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.

  • sylowosa@lemm.eeOP
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yes, I did start using PIped and Invidious on my browser and installed Newpipe in my phone. Tho there are some drawbacks, it is much better than using Youtube directly after I heard about them planning to block adblockers and removing recommendations for signed in users with watch history off.

    • Skimmer@lemmy.zip
      3·
      1 year ago

      Great, then you probably don’t need SponsorBlock, to my knowledge the extension only works on YouTube’s official website.

      • sylowosa@lemm.eeOP
        1·
        1 year ago

        Also, is there a preferred way to create a Firefox account? I don’t want to enter my personal email, and adding a disposable email may lock me from this account if it asks for verification later on.

          • myofficialaccount@feddit.de
            1·
            1 year ago

            So, a lot of websites filter out known trash mail domains and won’t allow any of their email addresses for sign up. I don’t see that Simplelogin or Addy can circumvent that (beside using a custom domain which however will be linked to your name via the registrar).

            How do you manage websites with such restrictions?

            • zorbse@lemmy.blahaj.zone
              3·
              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

              • myofficialaccount@feddit.de
                2·
                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!

            • Skimmer@lemmy.zip
              2·
              1 year ago

              I usually just create a burner Proton Mail account in that case, and keep note of its details and purpose in my Password Manager so I don’t forget.