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I used to use Librewolf but found it lagged behind Firefox too much when it came to security updates. But I agree with you that it does take the work out of configuring Firefox, which is convenient.


I'm sure a lot of us are already using Firefox with uBlock Origin, and I'm also sure that most of us already know about [Arkenfox](https://github.com/arkenfox). Despite this, one thing that I'm still noticing on the internet are people recommending extensions that, as per the Arkenfox [wiki](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions), are frankly just not needed anymore. So people, please stop using: * Cookie extensions like Cookie Auto Delete * URL cleaning extensions like ClearURLs * Anti-fingerprinting extensions * Redundant privacy extensions like Ghostery or Privacy Badger * NoScript And also please note that Firefox Multi-Account Containers is probably overkill for most threat models, and that Firefox's builtin Total Cookie Protection is probably *just fine*.
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If you use uBlock, you don’t need this.

From the Arkenfox wiki:

🟪 DON’T BOTHER

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Neat URL, ClearURLs Redundant with uBlock Origin’s removeparam and added lists. Any potential extra coverage provided by additional extensions is going to be minimal


Is customizing Firefox via userChrome.css bad for privacy?
Basically title...I'm wondering specifically if my `chrome/userChrome.css` is increasing my chances of getting fingerprinted/tracked/etc. I can't find answers on DDG or on Arkenfox's GitHub, so I'm probably good, but what do you think?
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Are Firefox containers useful?
Apart from signing into multiple accounts or isolating pages under the same domain, is there any advantage to using Firefox containers from a security standpoint or do you think that Total Cookie Protection is sufficient for most use cases / threat models?
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