Iridium is a free, open, and libre browser modification of the Chromium code base, with privacy being enhanced in several key areas. Automatic transmission of partial queries, keywords, metrics to central services inhibited and only occurs with consent. In addition, all Iridium builds are reproducible, and modifications are auditable, setting the project ahead of other secure browser providers.
Differences between Iridium and Chromium:
Security improvements
- Increase RSA keysize to 2048 bits for self-signed certificates (used by WebRTC)
- Generate a new WebRTC identity for each connection instead of reusing identities for 30 days
- Generate a new ECDHE keypair for each WebRTC connection instead of reusing them for multiple connections
- Disable using system-provided plugins (i.e. Java, Flash, etc.)
Privacy enhancements
- Disable "Use a web service to help resolve navigation errors"
- Disable autocomplete through prediction service when typing in Omnibox
- Always send "Do-Not-Track" header
- Network/DNS prediction is disabled by default
- Block third-party cookies by default
- Link auditing ( a ping="..." ) is disabled by default
- Fetch plugins list from iridiumbrowser.de where it will be updated regularly
- Site data (cookies, local storage, etc.) is only kept until exit, by default
- Passwords are not stored by default
- Input form autofill is disabled by default
- For IPv6 probes, use a DNS root server instead of Google
- The default search provider is Qwant
- Load "about:blank" on new tabs instead of the currently set search engine and/or promotions.
- Don"t report Safe Browsing overrides.
- Don"t use autofill download service.
- Disable cookies for safebrowsing background requests.
- Disable the battery status API.
Disabled features
- Disable background mode
- Disable EV certificates, so they are shown just like "normal" certificates
- Disable Google cloud printing
- Disable Google hot word detection
- Disable Google experiments status check
- Disable Google translation service
- Disable Google promotion fetching
- Disable Google Clould Messagin (GCM) status check
- Disable Google Now
- Disable automatic update check
- Disable profile-import on first run [view full list here]
Download: Iridium Browser 32-bіt | Portable 32-bіt | ~70.0 MB (Open Source)
Download: Iridium Browser 64-bіt | Portable 64-bіt
Links: Iridium Browser Home Page | Other Operating Systems