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To what extent is Vivaldi browser safe and private? Were there any privacy issues encountered? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I should stick to Firefox forks like Waterfox, Librewolf, or Ironfox. I think Vivaldi has gone the way of Chromium as have many others.

Extensions you can run are Privacy Badger (EFF) and Port Authority.

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Yeah I'm also using Waterfox but it sometimes just doesn't work well enough, so I switch to Opera. So I'm kinda looking for something Chromium-based

[–] voxel@feddit.uk 3 points 3 weeks ago

Vivaldi is a thousand times better than Opera. Their CEO formally worked for Opera.

[–] patruelis@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

From Waterfox to Opera, its a very big leap. If you would have said brave, word have believed you.

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't like Brave. It is bloated and I've hardly seen a browser slower than Brave

[–] patruelis@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'm not a fan of Brave either, but to say it's bloated when compared to Opera... I now think you are either a troll or paid to have these comments.

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Uhm, at least Opera doesn't drain my battery as if it was mining something.

[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really? I've been on Waterfox for months at work, home, and mobile without issue. However, I don't watch videos online, game in browser, nor have any social media.

[–] pixeldaemon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

It is sometimes significantly slower than Opera, which I've been used for years before. Not like for the whole time, but there are cases when I prefer Opera. I thought it was an issue with DoH but it was not ¯\_(ツ)_/¯