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Disguise your email address in Firefox

Firefox for Android (tinyurl.com/ APC520FF) is one of the few mobile browsers that lets you install add-ons – as you can with its desktop counterpart. The latest version of the app (110) adds support for four more extensions that bring useful new features to Firefox on your phone or tablet.

The most notable addition is Mozilla’s Firefox Relay add-on, which lets you disguise your email address when you sign up with websites, to protect it from spammers and scammers. It works by generating fake email addresses called ‘email masks’, which forward messages to your real inbox without compromising your privacy.

Tap the three-dot menu and select Add-ons, then tap the plus sign next to

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