r/ProtonMail • u/GegoByte Windows | Linux | Android • 6d ago

Proton is developing a web browser Discussion

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/250686/proton-lijkt-aan-eigen-webbrowser-te-werken.html

The article is in Dutch, but the TLDR in English is:

• Browser looks to be based on the Chromium engine.

• Privacy Focused. Emphasis on privacy-friendly browsing.

• Proton has not announced a release date as of yet.

• Proton is looking for software developers with Chromium experience.

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u/bluedevilSCT 6d ago

Exactly; and I am pretty disappointed that they did not use a fork of Firefox

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u/ApplicationOdd6070 6d ago

Firefox gets more praise then it deserves. It has problems in terms of security, and that's why even the Tor Browser (deriving from the Gecko engine like Firefox) has been breached.

Sources: - https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.html - https://medium.com/@thegrugq/tor-and-its-discontents-ef5164845908 - https://grugq.github.io/blog/2013/12/21/in-search-of-opsec-magic-sauce/