If you sync your browsing history across Firefox installations, we don't know what that history is — because it's encrypted by your device. It seems like every company on the web is buying and selling my data. You're probably no different. Mozilla doesn't sell data about you, and we don't buy data about you.

Is Firefox safe to download? Protecting your privacy is our number one priority, and we ensure that installing Firefox on your devices is completely safe — but always make sure you are downloading from a trusted Mozilla/Firefox site, like our download page.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox.

While Chrome is faster and offers a range of browser add-ons and extensions, Firefox focuses on user privacy, with built-in features that protect it by default. Both browsers take user security seriously, with built-in malware detection and sandboxing (i.e., isolating threats).