• Matharl@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Or even better, a fork of Firefox which disable all that telemetry crap and bundle with uBlock Origin : LibreWolf.

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      uBlock Origin*

      uBlock is the pseudo-malware that profited off of uBO’s good name.

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        2 years ago

        No tinkering required, technically you could achieve the same result with regular Firefox + tinkering.

        It’s as simple out of the box but with a greater focus on privacy with telemetry off and the pocket integration disabled.

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      Fr, people need to stop the lies that firefox itself is a privacy respecting browser, which it isnt- not since it was bought out years back.

      LibreWolf and Mullvad are great examples of Firefox Forks that are ACTUALLY privacy focused browsers.

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          My bad, bought out was the wrong way to word it- I should have said “Made partnerships with-” then listed Google and Yahoo(defunct), China and Russia.

          If you watch this video discussing how privacy respect firefox is by default- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr8UFJzpNls you’ll see the telemetry they collect is miles long and Firefox is no better at protecting your privacy than Chrome/Chromium is whatsoever.

          Definitely recommend Librewolf or Mullvad, which are actual privacy respecting browsers, even Chromium forks like Brave are better than default firefox.

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      2 years ago

      The new Mullvad browser is even better, and regularly maintained. But a little bit further down on the privacy end of the Spectrum and further from the useability end. Watch out for timezones, that one always gets me!

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        2 years ago

        Mullvad has a browser now? Sweet! I’ve been a fan of their no nonsense approach to VPN for a while now.

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          Yeah it’s basically TOR browser without the TOR network. Created in direct collaboration with TOR.