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Hardening Firefox – a checklist for improved browser privacy

(andrewmarder.net)
263 points amarder | 5 comments | 30 Aug 25 11:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.744s | source
1. navigate8310 ◴[30 Aug 25 19:46 UTC] No.45077458[source]▶
Or use LibreWolf and call it a day.
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2. mixmastamyk ◴[30 Aug 25 19:52 UTC] No.45077509[source]▶
It’s not directly in popular distributions unfortunately.
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3. backscratches ◴[30 Aug 25 20:34 UTC] No.45077783[source]▶
True but the next best thing is arkenfox which is even more of a pain. Librefox makes a lot of the flags toggleable/visible in settings which is convenient too.
4. Dwedit ◴[30 Aug 25 23:04 UTC] No.45078780[source]▶
Librewolf randomizes your time zone data on every page load, screwing with websites. It's on by default, and can be turned off.
5. pndy ◴[31 Aug 25 07:28 UTC] No.45081143[source]▶
It's available as flatpak for a while - if that changes anything