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Learn more about { -brand-name-firefox } browsers and products that handle your data with respect and are built for privacy anywhere you go online.

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The history of web browsers

{ -brand-name-firefox } has been there since almost the beginning.

What is a web browser?

A web browser takes you anywhere on the internet, letting you see text, images and video from anywhere in the world.

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Incognito browser: What it really means

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Fingerprinter Blocking

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A guide to safer logins and passwords

More and more of the sensitive, valuable things in our life are guarded by passwords.

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