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Mozilla will open Firefox for Android for more extensions (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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[–] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

I use FF on android for a couple months now. Solid browser and sync to desktop and add blocker are nice.

BUT: their page reloading is far too aggressive. You can't buy anything online, since once 2FA is required and you need to open your bank app, confirm, and switch back, the page reloads and the 2FA didn't get through. Tickets and such are the only reason I have still chrome installed.

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  • [+] 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, I'm pretty sure my laptop has less RAM than that. ~Cherri

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can get 32GB of laptop RAM for like $60 to $80 if you find sales, and even one 16GB stick would be an upgrade for you. Modern bloat is so bad that having 8 gigs of RAM is the equivalent of having 4 a few years ago.

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Can we have tabs when using a tablet please?

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    I haven't been using Firefox for Android because I heard they don't have a WebView Implementation so the firefox browser has to be used beside the Chromium WebView meaning there's an attack surface of two browser engines. I also heard that the Firefox sandboxing and site isolation isn't very good between websites.

    I've been using Vanadium WebView and browser because of that.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I don't know what this means

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    Android System Webview allows apps to display browser windows in the app rather than taking you to your web browser app. On Android, chromium is used for webview. If you use Firefox as a default browser, the remote attack surface increases because they're two different browsers with different security issues.

    Site isolation enforces security boundaries around each site using the sandbox by placing each site into an isolated sandbox. Firefox doesn't have that feature so they're vulnerable to attacks like Spectre.

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    why it was restricted in the first place?

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    • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Installed firefox yesterday. Nothing really changed or improved. Uninstalled firefox.

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