Proton Browser
Proton Browser
I would Like to see a Browser like chrome, firefox, or Brave. But without the tracking and also it being based in the same location as protonmail would mean its secure and safe to use.
With companys like google buying up all the alternative browsers I think this a needed program/app. What good is the secure email when Chrome is snap shoting and keylogging your protonmail logins.
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Satchel McKee commented
This would be great and a Proton Search Engine as well!
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Keith Styles commented
Agree with dan, John & others. Brave does it all. It's also designed & supported by engineers.
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dan commented
totally useless, there is already Brave Browser(+Brave Search)
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Great Afoofum commented
TL;DR: What John, Logan and Tyson wrote.
Considering that the Web portal currently includes WebGL and either Audio Context or Canvas fingerprinting code (which defeats the purpose of having anonymous private email), I'd far prefer to access it using Brave or Firefox in Strict mode and armed to the teeth with security and privacy plugins than risk using a custom browser that potentially doesn't support them and/or isn't open source. Even then, I'm not happy with the current state of affairs.
For the same reason, I'm not using the bridge, which uses Electron (a technology created by Google). Change the bridge to remove Electron and switch to Qt or GTK+ (even if you have to provide different binaries for different OSs or write it in Python/Cython with PySide and write installation instructions; Christophe Gohlke's unofficial wheels for Windows [not that anyone who's privacy/security-concious uses that, of course; unencrypted OSs are so last decade] are a breeze to install) and I'll be happy. Hell; give me access to the source code and *I'll* have a stab at doing that. (I have over ten years' dev experience. It shouldn't be too hard, even though I currently don't know C/C++.)
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[Deleted User] commented
That's great
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Logan commented
Hell no. These already exist. Proton needs to focus on their partially-complete products first.
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Tyson commented
I would recommend Brave browser. I think it already has most if not all of the privacy features you'd expect.
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John commented
There are already privacy-focused browsers out there, you don't seem to understand the amount of efforts required to maintain a web browser
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salima commented
yes, a proton browser! compatible with linux, of course...currently i use vivaldi, but i would prefer proton
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Anonymous commented
Can you guys please come up with a secure and private browser? Thanks.
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pnobulls commented
https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/284483-protonmail/suggestions/42022207-proton-browser
their could be more here is some of the better Thoughts about one.
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pnobulls commented
It has been suggestion, Yes it would be super Nice,
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Anonymous commented
Please don't waste resources on something that already exists elsewhere.
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Matthew commented
I think it is a great idea!
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Matthew commented
Yeah, That is a great idea!
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Anonymous commented
I'm sure our security on line would increase a 100% with a Proton Browser to get rid of safari, opera, firefox, etc. If you make one we'll be total and complete.
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אברהם צבאן commented
Why not using Firefox?
It is very secure, works similar to the ProtonMail ways, and has excellent performance. -
César commented
For those of you recommending Brave, no, sorry but Brave is not the answer: you get ad promotions by default (bitcoin and other ebusinesses) unless you disable them. That’s not the default behaviour I expect for a real privacy-respectful browser. I use Brave because it’s the “least bad” at the moment, but it’s still bad. It wins because the others are even worse. I understand maintaining a browser would be an effort for Proton, but nobody is doing it. I wish I can drop Brave soon, if somebody develops a really privacy-respectful browser.
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Anonymous commented
this may be easier than i thought, and the tech stack is already familiar to the proton team: https://github.com/wexond/browser-base
the brave-ios repo may also be interesting to look at.
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Anonymous commented
Wouldn't it be better to avoid expanding into creating vast mediocre unperfected products? Wouldn't it be better to avoid delaying timelines and perfect what already makes ProtonMail unique and excellent?
+ calendar
+ contacts
+ emailPeople like the idea of one platform to rule them all, but it just isn't realistic. The reason Apple is what it is today, is because they knew how to perfect and focus on a few products. Imagine that level of focus from Protonmail.
One can already find many of the services ProtonMail users are requesting and it would take years for ProtonMail to catch up. Some of these services requested on this site include:
Encrypted Knowledge Cloud Storage: Available with sync.com or pCloud
Zero Tracking Web Browser: Available with Brave, Firefox, or Tor
Password Manager: Available with 1Password or a multitude of othersWhere do you find a good encrypted calendar? Where do you find reliable encrypted email? Where do you find encrypted contacts? The answer is ProtonMail. These 3 services fit nicely together, are unique, and reinforce the utility of one another.
I hope ProtonMail will make their core gorgeous, and pour their resources and time into them, before moving on. I hope they avoid the customer sirens requesting they do "everything" in the realm of security. People flock to companies that do a few things truly great, not to ones that do a lot of things mediocre.
If you agree, I found a nice feature request to "focus on your core", where your votes would be great. Also, feel free to repost this anywhere people are getting carried away requesting features, or send it to management if anyone knows how. We can help this great company focus on being great instead of getting carried away.