My home page is blank. My search engine is duckduck go.

I only have adblock and noscript.

I want firefox to not access google - ever. Right now it shows that it connects and maintains a connection permanently.

I find it infuritating actually.

  • bazzett@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    At your own risk, disable Safe Browsing. And add all Google domains to the blacklist of uBlock Origin. Or you can simply switch to LibreWolf and go on with your life.

    • blaggle42@lemmy.todayOPEnglish
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      4 months ago

      f course not; it’s the distro that makes the call. But I want the Librewolf folks to make the effort to get accepted by the distro.

      Hmm, I will try the LibreWolf - will also try disabling safe browsing.

      Thanks for the info!

    • grue@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago
      $ sudo apt install librewolf
[sudo: authenticate] Password: 
Error: Unable to locate package librewolf
      • Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        4 months ago

        (https://librewolf.net/installation/debian/)

        We have a repository for Debian-based distributions (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.), with which you can easily install and update LibreWolf. To add it to your system and install LibreWolf, run the following commands one by one:

        sudo apt update && sudo apt install extrepo -y

        sudo extrepo enable librewolf && sudo extrepo update librewolf

        sudo apt update && sudo apt install librewolf -y

        • grue@lemmy.world
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          4 months ago

          I don’t want to have to “taint” my distro install by adding a repo. I want it to be available from my distro’s official repo.

          • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
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            4 months ago

            You’re going to miss out on great software with that approach. Even for packages that have a Debian apt version, I find it much safer to get it from the maintainers official repos. Get the same version as the apt package if you must.

          • HotsauceHurricane@lemmy.world
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            4 months ago

            Nothing tainted about it. It’s actually one of the easiest ways to get a package you want/need. I appreciate anyone who maintains my precious librewolf package.

    • Hewert Hurggles@thelemmy.club
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      4 months ago

      LibreWolf can’t be a convenient daily driver. Need tweaks and tweaking default settings may reduce privacy and security slightly.

      • bazzett@lemmy.world
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        4 months ago

        Yes, I’ve tried it multiple times, but, apart of the so-called “privacy features”, I can’t find a single reason to use it instead of regular Firefox. Well, I suppose that if you’re really paranoid, or hate every single decision Mozilla makes with the force of a thousand suns, then it can be appealing.

        • InfiniteStruggle@sh.itjust.works
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          4 months ago

          Thats because it is so close to Firefox to not even be distinct, but the privacy settings are useful anyway. I’ve used it as a daily driver for a long time and have not yet found it lacking.