It hides the act of looking up a site in the first place. The main advantage of Oblivious DNS over DNS over HTTPS is that it better prevents network-level tracking of your web browsing habits by your ISP or others running the network infrastructure. It adds an extra layer of indirection and privacy protection. But Oblivious DNS better hides the fact that you are making any query for a given site at all. So both Oblivious DNS and DNS over HTTPS prevent spying on the specific domains you lookup. Your internet provider cannot associate queries with specific sites you visit. Oblivious DNS goes further by routing encrypted queries through proxy servers in a way that obscures the true intended domain. However, they can still see that you are making requests to a DNS server, and potentially correlate timing information to identify sites. With regular DNS, your DNS queries are sent in plain text, allowing your internet provider to easily see every website you request.ĭNS over HTTPS encrypts your DNS queries with HTTPS, so your internet provider cannot read the contents. Privacy enhancements to some of the most popular search engines (wink wink, nudge nudge) are also in the pipeline, with more to be revealed soon.This is in progress and is due for release. Waterfox for Android’s feature set has been finalised, but requires updating to the latest components.Waterfox’s preferences have been gone through with a fine tooth comb, with a lot of assistance from yokoffing, who maintains Betterfox.js.

That means you can watch your favourite shows on the streaming platform of your choice.

Linux, alongside Windows, now supports DRM.

Waterfox is now built with new optimisation techniques 2, giving you a faster browsing experience.

Access this via Menu > More tools > Customize toolbar….You can now move and remove the extension button from the navigation bar.Waterfox uses DNS over Oblivious HTTP 1, a privacy preserving method for DNS queries.This release further enhances your privacy while browsing the web.

🎉 Welcome to the release of the sixth generation of Waterfox.

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