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The best thing about Firefox is that the browser is separate from your Google account so you don't have to worry about your bookmarks/extensions getting synced
by soniman 8y ago
The best thing about Firefox is that the browser is separate from your Google account so you don't have to worry about your bookmarks/extensions getting synced behind your back by Google and messing everything up. Google requiring browser/Google account to be the same is a nuisance that you don't have to worry about with Firefox.
- bugmen0t 8y agoWhat's also amazing, is that if you sign up for a Firefox Account you get privacy preserving sync: The data is encrypted & decrypted on your devices. Mozilla doesn't get to see your data.
- nallerooth 8y agoThis. I get the whole "You are the product" thing when using Google services for free, but it still bugs me that anything I bookmark might/will end up in a profile somewhere.
- unsignedint 8y agoIt's only fair to say that Chrome also offers this feature. You can set optional (mandatory for passwords) sync passphrase so your sync data is encrypted. In fact I liked way Firefox Sync did this same way (when it was called Weave) -- actually allowing to use a passphrase. They got rid of passphrase and they are now using username/password pair to handle encryption.