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Changed the rating of Waterfox from High -> Medium. 

See #117 for more information.
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<meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="application/xhtml+xml;charset=utf-8"/>
<title>Waterfox Classic — Spyware Watchdog</title>
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<title>Waterfox Classic - Spyware Watchdog</title>
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<div class="case">
<div class="nav"><a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a></div>
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<a href="index.html">&larr; Catalog</a>
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<img src="../images/waterfox_logo.png" alt="Waterfox Logo"/>
<h1>Waterfox Classic</h1>
<p>Version tested was 2020.10.</p>
<p>
Waterfox is a web browser that is a fork of <a href="../articles/firefox.html">Firefox</a>.
Note: This article has a few issues. See <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog/issues/117">this</a> for more details.
</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="orange">High</span></h2>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="yellow>">Medium</span></h2>
<p>
Waterfox is a fork of Firefox that claims to be more private and secure
than Firefox. However, Waterfox contains telemetry and shares
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well as Waterfox's own update service. You can look at a list of these requests
<a href="../images/waterfox_classic_spyware.png">here</a>.
</p>
<h3>Waterfox offers spyware search engines to its users and uses Bing as its default search engine</h3>
<p>
By default Waterfox is using the spyware search engine <a href="../articles/bing.html">Bing</a>.
Why would a privacy-based Web Browser offer this search engine by default? The other offered search engines are not much better- we have the option of searching with Google,
which also logs your internet searches, and Ecosia, which also logs your internet searches (but it gives them to Bing). The developers attitude towards these search engines is concerning:
</p>
<p>
<i>"Bing is actually quite good for privacy as well (let's not forget Mozilla even suggested them as a more privacy focused search back in 2009)."</i><sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup>
</p>
<p>
It's very clear that while the browser advertises itself as very privacy focused, the actual words and actions of the developers aren't consistent with this claim.
</p>
<h3>Waterfox is integrated into the "Firefox Accounts" spyware platform</h3>
<p>
The "Firefox Accounts" platform allows you to sync a lot of sensitive
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where the user can understand what they are giving up when they download the update.
</p>
<p>Other known spywares, like Chromium, make use of this method</p>
<h3>Not spyware related, but worth noting</h3>
<h3>Anti-privacy search engine by default</h3>
<p>
By default Waterfox uses the search engine <a href="../articles/bing.html">Bing</a>.
Why would a privacy-based Web Browser offer this search engine by default? The other offered search engines are not much better- we have the option of searching with Google,
which also logs your internet searches, and Ecosia, which also logs your internet searches (but it gives them to Bing). The developers attitude towards these search engines is concerning:
</p>
<p>
<i>"Bing is actually quite good for privacy as well (let's not forget Mozilla even suggested them as a more privacy focused search back in 2009)."</i><sup><a href="#s2">[2]</a></sup>
</p>
<p>
It's very clear that while the browser advertises itself as very privacy focused, the actual words and actions of the developers aren't consistent with this claim.
</p>
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<p><b>
<b>This article was created prior to 6/2/2018</b><br/>
This article was last edited on 12/27/2020
This article was last edited on 2/20/2022
</b></p>
<p>
If you want to edit this article, or contribute your own article(s), visit us at the git repo on <a href="https://codeberg.org/shadow/SpywareWatchdog">Codeberg</a>. All contributions must be licensed under the CC0 license to be accepted.

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<h1>Web Browser</h1>
<p>Web Browser is a browser originally based on Pale Moon.</p>
<h2>Spyware Level: <span class="green">Not Spyware</span></h2>
<p>Web Browser <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span> It is also fully open source.<sup><a href="#one">[1]</a></sup> It is a great choice for everyday use and due to it being based on Pale Moon, it has access to all of the XUL plugins available.</p>
<p>Web Browser <span class="green">makes no unsolicited requests at all.</span> It is also fully open source.<sup><a href="#one">[1]</a></sup> Due to it being based on Pale Moon, it has access to all of the XUL plugins available.</p>
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