Librewolf is an independent Firefox FORK, focusing on protecting user confidentiality, safety, and freedom. It is the successor of Librefox, a community-controlled project.
The browser has been designed with enhanced protection against tracking and fingerprinting, along with many safety improvements. To achieve its objectives, Librewolf implements settings and patches aimed at confidentiality and safety. The browser also aims to eliminate telemetry, data collection, irritating features, and anti-free functions like DRM.
Features of Librewolf:
- The latest Firefox base: Librewolf is built on the most recent stable Firefox assembly, ensuring access to the latest functions and security updates.
- Independent assembly: Librewolf uses an assembly independent of Firefox, allowing for separate settings, profiles, and installations. This enables it to be installed alongside Firefox or any other browser.
- Elimination of background connections: Built-in links to servers and other “Contact home” functions are removed to minimize background connections.
- User settings updates.
- Firewall for extensions: Restriction of internet access.
- Multiplatform support: Windows, Linux, MAC, and soon Android.
- Community management.
- Dark theme options: classical and expanded.
Privacy features in Librewolf:
- Removal of cookies and site data upon closing.
- Use of privacy-respecting search engines like Duckduckgo and SEARX. Strict tracker and ad blocking modes.
- Removal of tracking elements from URLs using UBO and built-in methods.
- Inclusion of RFP from the Tor Uplift project for protection against fingerprinting.
- Language display consistency on all sites for user privacy.
- Disabling Webgl to prevent fingerprinting.
- Using Mozilla’s location API instead of Google’s for OS geolocation.
- Restriction of ICE Candidate generation for video conferences.
- Forced use of DNS and WebRTC through proxy.
- Trimming Referrer headers to exclude full URIs.
- Disabling link prefetching and speculative connections.
- Clearing disk cache and temporary files on closure.
- Disconnecting search and form history, among other features.
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