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firefox sync showed up on my phone without permission

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meganm
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I was looking on my mobile phone today and found an app that was called firefox sync (deprecated) but I didn't download it. What is it and why is it on my phone?

I was looking on my mobile phone today and found an app that was called firefox sync (deprecated) but I didn't download it. What is it and why is it on my phone?

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Kevin
Kevin
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It is an account type that is part of Firefox for Android. It does nothing unless you set up a Firefox Sync account.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-do-i-set-up-firefox-sync