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LibreWolf – Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

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Re: LibreWolf – Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

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There are many valid counterpoints on why you shouldn't trust/use this, but the mere existence of it raises a very valid point and calls Mozilla's BS; why does this fork exist at all if Mozilla supposedly cares about your privacy, security and freedom?

Re: LibreWolf – Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

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Always wondered why such projects are not part of Debian main repository.

Librewolf has been requested since 2021, but no Debian Developer has volunteered to be responsible for the package: https://bugs.debian.org/981291>

Since the Librewolf developers are providing a .deb package themselves, they could apply to become a Debian Maintainer; i.e. be able to upload that package (and no other packages) directly to Debian.

Re: LibreWolf – Custom version of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

#10
Just yesterday I had noticed that, "Suggestions from sponsors" in the address bar had been turned back on after a recent Firefox update, and then installed Librewolf. I really want to use it as my main browser, but certain use cases such as online banking (at least with my credit union) doesn't seem to work properly, so I re-disabled "Suggestions from sponsors" in Firefox and went on with my day. Seriously, changing user settings with updates is a major dick move and something I'd expect from Microsoft and not Mozilla.

Edit: Turning off the anti-fingerprinting feature in LibreWolf is needed for online banking to work.

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