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Welcome to the official community for LibreWolf.

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/

If you want to contribute head over to our Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/librewolf

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WTF - you had only one job and you are failing in it. (mastodon.radio)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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WTF @librewolf - you had only one job and you are failing in it.

"No telemetry" -> first thing Librewolf does is connect to Mozilla telemetry services.

Found out this by having @[email protected] installed.

#librewolf #telemetry #cybersecurity

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[–] TheWorldRolledMe 31 points 3 months ago (3 children)

https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/#does-librewolf-make-any-outgoing-connections

That section covers your concern

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What I don't get is why they don't allow users to decide if they want to connect to Mozilla or not with an option in the settings. Libre means being free (to choose in this case), not being forced.

[–] dohpaz42 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

~~They do. It’s called Deny and it’s right there in the screenshot.~~ never mind. I see it was me who misunderstood.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

@dohpaz42 @corvus
You can also easily disable in about:config

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Which setting disables it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

dom.push.enabled = false

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

@smpl @corvus and if you want to be double plus sure, set pushServer to “none” instead of the default wss:// address

[–] dohpaz42 6 points 3 months ago

But they want to bitch and moan and wave their pitchforks around because their privacy is obviously being violated. 🙄

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@TheWorldRolledMe "LibreWolf also maintains an open WebSocket towards Mozilla's push server to check wether you have received push notifications from websites you have subscribed to."

An app that is developed privacy in mind should never connect to anywhere without consent.

Also, I really don't need any freakin' push notifications from websites. I'm not "subscribing" to anything - or never will. What is that even - I didn't know I can subscribe through Mozilla to websites. Weird.

[–] dohpaz42 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

without consent…

~~Um… isn’t that what the screenshot is asking for? I’m missing the part where you’re being forced without consent?~~

Edit: I misunderstood the above screenshot. My apologies.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

@dohpaz42 Nope, that is a screen capture from Little Snitch (Firewall) that noticed new outgoing connection.

[–] dohpaz42 3 points 3 months ago

I just realized that. My apologies.