GOD am I thankful to my old self for disabling js by default. And sticking with it.

edit: lol downvoted with no counterpoint, is it hitting a nerve?

Imustaskforhelp 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> edit: lol downvoted with no counterpoint, is it hitting a nerve?

I have upvoted ya fwiw and I don't understand it either why people would try to downvote ya.

I mean, if websites work for you while disabling js and you are fine with it. Then I mean JS is an threat vector somewhat.

Many of us are unable to live our lives without JS. I used to use librewolf and complete and total privacy started feeling a little too uncomfortable

Now I am on zen-browser fwiw which I do think has some improvements over stock firefox in terms of privacy but I can't say this for sure but I mainly use zen because it looks really good and I just love zen.

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Kiboneu 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> I mean, if websites work for you while disabling js and you are fine with it. Then I mean JS is an threat vector somewhat

It's also been torture, I definitely don't prescribe it. :P Like you say, it's a sanity / utility / security tradeoff. I just happen to be willing to trade off sanity for utility and security.

And yes, unfortunately I have to enable JS for some sites -- the default is to leave it disabled. And of course with cloudflare I have to whitelist it specifically for their domains (well, the non analytics domains). But thankfully wikipedia is light and spiffy without the javascript.

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pluralmonad 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

What is uncomfortable about Librewolf? I thought it was basically FF without telemetry and UBO already baked in?

	▲	Imustaskforhelp 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I appreciate librewolf but when I used to use it, IIRC its fingerprinting features were too strict for some websites IIRC and you definitely have to tone it down a bit by going into the settings. Canvases don't work and there were some other features too. That being said, Once again, Librewolf is amazing software. I can see myself using it again but I just find zen easier in the sense of something which I can recommend plus ubO obv Personally these are more aesthetic changes more than anything. I just really like how zen looks and feels. The answer is sort of, Just personal preference that's all.