I’ve recently downloaded Librewolf and I am planning to transfer my data from Brave to it. I am a privacy aware user but I haven’t had much experience in using Firefox directly. I have Firefox installed but I have some other old things stored in it (accounts, cache, bookmarks etc.) that I do not want to disturb, nor do I want to use as my default browser. I thought Librewolf would offer a more private and better version of Firefox with a clean slate.

Are there some things to keep in mind while transferring my workflow from a Chromium based browser to a Firefox one? Are there some things to keep in mind specifically for Librewolf? Would I need to change my browsing habits?

Some points about my browser workflow to help you better judge what I may need :

  • I have some accounts saved in my previous browser e.g. Google, Discord, Spotify etc. that I don’t use really much, but require them regardless
  • I use uBlock Origin and SponsorBlock as the only extensions
  • I mostly do light casual browsing e.g. searching for stuff in DDG, streaming video/audio, communication etc.
  • I have been recently avoiding proprietary software and websites in favour of privacy-respecting alternatives and frontends, to the best of my abilities
  • I occassionally use Tor for anonymously working in websites that I have logged onto in my main browser
  • I have had Brave installed on my Android phone too, synced with my PC
  • I installed Mull in my phone in the hope of pairing it with Librewolf while avoiding creating a Firefox account if possible
  • I use Proton VPN (free tier) whenever I use my browser(s)

Sorry if I may be asking obvious questions or doing things blatantly wrong as a privacy respecting user.

  • zorbse
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    1 year ago

    On simplelogin premium you can get your own subdomain from them. For example, you can have the subdomain @computer.simplelogin.com. In my experience these might work even when the domain is blocked for sign up

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      1 year ago

      Ah, nice, will try that out. I guess the success rate depends on the way the sites filte email addresses.

      Thanks for the reply!