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Unwanted malware website on homepage

I have Avast premium security on my Android Motorola G6. Every time I open Firefox this malicious website tries to open! I deleted my history and it still comes back. Als… (read more)

I have Avast premium security on my Android Motorola G6. Every time I open Firefox this malicious website tries to open! I deleted my history and it still comes back. Also when I'm not using the Firefox browser it still tries to open! Once I open the browser sometimes there are as many as seven or more attempts by this page to open! PLEASE HELP ME GET RID OF IT PERMANENTLY! Thank you! Email removed for privacy reasons

Asked by anthony brooks 3 months ago

Last reply by jscher2000 - Support Volunteer 3 months ago

124.0 significantly backslide on browser fingerprinting protection

this is relevant to privacy & security, as well as websites browser fingerprinting is a serious threat to privacy & security. fenix 123.0 & 1240a1 eventuall… (read more)

this is relevant to privacy & security, as well as websites

browser fingerprinting is a serious threat to privacy & security.

fenix 123.0 & 1240a1 eventually achieved "non-unique browser fingerprint" in std pbmode as tested via covefyourtracks.eff.org

however, since 124.0 & 125.0a1, browser fingerprinting protection has slid all the way down to "partial." orbot-hostile Brave Andro always achieves a fully "random browser fingerprint." all i want/expect from fenix is a robust & reliable "non-unique browser fingerprint."

my fenix UI P&S is always set to Strict & GPC enabled. i haven't changed anything. no 3rd party cookies. caches cleared, etc, & always uses expert mode orbot proxy.

why this very unwelcomed fenix backslide?

Asked by wti0 1 month ago

Last reply by wti0 1 month ago

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why does Google hacking me

bold textReally don't think he can Google has given the hackers a false location certificate. Giving my IP address so when I login I may be in Little Rock Kansas City. Bu… (read more)

bold textReally don't think he can Google has given the hackers a false location certificate. Giving my IP address so when I login I may be in Little Rock Kansas City. But I'm always in Farmington Arkansas that it will never show. Google has given apps to help me not sync any of my data just only there's. Made it so I could not get rid of those apps. Having three email addresses two of them there's hidden. So you could actually just say I am pissing in the wind.

Asked by 69U4me69246769 8 months ago

Last reply by Paul 8 months ago

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email from Firefox Monitor

I received an email from Firefox Monitor stating that [email address] account have detected that your email may have been exposed. We recommend you act now to resolve thi… (read more)

I received an email from Firefox Monitor stating that [email address] account have detected that your email may have been exposed. We recommend you act now to resolve this breach. Did this email come from Firefox?

Asked by kreedo11 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

sepia reading mode cannot be turned off without compromising privacy

Dear sir/madam, The new sepia reading mode cannot be turned off easily without compromising privacy. If i click to set it to dark mode through controls , the next page i… (read more)

Dear sir/madam,

The new sepia reading mode cannot be turned off easily without compromising privacy. If i click to set it to dark mode through controls , the next page is sepia again. But if i use the fast way, by clicking on the icon next to the url, it turns my page from a https to a http. It feels like the feature is not supposed to work like that. Now i think about it, any page that by default is https is darkmode, but any page that is turned into an https is turned sepia or not https anymore. I get that it strains the eyes less and i am certainly not against the feature itself, but i do enjoy pictures and video's in full colour and for me personally, dark mode reads better.

In other words, i love it as a feature not as a default and i don't think it was meant as one, but it cannot be turned off right now.

Kind regards Jen.

Asked by E.T. Phone Home 3 months ago

Last reply by E.T. Phone Home 3 months ago

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DuckDuckGo found a Tracker?

Hello, I apologise if this information is already available somewhere, but I just couldn't find it. I recently installed the DuckDuckGo app on Android 12 (Samsung One UI… (read more)

Hello, I apologise if this information is already available somewhere, but I just couldn't find it.

I recently installed the DuckDuckGo app on Android 12 (Samsung One UI 4.1) which has a feature that blocks trackers from other apps.

While using Firefox it seems to have found and blocked a tracker simply called "Adjust" (this is where usually a brand name to whom the tracker belongs would be, e.g. google or amazon). It asks for: Device model, OS compilation number, type of connection, screen pixel density, country, OS version, unique ID, app name, CPU name, cookies, device language, post code, device make/brand, app version, e-mail address, android advertisement ID.

I don't really know what to think about all this, but I wouldn't expect firefox to track me in any way, I've trusted mozilla so far, and am inclined to continue to do so, but I'm confused by this and don't know what to make of it. The DuckDuckGo app doesn't really offer more information, and I might try asking them as well, idk. Googling didn't really help me, so I'll be thankful for any answer.

Asked by DESKTOP 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Password change

As I was changing my password I believe someone else who is already hacked into my device, changed it before I could get it typed in completely. I know what I changed it … (read more)

As I was changing my password I believe someone else who is already hacked into my device, changed it before I could get it typed in completely. I know what I changed it to or was going to change it to but I received a notification before I completed typing it in. This is the reason I switched to the Firefox browser for the security that it has for it's accounts. Thank you in advance, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Asked by kimmonneal 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 12 months ago

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Bug causing a privacy breach when using Firefox app for iOS

Hi there, I just downloaded the Firefox mobile app for iOS and when I opened the app for the first time got a terrible surprise. The home page was displaying a list of "r… (read more)

Hi there, I just downloaded the Firefox mobile app for iOS and when I opened the app for the first time got a terrible surprise. The home page was displaying a list of "recently visited pages" but (1) they weren't recently visited, and (2) they were pages I'd visited using a private tab on another Firefox browser (that wasn't supposed to save cookies). It felt like a BIG violation of my privacy. When I searched online for info about this, I found a Reddit/r/firefox thread with others describing the same privacy breach 4 months ago. PLEASE FIX THIS.

https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/v6cvv2/firefox_mobile_shows_private_browsing_history_on/

Asked by southupman 1 year ago

Last reply by southupman 1 year ago

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Why is my iOS software for Firefox not working correctly and literally keeps refreshing my data even though I keep clearing the data because I think it’s compromised.

Is my software up-to-date or is it a cloned version and being a copyright violation on your company? Because I’m trying to work out of this software and it literally is l… (read more)

Is my software up-to-date or is it a cloned version and being a copyright violation on your company? Because I’m trying to work out of this software and it literally is leaking all of my data on my iPhone. And I think they’re using Mozilla to do it. Maybe possibly even multiple applications APIs and what not. All of the browsing history that is stored the website data that is stored on the screenshot or the video that I’m going to send and try to attach when she responded this through my regular email address. Please advise. ASAP. I do not want to have to file with the FTC FCC with a data breach. I don’t. Thanks.