It‘s less probable that they‘ll track you (yes, this is a weigh question; less tracking but also less security, I am not able to jugde / weigh these two (dis)advantages). Also browsing is less annoying due to lesser ads. And you don‘t support the Google monopoly.
This is not meant in any kind of objection or something, but do you then think the past Mull PG recommendation was good / justified?
I feel attracted to not supporting Google, without a doubt. I’ve tried Ironfox and it’s very good, although it was quite a bit slower for me. But as for ads, I haven’t noticed the difference compared to Brave.
On the other hand, I haven’t tried Mull. I started getting interested in privacy very recently.
It’s mostly just convenience for me. The modern web has become almost unusable without accounts for everthing. More and more websites has a paywall, force you to login or block you if you’re using a VPN. Etc.
Gecko based browsers is alot more convenience for me especially on mobile. With addons like uBO and LibRedirect. You can easily bypass most paywall’s and can automatically redirect annoying websites to a frontends.
Chromium based browsers on mobile really sucks at this alot links you click on a search engines you will likely get blocked or paywallet. Ofc their are ways to get round it on Chromium based browsers but all the ways I have tried was either buggy or annoying to do on mobile. You’re more locked down on what you can do.
I don’t mind sacrificing a little security for user freedom I have been a Firefox user for my hole life. I have never got hacked or been in a data leak because of Firefox that I know of, so I thinking I’m doing fine.
I’m honestly really impressed how fast IronFox is. I don’t really notice a big difference if I use IronFox or Vanadium. Idk if because of I’m using a pixel 9 pro or gecko has become a lot faster over the years on Andriod or IronFox config.
I remember back in the Mull era, I always wanted to use Mull but everytime I tried Mull, it was painfully slow I was always going back to Bromite/Cromite.
How does the test tell you that?
Canvas readouts match exactly whatever the canvas is being set to. Therefore canvas can be used for fingerprinting.
Readouts were being slightly altered while the FPP canvas protection partially worked in previous Firefox versions. The readout is completely random in Tor Browser and Mullvad Browser.
Does this apply to all android browsers or only to all gecko android browsers @any1?
By prompts they mean the prompts that Firefox creates (e.g., canvas extraction). This is not an Android-based restriction, it just isn’t implemented to work on Android atm.
I don’t understand how that is an issue if the canvas is random and changes regularly.
I believe Firefox generates a random canvas every time but I could be wrong.
Sooo… Has this soon been showed to be a reliable tool that can be suggested, or…?
I wonder myself and also why this is not in the recommendations section. Is there a reason for it?
IronFox is a cool project and pretty much pushes Firefox to its limits, but at the end of the day it’s just polishing a turd.
On Android, Firefox is way behind Chromium when it comes to security, so there is only so much that IronFox can accomplish without Mozilla starting to take the security of its browser seriously.
The point, rather, is that Mull was recommended before being discontinued, but IronFox isn’t.
My guess would be that the PG team realized that the security posture of Firefox Android isn’t acceptable in 2026.
As far as Firefox browser security goes on Android, IronFox is easily putting in the most work.
Does Ironfox now have some kind of sandboxing as well? Is it usable now and on par with Chromium based browsers on Android?
Since it is based on Firefox, being on par with chromium in terms of security is not really gonna happen until Mozilla decides to make drastic changes.
You still have some improvements in IronFox, like fission, which Firefox shipped and then quickly removed again on Android.
Why did they remove it again? And what do I miss on Android when using Ironfox? Fizzing is not the same as Sandboxing right?
Fission is process isolation