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> I guess why not. > ...Even in the desktop version, Firefox's sandbox is still substantially weaker (especially on Linux) and lacks full support for isolating

by oDot 4y ago

> I guess why not. > ...Even in the desktop version, Firefox's sandbox is still substantially weaker (especially on Linux) and lacks full support for isolating sites from each other rather than only containing content as a whole. The sandbox has been gradually improving on the desktop but it isn't happening for their Android browser yet. https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing

seanw444 4y ago
The thing is, while Firefox should have better sandboxing, the tradeoff at the moment is that with Chromium you get better security, but less control and privacy off the bat. With Firefox, you get less security, but more control and privacy off the bat.
dblohm7 4y ago
That is waaaay out of date on the Desktop front.
kitsunesoba 4y ago
Seems like a wash overall with how Chrome for Android lacks support for extensions entirely. Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which greatly cuts down on tracking and chances to be hit by broadly-targeted malvertising.
- charcircuit 4y ago
  Kiwi Browser is a chrome fork that supports web extentions on Android.
- jorvi 4y ago
  Firefox on iOS contains no built-in adblocking despite Firefox Focus doing so. More bizarrely, there’s an open Bugzilla and GitHub issue on that, both a few years old. Obviously I have transferred my entire family and social circle over to Brave. If Firefox won’t make their users secure, I will.
  - pxc 4y ago
    > More bizarrely, there’s an open Bugzilla and GitHub issue on that, both a few years old. I can understand why it's not a priority at this point, at least, given that Firefox on iOS is currently a reskin of Safari, and the door is reportedly about to open for actual competition among iOS browsers due to increasing anti-trust pressures on Apple. It would make more sense to me to address this with a real port of Gecko to iOS, and then you can just run the full version of uBlock Origin for Firefox on your iPhone.

by oDot 4y ago

seanw444 4y ago

The thing is, while Firefox should have better sandboxing, the tradeoff at the moment is that with Chromium you get better security, but less control and privacy off the bat. With Firefox, you get less security, but more control and privacy off the bat.

dblohm7 4y ago

That is waaaay out of date on the Desktop front.

kitsunesoba 4y ago

Seems like a wash overall with how Chrome for Android lacks support for extensions entirely. Firefox for Android supports uBlock Origin, which greatly cuts down on tracking and chances to be hit by broadly-targeted malvertising.

charcircuit 4y ago
Kiwi Browser is a chrome fork that supports web extentions on Android.
jorvi 4y ago
Firefox on iOS contains no built-in adblocking despite Firefox Focus doing so. More bizarrely, there’s an open Bugzilla and GitHub issue on that, both a few years old. Obviously I have transferred my entire family and social circle over to Brave. If Firefox won’t make their users secure, I will.
- pxc 4y ago
  > More bizarrely, there’s an open Bugzilla and GitHub issue on that, both a few years old. I can understand why it's not a priority at this point, at least, given that Firefox on iOS is currently a reskin of Safari, and the door is reportedly about to open for actual competition among iOS browsers due to increasing anti-trust pressures on Apple. It would make more sense to me to address this with a real port of Gecko to iOS, and then you can just run the full version of uBlock Origin for Firefox on your iPhone.