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Is Firefox Focus privacy respecting (relatively)? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 5 months ago by unicornBro@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I downloaded it from Aurora Store. I know I can download it from Github through Obtainium but I always run into problems if I use that method. Is FFF private like DDG?

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[–] utopiah@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Right, I still don't understand how it relates to privacy though unless either it makes either fingerprinting easier (which I imagine could be limited if the UserAgent can be changed) or that the OS itself leaks information back, but at this point it wouldn't matter anyway if you don't trust the OS, so can you please explain specifically what information would be leaked and how, again as opposed to an independent engine being used?