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If you want security use Tor
Tor is for like the EXTREME end of security that may not be required for casual users but Tor has its place in my computer
This might be a better suggestion then: https://mullvad.net/en/browser
Useful even without a VPN.
How is it better than, say, LibreWolf or Waterfox?
It's the Tor browser without Tor, there's a wipe button just for this issue.
I'm asking for like specific features
It's not a replacement for Firefox or it's forks, it's a complement to your main browser. It's like private browsing but always private and always separate from your other browsers and won't save any data locally except maybe bookmarks.
The link I originally posted should explain this but here is a page that explains it in greater detail: https://mullvad.net/en/browser/hard-facts. Some more links:
It is a fork of Firefox and what I'm asking is what advantages it gives over librewolf, which also tries to do the same stuff
Your last link is a 404
Mullvad is a fork of Tor Browser so it gets some features from that like:
Discussion about this https://github.com/mullvad/mullvad-browser/issues/1