Android is now warning of Firefox sharing data

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

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

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

And that's it.

Fennec is great on Android

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

Friendship ended with Firefox. Waterfox is my new best friend ❤️

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

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.

Pot Calling Kettle... etc... 🤣

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

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.

So if Mozilla wants to monetize location data, what does this mean for all the custom ROMs that use Mozilla's location provider instead of Google's?

This might mean that we would have no true free location provider left.

Edit: just was thinking, what does this mean for Firefox forks that also use Mozilla's location service?

Fanboys of Firefox: "DUHB DUHB USE FIREFOX CUZ IT NOT CHROME DUHB DUHB!"

Many Linux distributions will need to dig Firefox looks like . I use Fennec btw , and in desktop Libre wolf since a long time.

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.

use ironfox or fennec

FWIW I'm not seeing this on the Play Store for Firefox 136.0.1 on my Pixel 8a, and I'm not seeing any warnings on Beta or Nightly either:

God damn why's the world so shit

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.

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”?

Get ironfox?

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.

I don't use default firefox for this damn reason.. I hope that Mull Fork gets going soon.. I've been in refuge in IceRaven since that time..

Do they share location data without asking though? Google has an incentive to exaggerate.

Looks like its enshittification continues unabated :/

You know what they say about people who live in glass houses...

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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Vivaldi is where it’s at

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

does anyone actually have a good privacy in mind alternative with sources to back it up?

Iceraven hasn't burned me yet