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@@ -395,9 +395,11 @@ user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
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user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0700 syntax error: the parrot's given up the ghost!");
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/* 0701: disable IPv6
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* IPv6 can be abused, especially regarding MAC addresses. They also do not play nice
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- * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it
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- * [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done
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- * at an OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups
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+ * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it.
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+ * Firefox telemetry (April 2019) shows only 5% of all connections are IPv6.
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+ * [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done at an
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+ * OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups. If you are not masking your IP,
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+ * then this won't make much difference. If you are maksing your IP, then it can only help.
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* [TEST] http://ipv6leak.com/
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* [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/437#issuecomment-403740626
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* [2] https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/ipv6-security/ (see Myths 2,4,5,6) ***/
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Thorin-Oakenpants