About Privacy Browser
The only way to prevent data from being abused is to prevent it from being collected in the first place. Privacy Browser has two primary goals. 1. Minimize the data that is sent to the internet. 2. Minimize the data that...
The only way to prevent data from being abused is to prevent it from being collected in the first place. Privacy Browser has two primary goals.
1. Minimize the data that is sent to the internet.
2. Minimize the data that is stored on the device.
Most browsers silently give websites massive amounts of information that allows them to track you and compromise your privacy. Websites and ad networks use technologies like JavaScript, cookies, DOM storage, user agents, and many other things to uniquely identify each user and track them between visits and across the web.
In contrast, privacy sensitive features are disabled by default in Privacy Browser. If one of these technologies is required for a website to function correctly, the user may choose to turn it on for just that visit. Or, they can use domain settings to automatically turn on certain features when entering a specific website and turn them off again when leaving.
Privacy Browser currently uses Android’s built-in WebView to render web pages. As such, it works best when the latest version of WebView is installed (see https://www.stoutner.com/privacy-browser/common-settings/webview/). In the 4.x series, Privacy Browser will switch to a forked version of Android’s WebView called Privacy WebView that will allow for advanced privacy features.
Features:
• Integrated EasyList ad blocking.
• Tor Orbot proxy support.
• SSL certificate pinning.
• Import/export of settings and bookmarks.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Privacy Browser since it was posted on our website on 2016-12-29 11:32:15.
The latest version is 3.17 and it was updated on 2024-04-22 22:08:51. See below the changes in each version.
Privacy Browser version 3.17
Updated At: 2024-02-12
Changes: • Expand the download provider options to be Privacy Browser, Android’s download manager, and an external app.
• Remove wasted space between the navigation drawer icon and the URL bar.
• Add a scroll to bottom/top entry in the navigation menu.
• Add an option to display under camera cutouts in full-screen browsing mode.
• Fix a crash caused by a tab sometimes being created without a corresponding page.
Privacy Browser version 3.16
Updated At: 2023-11-20
Changes: • Add importing and exporting of bookmarks to an HTML file.
• Open new tabs adjacent to the current tab.
• Default to current on-the-fly settings when adding new Domain Settings.
• Add a navigation menu entry to scroll to the bottom/top of the page.
• Initially scroll the navigation drawer to the bottom when using the bottom app bar.
• Display SSL information in View Headers.
• Add options to copy, share, and save View Headers.
• Add share entries to the WebView context menus.
Privacy Browser version 3.15.1
Updated At: 2023-06-26
Changes: • Fix a crash when moving a bookmark to the home folder.
• Take advantage of WebView’s secret, undocumented View Source functionality.
• Fix Domain Settings sometimes being created as Enabled instead of System Default.
• Move User Agent below DOM Storage in the domain settings list.
• Create a special encryption dialog for Content URLs.
• Fix a crash if Privacy Browser is restarted while the SSL certificate error dialog is displayed.
Privacy Browser version 3.15
Updated At: 2023-06-12
Changes: • Reenable the dark WebView theme on Android 7-9 (API 24-28).
• Add a cancel action to the Save URL snackbar.
• Change the domain settings switches to drop down lists that include “system default”.
• Allow duplicate bookmark folder names.
• Fix a crash if Privacy Browser is restarted while the pinned mismatch dialog is displayed.
• Modernize the WebView pager adapter code.
Privacy Browser version 3.14
Updated At: 2023-05-06
Changes: • Highlight the background of domain settings that are not default.
• Remove the terms whitelist and blacklist from the project.
• Standardize the suggested file names.
• Update the app bar proxy background color.
• Restore the scroll position when restarting the settings app.
• Migrate the last of the code to Kotlin and remove the deprecated AsyncTasks.
• Optimize several pieces of the code to run more efficiently.
Privacy Browser version 3.13.4
Updated At: 2023-03-27
Changes: • Fix an intermittent crash on restart caused by the race condition fix introduced in 3.13.3.
• Add a monochrome icon option.
• Bump the minimum API to 24 (Android 7).
Privacy Browser version 3.10.1
Updated At: 2022-03-02
Changes: . Fix a crash when opening the Import/Export activity.
. Fix a problem with custom user agents.
Privacy Browser version 3.9
Updated At: 2021-11-27
Changes: . Simplify the save dialogs.
. Display the saved file name in the save snackbars.
. Change the short app name from Privacy to Browser.
. Fix a crash if a drawer is opened while the app is restarted.
. Bump the target API to 31 (Android 12).
Privacy Browser version 3.8.1
Updated At: 2021-06-30
Changes: . Remove Startpage and make Mojeek the default homepage and search engine.
. Invert the navigation menu when the app bar is on the bottom.
. Show the bottom app bar when a new tab loads.
. Limit content intent filters to text, images, and MHT files.
. Fix some rare crashes.
Privacy Browser version 3.8
Updated At: 2021-05-24
Changes: . Add an option to move the app bar to the bottom.
. Reimplement the saving of web archives.
. Reimplement the option to use an external app to download files.
. Add fallbacks to open alternate download managers.
. Add Monocles to the list of search engines.
. Remove Do Not Track and third-party cookies.
. Offer to open content URLs shared by other apps.
. Handle content URLs and untrusted SSL certificates in View Source.
. Fix UI freezing while downloading on some devices.
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