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Waterfox 6.6.16

6.6.16- Qwant becomes the default search engine​ Security​Waterfox 6.6.16 includes all security fixes that have landed to date for the upcoming Firefox ESR 140.13, which Mozilla is due to release on 21 July. Rather than hold these back for two weeks, we’re shipping them now alongside the search change below.

The corresponding Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory will be published when ESR 140.13 is released. If any further security fixes land upstream before then, they will follow in a point release.

Search​Qwant is the new default​Back in 6.6.13 we set 1.org as a temporary default while we worked out a longer term arrangement. That arrangement is now in place - Waterfox has partnered with Qwant, the independent, privacy-focused search engine based in Paris, and it is now the default search engine on all platforms.

You can read the full story behind the partnership, and why it matters for Waterfox’s independence, in the announcement post.

• Qwant is the default in 26 regions: most of Europe, plus Australia, Canada, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the UK, and the US.
  
• Everywhere else, DuckDuckGo is the default until Qwant supports your region.
  
• As always, if you’ve ever set your own search engine, that choice stays put - the new default only applies if you were on the previous default or are installing fresh. You can switch any time in Settings.
  

Ad blocker allowance follows the default​As explained in 6.6.13, the built-in ad blocker allows search ads only on Waterfox’s default search provider - that allowance follows whichever provider we ship as the default, so it now applies to Qwant. Those ads are how the partnership funds Waterfox, and you can turn the allowance off in the blocker settings if you prefer.

6.6.16 - Qwant becomes the default search engine - Waterfox Release