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Would be nice if you could correct it in your original post too.

From the linked GitHub webpage:

All builds are experimental, so unexpected issues may occur. Helium Browser for Android only attempts to improve security and privacy where possible. For better protection on Android, you should instead use GrapheneOS with Vanadium, which additionally integrates patches into Android System WebView and provides significant kernel and memory management hardening on the OS level.

I wouldn’t recommend browsers developed by a single person and in an experimental state-part of the reason why I don’t recommend Cromite.

The original Vanadium is great, but the lack of proper content-blocker integration is a big privacy trade-off, in my opinion. Vanadium only provides a per-domain blocker solution, which is based on the very small set of EasyList.

A good Chromium-based alternative would be Brave, as it has a good content blocker that attempts to recreate the full feature set of uBlock Origin.

I recommend Fennec by F-Droid, a FOSS fork of Firefox out of the options listed. I would adjust the settings within the GUI, such as setting tracking protection to Strict, and install uBlock Origin.

IronFox is, sadly, somewhat extreme and not suitable for non-tech-savvy users and those who don’t want to deal with regular breakage.

Vanadium sadly lacks a proper content blocker integration.

IronFox is not formerly Mull Browser; it uses a different basis (Phoenix instead of Arkenfox), is maintained by different people, etc.

TOR is mostly designed to run within the Tor Browser or specialized operating systems like Tails or Whonix. While it is possible to use Tor systemwide on a normal OS, it comes with many problems, such as slow connection speeds, very limited bandwidth, no split tunneling, and other technical network limitations. VPNs, in comparison, usually provide a better user experience, but privacy-wise, Tor is the superior tool.

*onion services

“Dark web” is a misleading collective term commonly causing confusion. The Tor Project themselve refer to .onion websites as onion services.

Depends. The update will likely be rolled out via Google Play system updates and not a usual Samsung One UI update. Disabling Google Play Services might also be enough to restore the functionality of installing (“sideloading” is a misleading term, making it seem like installing software from other sources is unusual, weird, and “shady”).

I also highly recommend against stopping OneUI system updates, since you will miss out on important Android security patches.

To be honest, they will all land on radars as more their usage grows.

You may want to reach out to support, and let them know that you don’t feel okay about them doing this and (if you do) therefore switch to another service provider that doesn’t reject alias emails.

Samsung rejects them.

Yes, it doesn’t take you much research to find out that it is impossible to achieve anonymity only through a normal VPN service. The technology doesn’t allow for it.

Everyone who believes otherwise got deceived by cheap marketing lies from providers like NordVPN.

The company has gone with big profits in recent years through the sale of so-called VPN services, which make it possible to surf anonymously. In 2024, the company had a turnover of SEK 314 million.

Very incompetent author, includes misinformation.

”This is a donation from me personally”, he writes in an email to Flamman.

It’s a paid service, not a donation plan.

You’re delusional (saying this as a long time tech support for various new Linux users)

Ente is more than alright, I wouldn’t recommend self-hosted solutions to people who do not have the admin experience required, losing something as valueable as photos or videos can be very damaging.

Ecosia has a terrible privacy policy, I analysed it in the past. They are likely in violation of the GDPR, I’m currently considering to file a complaint, they’re still a lot better than Google though, but DDG is privacy-wise superior.

See here why the link you shared isn’t a good source:

https://soatok.blog/2025/07/07/checklists-are-the-thief-of-joy/

And learn more about Threema vs. Signal:

https://soatok.blog/2021/11/05/threema-three-strikes-youre-out/

I think your search engine is more than alright. Regarding the rest, I believe it requires no change aslong as you feel satisfied with it.

Why are you telling lies? Have you even read the article?

The title is misleading.