Mozilla removes telemetry service Adjust from mobile Firefox versions (www.techzine.eu)
from ForgottenFlux@lemmy.world to privacy@lemmy.ml on 30 Aug 22:12
https://lemmy.world/post/19236099

For Android users seeking a privacy-focused browser, Privacy Guides recommends Mull:

Mull is a privacy oriented and deblobbed Android browser based on Firefox. Compared to Firefox, it offers much greater fingerprinting protection out of the box, and disables JavaScript Just-in-Time (JIT) compilation for enhanced security. It also removes all proprietary elements from Firefox, such as replacing Google Play Services references.

Mull enables many features upstreamed by the Tor uplift project using preferences from Arkenfox. Proprietary blobs are removed from Mozilla’s code using the scripts developed for Fennec F-Droid.

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user224@lemmy.sdf.org on 30 Aug 23:10 next collapse

I just wish Mull (and Tor on Android for that regards) did what desktop Tor and Mullvad browser (I know the devs are different) do with specific window sizes to remove unique window resolutions.

Currently both Android Tor and Mull lead to a unique per-device fingerprint.

jelloeater85@lemmy.world on 30 Aug 23:15 next collapse

I wish LibreWolf was on Android. Waterfox is nice though.

kbal@fedia.io on 31 Aug 00:04 collapse

Fennec F-Droid suffices to remove the telemetry.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 31 Aug 06:12 next collapse

It doesn’t protect you as well from fingerprinting

electricprism@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 08:49 collapse

Fdroid literally says fennec tracks you under “anti-features”, did I miss something?

kbal@fedia.io on 31 Aug 12:59 collapse

They remove telemetry, such as the kind of telemetry causing the problems reported in this thread. They do not remove OCSP, safe browsing, Sync, and other things that connect to outside servers and therefore leak information about user activity. They do enable about:config so that those which are unwanted can be disabled.

user@lemmy.one on 31 Aug 00:11 collapse

Mull is a fork of another developers work, relan, github.com/Divested-Mobile/Mull-Fenix?tab=readme-…, gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild, relan is one human being living in Russia so.....https://gitlab.com/relan Make what you will of that.

Upstream7564@discuss.tchncs.de on 31 Aug 03:10 collapse

Yea, Americans are much more trustworthy

grrgyle@slrpnk.net on 30 Aug 23:49 next collapse

Really liking what I’m seeing coming out of Mozilla/FF lately

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 09:03 next collapse

Same

ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world on 06 Sep 14:19 collapse

They aren’t getting google money anymore.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 31 Aug 06:10 next collapse

Mull + Ublock origin and Privacy badger

GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml on 31 Aug 09:03 collapse

Not sure about Privacy Badger. If you want to be less trackable, keeping Mull with its stock settings is recommended to greatly weaken fingerprinting.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip on 31 Aug 16:35 collapse

It replaces iframe content which is nice

pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 31 Aug 13:38 collapse

been using iceraven