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Firefox has a problem and Android phones are affected by it (does that help all of you down voters?l (www.androidheadlines.com)
submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by Delusion6903@discuss.online to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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Does fennec get around this?

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[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I see what you mean. My first post of a link from this app and I guess I wasn't sure how this was going to look. I didn't want to post anything myself hoping the article would be self explanatory.

The question remains, is Firefox damaging my phone in the long run? Is fennec better?

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No, I don't recommend Fennec. Consider Mull if you want something without Mozilla's telemetry. Mull has some of Tor Browser's privacy features as well as not having telemetry.

That said, I don't think Firefox is harmful in any way.

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online -1 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I can't handle scrolling with Mull. Otherwise, I love it.

[–] festnt@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

whats wrong with mull's scrolling?

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

you can change that in about:config, i think privacy.resistFingerprinting is the culprit

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like it's all or nothing. I realize that any item turned off makes you more unique but not every site is making fingerprints using every feature.

I want to resist fingerprinting without decreasing the functionality of my phone. Only change the refresh rate.

[–] chayleaf@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

I agree that's a problem, but refresh rate is one of the fingerprinting methods, and resistFingerprinting doesn't offer finetuning options (except canvas permissions?), which is what prevents me from using it

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You'll probably have the same issue with any Firefox fork. It works fine for me, but I have pretty low standards I guess.

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online -1 points 4 months ago

No. It's horribly hideous on Mull and not bad on either Firefox or Fennec.