The New OilApr 27

#Firefox Quietly Adds #Brave’s #Rust-Based #Adblocker

https://www.privacyguides.org/news/2026/04/24/firefox-quietly-adds-braves-rust-based-adblocker/

#adblockrust #privacy #FOSS #Mozilla

Firefox Quietly Adds Brave’s Rust-Based Adblocker

Firefox has bundled adblock-rust, Brave’s memory-safe content blocker, into Firefox in version 149, although disabled by default.

Privacy Guides
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬Apr 24
#Firefox Has Quietly Integrated #Brave's #Adblock Engine
Shivan Kaul Sahib, the VP of Privacy and Security at Brave, has put out a blog post about something that didn't make it into the #Firefox149 release notes at all. The browser now ships #adblockrust, Brave's #opensource #Rust-based #ad and tracker blocking engine.
Shivan also mentions that #Waterfox, the popular Firefox fork, has adopted adblock-rust, building directly upon Firefox's own implementation.
https://itsfoss.com/news/firefox-ships-brave-adblock-engine/
Firefox Has Quietly Integrated Brave's Adblock Engine

Mozilla shipped it in Firefox 149 without a mention in the release notes.

It's FOSS