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Introducing LibreWolf: A Privacy-Centric Firefox Fork

LibreWolf stands out as a community-driven fork of Firefox, with a strong focus on user privacy, security, and freedom. As the successor to LibreFox, it aims to provide a web browsing experience that is more secure and less invasive.

Core Objectives of LibreWolf

Designed to enhance defenses against online tracking and fingerprinting, LibreWolf implements privacy-oriented settings and security patches. Aimed at eliminating telemetry and data collection, it also disables features like Digital Rights Management (DRM) that are seen as infringing on user freedoms.

Key Features of LibreWolf

Latest Firefox Builds: LibreWolf is continuously compiled from the most recent Firefox Stable version, ensuring that users receive the latest features and security enhancements.
Standalone Build: LibreWolf operates independently of Firefox, maintaining its own settings, profile folders, and installation paths. This allows it to coexist with Firefox and other web browsers.
No Background Communication: Features that cause the browser to “call home”have been removed for optimal privacy, leading to significantly reduced background connections.
User-Centric Settings: Users can easily update settings for a customized experience.
Extensions Firewall: Control the internet access of browser extensions to further enhance security.
Multi-Platform Support: Available on Windows, Linux, Mac, and soon on Android platforms.
Community-Driven Development: LibreWolf thrives on community engagement to continuously evolve and improve.
Dark Theme Options: Users can choose between classic and advanced dark themes for better visual comfort.

Privacy-Focused Features in LibreWolf

Automatic Data Deletion: Cookies and website data are deleted upon closing the browser.
Privacy-Respecting Search Engines: Default options include only privacy-oriented search engines like DuckDuckGo and Searx.
Built-in Ad and Tracker Blocking: Comes with uBlockOrigin, featuring custom default filter lists and strict tracking protection to prevent advertisements and unnecessary data collection.
URL Trimming: Strips tracking elements from URLs both natively and via uBlockOrigin.
Enhanced Cookie Protection: Implements Total Cookie Protection (dFPI) to bolster user privacy.
Advanced Fingerprinting Defense: Part of the Tor Uplift project, RFP (Resist Fingerprinting) minimizes identifiable metrics, making it difficult for trackers to follow users online.
Language Consistency: Displays user language as en-US to enhance privacy regarding geographical location.
WebGL Disabled: Disabling WebGL reduces the risk of fingerprinting.
Location Services Protection: Utilizes Mozilla’s location API instead of Google’s, preventing access to the device’s operating system location services.
Video/Audio Sharing Security: Limits ICE candidate generation to a single interface to safeguard videoconferencing.
Proxy DNS and WebRTC Usage: Forces DNS queries and WebRTC functionalities to go through the chosen proxy.
Referrer Information Trimming: Minimizes cross-origin referrer information, ensuring it does not contain full URIs.
Connection Prefetching Disabled: Prevents unnecessary speculative connections for further privacy.
Temporary Data Cleaning: Disables disk caching and clears all temporary files upon exit.
Form Autofill Disabled: Ensures that browser history and form data are not automatically filled.
Comprehensive Privacy Settings: Additional privacy features for enhanced user control …and more.