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Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago

Okay, turned it off. If a site needs my location it can ask me and I can politely tell it to fuck off unless it has a warrant.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (3 children)

Any good browser suggestion??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

fennec - it's foss firefox mod, without google and other tracking garbage

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

I like Zen. Waterfox is also good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

for android?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

I like Vivaldi

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Vivaldi

[–] [email protected] 36 points 13 hours ago

Isn't that just because Firefox got access to location data because some site asked for it?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

NnnnnoooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO

[–] [email protected] 143 points 18 hours ago

Google warning you about Mozilla is just peak fucking irony

[–] [email protected] 35 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

Wait a second. You're expecting Google to not FUD? Ha ha ha oh wow. I mean I didn't actually expect them to do so, but yeah.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Wth is fud?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago

Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt. It’s more commonly used in crypto communities.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

Elmer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

Expected, no. Surprised, also no.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 16 hours ago

Google: "Forcing us to divest Chrome could have impacts on our ability to support Mozilla and their high executive salaries as we own the space with Chrome."

Also Google:

[–] [email protected] 9 points 13 hours ago

The DDG app shows no 3rd party tracking attempts made by Firefox at all... So far...

[–] [email protected] 75 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

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

[–] [email protected] 104 points 23 hours ago

"Quick! Jump to chrome instead!" - Google spokesperson

[–] JackbyDev 19 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

Alright gang, what are some good open source Firefox forks available on Android and Linux?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Librewolf for Linux. And ironfox on android

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

On Desktop I use Zen Browser. On Android I still use Brave, but I'm considering switching to a non chromium browser there some time.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

I moved from Firefox on Android to Brave recently because it was too often breaking sites or taking much longer to load. Firefox just added a report broken sktes feature to the app though so maybe I'll go back. Be the change I want to see in the world and whatnot.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Waterfox

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

Hey guys, did you know?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

Either die a hero……

[–] [email protected] 33 points 22 hours ago

Deactivate from settings Have https always on, protection against tracking on strict, data collection and daily ping on off.

And that's it.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 day ago (4 children)

That's a regular notification, which would happen for any application whose data policy is changed on the Play Store page. These policy are as declared by the app publisher. This would be the same for any application that didn't check that "sharing data with third party" box earlier, then checked it later on.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 23 hours ago (4 children)

Firefox engines have telemetry since old ages. Do you know what even crazier ??? even other firefox browser like fennec has Mozilla telemetry.

PSA : disable it with Blocker (ROOT) for more privacy

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

For a novice, what exactly is Blocker (ROOT)? Is it an app, a setting, or a configuration?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

Its app that you can downloaded in F-Droid, basically it's a app that can control other app components. But before that you must Root/Unlock bootloader

[–] JackbyDev 17 points 18 hours ago

Sending telemetry like crashes and what features you use/don't use isn't really in the same category as using location data for marketing purposes. It's a very important distinction to draw.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

It has a mozilla telemetry component, but that doesn't mean that it's necessarily reporting to mozilla - which wouldn't make much sense anyway - nor that it actually functions at all. Most telemetry components in Firefox can't simply be deleted because it causes stuff to break, so they are replaced with stubs that don't actually do anything.