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  • Best privacy-focused browser that allows for adding extensions?

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router99 Its supposed to mean a version of Firefox that is hardened as much as possible by configuration, though Firefox is insecure by design.

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router99 Hardening a browser (in this case firefox) means going in and tightening security settings to make it more "secure/private" (hardened). E.g., enabling settings like https only, clearing all browser data on exit (cookies, history, etc), de-selecting all forms of opt in telemetry like anonymous data anaylitics send off, installing some extensions like uBlock, etc. Bassically, tighten your security settings to what you deem is necessary for your purposes.

    router99 If blocking ads is your main goal with this, you might want to look into NextDNS (or DNS based blocking in general). This way you can block ads system-wide and use your preferred browser independently of extensions.

      [deleted] Yes, I am aware of that, but he is using "hardened Firefox" as if it is an app, and I am asking him to explain what he means. I have never seen an app called "hardened Firefox". I have, however, seen Fennec and Mull.

        router99 he explained it, it's when you harden your browser, this case, Firefox. Mull is good but can break some sites.

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          router99 Then why did you ask to explain "hardened firefox"?

            N1b This is a good suggestion. One could also run a Pi-Hole instance to help with this. There is also dnscrypt-proxy, which lets you block sites at the DNS level.

              jahway603

              But all these DNS-level blockers are very weak. For example they can't block first-party ads like those that Youtube serves. You get much better blocking when you use Firefox/Mull with uBlock Origin or Brave with Brave Shields.