Re:LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, securi...
by junon on Thursday November 04, 2021 @11:59PM
(#29115290)
Not having to use servers at all is kind of a preference. Why do browsers need to phone home at all?
Re:LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, securi...
by GhettoComputers on Friday November 05, 2021 @12:27AM
(#29115445)
When you use a site, you’re using servers and they have logs. This is unrelated to the browser itself, although ideally it shouldn’t have telemetry. But even so the servers of sites you use will and you can’t control the data collection.
Re:LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, securi...
by junon on Friday November 05, 2021 @09:38AM
(#29119027)
When I boot Firefox, that operation should not automatically connect to a server unless I have a default web page set.
Re:LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, securi...
by labawi on Sunday November 07, 2021 @02:03PM
(#29142405)
Maybe I am opening a local file? Using a local network resource? On a limited/expensive connection and don't want it auto-updating some BS? Running the browser in kiosk mode as a glorified HTML/CSS/JS GUI for a local app (apparently a thing now)?
It's really apparent when I socks proxy into a remote site (via limited 2G) to view a few kB worth of HTML admin page and firefox starts autoupdating a bunch of remote resources.
I argued with someone about how we shouldn’t expect privacy with a cell phone, I don’t see how a 24/7 location tracking device that reads data telemetry (even if you use a custom privacy rom you connect to the towers and send telemetry) can ever be seen as private. PCs are usually compromised with Intel ME or AMD ST (unless you have a specially modded one or use old government contracted ones with them disabled).