

[@MrUnkownGuyAC]

Ah I remember Epic browser! It could be used to bypass school internet restrictions if you could not get any VPNs to work.

[@peterhumphreys9201]

The Epic browser is the product of Indian software engineers. For me, that's a red flag. Just as I wouldn't willingly use software written in Russia, I don't trust the coders of the Indian subcontinent; their values aren't the same as mine.

[@msinfo32]

This channel is entirely just an ad for the Sumsub company now. It used to be pretty good with the previous content but ever since the 'change' it has turned into just whatever is able to be done cheaply/easily. The video does give some useful information but is mainly just an overview of them.

[@du64]

I remember when they had actual people and a set, not just hiring voice actors...

[@msinfo32]

@@du64 Was great before, at least they are a little more transparent they are an actual company now though.

[@nikkehtine]

You should always assume that all the "privacy" browsers that aren't open source are either honeypots or just false marketing

[@notsheeple-ih6hl]

Which are?

[@fyndrkraze]

@LijuJohn ye

[@under6075]

What if its neither a honeypot or false marketing still gonna avoid it like the plauge?

[@nikkehtine]

The site permissions screen is a feature in all browsers, including Chrome

[@7heMech]

6:29 I have to note that this is a feature of all chromium browsers (including brave).

[@adeetyaarora6868]

Just the content I love to see on the channel!

[@Sumsubcom]

More to come! Check the new one about drone attack ;)

[@EricSteeves]

Exactly what I was looking for. Well executed. Thanks.

[@entcraft44]

The advantages and disadvantages for the various browsers seem cherry-picked. Also, you should probably use default settings everywhere to simulate the "average user". Most people don't want broken sites.

[@dafidrosydan9719]

true

[@user-op6zt3sk5d]

Hi I installed Librewolf on win 10 I but when I was trying to install the browser windows gave me a warning that "this should not be trusted" after installation I started the browser and the librewolf window opened for 1 - 2 seconds and suddenly the window was gone. I tried disabling my AV software still it crashed. Does anybody knows solution for this problem ?

[@Camilo_Z]

Thanks LTT for showing me this channel , going to change a lot of settings now lol. Thank you for making this content

[@Narendratanguturi]

I used comodo dragon browser back in 2012 for a couple of years like till 2015. It was so light and so responsive back then, also I found it was using less RAM compared to chrome. But it became very sluggish after that and was eating up so much RAM and its UI has changed a bit that I had to return to using chrome again. Good old memories with Comodo.

[@Narendratanguturi]

@@nek0nata I use chrome and firefox both. Is firefox more secure than chrome?

[@Narendratanguturi]

@Zare yeah that's what I feel

[@Narendratanguturi]

@Fleecing please suggest me some settings to change for better privacy in firefox

[@varumchapterone]

@@Narendratanguturi Chrome is made by a company that makes its money mostly with ads. That should clear things up.

[@markp8295]

Ashburn park has squirrels. But Google let me down about wether it's okay to feed them. I did find 7 local squirrel removal services though, so I'm guessing no.

[@thesilentgeneration]

Great video. Thanks for the information.

[@iamagi]

Time to do an update now that Mullvad and Tor project released their version

[@pastoryoda2789]

I use Mullvad Browser

[@ramadaneel8048]

Excellent review of browsers.

[@MasterKey2004]

Does any of these prevent the ISP from knowing what you search, just asking cause I’m going to Uni and might have to pirate some books cause I can’t afford them

[@spellingmistake1]

It would be interesting to see a test of regular Browsers like firefox, Edge and Chrome

[@adviththegreat5610]

All of these broswers are pretty crap so no need to test them. And they have already been tested a lot previously.

[@welost4691]

​@@adviththegreat5610hardened firefox is one of the the best private browser wym?

[@adviththegreat5610]

@@welost4691 He said regular firefox, not hardened firefox. Hardened firefox is easily one of the best if not the best.

[@krollpeter]

@@adviththegreat5610 It is on a similar level to Librewolf, according to a test by another reviewer.

[@mephisto--]

@@welost4691 The author talked about regular versions, not modified.

[@casperblackcat1975]

Waterfox is back In Independent hands, I really love the browser it's fast & It handles my custom bold fonts better than Chrome browsers which I need due to low vision.

