Comments on: What Is The Most Private Browser?

By: Lucio

Lucio — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 12:35:56 +0000

I had not heard of Brave before. Thanks Jim.

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:38:01 +0000

In reply to Clas. Hey Clas, Waterfox is a Firefox derivative, and Firefox is an excellent browser, so you're in good hands.

By: Clas

Clas — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 15:56:13 +0000

hi jim, and a happy new year. been using Waterfox for a year and really like it. never a problem or lockup, very customizable, easy to set up new profiles. have tried all the others and come back to this one. thanks for the nice article. Clas

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:25:58 +0000

In reply to Robert Trowbridge. Hey Robert, As mentioned in the article, in that list lower scores are better, so the top listing is actually the worst for privacy down through to the bottom listing which is the best. I said Chrome is the least private of the "mainstream" browsers. I'm leaving out ChatGPT Atlas because it is not a mainstream browser. Hope that clarifies for you.

By: Robert Trowbridge

Robert Trowbridge — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:12:43 +0000

Jim you said Chrome was in last place but the list showed it in 2nd place?

By: Jim Hillier

Jim Hillier — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 01:14:34 +0000

In reply to Reg Watson.

Thanks Reg. Wishing you and yours all the best for 2026.

Cheers… Jim

By: Reg Watson

Reg Watson — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:49:56 +0000

Thanks Jim
You’ve been well and truly buring the midnight oil with all your columns this week covering others over the Xmas break !

I’ve written too much already so just agreeing with you that the browser security rankings seem as would be expected despite the potentially doubtful qualifications of the report authors. I guess people just install Chrome because Google sticks it in your face if you search the internet for a browser just as Microsoft tries to overwhelm you with Edge within Windows if you aren’t firm. I am satisified with Firefox on the PC (I have the little red lion Brave icon waiting patiently on my taskbar as well but tend to stick with Firefox most of the time).
Hope you had a great Xmas and New Year
Cheers
Reg

By: Steve_K2

Steve_K2 — Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:34:22 +0000

I started using Brave a few weeks ago, and don’t think I’ll ever replace it. Nothing it can’t do, but seems to do it faster. Built-in adblocker is great.