While we don't promote non-#FOSS apps, we can salute #Brave for setting up a #FDroid repository for #BraveBrowser. @brave how about a fully FOSS browser in f-droid.org next? 😉
How to add? Follow: https://brave.com/blog/f-droid/
@fdroidorg @brave - what parts are non-FOSS in Brave? The crypto-wallet stuff? And/or something else. I've been liking Cromite myself recently as far as Android browsers go, but Brave seems to be the only Android browser that strongly resists fingerprinting.
@TotalSonic @fdroidorg @brave "Brave seems to be the only Android browser that strongly resists fingerprinting."
Let me introduce the Tor Browser. @torproject
@TotalSonic @fdroidorg @brave @torproject IDK what you did, but for me, Tor Browser for Android shows Yes/Yes/Your browser has a nearly-unique fingerprint.
Most of the fingerprint data stems from the fact that Tor Browser is hiding info or providing placeholders, and from the fact that it's based on Firefox (which is very rare on Android). Still, the point of Tor Browser is to be indistinguishable from other users of Tor Browser, not from everyone else.
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - my results are gotten via installing current version from F-droid, onto degoogled EvoX AOSP 15 (June 2025 security patch) ROM on a Poco X5 Pro. fwiw - here's the results from Brave
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - and here's the TrackerControl report for Brave, showing no embedded tracker libraries.
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - of course on the point regarding the ethics/politics of Brave's CEO, then I agree with many on this thread that it is concerning enough to make me not want to use Brave's products as well.
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - I noted that Tor, unlike every other browser, wouldn't allow me to take a screen shot (I had to choose to print first), which is certainly a great feature to better guarantee privacy (although can cause inconvenience for some users, such as myself, that take screenshots often)
@TotalSonic @fdroidorg @brave @torproject You can allow screenshots in the settings.
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - thanks, good to know
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - the other thing that is disconcerting with Tor on Android, is why are embedded tracker libraries found in it? These don't exist in Cromite, DuckDuckGo or Brave.
@TotalSonic @elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject When I last looked, this is a false positive since Tor Browser blocks javascript by default from those tracker domains, and the detection is based on whether the domain name is present in the app. I believe there is an issue about this on the Tor Project tracker.
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - to be clear Tor for Android does well across lots of the suite of privacy tests listed here though - https://privacytests.org/android
@elgregor @fdroidorg @brave @torproject - nope, not according to the EFF's stress test at https://cpveryourtracks.eff.org - Brave continues to be the only Android browser I've tested that passes this third part. Lots of browsers (including Cromite) do better than Tor as far the first parts goes too.