[@nasimicin]

Back then (about a decade ago), the reason why waterfox existed was because firefox only published its compiled browser as a 32 bit windows app. When firefox publishes their 64 bit windows app, then there's no reason to use it.

[@alicethegrinsecatz6011]

Right that's why install it. I totally forgot about that, even I give it a try last year.

[@jackbrown6503]

While the Utopia P2P anonymous browser provides significant privacy benefits, you can further enhance your privacy by utilizing its integrated web proxy functionality. No need to purchase separate VPNs or proxies anymore!

[@awwastor]

I feel like if you’re using Tor you should use a more reinforced browser than brave, that spoofs more things like your screen size (like the tor browser)

[@ilovethickthighs]

one thing to notice is that comodo doesnt provide any firefox versions, both of the editions are just chromium skin

[@cosmiqlo]

Thx for the content

[@LaidenLaPoint]

My wife and I started using Brave shortly after it released, as we are both crypto nerds. I am not sure how much money we've each made from leaving Brave ads on but I would guess it's somewhere around $400 each. Obviously, you can choose to turn off the ads but if you leave them on, you get Brave tokens which are best to sell while crypto is in a bull market. The ads themselves appear in little notification boxes and then they're gone. It doesn't bother either of us. It's basically free money and Brave itself is amazing, as is its search engine.

[@darkwolf41nite53]

Also can you make a video about these browsers like the ones you talked about a the ones I mentioned but for mobile devices which one is better ??

[@ariqahmer]

Forget MS Edge!!!!!! I'm switching to Brave! I've been contemplating switching for a long time. This is the video I needed! Thanks 😁

[@earthenscience]

Brave browser can eat doodoo. It always lags endlessly and when you close 10 tabs and open 1 tab somehow it lags more than when you had 10 tabs.

[@YouSmokeChed]

Duck duck go is no longer safe it’s become one of the big boys

[@Chaminox]

Can you do a version for browser on mobile phones? I am using bromit but im not sure its the best out there

[@w1z4rd9]

In terms of Privacy and Security?

[@Chaminox]

@@w1z4rd9 yes, its even more important on something like a phone

[@HatchetMan302]

On mobile phones, the best option at the moment is Brave. Mobile Firefox browsers just aren't the same as the desktop versions, and are lacking in a lot of the privacy and enhanced security area in comparison. Bromite used to be a fine choice, but I'd recommend switching off of it to Brave because Bromite is a one man show, which both means the future of the browser is uncertain, development is not as thorough as a team of developers, and updates are slow to release after a new Chromium version. Brave has an established dev team, so they are able to get updates out much quicker after new Chromium versions, and a lot of their desktop browser features are present on the mobile version, making the security and privacy features better for those that want to enable those settings.

[@Chaminox]

@@HatchetMan302 Thank you for this great answer! :)

[@floenele8892]

i personally prefer Mull, which is similar to librewolf (being a fork of firefox) but for android. it does have the "one man show" problem that @Hatchet talked about, but the difference is that mull is just a script to build firefox (so it doesn't need to be maintained as often)

[@AdderTude]

Chromium is not the name of the actual browser engine. Alphabet led the Chromium project and that's what people best know it as, but the engine itself is actually called Blink. Many other companies pitched in to develop the Blink engine, including Facebook, Samsung, Adobe, Intel, Microsoft, Opera, and IBM, among several others. Interestingly enough, Blink is actually a fork of WebKit (Apple's browser engine for Safari) Because Chrome and Chromium are the most well-known browsers that use the engine, that's why people refer to Blink as Chromium. The three biggest browser engines are: - Blink (Chrome, Chromium, Edge, Opera, Brave, etc.) - Gecko (Firefox, Waterfox, etc.) - WebKit (Safari and all iOS browsers)

[@Ralofguy]

A part of me dislikes Brave ranking first but then that's just bias coming from a LibreWolf user.

[@anarcho.pacifist]

Especially when Brave phones home every few seconds, while LibreWolf does not.

[@mrcvry]

And chromium based browser will build a monopoly. We need to support the alternative.

[@hellomine2849]

@@anarcho.pacifist btw does it phone home if I disable all the send diagnostic data switches?

[@SuperTort0ise]

Gotta love how they disabled JS for brave but not LibreWolf...

