New Update LibreWolf Browser - A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

[HarborFront]

LW v90.0.1 released. Get it from below

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LW v90.0.2 released. Get it from below

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LW v91.0 released. Get it from below

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[peterfat11]

windows smart screen blocked it, is it safe?

 

[oldschool]

windows start screen blocked it, is it safe?

It's safe if you downloaded from the official source. Smartscreen blocked it in Edge due reputation. Defender ASR rule "Block executable files from running unless they meet prevalence, age or trusted criteria" blocks it for the same reason, but it may be bypassed if you disable the rule. Smartscreen is very conservative as to what it allows.

LibreWolf is lean and mean.

 

[HarborFront]

LW v91.0.1 released. Get it from below

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LW v91.0.2 released. Get it from below

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LW v92.0 released. Get it from below

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[SpiderWeb]

Don't know about processes but installer isn't signed.

sheesh

 

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LW v92.0.1 released. Get it from below

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[printing]

antivirus prompted and isolate librewolf and some files.
is this browser safe to use?

 

[HarborFront]

LW v93.0 released. Get it from below

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[oldschool]

This browser is faster than FF but I don't understand why there are no tracking protection options available which means no Total Cookie Protection.

 

[Kongo]

This browser is faster than FF but I don't understand why there are no tracking protection options available which means no Total Cookie Protection.

why tracking protection cant be enabled even in about:config? (#8) · Issues · LibreWolf / Browser / Windows · GitLab

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I think someone needs to update the developer. uBlock Origin definitely doesn't do the same thing just because it blocks trackers too... Even the newer Smart Block feature by Firefox, the Total Cookie Protection (mentioned by @oldschool) and the Supercookie Protection are good reasons to let people decide if they want to enable the enhanced tracking protection of Firefox.

 

[oldschool]

Patching the default Firefox settings (#81) · Issues · LibreWolf / Settings
And you may see the referenced mention in the same note.

• • @fabrizio @fxbrit · 1 month ago
    Maintainer
    

    Further blocking of what, what are shims

    TP blocks some well known trackers and in strict mode it has additional lists to block fingerprinting and cryptomining scripts. you can read about it and test it for yourself, it catches some scripts that uBO in easy mode does not catch. it also play nicely with uBO as gorhill stated a few times [1] [2]. to avoid any breakage caused by using the list included in strict mode TP uses shims, also known as SmartBlock.
    

    what would that cleaning policy be

    strict mode includes dFPI (present in librewolf already), also known as total cookie protection. to go along with the 'cookie jar' setup provided they recently introduced a new cleaning mechanism that plays nicely with it.
    TP probably wouldn't make a world of difference because cleaning is pretty robust anyway, and we have dFPI already, but I also see no downsides on this front. for the tracking part we have uBO but as I said TP can still be useful in some instances. as a bonus the UI would be fixed and it would allow users to pick what they want, and we wouldn't be missing out on features in case firefox ties them to tracking protection in the future.
    on a side note TP hasn't had any privacy or security concern, it fetches it lists and then it does its thing. to fetch the lists it needs an outgoing connection, which is the only criticism I can see raised, but I personally don't see any privacy or security implication.
    in another issue you said:
    

    people seemed to have very strong negative opinions about it

    based on the above I believe there are some misconceptions about it honestly
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  @fabrizio @fxbrit mentioned in issue librewolf-community/browser/linux#246 1 day ago

 

[HarborFront]

why tracking protection cant be enabled even in about:config? (#8) · Issues · LibreWolf / Browser / Windows · GitLab

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I think someone needs to update the developer. uBlock Origin definitely doesn't do the same thing just because it blocks trackers too... Even the newer Smart Block feature by Firefox, the Total Cookie Protection (mentioned by @oldschool) and the Supercookie Protection are good reasons to let people decide if they want to enable the enhanced tracking protection of Firefox.

From what I know LW is de-mozilla similar to Ungoogled Chromium which de-googles. Turning on FF features means you will be connecting to Mozilla and that defeats the purpose of having a high privacy browser

At any rate LW comes with built-in uBO which is great enough without those protections by FF. Of course adding a few more filter lists/extensions will make LW greater.

If I'm not wrong you can set not to accept cookies but with exceptions

And if you want to use those features you mentioned then it's better off you use FF

 

[oldschool]

From what I know LW is de-mozilla similar to Ungoogled Chromium which de-googles. Turning on FF features means you will be connecting to Mozilla and that defeats the purpose of having a high privacy browser

At any rate LW comes with built-in uBO which is great enough without those protections by FF. Of course adding a few more extensions will make LW greater.

If I'm not wrong you can set not to accept cookies but with exceptions

And if you want to use those features you mentioned then it's better off you use FF

True, to a degree. The LW developer in the post above feels that having the option to enable TP is worth any privacy trade-off, a trade-off which is certainly negligible even if debatable. See those links for more info.

 

[HarborFront]

True, to a degree. The LW developer in the post above feels that having the option to enable TP is worth any privacy trade-off, a trade-off which is certainly negligible even if debatable. See those links for more info.

Yes, I have read those links.

Well, if they provide the options and privacy is a non issue then it's fine, but it seems redundant for uBO is already there. Like I said, you can add extra filter lists/extensions to enhance LW

 

[n8chavez]

You can enable them in LibreWolf if you want them. Just edit the librewolf.cfg, turning the protections from false to true. Below if the entire edited tracking section, regardless of change. This will enable those protections, and make the stats visible.

// -----------------------------------
// # TRACKING PROTECTION
// -----------------------------------

pref("browser.contentblocking.category", "custom"); // set tracking protection category, using pref solves the UI bug

// enable / disable TP in normal and private browsing
lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true);

lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels", false); // reduce priority of trackers, remove if TP is on

// remove urls to fetch contentblocking lists.
// without these urls TP cannot work. the lists are not shipped with the browser but download on first launch.
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL", "");
defaultPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", "");

// disable blocking lists and hide ui elements in custom mode UI, if TP is enabled revert to true
defaultPref("privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled", true);
defaultPref("privacy.trackingprotection.fingerprinting.enabled", true);
defaultPref("browser.contentblocking.cryptomining.preferences.ui.enabled", true);
defaultPref("browser.contentblocking.fingerprinting.preferences.ui.enabled", true);

 

[oldschool]

Just edit the librewolf.cfg, turning the protections from false to true.

I've read the FAQs but I'm still not sure where to create librewolf.cfg folder in W10.