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How many times have you tried to drum up a memorable password for a new account only to give in and type in a old one instead? You’re not alone. Right now the average person has around a hundred online accounts, and that number is doubling every five years. Many of us still rely heavily on our memory to recall passwords for all those accounts, and that leads to password reuse, which is risky for privacy and security. Making password management easier for people is top of mind for Sandy Sage, Senior Staff Product Manager for Firefox Lockbox. I caught up with Sandy to hear more about Firefox Lockbox, her take on digital privacy and where she falls on the pronunciation of GIF. ~   ~   ~   ~ What are you most excited about at Firefox right now? Firefox Lockbox! It’s our unique take on password management, taking the passwords that people already save in the browser and breaking them out of the browser, giving people the ability to use them wherever the...

ince the launch of Firefox Focus as a content blocker for iOS in December 2015, we’ve continuously improved the now standalone browser for Apple and Android while always being mindful of users’ requests and suggestions. We analyze app store reviews and evaluate regularly which new features make our privacy browser even more user-friendly, efficient and secure. Today’s update for iOS and Android adds functionality to further simplify accessing information on the web. And we are happy to make Focus for Android available to a new group: BlackBerry Key2 users. On point: find keywords easily with “Find in page” feature for all websites Desktop browsing without the “search page” feature? Unthinkable! On mobile, it is now also super simple to find the content you’re looking for on a website: Open the Focus menu, select “Find in page” and enter your search term. Firefox Focus will immediately highlight any mention of your keyword or phrase on the site, including the count of instances. Yo...

whis spring, the fight to restore net neutrality was on the top of our minds at Firefox HQ . Our public opinion poll showed that the majority of Americans overwhelmingly support strong net neutrality protection, which we believe preserves innovation, competition and user choice. A chorus of voices was rising for the cause. Among the coalition of organizations that spoke up for net neutrality, WeTransfer, the independent file transfer and sharing service, took an especially delightful approach to inspire action from its creator community. Earworm alert: While the net neutrality battle continues, we knew we had found a friend and partner in WeTransfer. At Firefox, we believe the web should be open to everyone, a place for unbridled innovation, education and creative expression, and we strive to make the online community a better place. We applaud people and organizations who share our vision for a healthier internet — like WeTransfer, who believes creative thinking can change the wo...

Privacy is important for everyone, but often in different ways. That’s part of why Firefox Extensions are so powerful. Starting with a browser like Firefox , that’s built for privacy out of the box, you can use extensions to customize your browser to suit your personal privacy needs. We’ve put together a  collection of 13 of our favorite privacy extensions , all made to help give you more control of your personal information. Firefox Multi-Account Containers Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously. This is a great extension for people on shared computers or who have multiple accounts for services like Google or Amazon. Facebook Container This extension helps you control more of your web activity from Facebook by isolating your identity into a separate contai...

Denelle Dixon  July 18, 2018 The decision by the European Commission today to sanction Google for practices regarding the Android mobile operating system drives home the importance of true openness in the mobile ecosystem. These are complex issues, and we expect that we will be evaluating the remedies and their repercussions for some time. We are hopeful the result will help level the playing field for mobile browsers like Firefox, and to foster openness that creates and sustains competition and innovation. For Mozilla, these issues of innovation, openness, and competition speak to our history. Twenty years ago, we made Firefox to combat the vertical integration of Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. Today, we are again witnessing vertical integration concerns on a larger scale, with powerful players at all parts of the internet ecosystem. Mozilla’s 2018 Internet Health Report identified decentralization as a major goal to promote a healthy internet. Tar...

Late in a bull market, the quality of companies launching IPOs often declines. Roku is another money-losing tech IPO that has the feel of insiders cashing out on the public. Roku has never been profitable in 15 years. The $14 IPO price appears to have been arbitrary without a supporting thesis for this apparent overvaluation. Roku has followed the pattern of other hot IPOs whose prices have spiked initially but then sold off sharply to give back much of the initial gains. The market may continue to sell this much-hyped IPO lower to a more reasonable valuation as questionable fundamentals and rising competition from superior companies are factored into the price of this stock. Some IPOs are to fund future growth. Other IPOs are for management to begin cashing out. It is important to differentiate. Trader's Idea Flow believes that Roku will become the next broken tech IPO to trade below its IPO price of $14. This idea was discussed in more depth with me...