Waterfox is a LICENSE licensed fork of [[Firefox]] written in LANG. - [Website](https://www.waterfox.net/) - [Source](https://github.com/WaterfoxCo/Waterfox) - Documentation - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterfox) > Waterfox is a free and open-source web browser and fork of Firefox. It claims to be ethical and user-centric, emphasizing performance and privacy. \- Wikipedia # Notability # Philosophy ## History Has been under development since 2011 when the developer, Alexandros Kontos, was 16. Starting in 2019, the developer was employed at the marketing and advertising company [[System1]] as the VP of Engineering. This employment ended in 2023. The developer founded [[BrowserWorks Ltd]] in 2023. They partnered with [[Fastly]] to implement [[DoOH]] in late 2023. ## Privacy The developer has a weird relationship with privacy. Both putting privacy front and center on the landing page as well as in the blog saying that its privacy is limited and if people really care about it they should use [[Tor]] instead. To me, this feels like a cop out. The Exodus Privacy report indicates that they use several common telemetry packages, identical to [[Firefox]] but *ex*cludes the [[Adjust marketing Platform]]. # OS Support # Features # Tips # References - Developer's LinkedIn - https://reports.exodus-privacy.eu.org/en/reports/445535/