Sick of Firefox’ latest Privacy Policy changes? Use a privacy focused clone!
In late February, Mozilla changed the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy of the Firefox browser. While not as widely spread as some years ago, it still has a significant user base, for example among people trying to de-google. While they changed wording just two days later, it’s still worth to see what other browsers based on the Firefox engine are out there that might be an alternative.
By the way, we’re supporting 15 different Mozilla forks in our tools (including Spybot and BrowsAlyzer), but here are three recommended ones:
LibreWolf
LibreWolf is strongly privacy oriented. It does not even look for updates itself, unless you install an add-on for that or install it for example through the Windows Store. It’s so locked down that I had trouble with my standard password manager plugin. That’s a security trade off one needs to decide upon personally.
Mullvad Browser
The Mullvad browser comes from the team that also offers Mullvad VPN. It focuses on VPN and Secure DNS as methods to protect you.
Waterfox
The Waterfox browser has temporarily been in corporate hands but is now independent again. One nice privacy feature is that it allows to open new private tabs, without the need for a private window. It also comes with integrated blocking for various trackers.
Conclusion
For all three of them, we still recommend the upcoming Spybot Browser Protection. Still, they’re all reliable browsers based on the Firefox you know, minus some tracking.