[@Henry_Jr_Watsson]

@@SuperTort0ise They enabled JS again right after showing that when you disable JS, the internet basically breaks. They also showed what happens when JS is enabled on Brave.

[@hankhulator5007]

Hi, I use startpage, they claim they're not tracking not logging, but is it (still & really) true, I don't know ; it's advantage relies in using several web engines under the hood.

[@ClaytonDecker]

If you can't see the code you can't consider it a privacy browser.

[@robnowe5464]

You should add EFF's Cover Your Tracks test.

[@proximacentauri3463]

You testing private browsers and not including tor browser in these itself shows the reliability

[@awwastor]

About Brave, there are many reasons why you shouldn’t use it. Firstly, it’s run by a for profit company, this doesn’t inspire confidence as such companies have one purpose - make money. And if compromising your privacy is a necessary step for that, well. Being involved in crypto doesn’t give much confidence either. Secondly, it’s based on Chromium. While the brave team seems to have rid it of most of Google’s trackers, it still means that by using the browser, you’re giving control of your browsing experience to Google (the main/basically only developers of chromium). Google has already engaged in some aggressive tactics to compromise your privacy (like their recent suggestions to remove the main API used by most tracker/ad blockers from chromium), so you probably don’t want to give them more control. Thirdly, many of its additional features aren’t very helpful. For example, its Tor access is basically pointless. If you’re doing something which requires using the Tor network, your browser should be way more hardened than Brave. Basically the only option that is ok is the Tor browser (or some fork of it maintained by a very trustworthy third party, like maybe mullvad browser)

[@robnowe5464]

• As long an entity needs a paycheck (practically all the browser makers have such needs) this fault applies to all browsers, not just Brave. • The crypto concern is similar to the first about money, but a little more focused, and in my as well as many others view a potential concern • Using open source Chromium does not equate to giving Google control • The testing of a browser's privacy and security protection (hardening) is important and something users and reviewers should do... I start with EFF's Cover Your Tracks... only one browser passes that test the most consistently from update to update.... try it yourself to find out which one... enuf said.

[@draculemihawk10]

But it has a built-in adblocker and is good at blocking malicious websites

[@CesarPeron]

@@robnowe5464 I share the same opinion. Furthermore, if they had as much to hide as the user suggests, their code would not be open.

[@earthenscience]

Brave browser can go eat a pile of fecal matter. Its made by a militant lgbtphobe and they constantly ignore most community improvement suggestions. For example, in private mode if you accidentally close a tab there's no way to recover it. Several people complain about this but they are totally ignored by the ceos with their head so far up their ass. Brave support also ignores a lot of bug and glitch reports also. And Brave search engine is garbage.

[@under6075]

@@draculemihawk10 and also the brave private ads can be turned off

[@robgrune3284]

as a Linux user, I find Slimjet to be better than Brave.

[@ErikaWolf93]

Im looking for a new browser because now KZbin wants me to unblock the ads i have blocked on Brave...

[@deerawj]

great video as usual

[@davidadelstein1064]

Carbon browser is one of the fastest growing and most ambitious projects out there.

[@igniteyourmotivation310]

Man get that Crypto shit outta here

[@frankrutten9561]

Thanks for the test but what about the Opera browser??

[@Darth_Modred]

i don't use avast and don't see any point protecting them, but you can chose to go to strict for free, they just suggest you to donate some money

[@frnk8267]

What about the Mullvad Browser?

[@alfredososa7166]

Hello, May you test “open Fyde os” with local account and its default browser?

[@pantarei.]

China

[@Joe-xy3vy]

One feature many Chromium derived browsers are missing is clearing cookies on exit.

[@TangomenAr]

Librewolf have problem with spotify skip all song, i enabled DRM but no work, so i take Brave

[@monsterking2943]

Would you like to make a video on AI, and how can they take the most of the jobs in the future?

[@AHMEDZPRO]

nice vid

[@darkwolf41nite53]

You have forgotten Firefox and Firefox focus

[@joesmith942]

About two months ago, I dumped Edge, Chrome and changed all of the privacy setting. I did manage to keep Edge from reappearing after a Window update. It took a couple of days. I have never had a laptop run this well for so long. My conclusion is that unless you are a gamer, anything you are paying over $150 for a laptop is to keep Google and Microsoft spyware running.

