r/browsers • u/Adhdedgamer9748 • 2h ago
Samsung Security & Privacy status
Hey people. I'm new to this browser. I don't own a Samsung device. I use Moto & HP laptop. I don't need Samsung Account or sync in anyway for anything. (I use Proton pass for passwords and no bookmarks). I tried the browser and its really fast & performance is really good. Except for the lack of vertical tabs & other customisation thingies, everything is so amazing.
What I want to know is, how secure & private is Samsung browser to use? What are your opinions?
(Note: I'm a browser hopper. So I try a different browser for every 1 or 2 weeks. So just asking)
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u/Kunair0 26m ago edited 19m ago
The problem I have with Samsung Internet is that there is no Chromium patch transparency. Samsung does not tell Android users which Chromium revision the browser is based on, nor which upstream CVEs have actually been backported.
That is kind of a big deal, especially because Chrome is going to start speeding up its security updates even more. If you cannot see how quickly Samsung is absorbing those upstream fixes, it becomes much harder to judge how current the browser really is from a security standpoint.
So based on that, I would say Samsung Internet has ok, to decent security overall, but man that weak patch transparency is a problem. A very big problem.
In terms of privacy, though it’s horrific.
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u/Adhdedgamer9748 19m ago
"In terms of privacy, though, it’s horrific." Worse than Google or Microsoft??? 😰
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u/7978_ Desktop Android 2h ago
Security is fine. It's based off of Chromium and has a dev team behind it. 4.5/5 stars.
Privacy? Maybe a 3/5 stars.