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What is the best Android browser for privacy? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Right now, my default is Cromite, and I occasionally use Brave as well. I have tried Firefox with uBO, but unfortunately it is slower than the aforementioned browsers and also lacks some features. I've also heard that Gecko-based browsers in general have a security issue on Android, but I don't know the details. Which browser(s) do you use/recommend and why?

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[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago (5 children)

How do you install Ghostery and privacy badger? For me it just fails silently

[–] infjarchninja@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Hi sem

I open Ironfox

press the top right burger menu

press the extensions.

you will be redirected to the Mozilla add-ons site.

you can search for add-ons from there.

check to see if another browser is able to access mozilla add-ons

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/

If it still fails, I would check your settings.

here are mine:

HTTPS_Only mode on in all tabs

DNS over HTTPS off

this is off because my VPN manages my DNS

enhanced tracking protection strict

If you have a VPN installed

Maybe that might be locked down, blocking the internet, preventing you from accessing the internet

I would also disable U-block just to see if it works disabled

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

Thanks. For me what happens is I can browse the add ons site, but when I press the add to firefox button, it fails silently: it looks like it starts to load a page and then does nothing.

I thought this might be normal behavior, but if it's not I'll try to figure it out.

Thanks.

Edit: https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox/-/blob/dev/docs/FAQ.md#why-cant-i-install-add-onsextensions

[–] infjarchninja@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

hey Sem

I had not seen that.

Oddly my "Allow installation of add-ons" is unselected and set to blank.

Why can't I install add-ons/extensions?

By default, due to privacy and security concerns, IronFox disables the installation of add-ons. This has no impact on already installed extensions, and updates to those extensions.

To allow the installation of add-ons, at the cost of security, you can navigate to Settings -> IronFox -> IronFox settings -> Security, and select the option to Allow installation of add-ons. It is recommended to disable this option when you are done installing your desired extension(s).

I wonder if it is to do with the repo:

I know it took ages to be released to f-droid and droid-ify and was only available from the git repo.

I installed the repo from here

to add the repo to f-droid or f-droid basic

https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo/index.html

click on the QR code to enlarge

I hope you sort it out

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