Privacy Browser 3.6.1 was released with fix for a bug that caused View Source to crash on release builds. Because most of my devices are running debug builds it took a while before I was able to reproduce the bug. The root cause was that ProGuard, which removed unneeded methods in release builds to make…

This release fixes a bug that allowed buffered audio to continue to play when a tab was closed. There is a similar bug that I have a hard time reproducing that has similar symptoms, but includes the favorite icon for the closed tab being displayed on a remaining tab. If anyone is able to reproduce…

I received an email from a user pointing out a scrolling bug that sometimes manifests in the Domain Settings activity. After looking into it, it appears that Android’s touch parsing isn’t very smart about touches and swipes when they are over spinners (the drop down boxes). Usually, a finger must touch and then lift off…

23 December 2020 Update: Let’s Encrypt decided this wasn’t a smart idea, and extended the expiration date until 2024. So, for this immediate scenario, these instructions are no longer necessary. However, I will leave them up for people who are interested in the details of how to add a certificate authority to Android. On January…

Privacy Browser 3.5.1 contains two important bug fixes relating to the the new Day/Night theme and how Privacy Browser now handles being restarted by the OS. The first fixes a problem with the intents (links from other apps) not opening if Privacy Browser was restarted in the background by the OS. Privacy Browser would restore…

This morning I received the following email. Hi Soren, I hope all is well. I’m Chris – CMO at Startpage and I came across your Privacy Browser as I was looking into F-Droid. I saw Startpage on the screenshots on https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stoutner.privacybrowser.standardI assume you’re a fan and wanted to reach out to hear what you think…

The theme for the website has been updated from WordPress Twenty Nineteen to Twenty Twenty. Overall I like the effect. The only downside I have seen so far is that the menu doesn’t work if JavaScript is disabled. Someday, if I have some free time, I might contribute to the WordPress project to fix that.…

A while back a user suggested I setup a Mastodon account for Privacy Browser, but at the time I didn’t feel that I needed anything in addition to all the existing communication platforms I was using. But, as is typically the case, over time my perceptions have changed, and I thought it would be nice…

Privacy Browser 3.4.1 has been released. It contains an emergency fix for some Android 10 devices that couldn’t access the public directories even when the storage permission was granted. This caused java.io.IOException:Permission denied errors when the storage permission was granted and the default download location was used on these devices.