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What's the correct way to set up IronFox on GrapheneOS? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 days ago by to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
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I can't get the fingerprinting protection to work correctly on IronFox, but my combination of extensions works fine with Fennec and LibreWolf on desktop. I tried playing with the fingerprinting presets and disabling webGL, but none of that has worked.

I really don't want to use Fennec since it seems to have all the Mozilla bloat. It won't even erase history on close, only when clicking "Quit" from the selection menu, which I think is a fucking terrible design decision.

I'm using this site to see if a random hash is generated on each reload: https://royfish.dev/fingerprints-are-the-new-cookies

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[–] 1 point 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (10 children)

Honestly, just use Vanadium on GrapheneOS instead of IronFox

It’s more secure and if your browser gets compromised, your phone’s security goes out the window. I’m fine trading a little privacy for better security

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

    I prefer not using a Chrome browser

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago* (4 children)

    They're right, Firefox has no sandbox site isolation on Android. Chromium is the way to go.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    Secondly, when it comes to browsers, the more you hide, the more you stand out, so try to blend in with most people

    You stand out more if you have very strong fingerprint protection, which ironically makes you easier to track since you’re an anomaly

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  • [–] [S] -3 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    Are you trying to give internet cancer? Vanadium doesn't even have ad-blocking or fingerprint resistance.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 days ago

    Vanadium does have ad blocking. It is just not as good as Brave or uBlock Origin.

    I do second using a Chromium browser of some kind though. Brave, Vanadium, or Cromite. I understand people who prefer to avoid Chromium, but not sandboxing by site on Android is such a strange thing to avoid implementing for years & years. It defeats a lot of what you're trying to accomplish to use Gecko based browsers. On desktop? Have at it. Android? I wouldn't if you're the type of person who is installing GrapheneOS.

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