Found this notification this morning on my pixel 6.
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does anyone actually have a good privacy in mind alternative with sources to back it up?
Google warning you about Mozilla is just peak fucking irony
NnnnnoooooooooooooooooooOOOOOOOOO
Deactivate from settings Have https always on, protection against tracking on strict, data collection and daily ping on off.
And that’s it.
Isn’t that just because Firefox got access to location data because some site asked for it?
commenting cus I also have the same question
Yep. Like a map website…
I had already downloaded and installed Ironfox (FF Android fork) on my phone and have been using it for a week or so. It works identically to FF for android. Ublock Origin is working in Ironfox too.
The DDG app shows no 3rd party tracking attempts made by Firefox at all… So far…
Yeah. People can avoid all this nonsense by installing one simple app… Duck duck go browser.
You don’t have to use the browser. It just sits in the background quietly blocking tracking requests from other apps.
It’s absolutely horrifying on first use to see how egregious tracking is.
That’s not how it works. Apps cannot access the traffic of other apps, let alone decrypt it. There is no way DDG Browser does what you claim it does. They do not even claim that themselves.
figured as much
They’re making shit up. I can assure you that the DDG app does in fact block trackers in other apps, by functioning as a VPN. Give it a try, it really does work.
It does in fact do what they claim it does, by functioning as a VPN.
You should probably try the app first before talking out of your ass.
There’s also the PersonalDNSFilter which does the equivalent while being a tiny open-source app that serves only for that purpose and also somehow still not getting banned from the Google Play store or AdAway which also has this feature or TrackerControl or…
deadass? I just use adguard
Pretty easy to disable the location app permission or set it to ask every time. Firefox hasn’t asked me to enable it since turning it off.
Yeah I’m pretty sure Firefox won’t ask for or use your location, unless a website wants it for some reason (which is almost never a good one).
and even then, for me at least, the dialog that pops up is broken and lot of times the “Allow” button literally does nothing
Didn’t they also elude to collecting telemetry recently? I know it’s up for some debate but, if true, I’m not sure that’s a thing we can turn off.
FWIW I’m not seeing this on the Play Store for Firefox (yet?) on my Pixel 8a, and I’m not seeing any warnings on Beta or Nightly either:
I don’t see it from installs direct via Obtainium, either.
Either die a hero……
Do they mean “Firefox can get your location data to pass on to pages you give permission to, who we cannot guarantee won’t share it with advertisers” or “Firefox reserves the right to do a deal to monetise the tantalising firehose of location data coming from your device unless you specifically opt out”?
Do they share location data without asking though? Google has an incentive to exaggerate.
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.
You know what they say about people who live in glass houses…
Don’t advertise others’ locations?
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?
IronFox, Fennec, Mull, Tor Browser
Mull is supposedly no longer being developed.
Good to know! I primarily use IronFox.
