Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
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Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
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Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#2Shouldn't be of any surprise to anyone who's willingly using the whole damn operating system from a company rooted in tracking of everyone in sight.
Edit -- The notability of the post hinges on whether the OP is running one of the stock Android versions or a custom build. Because if it's former, there could really be no expectations of privacy.
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#3That is not the Google Search app. It is the search interface you get when you use the Firefox Search homescreen widget.
(This is on Android, BTW.)
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#4Some deeper explanation would be nice here - how did the data end up there? Is the app hooking in to Firefox to pick this information up? Or are you just signed in to your Google account on both (Google search itself in Firefox, and Google Search via your Google sign-in on the Android?)
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#5Does it work the other way around?
If I type something in any browser on android, will the history be available to other browsers ? (i.e. some kind of history API)
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#6Does anybody know what app this is? It appears to have a Firefox icon on it. My stock Nexus phone does not seem to have this app - swiping up from the home icon gives you Now.
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#7That is not the Google Search app. It is the search interface you get when you use the Firefox Search homescreen widget. (This is on Android, BTW.)
Yep. If you have Firefox installed on your Android, just drag up from the bottom and use "Firefox Search".
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#8Does anybody know what app this is? It appears to have a Firefox icon on it. My stock Nexus phone does not seem to have this app - swiping up from the home icon gives you Now.
When choosing search apps, it's listed as "Firefox Search". However:
* it was automatically installed on my phone because it was the only present search app
* it replaced the nearly identical Google Search app, which I explicitly disabled
* At least on my phone, it only allows Google
* it doesn't conform to the Firefox data clearing
* it doesn't conform to the Firefox search engine preference
As far as I can tell, "Firefox Search" means "Google search hooked into Firefox".
Re: Firefox search app silently logs Firefox address bar searches
#9Shouldn't be of any surprise to anyone who's willingly using the whole damn operating system from a company rooted in tracking of everyone in sight. Edit -- The notability of the post hinges on whether the OP is running one of the stock Android versions or a custom build. Because if it's former, there could really be no expectations of privacy.
AOSP is clean of any Google-ish surveillance programs. Best example is Cyanogen.
Of course, Google Apps are not.
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