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I recently installed librewolf for enhanced privacy and I found it have option for firefox sync Should I use it?Will it reduce privacy?

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[–] uuhhhhmmmm@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

https://librewolf.net/docs/faq/#can-i-use-firefox-sync-with-librewolf-is-it-safe-to-do-so

Yes, you can enable it in your the LibreWolf specific UI or in your overrides. There aren't significant downsides as Firefox Sync encrypts your data locally before transmitting it to the server. Additionally, you can self-host the old version of the server if you really don't want to use Mozilla's, and there's work being done to have the new version equally easy to self-host. Find out more about the technical details of Sync's implementation here and here.

When using Sync across multiple installations you might want to disable settings synchronization to avoid unintentional changes.

[–] platoose@feddit.uk 9 points 1 year ago

I use Librewolf with Firefox Sync and it works excellently, it doesn't interfere with Librewolf's operations at all

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Haven't tried it, but I'm guessing if you log on to sync on FF, it potentially might interfere with LW's configuration when it tries to sync? I'm curious as well and hopefully someone can give you a definitive answer.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I believe it uses e2ee... So it is not a big privacy risk