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Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data

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  • ? Guest

    How is Mullvad Browser? I know it's based on Firefox but wouldn't imagine they would tolerate this.

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    Mullvad is really for anonymous sessions. It's meant to blend in with every other Mullvad instance on the Net so it helps make users harder to identify. It's not geared towards daily use.

    On desktop, I switched to Librewolf and installed the Dark Reader add-on.

    I will continue using Firefox on Android because I have absolutely no illusions about my privacy on this fucking thing.

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      No but where are you going to go. The options are shrinking.

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      Iron fox is another option.

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        I've not heard of ironfox before this thread! Could you possibly link it? Doesn't seem like it's on FDroid or IzzyOnDroid

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        its for android, mobile.

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          God damn why's the world so shit

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          God damn why’s the world so shit

          Society empowers and encourages shitty people that only care about their own kind/tribe, is why.

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            They have been posted.

            Edit:

            Don’t call me unless I gave you my number

            Why would anyone here call you, and how would they even have your number in the first place?

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            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdJbW8sKa9M

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              God damn why's the world so shit

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              It really is. Literally everything is shit and I'm so fucking over it.

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              • cosmiccleric@lemmy.worldC [email protected]

                Well, if there was any doubt before, with the weird ToS p.r. dance they were doing last week, now we know, for sure.

                I've already switched to LibreWolf on the desktop. Is there a good non-Firefox browser for Android available?

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                IronFox, Fennec, Mull, Tor Browser

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                • sneptaur@pawb.socialS [email protected]

                  You should just post the articles and videos.

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                  Or I was busy and gave a quick and still helpful response

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                  • ? Guest

                    That's why I'm posting this 🤷‍♂️

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                    I didn't mean it to come across as insulting or anything. I meant it all genuinely to be helpful

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                    • monstrosity@lemm.eeM [email protected]

                      Mullvad is really for anonymous sessions. It's meant to blend in with every other Mullvad instance on the Net so it helps make users harder to identify. It's not geared towards daily use.

                      On desktop, I switched to Librewolf and installed the Dark Reader add-on.

                      I will continue using Firefox on Android because I have absolutely no illusions about my privacy on this fucking thing.

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                      GrapheneOS is pretty good, as a more private alternative to Android, though the downside is that it's only available for Pixel phones. I bought a used one on ebay.

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                        I've not heard of ironfox before this thread! Could you possibly link it? Doesn't seem like it's on FDroid or IzzyOnDroid

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                        In addition to what others have said, it can be downloaded from the Accrescent app store:

                        https://accrescent.app/

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                          GrapheneOS is pretty good, as a more private alternative to Android, though the downside is that it's only available for Pixel phones. I bought a used one on ebay.

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                          I wonder if Square would still work, for example? I haven't flashed open source ROMs on my phone since like 2012.

                          Honestly though, I just consider the phone a lost cause when it comes to privacy & use it accordingly. Uncle Googs is always watching, even when the damn thing is turned off.

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                            I wonder if Square would still work, for example? I haven't flashed open source ROMs on my phone since like 2012.

                            Honestly though, I just consider the phone a lost cause when it comes to privacy & use it accordingly. Uncle Googs is always watching, even when the damn thing is turned off.

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                            the thing about degoogled OS is lack of SafetyNet support and it is important for banking apps.

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                              IronFox, Fennec, Mull, Tor Browser

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                              Mull is supposedly no longer being developed.

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                              • ? Guest

                                No but where are you going to go. The options are shrinking.

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                                Zen browser is great on desktop

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                                  the thing about degoogled OS is lack of SafetyNet support and it is important for banking apps.

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                                  Thx, that's exactly my concern as I remember it being an issue when I was flashing ROMs in the past.

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                                  • ? Guest

                                    Even if this isn't entirely true, you know Google wouldn't pass up the opportunity to reduce Firefox market share to scare everyone back to Chrome.

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                                    So you're advocating that Google shouldn't broadcast that firefox is broadcasting your current location? Even though they do this for every other app available on Android, you're saying they shouldn't do this for firefox?

                                    Why?

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                                      So you're advocating that Google shouldn't broadcast that firefox is broadcasting your current location? Even though they do this for every other app available on Android, you're saying they shouldn't do this for firefox?

                                      Why?

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                                      This notice is effectively added by the Firefox developers when they select the ability to enable location services and also tick a box thay they collect data.

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                                        Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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                                        As of the latest Chrome update on PC, they have dropped support for uBlock. You can still technically enable it, but they disabled it by default once you update.

                                        That got me back to Firefox with breakneck speed.

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                                          So you're advocating that Google shouldn't broadcast that firefox is broadcasting your current location? Even though they do this for every other app available on Android, you're saying they shouldn't do this for firefox?

                                          Why?

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                                          They want to scare people to stay on Chrome now that they discontinued support of uBlock (not that it was ever supported on Chrome for Android anyway)

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