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Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data

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  • H [email protected]

    Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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    Been using Libre Wolf, no issues so far. Fuck Firefox

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      Well, there seem to be some good safe alternatives. I am currently switching from Firefox to Vivaldi, for example.

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      Isn't Vivaldi a chromium browser?

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        Genuine question to see if the downvotes are justified or not : are you implying Chrome is a good browser and if so, why?

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        The downvotes are idiotic fanboys who faithfully clutch Firefox like rosary beads because it isn't chrome.

        Why the fuck would anyone imply that I think Chrome is any better? It only tells me they're fucking morons.

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          The downvotes are idiotic fanboys who faithfully clutch Firefox like rosary beads because it isn't chrome.

          Why the fuck would anyone imply that I think Chrome is any better? It only tells me they're fucking morons.

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          An alternative explanation is that the trolling style of your post is attracting downvotes.

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            Isn't Vivaldi a chromium browser?

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            Hmm I didn't know that. I was looking for more data privacy. However, there seem to be good alternatives.

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              Probably GDPR if I had to guess. Seems like anything decent these companies do can be directly traced back to GDPR.

              Edit: guys, "probably" means that I'm unsure.

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              No GDPR does not require google to display app permissions like that...

              Your just making things up.

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                An alternative explanation is that the trolling style of your post is attracting downvotes.

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                A more succinct explanation is that they are just an asshole.

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                • maggiwuerze@feddit.orgM [email protected]

                  So Accrescent is more like the classic play store or Obtainium?

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                  In the play store you're trusting Google and the developer.

                  I'm not sure how obtainium works. But if you download binaries from GitHub, you're trusting the developer to accurately build their source code into the binary without adding anything. You're also trusting GitHub implicitly -- way back when, source forge was sometimes adding malware to downloads iirc.

                  F-droid is kind of cool in that they are saying, "we will ensure for you that the code you execute is the same as the open source code you can read". But this added level of insurance comes with downsides -- like sometimes it's harder for the developer to make their code build properly, or maybe updates take longer.

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                    An alternative explanation is that the trolling style of your post is attracting downvotes.

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                    I'm going to assume you're one of the downvoters and anyone else in this chain. I'm going to now auto-block. Bye.

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                      A more succinct explanation is that they are just an asshole.

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                      That's indeed a natural conclusion about the kind of person who writes a post like that, but I didn't want to rule out other explanations such as drug consumption or stupidity.

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                        In the play store you're trusting Google and the developer.

                        I'm not sure how obtainium works. But if you download binaries from GitHub, you're trusting the developer to accurately build their source code into the binary without adding anything. You're also trusting GitHub implicitly -- way back when, source forge was sometimes adding malware to downloads iirc.

                        F-droid is kind of cool in that they are saying, "we will ensure for you that the code you execute is the same as the open source code you can read". But this added level of insurance comes with downsides -- like sometimes it's harder for the developer to make their code build properly, or maybe updates take longer.

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                        And here I'm trusting Accrescent to actually deliver me an executable that has not been tampered with

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                          Been using Libre Wolf, no issues so far. Fuck Firefox

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                          Does libre wolf have an android app?

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                            Does libre wolf have an android app?

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                            Fennec but I think it still shares some data

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                              I'm going to assume you're one of the downvoters and anyone else in this chain. I'm going to now auto-block. Bye.

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                              Take your meds, you're spiraling

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                              • maggiwuerze@feddit.orgM [email protected]

                                And here I'm trusting Accrescent to actually deliver me an executable that has not been tampered with

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                                Yes you are trusting them, and the developer. Just like you are trusting F-droid if you download from them. You also have to trust that the compiler program doesn't do anything fishy. It's trust all the way down.

                                The good news is that lots of people are working on making the systems trustworthy, and you as a consumer can learn to distinguish between what can be trusted for your usecase and what can't.

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                                  Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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                                  Fennec is great on Android

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                                    Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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                                    i mean it's just because you can grant websites location data and toggle telemetry.

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                                      Does libre wolf have an android app?

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                                      IronFox is the closest alternative. F-Droid repo here:

                                      https://f-droid.org/packages/org.ironfoxoss.ironfox/

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                                        ooh do me next!

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                                          IronFox is the closest alternative. F-Droid repo here:

                                          https://f-droid.org/packages/org.ironfoxoss.ironfox/

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                                          Thank you

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