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    [–] [email protected] 46 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    NetCat. /s

    Seriously though, I just use Firefox. LibreWolf is basically Firefox with stricter defaults, and over the years I've already tweaked Firefox to use all the privacy features anyway.

    I know there's some extra sauce implemented in LibreWolf that Firefox lacks, but that stuff seems like too much of a compromise for me (like canvas fingerprinting).

    Plus, I think orange looks nicer in my window list than blue.

    I also don't use tor or a vpn unless I can't access anything otherwise. I guess I don't really see the need to, since I don't think I'm doing anything that'll draw the government's attention.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

    You can turn off canvas fingerprinting or any added feature with a single checkbox. I used to feel the same way about LibreWolf, but once I familiarized myself with the different settings, it became clearly the superior option if you value privacy. I also set my Firefox settings strictly, but then they added new “features” and turned them on by default. That was the last straw for me.

    [–] FuryMaker 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I started moving from Firefox to LibreWolf and found a few too many convenient features broke.

    I think password and bookmark syncing was too difficult to move away from, as I use them across devices/phone.

    Haven't had time to research alternative methods or practices.

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

    you can enable firefox sync from the librewolf settings. that’s what i do and it works flawlessly

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

    Use QR codes

    [–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

    Firefox may silently opt you into "features" such as targeted advertising. Librewolf acts as a barrier.

    Also "nothing to hide" is fine if you have nothing to say and you don't care about liberty.