I have been using Waterfox for some time now, and I generally really like it, and since it appears to be using QT I do not have that annoying mismatch I tend to have with Firefox and Librewolf. However I did recently become aware that it’s owned by an ad company, my general question is have they done anything spooky yet? also while this might come off as a general paranoia are the accounts I logged in using Waterfox safe
ref. https://www.waterfox.net/docs/faq
ref. https://system1.com/
tldr: still seemed to be owned by a marketing/advertising company or am i missing something ?
FAQ is probably just outdated.
As far as i can see the blog post some people are referncing only states
But doenst say what that means exactly or who now controls or owns it. So until i see any other information, i will continue to assume that it is owned and controlled by system1. But If anyone, knows something more, please be so kind and share your sources.
edit: Seems i overlooked some information. See post @[email protected] below. So the question would be now: Is the new “BrowserWorks” company trustworthy. Guess as long as sources are open (ref. https://github.com/WaterfoxCo/Waterfox) and we can follow the development … we’ll see in time.
edit2: Might also be very interesting to know how this company intends to make money.
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/independent
Also it’s clearly states at the bottom of the site
BrowserWorks, an independent company. Company No. 14843353.You can look up it in the government database https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14843353
Interesting … might be worth keeping an eye out on them.