Post B50khpiTCJD28y4phg by tschigi@swiss.social
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 (DIR) Post #B50gAQwNtMdZvlP5do by itsfoss@mastodon.social
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       We wonder if Firefox's decision to add a free VPN and AI can bring back lost users. 🧐https://itsfoss.com/opinion/firefox-survival-with-vpn-ai/#firefox #opensource
       
 (DIR) Post #B50gPn45usSytMKgpU by timagal@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss No.
       
 (DIR) Post #B50gQ3JZV6LzHzhHAu by celeduc@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss a free VPN which allows Mozilla to spy on *all* your traffic, sounds delightful.
       
 (DIR) Post #B50gbBlQQWcUgC2GO0 by Mellivora@im-in.space
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       @itsfoss I already moved to forks. lolThey should instead add stuff like web serial.
       
 (DIR) Post #B50hfsJkFuQHllt2p6 by juanjimenezmartinez@neopaquita.es
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       @itsfoss Since I can switch off the AI I have returned to #Firefox
       
 (DIR) Post #B50khpiTCJD28y4phg by tschigi@swiss.social
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       @itsfoss Nope. Not me. I’m never going back because I‘ve switched to @Vivaldi and I 😍 it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B50lLKqHPDbpyNZ9No by MostlyTato@mstdn.social
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       @itsfoss Isn't it a proxy tab rather than a VPN? If so, Vivaldi do this using Proton VPN and Opera have been doing it for years.
       
 (DIR) Post #B50lXS6YEJr7yJxFVg by heartcode_dev@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss Still waiting for Ladybird 😉
       
 (DIR) Post #B50prpA4cAHB5cZVZY by metaend@vivaldi.net
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       (No)
       
 (DIR) Post #B5196aj6SpgdnEiBe4 by HaystacksTech@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss Give me TOR, then we can talk!
       
 (DIR) Post #B51N9KDrgEEepnIX5c by judahhansen@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss The AI is causing the decline, it certainly won't help stop it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B51ljLfECEpkd5o5bM by ilja_tihhonov@mastodon.social
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       @itsfoss I think VPN should cover all network connections, not only web-browser. In-browser solution is better than nothing, but still...
       
 (DIR) Post #B51o0zSnfx0GtfXATg by abstractsun@social.linux.pizza
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       @itsfoss If privacy + security are high priorities, then as far as regular browsers go, Firefox is the browser to use and it's simply no contest.I recommend μBlock Origin as a first line of defense for browser spyware/malware/etc. Firefox's browser engine is now the only one where it works properly and isn't subject to arbitrary limitations. This wasn't a feature Firefox added. It was a feature that the other browser engine altered because it made it harder to sell ads, and in turn most other browsers have less effective μBlock because they use that engine.Firefox also now has built-in support for offline translations for dozens of languages, courtesy of Project Bergamot.These are just recent, more user-facing developments. As far as technical enhancements go, Firefox has implemented sandboxing of third-party site data to the current host (aka "total cookie protection") and was an early adopter DNS-over-HTTPs. If you go way back, you'll find that Netscape, Firefox's progenitor, was a pioneer in the development of HTTPS.If a regular web browser isn't good enough privacy-wise, then there is Tor, which is based on Firefox' web engine and is specifically built to minimize browser tracking at the cost of convenience.