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Native apps have privileged access to far more personal data on your device. A website has, what, cookies and fingerprinting? You can already mitigate this on F

Native apps have privileged access to far more personal data on your device. A website has, what, cookies and fingerprinting? You can already mitigate this on Firefox but even if not, it isn't in the same league

raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
Have you looked at all of the APIs that are part of the standard? These are from the Firefox website Of course it also knows your device, operating system version, screen resolution, phone orientation, etc. Not to mention that websites can track you across other websites. What information do you think apps have without your permissions that websites don’t? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API/Using_the_Geolocation_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Accelerometer https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Acceleromet... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/getBattery https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/g... https://www.w3schools.com/tags/av_prop_volume.asp https://www.w3schools.com/tags/av_prop_volume.asp
- lanfeust6 11mo ago
  Geolocation sharing can be disabled as reflected in your source. Everything else you linked to is trivial, but notwithstanding, it all relies on JS which, as I already said, can be disabled. Oh, and many aren't even available in Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Battery_Status_API#browser_compatibility https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Battery_Sta... > What information do you think apps have without your permissions that websites don’t? Your actual personal information. Access to photos, messages, metadata (name, address, contacts, notes, metadata, habits).
  - raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
    And Geolocation can also be blocked by your OS and is opt in. Access to photos is also opt in per app as is contacts An app does not have permission to your name, address, contacts unless you explicitly allow it And mobile apps don’t have access to your notes or any “habits” outside of when you use the app. And “disabling JavaScript” in 2025 makes most websites unusable.

raw_anon_1111 11mo ago

Have you looked at all of the APIs that are part of the standard? These are from the Firefox website Of course it also knows your device, operating system version, screen resolution, phone orientation, etc. Not to mention that websites can track you across other websites. What information do you think apps have without your permissions that websites don’t? https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation_API/Using_the_Geolocation_API https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Geolocation... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Accelerometer https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Acceleromet... https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/getBattery https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator/g... https://www.w3schools.com/tags/av_prop_volume.asp https://www.w3schools.com/tags/av_prop_volume.asp

lanfeust6 11mo ago
Geolocation sharing can be disabled as reflected in your source. Everything else you linked to is trivial, but notwithstanding, it all relies on JS which, as I already said, can be disabled. Oh, and many aren't even available in Firefox: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Battery_Status_API#browser_compatibility https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Battery_Sta... > What information do you think apps have without your permissions that websites don’t? Your actual personal information. Access to photos, messages, metadata (name, address, contacts, notes, metadata, habits).
- raw_anon_1111 11mo ago
  And Geolocation can also be blocked by your OS and is opt in. Access to photos is also opt in per app as is contacts An app does not have permission to your name, address, contacts unless you explicitly allow it And mobile apps don’t have access to your notes or any “habits” outside of when you use the app. And “disabling JavaScript” in 2025 makes most websites unusable.