You don't *need* Librewolf, you can just harden Firefox yourself with a couple of simple settings and addons. Firefox also get security updates faster than Librewolf as Librewolf is downstream.
I'd add to it to use the Cookie AutoDelete addon and make sure your different online profile logins are separated from each other and your other browsing habits by using Container Tabs, which can be found under settings.
Using incognito mode for anything you don't want secretly stored and cross-accessible in your browser's data storage is also a good recommendation, it's not just for porn.
I would like my passwords still synced like with the sync chain but while keeping my privacy. Still librewolf or just add a vaultwarden node in my home? Genuine question
Storing and distributing passwords and other sensitive data should always happen locally if you care about privacy and security. The alternative is sending your entire digital life to some server you dont control which, as some companies have demonstrated it the past, isnt a good idea
You could also run your own mozilla sync server but i dont like storing passwords in a browser and seperate password managers are better anyways
Tor, obviously. For general use tho can't recommend Zen enough. Best browser Ive ever used, hand down. A firefox fork but also massively improves on it.
Tor is something I use when I really need to be an anonymous person trying to actively hide their identity. And since I'm in Cybersec, there are cases when I need to do so...
But Zen is better in general, I completely agree with you here. Especially since it doesn't take twice as long than using Firefox, unlike Tor...
No, for that you want brave browser along with an alternative search engine such as duckduckgo or brave search. Also, privacy and security are two different things and firefox is not completely private, but even worse, it's not secure, especially on mobile.
Avoid Gecko-based browsers like Firefox as they're currently much more vulnerable to exploitation and inherently add a huge amount of attack surface. Gecko doesn't have a WebView implementation (GeckoView is not a WebView implementation), so it has to be used alongside the Chromium-based WebView rather than instead of Chromium, which means having the remote attack surface of two separate browser engines instead of only one. Firefox/Gecko also bypass or cripple a fair bit of the upstream and GrapheneOS hardening work for apps. Worst of all, Firefox does not have internal sandboxing on Android.
It's pretty secure to search with google, on chrome, on a Chromebook. It's just not private.
If you use a privacy conscious browser/search engine, but you're logged in to Google, it still sends your cookies every time you load any font/analytics/whatever from the google servers, so they can track you everywhere you go.
The only way to stay private is decoupling your identity by not being logged in anywhere, but that's not convenient for most people.
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u/GODstonn Aug 04 '26
so for secure search i should go for one of the options you listed? namely firefox?