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Is this browser private? Does it implement proper sandboxing and have any methods of anti-fingerprinting? I hope it eventually see the implementation of a robust content blocker. What makes this related to privacy and not instead just open source. While it is nice to see an independent web engine, if there is no method of anti-fingerprinting, the privacy of this browser is severely limited.

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oh yeah also js isn’t very usable yet so that improves privacy

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To be fair, it is quite possible to fingerprint you pretty well without any JS at all, both inside and outside of html/css.

And disabling javascript is certainly something that not many people do, so already that makes you stand out even more.

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Btw, how much of HTML features do they support yet? I found nothing googling.

Because, it’s not that you support HTML 4 or 5 but how much of it. I think QtWebkit is still ahead of Blink and Gecko there, but less performant.

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idk, but from my testing pure html and css seem to work pretty well. it’s just js that ladybird seems to have issues with

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Lol, but also JS being volatile in the current browser makes it easier to fingerprint.

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It isn’t done yet. They are targeting 2026

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My point exactly. It isn’t ready and OP gave no context for why this relates to privacy. Better suited for the open source community on Lemmy.

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It is good for freedom of choice which ultimately is good for privacy

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*sets reminder now*

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What makes this related to privacy and not instead just open source.

because it’s not affected by google’s anti-privacy decisions?

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That doesn’t make it private. Privacy on the modern web requires anti-fingerprinting, otherwise any website with tracking scripts can easily start creating a shadow profile for you.

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What I mean is it isn’t a browser anyone who cares about their privacy should use (yet or every depending on development). Not close to ready yet. OP didnt put any context either for why they posted it.

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Come back in 10 years

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fingerprinting won’t be useful if every browser has google telemetry

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