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.
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
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.
Iron Fox is the best.
Decentraleyes is hella deprecated, try using LocalCDN instead. It’s still actively maintained.
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.
Appreciate the recommendations. I will give IronFox a try.
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

