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Google Chrome warns uBlock Origin may soon be disabled (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 2 months ago by neme@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (4 children)

This is the first I've heard of LibreWolf. Is it compatible with Windows 7? And also, why is it good?

[–] jrgd@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

https://librewolf.net/

A summary from its site and known technical details:

no telemetry by default
includes uBlock Origin
has sane privacy-respecting defaults
prepackages arkenfox user.js
relatively well-maintained fork of Firefox that keeps up with upstream
No major controversies AFAIK

As for Windows 7, nobody should really need to install Librewolf anyway on such a device. No device running Windows 7 should have access to the internet at this point. If you are asking about compatibility intending this use case, you have bigger problems to worry about than your choice of browser. If you just need to view HTML files graphically, even Internet Explorer or an older firefox ESR will do.

[–] parpol@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

Librewolf is a fork of firefox that removes bloat and telemetry. You can "harden" firefox to do the same thing, but librewolf comes out of the box hardened.

By the way, If you're on win7 and don't want to upgrade, Linux Mint might be a good alternative. It looks and feels similar but isn't a security risk to connect to the internet.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Looks like it should run on Windows.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 2 months ago

Main features: ... Continued support for NPAPI plugins like Silverlight, Adobe Flash and Java

Picture this in your minds eye: a Windows 7 machine running a browser with still working Flash and Java plugins, connected to the internet in 2024.

what do you see?

i see a flourishing ecosystem of worms, viruses and rootkits, all trying to be the one species to get to be the one who does the most damage to the prey species, the common user.

[–] ivn@jlai.lu 0 points 2 months ago

You really shouldn't connect windows 7 to the internet.