No, not yet. When I had NordVPN, I also checked out their privacy blog, and it listed Firefox as the best one for privacy.
Hmmm...It is tough to say...
Generally, I agree with pretty much all of
the principles within the Mozilla Manifesto (
excluding #9). However, Mozilla "the non-profit foundation and open source project" are different from Mozilla "the corporation".
The corporation receives money from Google to make it
the default search engine within Firefox and
some of the Firefox Suggest results are sponsored ads, but they are fairly open about it and both of those can be changed and turned off within the settings.
Speaking of which, I highly recommend that any first time users go to "Settings," then "Privacy & Security," and take a look around. From there you can:
* Set "Enhanced Tracking Protection" to "Strict"
* Set "Send websites a 'Do Not Track' signal..." to "Always"
* Check "Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed"
* Check "Show alerts about passwords for breached websites"
* Uncheck "Autofill addresses" and "Autofill credit cards"
* Check "Always use private browsing mode"
* Uncheck everything under "Address Bar - Firefox Suggest"
* Disable "Suggestions from the web", "Suggestions from sponsors", and "Improve the Firefox Suggest experience"
* Make sure all that all Permissions are blocked (e.g.: "Block new requests asking to allow notifications or access your location, camera, microphone, virtual reality devices")
* Set "Autoplay" to "Block Video and Audio"
* Check "Block pop-up windows"
* Check "Warn you when websites try to install add-ons"
* Uncheck "Allow Firefox to send technical and interaction data to Mozilla"
* Uncheck "Allow Firefox to install and run studies"
* Uncheck "Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports on your behalf"
* Check "Block dangerous and deceptive content"
* Check "Block dangerous downloads"
* Check "Warn you about unwanted and uncommon software"
* Check "Query OCSP responder servers to confirm the current validity of certificates"
* Select "Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows"
Despite all of that, there has been one security issue that was worrying though:
the Mr. Robot plugin controversy...What are the alternatives? It may seem like there are a lot of different web browsers out there, but almost all of them boil down to Google (i.e.: browsers based off of "Chromium"), Mozilla (i.e.: browsers based off of "Gecko"), and Apple (i.e.: browsers based off of "WebKit"). That is part of the reason why I am interested in the Mullvad browser and
Tor.