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Google Chrome ships a default, hidden extension that allows code on *.google.com access to private APIs, including your current CPU usage (fedi.simonwillison.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Librewolf is not associated with Mozilla and does not receive their primary source of funding from Google like Mozilla does. I really like having the same browser and browser synchronization between my phone and desktop/laptop, so librewolf is out for me. They have no interest or resources to build an Android version. Waterfox does at least have desktop / android option and takes things at least one small step further away from Google.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 5 months ago

U can sync regular mobile ff and librewolf. Thats what i currently have.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It is the same browser. LibreWolf doesn't change much of the Firefox code, mostly just the configuration. They enable various privacy/security settings by default and remove Mozilla telemetry. You can go to the LibreWolf settings and enable Firefox Sync, and it will work just fine with your Mozilla account and other Firefox browsers.

For Android, I like to use Mull, it's a hardened build of Firefox, similar to LibreWolf.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for the answer! I run Windows, iOS and Linux across multiple devices, and sync is definitely needed for me as well. I'll look into Waterfox!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

The previous answer is misleading and partially just wrong. Firefox Sync works just fine in LibreWolf, you just need to enable it in the settings. I currently sync my LibreWolf browser on my Linux desktop to Firefox on iOS and Mull on Android, no issues whatsoever. The only Mozilla services that LibreWolf intentionally removes are their telemetry and Pocket.

[–] pathief 2 points 5 months ago

You can enable Firefox sync in Librewolf, it works fine.