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Welcome to Advisorator’s Tip of the Week, helping you learn something new from the tech world every Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Librewolf<\/a> is a free web browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux that’s basically a stripped-down version of Firefox with uBlock Origin’s tracker blocker<\/a> pre-installed. As a result, it offers stronger privacy protection than Firefox alone, and it eliminates some clutter, such as Firefox’s search bar ads<\/a> and the “Add to Pocket” button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Librewolf has been around for a couple of years now, I only discovered it through PrivacyTests.org<\/a>, a site that compares the anti-tracking features of various web browsers. Seeing Librewolf fare better than practically every other major browser\u2014including Chrome, Edge, and Safari\u2014made me want to check it out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The closest alternative is Brave<\/a>, which uses the open-source code behind Google Chrome to build a much more privacy-centric browser with built-in ad blocking. But like Firefox itself, Librewolf has a more customizable interface, plus it doesn’t have any weird cryptocurrency schemes attached.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By default, Librewolf does make some big trade-offs to maintain its privacy focus. For a more traditional browsing experience, I suggest making some tweaks:<\/p>\n\n\n\n