Flatsonar

Firefox

by Mozilla

Fast, Private & Safe Web Browser

Dangerous permissions Verified creator MPL-2.0 v156.0
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About

When it comes to your life online, you have a choice: accept the factory settings or put your privacy first. When you choose Firefox as your default browser, you’re choosing to protect your data while supporting an independent tech company. Firefox is also the only major browser backed by a non-profit fighting to give you more openness, transparency and control of your life online. Join hundreds of millions of people who choose to protect what's important by choosing Firefox - a web browser designed to be fast, easy to use, customizable and private.

Permissions

5 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • all devices (/dev): webcams, disks, raw hardware
    --device=all
  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • smart card readers
    --socket=pcsc
  • development features (ptrace, can inspect other processes in its sandbox)
    --allow=devel
  • network configuration
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.NetworkManager
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • printing
    --socket=cups
  • access to xdg-config/gtk-3.0
    --filesystem=xdg-config/gtk-3.0:ro
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to /run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
    --filesystem=/run/.heim_org.h5l.kcm-socket
  • access to xdg-run/speech-dispatcher
    --filesystem=xdg-run/speech-dispatcher:ro
  • talks to org.gtk.vfs.*
    --talk-name=org.gtk.vfs.*
  • accessibility
    --talk-name=org.a11y.Bus
  • talks to org.freedesktop.FileManager1
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.FileManager1
  • owns its own bus name
    --own-name=org.mozilla.firefox.*
  • registers as a media player (MPRIS)
    --own-name=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.firefox.*

Who publishes this

The creator demonstrably controls this app id: Flathub verification, the hosting account owns the namespace, or a well-known file on their domain.

  • verified on Flathub: the developer proved they control this app id
    publisher:flathub

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