<p><em>UPDATE: I have changed the browser that I use for browsing. I use the Mullvad browser now. Please read why <ahref="../mullvad/">over here.</a></em></p>
<p>I have a new browser setup on my desktop to increase my privacy and convenience. It is divided into two profiles that perform differently based on what I need to do in the moment.</p>
<p>I use Librewolf as my browser. It is a fork of Firefox that is enhanced for privacy without heavily impacting user experience. I divided it into two profiles:</p>
<ol>
<li>Accounts (instances in which I need to login)</li>
<li>Browsing (general website browsing)</li>
</ol>
<p>Let me walk through how each profile is setup.</p>
<p>Firstly, let me talk about common settings between both profiles.</p>
<h3>Common In Both</h3>
<p>On both profiles, I have my settings to optimize my privacy. On Firefox-based browsers, it is very easy to use these settings because most of them have little impact on convenience. I use Brave Search as my search engine and will switch to my own SearX instance when I get a good server. In terms of extensions, I have the 'uBlock Origin' extension installed setup to block JavaScript and remote fonts by default. I have the default lists along with all the others unchecked by default apart from language lists. I block every single domain from Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other websites which are known for tracking. If a website breaks, I whitelist that website in particular.</p>
<h3>Accounts Profile</h3>
<p>My accounts profile is optimized to work well with day-to-day logins and important websites. I use this profile for all websites where I can login like Google or Microsoft.</p>
<p>I use the following extensions:</p>
<ol>
<li>
Cookie AutoDelete
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<li>Enabled with whitelisting to auto-delete cookies for websites which I open by accident.</li>
<li>Using extension instead of Librewolf's built-in setting because it currently does not work for me.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Containers
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<li>For multiple accounts</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
<h3>Browsing Profile</h3>
<p>My browsing profile runs in permanent private browsing mode so my cookies, cache and browsing history are automatically deleted when I close my browser. I use it for general web browsing like watching videos, viewing articles and more. I have most of the content I like in an RSS feed but this profile is useful for some websites which either do not have an RSS feed or I only need to use once.</p>
<p>For this profile, I use these extensions:</p>
<ol>
<li>
Dark Reader
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<li>'Invert Listed Only' mode turned on because most websites I use have dark mode turned on already.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
LibRedirect
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<li>To redirect common websites to their free, libre and open-source frontends.</li>
<li>
Some examples are:
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<li>YouTube --> Invidious</li>
<li>Twitter --> Nitter</li>
<li>Reddit --> LibReddit</li>
<li>Medium --> Scribe</li>
<li>Wikipedia --> Wikiless</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>I highly recommend everyone to do the same because these frontends are lightweight and do not use JavaScript which makes them load swiftly.</li>
