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Tos copy updates - "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" removed from FAQ (github.com)

submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is a link to a diff of Firefox where the FAQ are stored in a structured way. In the diff it can be seen that the question "Does Firefox sell your personal data?" has been removed:

        {  
            "@type": "Question",  
            "name": "Does Firefox sell your personal data?",  
            "acceptedAnswer": {  
                "@type": "Answer",  
                "text": "Nope. Never have, never will. And we protect you from  
                        many of the advertisers who do. Firefox products are designed  
                        to protect your privacy. That’s a promise. "  
            }  
        },

People in the comments are asking if the definition of the word "neven" has been changed or what's going on.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 hours ago (3 children)

I keep seeing librewolf mentioned, so I’ve begun making the switch.

Is it possible to copy a profile over so sessions/tabs continue? Just curious. I am a tab hoarder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I tried librewolf, the problem is that it is too strict to the point that some websites don't function and I couldn't for some reason make the extension symbol show up. So it need some configuration before you are able to use it functionaly compared to Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

You can change the settings to be less strict. It is better to start strict and work backwards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

I already tried strict in Firefox many websites don't work.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 hours ago (2 children)

Question for those in the know: does it make sense to use LibreWolf if you don't want to operate in private browsing by default? In my primary browser, I want my logins and settings and browser history to persist.

I've always heard that as one of the big differentiating features of LibreWolf, but I've never really played around with it. Can you change those settings, and if you do, is it any different from stock Firefox at that point?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 hours ago

You can change that if you want

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 hours ago

You can dial back security and privacy in LibreWolf until it matches stock Firefox if you want. Still worth switching since LibreWolf dispenses with all of Mozilla’s telemetry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

If you follow the instructions for backup/restore of your profile that should work.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/back-and-restore-information-firefox-profiles

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

TYVM, Doc!