BJbjpbakker·Oct 5, 2017
The correct link to Adjust usage page is:
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/wiki/Install-Tra...
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⚠️ Firefox Focus (iOS) has moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
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What to know before exploring
What it is
⚠️ Firefox Focus (iOS) has moved to a new repository. It is now developed and maintained as part of: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
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Where it is used
No documented product use was verified in the last source check.
What people are saying
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Also in these discussions
- mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
This week on Hacker News
Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 2:17:07 AM UTC.
No direct repository links were found in the indexed HN discussions over the past seven days. Older discussions are available below.
Mentions over time
HN mentions by year21 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2016-11-17 14:35:47 UTC to 2024-09-25 20:56:01 UTC.
Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
What Hacker News says
8 sourcesFirefox Focus does not and will never leak or send browsing behavior details.
The article is factually incorrect. I am not sure how the researcher came to the conclusion that Focus reports 'server connections' or 'visited websites'. It does not and it never will.
Firefox Focus is an Open Source product. Its code can be found for verification at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus and the Adjust usage is documented at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus/wiki/Install-and-eve...
In Firefox Focus privacy scandalFiled as https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/334 for iOS
In Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and AndroidDoes Focus have a "HTTPS everywhere" feature? I didn't see mention of it on the site, so I'm guessing not. That is one thing that I'm sorely missing on iOS.
Edit: It seems not: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/155
In Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and AndroidYou should request that feature! https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios (ios/android)
In Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and AndroidMozilla | Firefox Mobile Engineer | Mountain View, Portland, Remote, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver | https://mozilla.org
We are looking for an iOS engineer to work on https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios and other open source products that Mozilla is working on.
You'll get to work on one of the few projects on the iOS platform that are built completely in the open.
Apply here https://careers.mozilla.org/position/gh/688096
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)Mozilla | Firefox Mobile Engineer | Mountain View Portland, Remote, San Francisco, Toronto, Vancouver | https://mozilla.org
We are looking for an iOS engineer to work on
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/firefox-ios
and other open source products that Mozilla is working on.
You'll get to work on one of the few projects on the iOS platform that are built completely in the open.
Apply here https://careers.mozilla.org/position/gh/688096
In Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2017)Source code at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus - let us know what you think.
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