Is browsing with Firefox secure on my Android?

  • 27 May 2015
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I have recently bought my first android tablet and (after installing WR Mobile!) I downloaded Firefox because I am used to that on my PC.
 
Whilst looking through this forum I found a thread stating that only Google's native Chrome would be secure for browsing in Android whilst Firefox and other browsers would not be.
 
https://community.webroot.com/t5/Ideas-Exchange/Mobile-Secure-Web-Browsing-for-alternative-browsers/idi-p/2978
 
That thread is now over three years old and I was wondering if anything had changed and if I am vulnerable continuing to use Firefox?

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I'm only replying to clarify this issue. On re-reading the comments to the previous thread on this issue that I linked to, I realise that I misunderstood what was meant by the 'native browser' that is secure when used with webroot mobile.
EDIT
Obviously it is Webroot's own SecureWeb browser!
 

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