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Unfortunately, on Android, Chromium based browsers are SIGNIFICANTLY more secure than any other browser framework. I recommend Mulch and Cromite.

Again, this is ANDROID specific. Everywhere else, I use FF based browsers.

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Mobile FF on Android is just fine.

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Firefox is great and works well on Android yes! I recommend Mull.

However, technically speaking, resources don’t fully recommend it due to there being no per-site process isolation yet that works well.

If that doesn’t matter to people then sure it’s great and better than using Chromium based browsers. 🙂

It’s just good to give everyone the information and reasoning why then let them decide.

Divest OS resource: https://divestos.org/pages/browsers#processIsolation

PrivacyGuides resource: https://www.privacyguides.org/en/mobile-browsers/?h=site#android

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Are there issues with FF on android?

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I don’t know of them and I’ve used it for as long as it’s been available.

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You can’t just say that FF on Android is less secure and not give any sources for that claim.

I mean, you can, but that makes your claim not have any value.

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I wasn’t trying to argue about, or even educate people, on the specifics. I was just making an objective statement of fact. Anyone is free to do their own research to validate my assertion, disprove it, or just ignore it.

But, okay, I can provide a good entry point into the topic with a good write-up on Android browsers from the developer of a security focused ROM, DivestOS:

https://divestos.org/pages/browsers

*He’s also the developer of two good Android hardened browsers: Mulch (Chromium) and Mull (FF/Gecko).

Edit: I also recommend NOT using Google’s official Android Chrome browser, just forks that are based around Chromium e.g. Mulch and Cromite.

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The grapheneOS team also discourages using FF android but I still use it (well, Fennec). Add-ons are a must have and would never use a chromium browser.

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I’m having problems finding unpatched vulnerabilities on Android ff, could you expand on what makes it less secure?

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