LibreWolf

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LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM. If you have any question please visit our FAQ first: https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

To learn more or to download the browser visit the website: https://librewolf.net/

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Firefox to collect your (anonymized) search data (blog.mozilla.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I believe the settings to disable this on Librewolf are set by default...

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

The data being collected is meant to enhance the appeal of Firefox as an ad platform for customers who might want to buy paid placements in Firefox Suggest. Perhaps they also consider it useful as a trial balloon to test the reaction it gets before heading further in that direction. The reaction it gets will not be good.

Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago

Welcome. 😃

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

Looks like I may finally be trying out Librewolf.

I like the out of the box experience of LibreWolf very much but it will not work well for all websites in my case. Luckily Firefox and LibreWolf can be installed and used at the same time without any issues.