[@BlitzEGG]

How tf you remove edge? It worked with cmd but came back after a few days

[@joesmith942]

@@BlitzEGG There are video on KZbin. It is involved. After several months, it came back, then I removed it again, and it has stayed off through 1 update so far. There is a class action lawsuit on this issue. Hopefully they are forced to stop requiring it.

[@BlitzEGG]

there's also new windows 11 called tiny11 without microsoft edge but you'd have to start new @@joesmith942

[@Phillydreaming]

@@BlitzEGGif you set your connection to "metered" in the windows network settings, it won't come back again.

[@BlitzEGG]

hmmm@@Phillydreaming

[@reastle1307]

Lion logo does make sense now

[@noramwahmwah]

Came here from LTT, really interesting video ! I was already using Brave and was considering making a switch to LibreWolf, this video is going to make me think twice before actually making the switch

[@Mr_Crypt]

I hope you switched

[@pitsmcgoo]

I like Brave built in ad blocker that blocks youtube adblock detection.

[@psmung9315]

brave automatically set tracker&, ads blocking and block finger printing to standard every time i close and reopen it.

[@Asadneon]

is there any other channel like this on KZbin

[@charleshines2142]

I think Comodo should be nicknamed Commode!!

[@DriftingMonkeyx]

What about the relative new DuckDuckGo browser?

[@Visquint]

ddg is fake privacy

[@EmpteeInside]

You might want to test for mullvad browser again

[@pastoryoda2789]

Too bad it runs on mozilla

[@floenele8892]

@@pastoryoda2789 what's wrong with firefox based?

[@iamlorddems3859]

Brave also has it's own vpn

[@EvoraGT430]

As does Firefox.

[@warrenedser1996]

Have you heard Vivaldi? Can you do a test on this one. Thank you.

[@Alex_564]

new waterfox is indie again. updated version of this with DDG browser would be helpful.

[@JK-gm6kk]

6 bucks a month for web browser features?! Avast must be on the glass phallus

[@Thundia2]

TOR browser?

[@ash-wd6zk]

Moreloginを長年利用していますが、価格優位性とセキュリティ性能が強みです

[@fhaupldsk]

以前はVM Loginを使っていましたが、価格が私にとって負担になってしまいました。その後、同様の機能を持ち、より安価なMoreLoginを試してみました。そして今でも使い続けています。

[@kingzombie951]

brave has been adding lot of fetures that gos against privacy

[@d9zirable]

14:19 WE NEED AN UPDATE VIDEO

[@LoppyDaCutie]

avg also has a private browser thought id let you all know

[@Hate0000]

I have 4 Brower on my pc I don't remember downloading any of that

[@mirza_ali_akbar]

Im gonna try Brave.

[@noanyobiseniss7462]

Saying Tor is not the most private browser is completely false and puts anything else you have to say under suspicion.

[@bagaco6886]

the true best private browser is hardened firefox by a mile

[@joshfromsmosh3352d]

14:19 thats not true anymore. Its independent again

[@_HogRider_]

Why Mozilla Firefox is not in this list?

[@Thedude897]

It's not a privacy focused browser

[@_HogRider_]

Can you say why?

[@Winnetou17]

LibreWolf's fat a$s pushed it outside the list. All jokes aside, this is focused on privacy-oriented browsers. With Firefox and Chromium you can basically do almost anything just with extensions. But you have to know and search, which is kind of outside the scope. This is for a regular user who wants things already applied. Or easier to find.

[@Visquint]

@@_HogRider_it gives your data to meta, i feel like thats enough said

[@_HogRider_]

​@@VisquintAny source?

[@zapruder01963]

love brave.

[@JCSWorksBest]

Didn't even mention you can make money with Brave browser.

