



Does it block malware/phishing? A secure browser will draw on lists of known malware and phishing addresses to automatically block them.This becomes your digital fingerprint used to track you online. Does it block fingerprinting? If you want the website to display correctly, your browser has to send some data to it, like your screen resolution, OS, and location.Can you disable loading scripts? Choosing to disable loading scripts can break some websites, but it also makes you more secure against attacks.Does the browser warn you about website add-ons? Website add-ons can be both malicious and suspicious – and you want a secure browser that can catch them before they do any damage.Is the developer a non-profit? Non-profits don’t have a financial incentive driving them, so they have less reason to squeeze money out of users by collecting and selling their data or doing anything similar.How we choose the best browser for privacyįor our evaluation of web browsers, we used privacy and security metrics* proposed by Surfshark’s Information Security Team.
