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LibreWolf is designed to increase protection against tracking and fingerprinting techniques, while also including a few security improvements. LibreWolf also aims to remove all the telemetry, data collection and annoyances, as well as disabling anti-freedom features like DRM. If you have any question please visit our FAQ first: https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/

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I had to turn these off to let Lemmy work, is this okay or should I just use Firefox? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/librewolf@lemmy.ml
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In the about:config

  • privacy.resistFingerprinting
  • privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager

Edit: Lemmy broke again.

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[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Thats weird, lemmy shouldn't need any access to fingerprinting stuff. Its probably something else. What part of lemmy specifically does not work?

privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager suggests it could be due an addon/extension (the flag enables extensions to work on 'restricted' pages such the new tab)

This is something people suggesting librewolf as an alternative to firefox don't get right, that librewolf is not just any fork of firefox, but a very hardened fork, with many options for privacy and security enabled at the cost of increased site breakage.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

What part of lemmy specifically does not work?

It hangs, doesn't load at all or crashes. It's different each time. I don't mind hanging a bit, but not loading and crashing is kind of a pain.

[–] notanapple@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

This is very weird, are using the default lemmy interface? I dont think the default lemmy interface has anything special so not sure why it would be acting like this.

You could use firefox only for apps that do not work well with librefox. Or try an alternative lemmy frontend like photon or voyager or tesseract or old lemmy (I forgot what the project is called).

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thanks for your help. FYI, tesseract breaks too. I was wondering if it was cloudflare or something? I'll just stick with firefox ig.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried going to other instances directly? I haven't had any issues with lemmy.ml it could just be that your instance is having issues.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean their settings are configured weird so it wouldn't work with them specifically? No, I haven't tried that. I don't really have accounts on other instances anymore. It's too bad, I've been having misgivings on Firefox for a bit now, I really wanted it to work.

[–] thejevans@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You don't need an account. Just go to the website and see if it works.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 months ago

Lemmy.world does not work but lemm.ee does. So it does seem to be instance related?

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 0 points 4 months ago

Librewolf is a hardened fork, not a general use replacement for Firefox. It’s up to you which one would better fit your needs.