Brave vs LibreWolf vs Mullvad Browser
Three browsers that take privacy seriously, three different bets on Chromium vs Firefox and convenience vs hardening.
Brave — Chromium fork with ad/tracker blocking on by default and Tor windows built in. The lowest-friction switch from Chrome — every extension still works, mobile parity is real. The crypto/BAT integration is opt-in but confuses some new users. Past affiliate-URL-injection incident (2020) is documented and resolved but worth knowing.
LibreWolf — Firefox fork hardened with arkenfox-style defaults out of the box. Telemetry stripped, Pocket removed, uBlock Origin preinstalled. The Firefox-camp pick when you don't want Chromium's web monoculture. No mobile build.
Mullvad Browser — Tor Browser without the Tor network. Built jointly by Mullvad and the Tor Project; same fingerprint-resistance hardening as Tor Browser but routes through your VPN (or no VPN) instead. The most aggressive defaults; some sites break because of them.
Pick Brave if you want zero friction from Chrome. The right answer for most people switching for the first time.
Pick LibreWolf if you want Firefox-camp defaults and a less Chromium-monoculture future.
Pick Mullvad Browser if you pair it with a VPN and want fingerprint resistance without Tor's latency. The trade-off is broken sites; the upside is the strongest day-to-day fingerprint protection outside Tor itself.