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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Don't see many mentions to Waterfox? (www.waterfox.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Waterfox is a browser, obviously based on Firefox, but without default "junk" that Firefox comes with.

Don't see many mentions to Waterfox at all in this community? Are there any specific reasons for it? Seems like a neat version of Firefox, with development based out of the UK.

Worthwile blogpost on their independence and future updates: https://www.waterfox.net/blog/waterfox-in-2023/
Project: https://www.waterfox.net
Flathub: https://flathub.org/apps/net.waterfox.waterfox

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

All big tech is. They got big for a reason. Though I find Mozilla much less of a thread than other corps like Google, Meta, Microsoft. Meta I find easy to block as none of their services are actually useful. Google is a tad bit harder, and Microshit creeps in on every spot and I don't like it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Meta I find easy to block as none of their services are actually useful.

Oh honey. Meta is still collecting your data, even if you never use their site.

But if you use a private browser and a VPN you're probably OK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Eh, I think having a PiHole at home internet and a private DNS on phone is good enough for me. Not to mention uBlock configured with the Anti-Facebook list 🤷‍♂️

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that is fair. However, you shouldn't trust Mozilla more than any other company

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Any big company can't be trusted. They got big with a reason :)