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. Waterfox’s independence also contributed to the delay of this release, but it is a delay worth celebrating 🥳

A complete revamp of the config options set by default is also on it’s way.Īpologies for the delay on this release, setting up the privacy relay for ODNS as well as creating the toolchain for polly support took longer than anticipated.

Linux deserves some love too, and optimisations are in the works for the final release.

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.Some more performance oriented upgrades are in testing, but may not make it for final release.

Alongside an update to the logo, the website is also getting a fresh lick of paint.Waterfox’s logo will potentially be updated in an upcoming beta release, so keep an eye out.Themes have been updated, which should fix various bugs.Some bugs may be carried over from G5, please report them!.Waterfox is now compiled with a polyhedral optimiser 3.Waterfox is now compiled with PGO 2 on Windows and macOS.Waterfox now uses Oblivious DNS 1 by default, a privacy preserving method for DNS queries.The first Beta release of G6! With the never-ending focus on improving privacy and performance, this release is to be a tasty one.

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