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@Waterfox@mastodon.social

mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06

Get privacy out of the box.

3443 Followers

12 Following

24 Posts

Joined September 22, 2023

Website:

https://www.waterfox.com

Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/waterfox

GitHub:

https://github.com/BrowserWorks/Waterfox

BlueSky:

https://bsky.app/profile/waterfox.net

Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@arstechnica/115974050817264132 This is why I drew a line in the sand. The industry wants to turn the browser into a concierge between you and the web, interpreting and filtering your reality. They call it delegation - I call it a loss of agency. A browser should be a tool you wield, not something that makes decisions for you. @arstechnica@mastodon.social maybe worth mentioning us as an alternative ;)

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@arstechnica__dup_1397@mastodon.social

Google begins rolling out Chrome's "Auto Browse" AI agent today The Auto Browse agent is available to AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers, but there are some limits. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/01/google-begins-rolling-out-chromes-auto-browse-ai-agent-today/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Waterfox's default search is now @Qwant@mastodon.social! An independent, privacy-focused engine as the default - something I've long been gunning for 👇 https://www.waterfox.com/blog/waterfox-partners-qwant/

Waterfox partners with Qwant - Waterfox Blog

Waterfox partners with Qwant - Waterfox Blog

Waterfox partners with Qwant to support privacy-first, independent search.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

And so it begins. Chrome is shipping a Prompt API - giving websites access to the browser's built-in LLM. This is the scope creep I wrote about... websites can now pass your page content, inputs and browsing context to an AI baked into the browser itself. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/g/blink-dev/c/iR6R7-nQeHI/m/gb9zDAMqAwAJ?pli=1

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Waterfox Private Search has a new look built around clearer hierarchy, consistent controls, stronger accessibility, and more predictable navigation. Everything should feel faster and less janky. Want to support Waterfox? Give it a go! 👇 https://search.waterfox.com

Waterfox Private Search - No ads. No tracking. Just search.

search.waterfox.com

Waterfox Private Search - No ads. No tracking. Just search.

Search the web privately with no ads, tracking, or stored search history.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Waterfox is an @ethicalconsumer@campaign.openworlds.info “Best Buy”!

Proud to be recognised in their latest web browsers guide for helping support a more private, independent and open web.

https://www.ethicalconsumer.org/sites/default/files/flipbook/Issue221/38/

ethicalconsumer.org

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 9mo ago

Boosted by @ferrix@mastodon.online

Some thoughts on Mozilla's trajectory and Waterfox's stance on AI in the browser 👇 https://www.waterfox.com/blog/no-ai-here-response-to-mozilla/?v=1

No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla

No AI* Here - A Response to Mozilla

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Happy 15th birthday Waterfox! 🎂

https://www.waterfox.com/blog/15-years-of-forking/

15 Years of Forking - Waterfox Blog

15 Years of Forking - Waterfox Blog

Today marks 15 years of Waterfox!

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Waterfox 6.6.15 is rolling out!

This is a small follow up release for the MFSA 2026-58 security advisories. Most related fixes were already included in 6.6.14; this update adds the remaining fixes.

Beta for the next major Waterfox release is coming soon 👀

https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.15/

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Waterfox 6.6.14 for desktop and Waterfox 1.2.4 for Android are now rolling out to all users!

If you’d like to support continued Waterfox development, please consider signing up for Waterfox Private Search.

https://search.waterfox.com

Waterfox Private Search - No ads. No tracking. Just search.

search.waterfox.com

Waterfox Private Search - No ads. No tracking. Just search.

Search the web privately with no ads, tracking, or stored search history.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 4mo ago

Waterfox 6.6.13 is rolling out! Auto-updates to follow soon...

Big changes - the built-in ad blocker is now available to use, and Startpage has been temporarily replaced with 1.org (a charitable search engine).

Plus, tracking protection fixes and web compat work.

https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.13

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Waterfox v6.6.11 is rolling out over the next few days! Testing a new feature that I'd love to get your feedback on - please try it out and let me know how it goes: https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.11/

Waterfox 6.6.11 — Security fixes and feature preview — Release Notes

Waterfox 6.6.11 — Security fixes and feature preview — Release Notes

This release includes the latest security fixes and a built-in ad blocker available for testing

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Boosted by @octothorpe@mastodon.online

Waterfox 6.6.10 and Waterfox for Android 1.2.2 are now rolling out! → Desktop brings security fixes and Discord compatibility improvements. → Android updates to Gecko 149 and fixes an issue with deleting data on quit.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

Boosted by @octothorpe@mastodon.online

Waterfox 6.6.8 is out: manually unload tabs from the tab menu, passkeys on macOS, JPEG XL improvements and Windows builds now include the required VS redist files for easier fresh system installs 👇 https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.6.8/

Waterfox 6.6.8 — Tab unloading & passkeys — Release Notes

Waterfox 6.6.8 — Tab unloading & passkeys — Release Notes

Manual tab unloading with improved unloaded tab previews, macOS passkeys, Windows redist bundling, and assorted import/UI fixes.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Tomorrow marks a special day for Waterfox…

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

Replying to

@USBTypeSteve@infosec.exchange @Qwant@mastodon.social yes - sorry for the hassle. 1.org was only ever meant as a temporary holdover (albeit you can still use it!), I’d been having talks with a lot of different companies over the last year but things move slow and then sometimes they move fast and all at once. It’s awful UX, always frustrated me when I have to do it as I know it looks terrible. Had a great run from 2018 → 2025 when it was just Bing! AI has had such a crazy effect on the search market.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 2mo ago

Waterfox 6.7.0 Beta 3 has now rolled out, and will be the final beta before it hits the release channel! It includes both x64 and ARM64 builds, as well as proper Linux repo support. Give it a whirl 👇 https://www.waterfox.com/releases/6.7.0-beta.3/

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 3mo ago

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@drewph@ieji.de @Qwant@mastodon.social As you'll notice, it isn't enabled by default in unsupported countries, we fallback to DuckDuckGo for that.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

@FrutigerAero00@mastodon.social @cygnathreadbare@retro.pizza *Sigh*... I don't know why @alternativeto@mas.to did me so dirty, this has absolutely *nothing* to do with Brave.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2013888

The library is already in the Firefox codebase (as are a million other open source libraries)...

I've extended it to block ads as well as trackers.

bugzilla.mozilla.org

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 5mo ago

Replying to

@originalofficesupplies 🫡

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

Replying to

@Auster1@mastodon.social A lot of users don't install a blocker. This takes them from ads everywhere to ads blocked on every page except plain text (contextual) results on one search page - which is also configurable. That's not a slippery slope, it's a massive reduction. If you use uBO (or similar), nothing changes for you. Search partnerships have funded Waterfox for over 13 years now... Donations don't sustain a one-person project (I've tried). How this could possible be a negative is beyond me 🤷‍♂️

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 9mo ago

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@soaproot@sfba.social hmm, I’ve only tested on macOS and windows! Will try Linux tomorrow and let you know if I can see what’s going on

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 6mo ago

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@Auster1@mastodon.social If there isn't trust already after 15 years, nothing is really going to change that is it? It's your prerogative but fundamentally donations aren't enough to sustain me and people aren't willing to pay for the other services I've offered. Good for you if you're privileged enough to have enough of an income to work on OSS for free, but I don't have that luxury.

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 9mo ago

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@soaproot@sfba.social yes it does - what platform and any specific error?

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Waterfox @Waterfox@mastodon.social

· 8mo ago

Replying to

@martin@mastodon.bsd.cafe @jabcreations@mastodon.social ah nice! I’ll take a look :)

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