Configure mobile privacy and security settings
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- Revision id: 23138
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- Creator: mluna
- Comment: add content
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- Reviewed by: mluna
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Firefox mobile for Android provides tools and features to help you stay safe online. Mozilla cares about your privacy and always uses permissions in a manner consistent with our values, see How does Firefox for Android use the permissions it requests?
- Keep your browser up-to-date. You can enable automatic updates when you install Firefox Mobile for Android to make this part easy, see Install Firefox on an Android device using Google Play.
- Look for the padlock icon in Firefox Mobile for Android before entering any personal information (passwords, credit cards, addresses, etc.) into a web site, see How does Firefox for Android Provide Secure Mobile Browsing?.
- Use a Master Password to secure Firefox mobile in the event that you lose your device or if you share your device. Using a Master Password let's you have the convenience of a browser that remembers your passwords, but the safety of a master password to lock your username and passwords for all of your favorite sites, see Using Master Password on Firefox for Android.
- Clear your private data (cookies and passwords), history, and site settings easily with Firefox settings. For the most private and secure browsing, you can also choose to disable cookies and javascript.
- Tell sites not to track you for advertising purposes by using Do Not Track, see How do I use Do-not-track on Firefox for Android?.
- Set up syncing to your desktop so you don't need to type your password when on the go and you can still use a strong password, see Use Sync to share your Firefox bookmarks, passwords and more with Firefox for mobile.
- Keep ads blocked by preserving Firefox's default 'Click to Play' plugin setting, see Firefox Mobile for Android support for Flash.