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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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Which browsers are best for privacy? (privacytests.org)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by ekZepp@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Open-source tests of web browser privacy.

[EDIT] - Check the comments for more information and links 🔽 🔽 🔽

[Edit Edit] - Brave Browser caught adding its own referral codes to some cryptocurrency trading sites - More in the comments 🔽 🔽 🔽

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[–] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do you know of any guides to configure Firefox to be as private as LibreWolf?

[–] TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This website has a really extensive writeup on Firefox privacy and security hardening that I learned a couple of tricks from.

Besides that, you can search the Mozilla support forums as there are tons of threads there with questions and answers about Firefox privacy and security.