{"id":62883,"date":"2017-08-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/foxtail\/2017\/08\/21\/android-private-browsing-firefox-focus\/"},"modified":"2017-08-21T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T00:00:00","slug":"android-private-browsing-firefox-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mozilla.org\/en\/firefox\/android-private-browsing-firefox-focus\/","title":{"rendered":"Outfoxin\u2019 the Trackers: Android Private Browsing with Firefox Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

Want to avoid trackers when you click links in Android apps? Set Firefox Focus as your default.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s hard not to appreciate the ingenuity (and snark)\u00a0of Redditors. These frontierspeople of the Web surf on their own terms, seeking out the hacks, hidey holes, and glorious weirdness<\/a> that make online life more functional and fun for all of us.<\/p>\n

This time they\u2019ve figured out how to keep ad trackers from reminding us of every late-night, ill-advised, Doritos-induced click on our Android devices. Don\u2019t wanna be tracked when you chase links in your Reddit app, email, IM, Facebook, Twitter, etc? Let Redditors show you the way to private Android browsing \u2013\u00a0with our very own Firefox Focus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

User sniper_fox explains what you get:<\/p>\n

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\nYou can disable the ad blockers whenever you want. (We\u2019re all about giving you choices.) And when Firefox Focus is running, a notification reminder makes it easy to erase your browser history with a single tap.<\/p>\n

The other huge bonus of this workaround? Speed. Ad trackers can put your device in slow-mo. And a slow Web is not the Web we want.<\/p>\n

So thanks, Redditors for showing us the way once again.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how it\u2019s done, one screen grab at a time:<\/h2>\n

In your Firefox Focus app, select menu (three dots) > settings<\/p>\n

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Select \u201cmake default browser<\/p>\n

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Tap \u201cBrowser App\u201d<\/p>\n

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Choose Firefox Focus as your default browser<\/p>\n

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Firefox Focus is now your default browser!<\/p>\n

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You can download Firefox Focus on Google Play<\/a> or in the App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Want to avoid trackers when you click links in Android apps? Set Firefox Focus as your default. It\u2019s hard not to appreciate the ingenuity (and snark)\u00a0of Redditors. These frontierspeople of the Web surf on their own terms, seeking out the hacks, hidey holes, and glorious weirdness that make online life more functional and fun for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":382,"featured_media":50255,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[289102],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOutfoxin\u2019 the Trackers: Android Private Browsing with Firefox Focus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Want to avoid trackers when you click links in Android apps? 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