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How to add exceptions to 'Privacy and security' in Fennec?

Both 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' and 'Site permissions' show exceptions and an explanation of what they are (for 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' anyway) but seem to hav… (read more)

Both 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' and 'Site permissions' show exceptions and an explanation of what they are (for 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' anyway) but seem to have no way to add an exception.

How are exceptions added 'Enhanced Tracking Protection' and 'Site permissions' in Fennec?

Thanks

Asked by Morgan 1 year ago

Answered by Paul 1 year ago

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Autofill passwords in Android

Firefox on my Android smartphone is well synchronized with Firefox on the computer. I can see that both contain the same list of logins and passwords. When I must log in … (read more)

Firefox on my Android smartphone is well synchronized with Firefox on the computer. I can see that both contain the same list of logins and passwords. When I must log in other applications, there is a notice that appears saying "unlock faierferox" followed by the sign of fingerprints. But when I try to have my fingerprint recognized, nothing happens.

What should I do?

Thanks for helping.

Asked by piero 1 year ago

Last reply by TyDraniu 1 year ago

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My phone is stolen - is there a way i can remotely wipe my data off of the FF app?

Title. I'm aware i can turn off the sync/log out of the account that will further stop my data going into the wrong hands; is there a way i can remotely factory reset the… (read more)

Title. I'm aware i can turn off the sync/log out of the account that will further stop my data going into the wrong hands; is there a way i can remotely factory reset the app, basically?

Asked by sahilagasi 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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How do the fingerprinter blocking levels work across Firefox's standard/strict/custom Enhanced Tracking Protection in Windows and Android?

I'm having trouble breaking down the specific behavior of fingerprinting protection for the 3 settings levels. According to the Windows release notes dated 1 October 202… (read more)

I'm having trouble breaking down the specific behavior of fingerprinting protection for the 3 settings levels.

According to the Windows release notes dated 1 October 2023, "Additionally, you can choose whether to block Suspected Fingerprinters in all windows or just in private windows", but also, "To disable Fingerprinting Protection and return to the default settings, simply select "Standard" or "Strict"

In my reading, these two statements conflict. I'm under the impression that "known fingerprinter" blocking is always active, even on standard. Does enabling "Strict" enhanced protection also enable "suspected fingerprinter" blocking, and if so, is it active on all windows or only in private browsing? Does that mean we need to use the "Custom" setting to enable suspected fingerprinting blocking in all windows?

My question is the same for Firefox for Android 131.0, except in the mobile app's case, the release notes contain even less detail - so I could also be off-base there. TBH I am probably missing something obvious, so if anybody can even point me in the right direction I'd be grateful!

Thanks for any insight anybody can provide!

Chris Thomas

Asked by Chris 1 year ago

Last reply by Chris 1 year ago

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How can I be 100% sure that my passwords are not stored somewhere?

I've been deleting my saved passwords in Firefox, after migrating to a standalone password manager. It's been anything but easy (deletions are not synced, and bulk deleti… (read more)

I've been deleting my saved passwords in Firefox, after migrating to a standalone password manager. It's been anything but easy (deletions are not synced, and bulk deletion process is inconvenient to say the least).

What worries me is that my "deleted" passwords kept coming back as soon as I enabled Sync, until I realised I had duplicate devices in my Mozilla account control panel. I still have, though, some other connected services (Add-ons, Mozilla Support, Mozilla Monitor...).

Is what I've done enough to ensure they're gone? Where exactly are synced passwords stored, and how can I be sure that they aren't lying around in a Mozilla server, awaiting a future data breach? I don't have the time and energy to change 200+ passwords.

Asked by Álvaro González 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Firefox is being blocked from my account and it is not right

Someone is blocking you for me to get help with anything at all and it is not right now because of this issue I can tell you that someone put a family bell on several of … (read more)

Someone is blocking you for me to get help with anything at all and it is not right now because of this issue I can tell you that someone put a family bell on several of my phone's that I am 55 yrs old and it is probably the guy who is insecure and I can tell it's been put on this phone and I don't know what to do about it but it is not right to be doing that so he can adjust everything see everything and then I found several things that I would never know that it was disturbing and disgusting and it shows up on my phone for me to what? Get into trouble be called crazy and everything else that I am not please help me out with this because it is illegal and I don't do anything to support it

Asked by out777un1 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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Need to lock down saved passwords with 2-step verification

My phone was hacked and because I was signed into Firefox, I believe my saved passwords were accessed. I had opened a political text in messenger, nothing to click on, n… (read more)

My phone was hacked and because I was signed into Firefox, I believe my saved passwords were accessed. I had opened a political text in messenger, nothing to click on, nor would I, closed the app and put down my phone. When I picked up my phone, messenger was opened with a text about to send with a password I've used, but no app name or website. I located which app it belonged to. I ran my virus protection, but phone was fine.

If there was a way to answer security questions, or send me an email or text to verify who I was before I could access saved passwords, that would be great. Could this be added to the web browser?

Asked by MK Bye 1 year ago

Last reply by Paul 1 year ago

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driyoutube is a fake account added to the main settings of the program by the chrome browser to do whatever nefarious purpose it has in my name, please help me throw this… (read more)

driyoutube is a fake account added to the main settings of the program by the chrome browser to do whatever nefarious purpose it has in my name, please help me throw this garbage in the trash. thank you very much

Asked by shahnam 1 year ago

Last reply by Khalid 1 year ago