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Firefox for Android adding Google Integrity checks (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)
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[–] Eternal192@anarchist.nexus 19 points 3 days ago

Google needs to fuck off.

[–] Turret3857@infosec.pub 4 points 2 days ago

on one hand, fuck Mozilla's enshitifiation.

on the other hand, this is a pro for custom ROM users. you get the AI automatically stripped out.

[–] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

The token is used to access Firefox’s server-side AI tools, like Smart Window, for rate-limiting purposes, ensuring only unmodified, Play-installed copies of Firefox on Google-certified devices use Mozilla’s1 compute infra.

That's... alright, that seems not unreasonable. Am I misunderstanding this?

[–] degenerate_neutron_matter@fedia.io 17 points 2 days ago

So those of us without Google's spyware can't use Mozilla's AI crap? Lovely.

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago

If only that one service had access to the API then I wouldn't care much, but it sounds like any website can now check if my phone is rooted and deny me access.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm someone who did not install mine via the play store, which sounds like means I don't have access.

Luckily I don't need it, but they just bifurcated their user base

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I use the Fennec fork, from F-Droid.

[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

TIL, I'll check it out

[–] TrippyHippy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

There is also ironfox https://github.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox if you scan the qr code it will add the repository to your f-droid app.

[–] meowcar42O@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago

for me ironfox runs way slower than firefox and i dont know why. im using the same exact extensions on both. id prefer using ironfox but its borderline unusable (im on a pixel 9a running graphene)

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 days ago

I already disable all of the AI shitware on firefox, so this is a non-issue for me.