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LibreWolf

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

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

[–] dohpaz42 3 points 2 months ago

I just realized that. My apologies.