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Android users worried about the security of their mobile Internet browsing in light of all the advanced spying practices recently revealed by Edward Snowden’s leaked documents, should know the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is ready to help by providing its HTTPS Everywhere extension to the Firefox app for Android devices. The EFF on Monday announced that its extension can be installed on Android devices that run Mozilla’s Android app in order to enjoy an encrypted mobile browsing experience. “With HTTPS Everywhere installed, Firefox for Android encrypts thousands of connections from your browser that would otherwise be insecure,” the EFF wrote on its blog. “This gives Firefox a huge security advantage over every other mobile browser available today.” The extension, previously