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The Mozilla focus on privacy is the killer feature for me. DNS encrypted "Total Cookie Protection" uBlock Origin multi-account containers I al

The Mozilla focus on privacy is the killer feature for me. DNS encrypted "Total Cookie Protection" uBlock Origin multi-account containers I also like built-in screen capture *various other extensions, such as Copy All Tab URLs I didn't find "Pocket" compelling when it was first introduced, but I have since found some of the recommendations interesting. Bravo Mozilla!

slenk 4y ago
Pocket is the only reason I use LibreWolf - I don't trust its integration and what parts I can actually disable
- sp332 4y ago
  What do you think Mozilla is doing with Pocket they couldn't do with... the rest of the browser?
  - slenk 4y ago
    Sending data TO pocket...I already know I am sending data to Mozilla
    - sp332 4y ago
      Pocket was bought by the Mozilla Corporation over 5 years ago. It's a first-party Mozilla product.
      - slenk 4y ago
        I did not realize that. I still don't like the fact that it has sponsored links then - that is what rubs me the wrong way.
        sp332 4y ago
        Yup, it's not great. Still seems easier to just turn them off with the new tab settings panel than recompile the whole browser, but I guess everyone has their own preferences.
- stonecrusher 4y ago
  Just switch extensions.pocket.enabled to false in about:config Whole thing gone. It's like an internal addon an that switch disables it.
dandellion 4y ago
There are better browsers than Firefox if you care about privacy. Both Brave and Tor have better results in this comparison that was shared here recently: https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/, same with this tool from the EFF https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ it gives better results for Brave than Firefox (even with blockers installed on my Firefox). Mozilla themselves give the same score in their very limited comparsion: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/compare/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/compare/ Multi-account containers are really the only killer feature in Firefox for me, they're super convenient for my work, but that's about the only thing it has left going for it.
- heresie-dabord 4y ago
  > comparison that was shared here recently: https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/ The Librewolf project appears to be the best of all! I will try it. edit: Statement below is incorrect, Brave is a Chromium fork. I do note that Brave, Tor, and Librewolf are forks of Firefox. This in my opinion is an additional reason to support Firefox. Everyone else appears to be plundering naive users' browser telemetry.
  - BerislavLopac 4y ago
    Uh, I believe that Brave is based on Chromium, not Firefox...
    - skrowl 4y ago
      This is incorrect. Libre Wolf is a Firefox fork. On Android, look at Mull until Libre Wolf is available there. On iOS, lol, you get Safari or skinned Safari due to Apple's app store rules.
      - BerislavLopac 4y ago
        What does Libre Wolf have to do with Brave?
  - 4y ago
account42 4y ago
> The Mozilla focus on privacy Ah, that explains the telemetry and experiemnts that are enabled by default without explicit user consent.

slenk 4y ago

Pocket is the only reason I use LibreWolf - I don't trust its integration and what parts I can actually disable

sp332 4y ago
What do you think Mozilla is doing with Pocket they couldn't do with... the rest of the browser?
- slenk 4y ago
  Sending data TO pocket...I already know I am sending data to Mozilla
  - sp332 4y ago
    Pocket was bought by the Mozilla Corporation over 5 years ago. It's a first-party Mozilla product.
    - slenk 4y ago
      I did not realize that. I still don't like the fact that it has sponsored links then - that is what rubs me the wrong way.
      - sp332 4y ago
        Yup, it's not great. Still seems easier to just turn them off with the new tab settings panel than recompile the whole browser, but I guess everyone has their own preferences.
stonecrusher 4y ago
Just switch extensions.pocket.enabled to false in about:config Whole thing gone. It's like an internal addon an that switch disables it.

dandellion 4y ago

There are better browsers than Firefox if you care about privacy. Both Brave and Tor have better results in this comparison that was shared here recently: https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/, same with this tool from the EFF https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ it gives better results for Brave than Firefox (even with blockers installed on my Firefox). Mozilla themselves give the same score in their very limited comparsion: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/compare/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/browsers/compare/ Multi-account containers are really the only killer feature in Firefox for me, they're super convenient for my work, but that's about the only thing it has left going for it.

heresie-dabord 4y ago
> comparison that was shared here recently: https://privacytests.org/ https://privacytests.org/ The Librewolf project appears to be the best of all! I will try it. edit: Statement below is incorrect, Brave is a Chromium fork. I do note that Brave, Tor, and Librewolf are forks of Firefox. This in my opinion is an additional reason to support Firefox. Everyone else appears to be plundering naive users' browser telemetry.
- BerislavLopac 4y ago
  Uh, I believe that Brave is based on Chromium, not Firefox...
  - skrowl 4y ago
    This is incorrect. Libre Wolf is a Firefox fork. On Android, look at Mull until Libre Wolf is available there. On iOS, lol, you get Safari or skinned Safari due to Apple's app store rules.
    - BerislavLopac 4y ago
      What does Libre Wolf have to do with Brave?
- 4y ago

account42 4y ago

> The Mozilla focus on privacy Ah, that explains the telemetry and experiemnts that are enabled by default without explicit user consent.