Hi there. I’m looking for advice to improve my online privacy while browing on android. I’m currently using vanilla Firefox, strict enhanced Tracking protection (fix major site errors), HTTPS-only mode, default dns, no technical data collection, delete cookies / cache / page data on quit. As extensions, I use only Decentraleyes and uBlock extensions. However, I heard vague warnings from the privacy community about using vanilla Firefox with self-hardened privacy-conscious settings, because my settings and yours might be sligthtly different, introducing entropy that can be used for fingerprinting. The only browser I recognize by name on F-Droid is LibreLynx Lite, which is barely customizable (e.g., no ‘decline cookies’ or ‘delete cookies on restart’ setting without subscribing to pro) and was last updated 7 months ago. People on the web recommend ‘Mull for android’, but that was last updated in 2024 and is not on F-droid anymore. I am not generally opposed but a little candid about using Brave or DuckDuckGo Browser, as these are built on Chromium and I would prefer to stay within the Firefox ecosystem. I am also naively a fan of ‘hiding in the crowd’: using a common browser / what looks like a common browser to a web page being more private than using a super niche one.

Any well-supported security-hardened Firefox forks on Android to speak of? Any other recommendations?

Thanks for your thoughts.

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    Ironfox is the best as another said but keep in mind with Firefox android you may want to stick to one tab/website group at a time for super duper privacy. If you’re fastidious

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    I used a hardened version of Fennec, but have switched to Iron Fox, through the Accrescent store. Both are privacy-centric Firefox forks for Android. I think they’re your best bet.

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    4th vote for IronFox, but with the caveat that I have Cromite installed as a backup, for the rare occasion in which a site doesn’t render properly in Fox.

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    Been using duckduckgos browser. No idea how that stands up to iron fox, but it was a lot better than chrome or vanilla Firefox, which is what I was using before lol