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<title>Comparison between web browsers — Spyware Watchdog</title>
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<div class="nav"><a href="index.html">← Catalog</a></div>
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<h1>Comparison between web browsers</h1>
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This purpose of this article is not to rate each web browser in a
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vacuum, like articles on this website that focus on one specific web
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browser, but rather to compare all of the web browsers that have been
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rated on this website against each other. This is a ranking that is
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based on how much Privacy a browser offers by default, as well as, how
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much privacy can be gained by configuring it.
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<h2><span class="lime">Top Tier — Best Privacy</span></h2>
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These are all browsers that require a minimal amount of configuration
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and can achieve the required level of privacy needed to browse the
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modern web- compatibility with a comprehensive suite of
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content-blocking extensions that can block spyware providers correctly
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and fully. Iridium and Pale Moon both are configured in a way that
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leaks user information and thus require additional configuration.
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<img src="../images/tor_browser_logo.png" alt="Tor Logo" />
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<img src="../images/icecat_logo.png" alt="GNU IceCat Logo" />
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<img
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src="../images/chromium_logo.png"
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alt="Ungoogled Chromium Logo"
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<img src="../images/iridium_logo.png" alt="Iridium Logo" />
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<img src="../images/palemoon_logo.png" alt="Pale Moon Logo" />
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<b><a href="../articles/tor.html">Tor Browser</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/icecat.html">GNU IceCat</a></b>
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><a href="../articles/ungoogled_chromium.html"
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>Ungoogled Chromium</a
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<b><a href="../articles/iridium.html">Iridium Browser</a></b
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><br /><small
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><a href="../guides/iridium.html"
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>Configuration Guide</a
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<b><a href="../articles/palemoon.html">Pale Moon</a></b
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><br /><small
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><a href="../guides/palemoon.html"
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>Configuration Guide</a
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<h2><span class="lime">High Tier — Good Privacy</span></h2>
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These browsers do not have privacy issues, but they also do not have
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enough privacy features to make it to the highest tier. These browsers
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both have simple ad-blockers, and do not have any privacy issues,
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however, these tools are not as good as the comprehensive privacy
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tools that Top Tier browsers offer.
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<img
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src="../images/otter_browser_logo.png"
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alt="Otter Browser Logo"
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<img src="../images/falkon_logo.png" alt="Falkon Logo" />
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<b><a href="../articles/otter.html">Otter Browser</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/falkon.html">Falkon</a></b>
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<h2><span class="yellow">Mid Tier — Ok Privacy</span></h2>
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These browsers do not have any big privacy flaws, but they also do not
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have sufficient privacy protections. Qutebrowser has a very basic
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adblocker in it. Both browsers don't have access to extensions either.
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So, it's just not enough to be able to browse the modern web
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privately, despite the developers not putting spyware into their
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browsers.
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</p>
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src="../images/qutebrowser_logo.png"
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alt="Qutebrowser Logo"
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<img src="../images/sphere_logo.png" alt="SphereLogo" />
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<b><a href="../articles/qutebrowser.html">Qutebrowser</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/sphere.html">Sphere Browser</a></b>
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<h2><span class="orange">Low Tier — Poor Privacy</span></h2>
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These browsers do not protect your privacy, but they are not in the
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lowest tier since they still have something to offer, although, they
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should not be used in general. Vivaldi does not let you disable all of
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the spyware features, Brave whitelists trackers and has forced
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updates, and Firefox and Waterfox are loaded with spyware, to the
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point where configuring them is so
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<a href="https://github.com/intika/Librefox">non-trivial</a> that you
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might as well use a version of Firefox that respects your privacy
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<b>by default</b>, rather than diving into the uncertainty of digging
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out all of the spyware features (and repeating the process every time
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the browser is updated). It's always going to be better to pick a
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browser higher on this list.
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<img src="../images/waterfox_logo.png" alt="Waterfox Logo" />
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<img src="../images/brave/brave_logo.png" alt="Brave logo" /></td>
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<img src="../images/firefox_logo3.png" alt="firefox Logo" />
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<img src="../images/vivaldi_logo.png" alt="vivaldi Logo" />
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<img src="../images/dissenter_logo.png" alt="Dissenter Logo"/>
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<b><a href="../articles/waterfox.html">Waterfox</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/brave.html">Brave</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/firefox.html">Firefox</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/vivaldi.html">Vivaldi</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/dissenter.html">Dissenter</a></b>
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<h2><span class="red">Rock Bottom — No Privacy</span></h2>
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These browsers are unashamedly designed to collect as much information
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about the user as possible (all are rated EXTREMELY HIGH by the site).
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Only SRWare Iron has it's source code available, and all the
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developers have mistreated their users (complete disregard for privacy
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and / or false advertising) for a long time. These browsers are
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actively hostile against their users and thus should not be used at
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all.
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<img src="../images/chrome_logo.png" alt="chrome logo" />
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<td><img src="../images/opera_logo.png" alt="opera logo" /></td>
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<img src="../images/slimjet_logo.png" alt="SlimJet logo" />
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src="../images/webdiscover_logo.png"
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alt="WebDiscover logo"
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<td><img src="../images/srware_logo.png" alt="Iron logo" /></td>
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<b><a href="../articles/chrome.html">Google Chrome</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/opera.html">Opera</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/slimjet.html">SlimJet</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/webdiscover.html">WebDiscover</a></b>
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<b><a href="../articles/iron.html">SRWare Iron</a></b>
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<h4>Further Reading:</h4>
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This isn't the only guide on what web browser to pick, with an
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emphasis on privacy, to exist, and many other people, with their
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own knowledge and prespectives, have written their own guides. It
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would be a waste to only read one guide to make your decision, so,
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you should probably read a few more, these are some good ones.
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<br /><a
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href="https://digdeeper.neocities.org/ghost/browsers.html"
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>Digdeeper — How to choose a browser for everyday use?</a
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<br /><a href="https://clarkycat.neocities.org/browser.html"
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>Clarkycat — Browser Recommendation and Addons</a
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<b>This article was last edited on 2/20/2019</b>
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