[@ninadhegde]

Here from ltt,👍

[@powerdust015lastname4]

I find this video very misleading when it comes to internet privacy. Browser password managers are bot safe (even if the pws are stored encrypted). Brave’s tor function doesn’t standardise the user agent, making you more vulnerable to fingerprinting. VPN aren’t safe at all, using one just changes who get your data first. also, why didn’t you test browsers that actually have a lot of users? firefox, chrome, operagx, maybe even edge

[@rxpe]

last part: wat

[@Sumsubcom]

- Brave’s tor function doesn’t standardise the user agent That’s right that Brave’s Tor function doesn’t standardise the User Agent, but this one is Chromium. Want even more privacy? You can put Chrome extensions there that change the User Agent and they will most likely work. - VPN isn’t safe at all, using one just changes who get your data first Sad but true. However, even if you do not use the VPN built into the browser, but rent a VPS server, install Linux on it, and set up your own personal VPN in it, your provider will still recognise your IP and, possibly, MAC. If you want to hide from everyone, pick up a virtual machine and connect to VPN through it. But guys, we don't cover how to ENSURE total privacy in this video. We are testing private browsers by default.

[@HatchetMan302]

@@Sumsubcom I'm going to have to challenge the recommendation for using a User Agent switcher. Those should very rarely be used, if ever, because if you happen to mess up a small detail with it, it makes your user agent very, very unique and identifiable. I would not recommend using a User Agent switcher, and only the Tor Browser should be used to access Tor through a browser. The whole point of Tor is that everyone looks the same, using Tor through Brave is a nice gimmick, but it goes against that core principle of Tor, and makes you stand out, especially if you login with one of your clearnet credentials.

[@sleekbook]

Chrominium based vs firefox based web browser.

[@pastoryoda2789]

Chromium Wins

[@nildesperandum2034]

LIBREWOLF WAS EQUAL WITH BRAVE YOU'RE NOT JUST TO NOT SAY THAT !!

[@TrustJesusToday]

Waterfox. Thorium. Brave.

[@ianthehunter3532]

No mention of qwant?

[@EstherMevische]

You forgot Gosthery but goos reviews anyway

[@pastoryoda2789]

Ghostery has a browser?

[@hankhulator5007]

As the extension is logging a lot on their servers, the browser must be worse…

[@EstherMevische]

@@hankhulator5007 It is a browser not an extension. Don't ever ever ever try it. Make sure not to test it. Ignore this message.

[@aaronpingol1566]

GHOSTERY BROWSER?

[@pastoryoda2789]

That’s only for mobile

[@Galaxy.Windows]

librewolf

[@benny10000]

What about Vivaldi?

[@eduardo9650]

what about opera?

[@hankhulator5007]

Way too many things are reported to it's servers, especially if you use their VPN that is logging everything.

[@awwastor]

I just don’t trust a private company that’s involved in crypto with my privacy, sorry brave

[@editxswajal]

Tor is not use for daily works thats it's not in this video

[@iamanovercomer3253]

What about duckduckgo browser ❓️

[@Visquint]

its not private anymore

[@kixadach7661]

what about russian yandex? I use it for over 2 years, and it does its job well

[@Lu_vvv]

It's a good browser, but not private. Just take a look at Yandex privacy policy. In any case there's no privacy in internet

[@pastoryoda2789]

It’s too bloated

[@Crimin4L]

dropped the ball by not testing Vivaldi.

[@MrUnkownGuyAC]

I don't think Vivaldi is privacy focused.

[@Crimin4L]

@@MrUnkownGuyAC YT Creator should've been choosing based on settings, functionality & overall privacy, not "focus"; companies objectives could've been mentioned as a side note when mentioning said browser.

[@igorfoxly2555]

It's not FOSS and the author is nasty. No one in FOSS or privacy-oriented community will use it voluntarily.

[@Crimin4L]

@@igorfoxly2555 so because its not open sourced and the author is "nasty" (whatever tf that means), it shouldn't be discussed and analyzed? I guess we know who supports cancel culture.

[@abhinavkumar7778]

@@igorfoxly2555 Then why were Epic, Avast browsers etc. included? They are also not open source

[@Radical_Middle]

thorium

[@RealMillow]

Where is TOR 😭

[@randomhuman69420]

just me who knows of... duckduck go private browser??.... firefox???

[@Visquint]

neither of those are private lol

[@adibemaxwell6111]

LOL, ignores the fact Librewolf beat the pants off of all of the browsers but chose a For-Profit Browser over the open source Librewolf that literally has so much privacy that it makes Brave look tame. Yeah. Biased much? How much did they pay you for recommending their browser? Shill.

[@oldmanjimh3165]

OPERA.

[@thahrimdon]

Ungoogled Chromium is king