Privacy is an important issue when it comes to browsing the internet. Because of this continuing problem, Firefox has just launched its Firefox Focus. It is a new Iphone browser that hides a user from advertisers.
Moreover, in visiting websites, many advertisers store text files on PC or phone that are designed to show ads which makes users more likely to click on. For example, a user might check out a product on Amazon then see that same product advertised a later on a different website when web ad software sees you expressed interest.
Firefox Focus blocks that and also pares away traditional interface elements like menus and tabs to speed up browsing. It does not go as far as actually blocking ads, though, like Brave or Opera can -- and Google Chrome won't, Cnet reports.
We are making privacy as simple as a single tap with the Firefox Focus app for iOS @Mozilla https://t.co/w7Xeyt4EhZ — Denelle Dixon (@DenelleDixon) November 17, 2016
The "Firefox Focus" , rather perplexingly, ran only alongside Apple's Safari browser and not Firefox iOS due to the Cupertino company's restrictions on who could access the content blocking functionality on iOS. Forbes futher explained that Firefox Focus, has no tabs, no menus and no pop-ups, but most crucially it contains, by default, the same ad and content blocking features as Mozilla's previous attempt to encourage privacy on iPhones.
Furthermore as Recode indicated in its report, "Firefox Focus" has a built-in ad and cookie blocking and discards the browsing history after each session. As for features, it's basically just an address bar. Firefox Focus is also not a VPN that protects things on the network level. That is why this is not an app to prevent your ISP or employer or the government from spying on you.
Indeed , Iphone users will not be having privacy problems in terms of browsing the internet. This time it would be much faster to load web pages.
