[Cialug] Chromium vs. Chrome

[Jared Brees]

None of these are security issues - privacy issues perhaps, but not privacy issues.

Also, you can block JS and Ads, so those are moot points.

Firefox has plenty of it's own phone-home stuff built into it's browser, too.

But in terms of actual security - like supporting latest authentication methods and being less-likely to be hacked, Chrome fares way better than Firefox. It's an inconvenient truth.

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From: Cialug <cialug-bounces at cialug.org> on behalf of L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2020 15:28
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group <cialug at cialug.org>
Subject: Re: [Cialug] Chromium vs. Chrome

On Sat, 25 Apr 2020, Jared Brees wrote:

> Perhaps slightly deviating from the original topic, I'm curious about
> the claim that Chrome is the "most insecure" browser.
>
1) No way to selectively block JS;
2) No way to disconnect Google tracking;
3) No way to block advertisements;
4) Nor really a browser to trust, .. unless you also accept Google.

FF, OTOH, excels at all of those; the downside is that some sites fail to
render properly.
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