Firefox

Firefox works well on Local Desktop. This is one of the ways to use Browser DevTools on your phone.

You can install it using pacman:

pacman -S firefox

Compatibility note

Reduced security

In order to fix issue #139, Local Desktop follows @ZhymabekRoman's solution by:

• Setting media.cubeb.sandbox to false.
• Setting security.sandbox.content.level to 0.

These tweaks are applied automatically using Firefox AutoConfig on each startup.

Consequences

Note: The content below is AI-generated, but the sources are taken from Mozilla documentation, GitHub issues, and community discussions.

Setting media.cubeb.sandbox to false and security.sandbox.content.level to 0 disables key sandboxing mechanisms in Firefox, which are designed to protect the system from malicious content. These changes have the following consequences:

• Increased Vulnerability to Exploits:

  • Disabling security.sandbox.content.level removes restrictions on web content, allowing malicious websites to exploit vulnerabilities in Firefox's rendering engine or JavaScript engine to execute arbitrary code on the host system.
  • Setting media.cubeb.sandbox to false removes sandboxing for audio processing, potentially allowing malicious code to access system resources through audio-related vulnerabilities.

• Exposure to Malicious Websites:

  • Without content sandboxing, web content can more easily access system resources, increasing the risk of attacks from untrusted or compromised websites.

• Reduced Isolation:

  • Sandboxing isolates web content and audio processes from the host system. Disabling these sandboxes weakens this isolation, increasing the overall attack surface.

• Potential for Privilege Escalation:

  • The lack of audio sandboxing could enable privilege escalation, where malicious processes gain unauthorized access to system-level components.