The mask background turns purple when you’re in private browsing mode. Switching to private browsing mode on your iPhone or iPad is as easy as tapping the mask icon. Private browsing tells Firefox not to save any of your browsing history or cache after you end the session, which keeps that information from being discovered or retrieved at a later date by other users. Private browsing mode is good for all kinds of things, like looking up random stuff that you just don’t need to be reminded about again. If this happens, tap the shield to switch Enhanced Tracking Protection off for a specific site. Pages load faster but this setting can also block some website functionality. By setting Firefox to Strict Enhanced Tracking Protection, you’ll be shielded from known tracking content embedded in videos, ads and other content through tracking codes, as well as invasive cryptomining and fingerprinting trackers. Shields up for privacyĪpple’s Intelligent Tracking Prevention offers solid privacy protection for the full device that you can make even stronger in Firefox. We’ll also have our Pocket iOS app and widget available by the end of this week. You can even turn the top news and entertainment sites you cycle through daily into a widget for fast access from your home screen. The new iOS Widget feature is perfect for setting up shortcuts to all your favorite quick actions in Firefox - searching the web, private browsing, private web searches and opening a link from your clipboard for example. Here are a few things you can do with the Firefox for iOS version 29 update (coming soon!) for iOS 14.

In contrast to other major tech companies, Firefox products don’t harvest, sell or monetize your personal data.

We believe you should be able to decide who sees your personal info, not just among your friends, but with advertisers and companies on the internet - including us. From a company that puts people before profitįirefox is an independent browser, backed by Mozilla, the not-for-profit organization. Note: You’ll need to have both the latest Firefox for iOS (28.2 and above) and the newest version of iOS (14 and above) on your device to control your default browser.

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