Firefox
Firefox is fast, reliable, open-source, and respects your privacy.
Firefox is trusted by many because its an open source browser so anyone can look into its code and check for anything suspicious. Its developed and run by an NGO (Non Profit Organisation) called Mozilla. Its is the second most popular browser after Google’s infamous Chrome.
It’s lightweight and provides tons of privacy focused features out of the box such as third party cookie blocking, fingerprinter blocking, cryptominer blocking, private browsing mode, individual protections report, breached website alerts, phishing and malware protection, blocking website reported risky by the users etc.
Extension support is also one of the highlights of Mozilla Firefox. One can increase his/her privacy by leaps and bound with the correct usage of privacy and security focused extensions that are available on the Firefox add-ons marketplace.
Tor Browser
Tor Browser is your choice if you need an extra layer of anonymity. It’s a modified version of Firefox ESR, which comes with pre-installed privacy add-ons, encryption, and an advanced proxy.
Tor browser is a browser for extreme privacy. It’s a Firefox based browser where the traffic is encrypted through the use of its Tor network making the user anonymous and untraceable.
It automatically deletes cookies, web-cache and browsing history when browser is closed leaving no traces. It boasts all the security function that Firefox has like tracker and fingerprint blocking.
It has three level of security for a user to choose from Standard, Safer and Safest. Because of this extreme security features, some end up breaking the websites. For example, Safer and Safest options block Javascript which can expose user information but also makes the website unusable.
Tor browser is considerably slower due to the use of Tor network where data is bounced between several random relays before reaching the actual server.
Tor is banned in several countries due to its use in Deep web & Dark net so you might have to use an external VPN before using Tor.
Brave
Golden Kitty award for best privacy focused product of 2019 by Product Hunt
Brave browser is an open source chromium based software. It was created by Brendan Eich, founder of Javascript and ex-Mozilla head.
It’s famous for its cryptocurrency integration that is Brave Rewards where a user can earn BAT (Basic Attention Token) in exchange of seeing ads which you can use to support or tip your favourite websites and content creators.
It blocks ads and trackers by default and has Tor network integration inside Brave’s Private mode where you can surf using Tor network as proxy or VPN.
It has all the features modern browsers poses like password manager, anti fingerprinting functionality, auto HTTPs, tracking protection, script blocking and most importantly extensions support through Chrome webstore.
Although sometimes Brave has been found using many questionable practices it’s still a very polished browser.
Epic Browser
What you browse online should always be private. In incognito mode, you’re still being tracked.
Join over a million users who’ve chosen privacy.
Alok Bhardwaj founded epic browser and made it using chromium base. Epic focuses on extreme privacy measures out of the box.
It has no sync, no spell check, no autofill, no autosuggestions, and minimal plugins support. For extensions, you can’t install from Chrome Webstore like any other chromium-based browser; here, you have to install from the limited set of extensions provided by Epic extension store.
It doesn’t store any browsing data like history, cache, databases, etc., and it also blocks ads, tracking, fingerprinting, crypto mining, ultrasound signaling.
Epic browser offers free VPN through its Epic proxy extension, which provides excellent speeds (fastest, I would say) from the servers located in 8 countries worldwide.
Bromite
Bromite is an excellent browser for Android users that delivers more security and more privacy than the vast majority of other browsers. And all over a simple, intuitive, and familiar interface.
Bromite is a Chromium-based browser with privacy and security enhancements, built-in adblocking and DNS over HTTPS support; it includes patches from ungoogled-chromium and other privacy-focused projects. Basically, Chrome on steriods. It aims to remove all privacy invasive features.
Bromite supports ad-block engine with filter support, DNS-over-HTTPS support, Proxy configuration with PAC and custom proxy lists support, always-incognito mode, allow playing videos in background, import/export bookmarks
Privacy Browser
An open-source web browser focused on user privacy. Features include integrated ad blocking with EasyList, SSL certificate pinning, and Tor Orbot proxy support.
Keep WebView up-to-date
Privacy Browser relies on the Android System WebView which needs to be kept up to date to fix security issues. One can update WebView by either installing it from Google Play or Aurora Store which you can get from F-Droid.
The privacy-sensitive features are disabled by default in Privacy Browser. It’s open-source and focuses on user privacy.
It has 2 goals first, to minimize the data that goes outside, and second to minimize the data that is stored on the device itself. Users can change privacy settings on a per-site basis. On free version, you get one banner ad at the bottom.
Onion Browser
Onion Browser is an open-source browser that lets you browse the web anonymously over the Tor network on iOS devices and is endorsed by the Tor Project. Warning: there are certain anonymity-related issues with Onion Browser due to iOS limitations.
Onion browser is very similar to Tor browser you can say its Tor for iOS. Its free, open source and runs through donations. In Onion you can adjust security settings for each website separatly, it’s powered by Tor so your traffic is encrypted and theres no history saved.
DuckDuckGo
DuckDuckGo Privacy Browser is an open-source web browser that has built-in ad and tracker blocking and utilizes ToS;DR to rate the privacy policies of the sites you visit.
DuckDuckGo is mainly famous for its privacy-focused search engine who competes against the likes of Google for no tracking and user privacy.
Recently DuckDuckGo stepped into the browser market on mobile platforms with features such as delete all browsing data, including history, cache, login credentials, etc. with one single tap of a button, it auto block ads, stops third party trackers, ensures HTTPS connection on all sites and gives a Privacy Grade to each website you visit based on how much data it collects and how privacy-friendly it is with which you can decide whether to revisit the site or not.
Snow Haze
An open-source web browser with built-in ad, tracker, cookie, and fingerprint blocking, all customizable on a per-site basis.
Snow Haze is an open-source browser for iOS. It provides solid data and tracking protection.
Some of the features are Tor Network Integration, Ad blocker, JavaScript control, Allow scripts temporary and permanently, Per tab and per site settings, 10 search engines including StartPage, Qwant, and DuckDuckGo, Automatic and forced HTTPS connections, Popover blocker, Control cache, cookies, HSTS and web data, Randomly changing user agents, Automatically delete history of private sites, Tracking blocker, HTTP referer blocker, Protection from canvas fingerprinting, audio context fingerprinting, session replay and many more, Passcode lock, Local data encryption, Privacy level calculation, Sandboxed tabs, Text search on page, QR and barcode scanner etc.
