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ilikenwf | 2 years ago

Here's your solution

https://librewolf.net/

Keeps version parity but removes all the nastiness with a lot of other beneficial config changes...and the ability to further customize in persistent js files.

Cachy Browser in CachyOS/Archlinux is more or less Librewolf with some other tweaks to make it faster.

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hayst4ck|2 years ago

That does sound appealing, but I don't see any information on who owns or maintains it.

You click "@ohfp" and it leads you to an incredibly empty github-ish thing with 7 total followers? That is not a good sign at all.

"About us" is completely missing, and that is extremely important to me.

I would need a bit more trust, maybe even something like EFFs blessing, to use this.

If you were being skeptical, would you trust them? Why?

leafstrat|2 years ago

You're right to be apprehensive and skeptical, most of the Firefox forks leave a lot to be desired. Usually maintained by anonymous randoms that most likely aren't experts on the technology. That's why I would instead recommend the Mullvad browser which is also a Firefox fork, but is being maintained by a profitable company with reputable engineers. Whose main product focuses around protecting your privacy and securing you.

https://mullvad.net/en/browser

The only potential issue with it is that it might be TOO good at anonymizing you, to the point that you set off security measures, ala Cloudflare, simply by NOT leaking any juicy data to identify you.