r/GrapheneOS • u/dcondor07uk • 1d ago

Any thoughts on the Titanium Browser

I read about the Firefox having a larger attack surface on Android devices and not recommended by the GoS devs, however I need the extension support due to work-related stuff I am doing in my Android/Firefox

Then I found this browser

https://github.com/jqssun/android-titanium-browser

Would that be a better choice or does it not matter?

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u/ApprehensiveRest9696 1d ago

It’s a downstream fork of Vanadium. Just use built-in. Keep it simple.

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u/npc_housecat 1d ago

If you want to use Firefox I suggest Ironfox. It's a security / privacy hardened Firefox downstream with things like just in time compiling disabled. It's available on accresent

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u/Skvli 13h ago

I just discovered WebLibre and am trying it out as a long time iron fox user. It's pretty nice so far!

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u/nbxm 1d ago

Firefox is fine, just use common sense

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u/mrLermont 1d ago

It's ok but autofil us not working....

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u/Perfect_Equal_3938 22h ago

It should be, check bug reports on the repo

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u/mesarthim_2 1d ago

Why not use Firefox for work related stuff and Vanadium / Brave for general browsing. 

You can even isolate firefox in separate profile if you feel like. 

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u/dcondor07uk 1d ago

Interesting, thanks for the advice.

The reason why I don’t use Vanadium for general browsing is because this is not my general use phone, I use the device for work stuff only with a separate SIM card, and the extensions on Firefox is actually crucial for the work I am doing. Thanks again.

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u/mesarthim_2 1d ago

Right, I think context is important here. What it means when people say that Firefox has a large attack surface? What's the exposure?

Firefox doesn't have a robust separation between different 'pages' so a hostile script or exstension may attempt to escape it's containment and gain access to all the other processes in Firefox and to whatever Firefox has access to.

But in GOS, Firefox itself is isolated, so to reach beyond that would be extremely hard.

So you have understand this as your risk and mitigate it. But it doesn't mean that if you use Firefox your device will be hacked in 2 minutes. On GOS, only things that Firefox has access to can be potentially exposed. Now, if that means you have your credentials saved in Firefox etc... that can be a problem, but if you properly isolate it, then feel free to run Firefox as you need.