Pale Moon is a fork of an old <ahref="../articles/firefox.html">Firefox</a> version, before the user interface change that put off many people. Version 28.4 was used to
write this article. This article replaces an old article (<ahref="../articles/palemoon_old.html">here</a>).
Connects to analytics services, and these requests can <b>only be avoided on subsequent runs</b>. Has block lists, search suggestions, and auto-updates.
Pale Moon by default won't allow you to install the privacy-enhancing addon NoScript, citing this rationale for
blocking such an important addon: <i>"NoScript is known to cause severe issues with a large (and growing) number of websites. Unless finely tuned for every website visited,
<b><fontcolor=yellow>To disable this blocklist, set extensions.blocklist.enabled to false in about:config.</font></b>
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<h3>Auto-updates</h3>
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Pale Moon will automatically update itself, addons and search engines, as well as its blocklist.xml file with the addons it considers "malicious". Some of these can be turned off from the GUI, and some only from about:config.
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<h3>Search Suggestions</h3>
<p>The default search engine is the privacy-respecting DuckDuckGo, however search suggestions are enabled by default, which could send a request for every letter you've typed, all while you think it stays in-browser until you press Enter. Can be turned off by right-clicking the search bar.
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<h3>OCSP querying</h3>
<p>Will automatically check every site's SSL certificate to see if it is valid, which necessitates sending it to a third party. Can be turned off from the GUI.</p>
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