Add IronFox to F-Droid (Mull continued)

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@bigsmoke

@bigsmoke

The issue was present in the update before todays and it also affects todays release too

What happens if you try a fresh install of IronFox (if you’re able to)?

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@bond007

@bond007

We enable support for Google Safe Browsing
Where is the option to disable it in settings?

The option isn’t currently exposed in the UI (We’d like to add it though), but you can set browser.safebrowsing.features.malware.update & browser.safebrowsing.features.phishing.update to false in your about:config.

@bond007

When is the per site isolation option going live?

I assume you’re referring to fission: we already enable it by default, but you can disable it with the following steps (though this isn’t recommended):

1. Navigate to IronFox’s Settings, scroll down to the bottom, and select About IronFox.

2. Tap the IronFox logo at the top 5 times until you see a message stating Debug menu enabled.

3. Go back to Settings, and select Nimbus Experiments. It should be at the bottom of the About section, below Secret Debug Info)*.

4. Select Android Fission+SHIP Nightly experiment (It should be the second option). Choose fission-off, restart IronFox, and you should be good to go. You can also follow these same steps to re-enable Fission, except you’ll want to choose fission-on instead of fission-off…

@bond007

Some devices support version armeabi-v7a and arm64-v8a also. Say the latter is installed and then after an update is posted on gitlab, this time the former version is installed (updated is the right word here). Then will there be any issues?

I haven’t personally tested this (So I may be incorrect), but I believe you would just receive an error when updating, as the architecture wouldn’t match what you currently have installed. This would apply for other apps as well, not exclusively IronFox. Just stick to the same architecture when installing/updating, and you won’t have any issues.

@bond007

Let us say one has opened 10 tabs in ironfox and then the updated version is installed then will those 10 tabs be still there after an updated version is installed?

Yes, the 10 tabs would still be there.

@bond007

I am testing iron fox in some old devices. They keep on becoming slower and slower with the updates as those old devices have like 2gb ram and some low end processor. If the version is not updated then the addons installed automatically get disabled. What string to edit in about:config so that the addons are reactivated even if the version is out of date?

I don’t understand what you mean by this, can you please elaborate?

@bond007

Lastly besides you how many devs are maintaining ironfox?

There’s 4 of us total, though most development for the app itself is from me and one other person. (The 3rd person primarily helps with ex. the build server & website, the 4th has been inactive for some time… though helped set-up/organize the community spaces when they were around).

@bond007

The browser already has inbuilt features to resist fingerprinting. Is an addon on type of it required?

No, it isn’t required, and extensions like Chameleon should be avoided. See here for some reasoning as to why (under the Anti-Fingerprinting Extensions section). Unnecessary extensions like this simply make you more fingerprintable, add additional attack surface, can reduce performance, etc. It’s best to keep extensions at a minimum and only use what you need.

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@gallegonovato

@gallegonovato

You can try doing these tests:

Fingerprinting tests like these are flawed and not indicative of what actual fingerprinters are looking for in the real world. This isn’t to say they aren’t useful in certain circumstances, but you have to understand what they’re doing and what you’re looking for.