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It's worrying that any website can access real-time data from sensors by default in Android browsers, and there is no option to deny access to these APIs in Fir

• berkes 4y ago
  Looking at this page makes me think that it's probably possible to detect that (not what) people are speaking or typing. I placed my phone on the surface. And did see the numbers jank when I started typing. Then I left it at rest and said a loud "Booo!" and saw the numbers jump again. To confirm, I'd need to plot the numbers and do some statistical analysis, which is far too much work for me now :D
• commoner 4y ago
  Firefox's fingerprinting protection disables these sensors and shows no data in the demo, even on Android. To enable this feature, go to about:config and set privacy.resistFingerprinting to true: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-against-fingerprinting https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-protection-agai... This feature is enabled by default on some Firefox forks like Mull.[1] On Android only, the release channel of Firefox disables about:config entirely,[2] but Firefox Beta and Nightly have about:config available. [1] Mull: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/us.spotco.fennec_dos/ [2] Please vote to remove this ridiculous restriction at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/firefox-for-android-about-config/idi-p/8071 https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/firefox-for-android-abo...