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Product type | Software |
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Owner | Mozilla Foundation |
Related brands | Mozilla |
The Firefox brand is a group of products and services by Mozilla, largely centered around the Firefox web browser. As of September 2019, the brand includes the browser itself, Lockwise, Monitor, and Send. Additionally, the podcast, IRL – Online Life Is Real Life, is provided by Mozilla and uses the Firefox brand.
The Firefox brand itself has been in use since 2004;[1] however, it has historically been used largely by the browser itself. In June 2019, Mozilla announced that Firefox would become a brand of privacy-focused software and services.[2][3]
Firefox Browser
editThe Firefox browser is a free and open-source web browser by Mozilla. It is available officially on Windows, macOS, and Linux. There are also mobile versions for Android and iOS.
Firefox Lockwise
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Firefox Lockwise, formerly known as Firefox Lockbox, syncs logins from the Firefox browser to the Firefox Lockwise app. It is developed by Mozilla and came out on 21 May 2019. Lockwise is available for iOS and Android.
Firefox Lockbox was introduced for iOS on 10 July 2018 as part of the Test Pilot Program.[8] On 26 March 2019 it was released for Android[9] and renamed Firefox Lockwise on 4 June 2019.[10]
Firefox Monitor
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Firefox Monitor is an online service developed by Mozilla, announced in June 2018 and launched on September 25, 2018.[11] It informs users if their email address and passwords used has been leaked in data breaches, using the database provided by Have I been Pwned? (HIBP) and working with HIBP's creator, Troy Hunt.[11][12]
Firefox Send
editDeveloper | Mozilla |
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Type | File sharing, encryption software |
Launch date | 12 March 2019 |
Website | https://send.firefox.com |
Firefox Send is a free-to-use, online file-sending service, able to handle files up to 2.5 GB.[13] It was developed by Mozilla and is licensed under the terms of the open source Mozilla Public License.[14] Development started in 2017[15] and it came out of beta on 12 March 2019.[16]
Send is written in JavaScript using Node.js.[17] All files are encrypted before being uploaded and decrypted on the client after downloading. The encryption key is never sent to the server.[18]
IRL – Online Life Is Real Life
editReferences
edit- ^ Festa, Paul. "Mozilla holds 'fire' in naming fight". CNET. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Shankland, Stephen. "Bye-bye Firefox legs. New Mozilla logo now stands for a lot more than just the browser". CNET. CNET. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Schawb, Katharine. "Firefox's bold new branding is a glimpse into Mozilla's grand plan". FastCompany. FastCompany. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
- ^ Mozilla (14 December 2020). "Firefox Lockwise - Apps on Google Play". Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Mozilla (16 April 2021). "Firefox Lockwise on the App Store".
- ^ "Firefox Lockwise for Android".
- ^ "Firefox Lockwise for iOS".
- ^ Nguyen, Nick. "Introducing Firefox's First Mobile Test Pilot Experiments: Lockbox and Notes". The Mozilla Blog. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ Nguyen, Nick. "Firefox Lockbox Now on Android, Keeping your Passwords Safe". The Mozilla Blog. Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- ^ Software, Catherine Ellis 2019-06-04T13:00:01Z. "Mozilla launches new desktop password manager, Firefox Lockwise". TechRadar. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Sawers, Paul (25 September 2018). "Firefox Monitor taps Have I Been Pwned? to inform you of data breaches". VentureBeat. San Francisco, California. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
- ^ "mozilla/blurts-server: Firefox Monitor arms you with tools to keep your personal information safe. Find out what hackers already know about you and learn how to stay a step ahead of them". Github. 11 July 2019. README.md. Retrieved 2019-07-20.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Introducing Firefox Send, Providing Free File Transfers while Keeping your Personal Information Private". Mozilla.org. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ mozilla/send LICENSE file on GitHub, Mozilla, 2019-03-14, retrieved 2019-03-14
- ^ "First commit". GitHub. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Mozilla launches its free, encrypted file-sharing service, Firefox Send". Techcrunch. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "Simple, private file sharing from the makers of Firefox". GitHub. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
- ^ "File Encryption". GitHub. Retrieved 14 March 2019.