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7mo ago

For those who want to use Firefox with added security and privacy there is Arkenfox

github.com GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening - arkenfox/user.js

GitHub - arkenfox/user.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

I prefer Librewolf as it is easier and simpler to use

Privacy @lemmy.ml

maxprime @lemmy.ml

1y ago

Arkenfox user.js template for Firefox privacy

github.com /arkenfox/user.js

Arkenfox user.js template for Firefox privacy

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Remember, all these forks are possible because Firefox is open source
- Arkenfox is not a fork FYI
  
  TIL.
  Thanks.
  
  How is it not a fork?
- Not entirely
- Every fork creates fragmentation. Then you get forks of forks. Then you get forks of forks of forks. Eventually, you get a knife, and a spoon, and a spork, maybe even a fpoon. And every fork splits your developer pool in half! And once you're down to one developer each, the developer splits in half! And then you have no project.
  
  And that's why we should use Chrome?
  
  that's not how things work. open source projects don't start with a set amount of developers and start splitting. even if they do, they don't split in equal parts. if you have 500 developers working on a project, and 10 of them create 8 different forks, that doesn't really change much.
  some developers may move around, and more developers can join the pool all the time, on any fork. i don't understand how any of this is a problem.
  
  Nice FUD.

Librewolf my beloved. Unfortunately not on mobile iirc
- Use Mull
  
  That's what I do. LibreWolf on desktop and Mull on Android, with FF Sync enabled between them. Works like a charm!
  
  What about iOS ?

If you are willing to compromise I would recommend Betterfox as it breaks far fewer sites while still being better than the default Firefox profile.

Its better to just go through the settings yourself then rely on arkenfox. This just adds a middleman into the process of keeping your settings updated.
- Have you seen the user.js, you have to change a lot of settings and you cannot keep up to date with them, secondly Arkenfox prefers you to go over their user.js by your self and their updater script has the -c flag to show you the difference between current user.js and new user.js
  Overall it would be very difficult to manage something like this on our own as most things are not visible on the settings page of Firefox
- than*
- In addition, if you use user.js then you essentially cannot change those settings at runtime (via about:config or otherwise), because your user.js will override the settings on next startup. Maybe that's desired for some, but good to keep in mind nonetheless.
  
  There's the provided user-overrides.js that's meant to do this
  
  That is not how Arkenfox works. You apply the patch using the script, and then re-run this patch everytime Arkenfox receives an update. In between running, you can change settings in about:config and settings, but it will be overwritten if a different value is included in the user.js. A more permanent solution is using the user-overrides.js file required by the script before patching to create a persistent config.
  Something like: user_prefs("privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing" , "false");
  More details about user overrides can be found here.

My approach to use internet nowadays (joke)

https://stallman.org/stallman-computing.html
- I unironically run everything in VMs
  
  me too

I know this is somewhat defeating of the privacy purpose but I use FF because of sync- is there an alternative that can use something like webdav to sync my bookmarks/history/etc between instances? e; i know floccus is around for bookmarks but i find history useful too
- Librewolf supports Mozilla sync
  
  :O

Can't recommend this. It broke couple sites that I frequently use when I tried it some time ago
- Broken sites are a small price to pay for privacy
- Contact the site owner and let them know. Tell them to test in Tor Browser too
  
  I really doubt they would care about something like this. Even getting them to support firefox was an annoying process. I emailed them every month for six months until they added firefox support
- This is expected if you keep the default settings. You shouldn't use it as it is but read the wiki and configure it to find the balance you want between privacy and usablity.

Firefox Focus anybody?
- It has proprietary blobs and telemetry
  
  Proprietary boobs are my favourite
  
  Blobs*
  
  Damn. I been using this for a while. Switch to Mull browser instead? Better options?

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