Cromite a Bromite fork with ad blocking and privacy enhancements (github.com)
from mistermodal@lemmy.ml to privacy@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 06:13
https://lemmy.ml/post/38208259

Good if you need to use Chrome stuff

#privacy

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SpookyMulder@twun.io on 29 Oct 07:34 next collapse

I have been using this as my daily driver on my Android phone for the past year or so because there is no LibreWolf for Android. No complaints.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 09:06 next collapse

Ironfox is good for now. It’s a Mull fork iirc - it’s on Izzyondroid, Obtainium, Accrescent, FFUpdater

DrDystopia@lemy.lol on 29 Oct 22:12 collapse

I like Iceraven.

hexagonwin@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Oct 07:50 next collapse

pretty good, the built in adblock isn’t much sophisticated tho. fenix with ublock origin is superior unless you really need chromium.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 09:05 collapse

Yeah just noticed people posting about Brave and this has worked as a better “Chrome on hard difficulty” without you know putting ads on the homescreen and coiner meme shit nobody likes

MrSulu@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 08:11 next collapse

I routinely use Cromite and IronFox (closest to LibreWolf for android). Have Brave for logging into accounts with some adjustment and For browser for checking flights or discounts etc.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 09:03 collapse

I’m not really clear on how Brave fares versus regular Chromium or something, but that’s pretty much how I use Android. Technically my default browser is Linksheet, which rules

spez@sh.itjust.works on 29 Oct 09:23 next collapse

It’s easier to use and has built-in ad blocking, nothing more.

aev_software@programming.dev on 29 Oct 12:58 next collapse

But LinkSheet isn’t a browser, is it? Isn’t it just a helper app that lets us decide which browser to use ad hoc?

MrSulu@lemmy.ml on 29 Oct 18:07 collapse

I’m with you and not perfectly sure that Brave is the best, but I reserve it for my logged in accounts only. IronFox and Cromite both set to private with no history or logs, and used for single use opening of links from Lemmy etc. Trying to isolate / separate third party cookies and tracking as I can. I also use Rethink DNS as firewall and with three filters for whole android device.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 01 Nov 03:20 collapse

Nothing as sleazy as Brave should be on our devices tbqh there has to be something with a similar balance of website breaking & adblocking + degoogling

Yeah Rethink is dope I see we have both pulled all of the good Fdroid apps :^]

Mwa@thelemmy.club on 29 Oct 08:31 next collapse

I wish it was on flatpak/flathub, favourite chromium browser if I need to use chromium for any reason.

JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz on 29 Oct 09:54 next collapse

Just use ungoogled. It’s decent enough.

Mwa@thelemmy.club on 29 Oct 10:05 next collapse

True, but it feels more barbones ngl.
On arch based Chromite isn’t a problem, but on Debian or other distros yeah it is a problem.
why is it bare bones and it doesnt have the features found in chromite:
Ungoogled chromium focuses more on vanilla chromium without Google components
no built in adblock (useful after google killed manifest v3)
No fingerprint blocking
no privacy features

Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Oct 10:11 next collapse

Doesnt come with proper fingerprinting protections or flag hardening. I am not saying ungoogled Chromium is bad, just not a proper replacement for hardened chromium browsers like Cromite or Brave. Ungoogled Chromium is a drop in replacement for Chrome, so it does nearly everything possible to stick with defaults (sans any google connections)

RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works on 29 Oct 23:23 collapse

I thought it stopped development a couple years ago on android.

Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Oct 10:08 collapse

While I agree it would be nice, Flatpak weakens the Chromium sandbox by stopping proper per site isolation. Chromium in Flatpak relies on the zypak server in place of proper strict isolation.

Mwa@thelemmy.club on 29 Oct 10:15 next collapse

i never knew that, i always thought chromium under flatpak was using Chromiums sandbox.
then its better to install any Chromium/electron apps outside of sandbox/flatpak which is hard on majority of distros.

DrDystopia@lemy.lol on 29 Oct 22:14 collapse

Oh dang I didn’t know

Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Oct 06:57 collapse

Firefox is even more insecure as a Flatpak than Chromium. At least with Chromium using zypak it can use some Flatpak sandboxing (which is still inferior to base)

arox@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz on 29 Oct 09:06 next collapse

What happened to bromite?

Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 29 Oct 10:12 collapse

Project was abandoned like multiple years ago now. Cromite is a fork by one of the contributors and is better than Bromite ever was.

aev_software@programming.dev on 29 Oct 12:54 collapse

But still based on Chromium? Is that project in itself trustworthy?

muxika@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 13:42 next collapse

This has been my go-to on GrapheneOS. Glad to see it get some notice.

blackbrook@mander.xyz on 29 Oct 21:41 next collapse

What make you prefer it to vanadium?

muxika@lemmy.world on 29 Oct 22:30 collapse

The ability to use a custom search engine (searXNG) and the accessibility/UI features.

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 01 Nov 03:18 collapse

Apparently the Graphene devs look down on them according tl other replies. 🤔 Maybe I will check out Vanadium. Cromjte can’t be as bad as Brave tho lol

monovergent@lemmy.ml on 30 Oct 00:53 next collapse

Great for my tablet which is too weak to run IronFox smoothly. One annoyance is that it’ll insist on a refresh if your internet connection is interrupted or changes in any way. The reason for it is not immediately obvious and neither is the option to turn it off (Settings > Homepage > Ask to restart on connection change)

Igilq@szmer.info on 30 Oct 14:02 next collapse

Cromite is bad browser and shouldnt be used. Use vivaldi or iron fox instead

Cromite including the incredibly sketchy Eyeo content filtering engine and stuff like additional codecs goes against what we’re trying to achieve. We also don’t think the randomization-based anti-fingerprinting approach works, among other issues. We care about implementing things properly instead of rushing to have as long of a feature list as possible at the expense of robustness, privacy, security and maintainability. It probably won’t last with the way they’re taking things.

Source: discuss.grapheneos.org/d/…/13

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 31 Oct 07:33 collapse

Oh thanks! Honestly the Github seemed impressive and the “generic” style of the whole thing sucked me in. Didn’t check on the Graphene forums. This site seems to have the same issue as Xitter where my worst posts do well and my best posts are never seen by anyone.

Is there a better Chromium option than Vivaldi? I honestly only use Chromium like once every three weeks when I need to get into my shitty university website

Igilq@szmer.info on 31 Oct 07:57 collapse

Vanadium would be better option but only if you use grapheneos

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 31 Oct 08:05 collapse

Ahh thanks I think I bookmarked that and forgot

Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 01 Nov 10:52 collapse

Has the original developer of Bromite ever reappeared to let us know he’s alright?

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 02 Nov 02:47 collapse

I didn’t realize they vanished

Devjavu@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 02 Nov 12:03 collapse

Reason for the fork

mistermodal@lemmy.ml on 03 Nov 04:54 collapse

I just thought he dipped I don’t always check what’s up with the community of the software I’m using is about unless I am deploying it. (Didn’t even realize Mull’s dev Divested Computing Group (which was more like Divested Computing One Really Industrious Fellow it turns out) shut down for like a month so I am trying to set up more notifications.) My mobile browser is barely even a part of my workflow. I appreciate you telling me because a lot of creepy things happen to privacy researchers!!! And then people just forget!!!