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  1. /******
  2. * name: ghacks user.js
  3. * date: 09 July 2017
  4. * version 55-beta: There Must Be an Angel [Playing with My Pants]
  5. * "I walk into an empty room, and suddenly my pants go boom"
  6. * authors: v52+ github | v51- www.ghacks.net
  7. * url: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
  8. * releases: These are end-of-stable-life-cycle legacy archives.
  9. *Always* use the master branch user.js for a current up-to-date version.
  10. url: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/releases
  11. * README:
  12. 1. READ the full README
  13. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
  14. 2. READ this
  15. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation
  16. 3. If you skipped steps 1 and 2 above (shame on you), then here is the absolute minimum
  17. * Auto-installing updates for Firefox and extensions/addon-ons are disabled (section 0302's)
  18. * Some user data is erased (section 2800), namely history (browsing, form, download)
  19. * Site breakage WILL happen
  20. - There are often trade-offs and conflicts between Security vs Privacy vs Anti-Fingerprinting
  21. and these need to be balanced against Functionality & Convenience & Breakage
  22. * You will need to make a few changes to suit your own needs
  23. - Search this file for the "[SETUP]" tag to find SOME common items you could check
  24. before using to avoid unexpected surprises
  25. - Search this file for the "[WARNING]" tag to troubleshoot or prevent SOME common issues
  26. 4. BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP your profile folder before implementing (and/or test in a new profile)
  27. 5. Did you do a BACKUP?
  28. ******/
  29. /* START: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors (thanks earthling)
  30. * Yes, this next pref setting is redundant, but we like it!
  31. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_parrot
  32. * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary ***/
  33. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "Oh yes, the Norwegian Blue... what's wrong with it?");
  34. /* 0001: start Firefox in PB (Private Browsing) mode
  35. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>History>Custom Settings>Always use private browsing mode
  36. * [NOTE] In this mode *all* windows are "private windows" and the PB mode icon is not displayed
  37. * [NOTE] The P in PB mode is misleading: it means no "persistent" local storage of history,
  38. * caches, searches or cookies (which you can achieve in normal mode). In fact, it limits or
  39. * removes the ability to control these, and you need to quit Firefox to clear them. PB is best
  40. * used as a one off window (File>New Private Window) to provide a temporary self-contained
  41. * new instance. Closing all Private Windows clears all traces. Repeat as required.
  42. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Private_Browsing ***/
  43. // user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true);
  44. /*** 0100: STARTUP ***/
  45. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0100 syntax error: the parrot's dead!");
  46. /* 0101: disable "slow startup" options
  47. * warnings, disk history, welcomes, intros, EULA, default browser check ***/
  48. user_pref("browser.slowStartup.notificationDisabled", true);
  49. user_pref("browser.slowStartup.maxSamples", 0);
  50. user_pref("browser.slowStartup.samples", 0);
  51. user_pref("browser.rights.3.shown", true);
  52. user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");
  53. user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "");
  54. user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "");
  55. user_pref("startup.homepage_override_url", ""); // what's new page after updates
  56. user_pref("browser.laterrun.enabled", false);
  57. user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
  58. /* 0102: set start page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session)
  59. * home = browser.startup.homepage preference.
  60. * [SETTING] Options>General>Startup>When Firefox starts ***/
  61. // user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
  62. /*** 0200: GEOLOCATION ***/
  63. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0200 syntax error: the parrot's definitely deceased!");
  64. /* 0201: disable location-aware browsing, but enforce Mozilla's service over Google's ***/
  65. user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
  66. user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
  67. user_pref("geo.wifi.xhr.timeout", 1); // reset this if you use geolocation
  68. user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  69. user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
  70. user_pref("browser.search.geoip.timeout", 1);
  71. /* 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
  72. * [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
  73. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254 ***/
  74. user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); // (hidden pref)
  75. user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // (hidden pref)
  76. /* 0203: disable using OS locale, force APP locale ***/
  77. user_pref("intl.locale.matchOS", false);
  78. /* 0204: set APP locale ***/
  79. user_pref("general.useragent.locale", "en-US");
  80. /* 0206: disable geographically specific results/search engines eg: "browser.search.*.US"
  81. * i.e ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
  82. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
  83. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
  84. /* 0207: set language to match ***/
  85. user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
  86. /* 0208: enforce US English locale regardless of the system locale
  87. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867501 ***/
  88. user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // (hidden pref)
  89. /* 0209: disable geolocation on non-secure origins (FF54+)
  90. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1072859
  91. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/03/14/firefox-55-geolocation-requires-secure-origin/ ***/
  92. user_pref("geo.security.allowinsecure", false);
  93. /*** 0300: QUIET FOX
  94. We choose to not disable auto-CHECKs (0301's) but to disable auto-INSTALLs (0302's).
  95. There are many legitimate reasons to turn off auto-INSTALLS, including hijacked or
  96. monetized extensions, time constraints, legacy issues, and fear of breakage/bugs.
  97. It is still important to do updates for security reasons, please do so manually. ***/
  98. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0300 syntax error: the parrot's not pinin' for the fjords!");
  99. /* 0301a: disable auto-update checks for Firefox
  100. * [NOTE} Firefox currently checks every 12 hrs and allows 8 day notification dismissal
  101. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>Update>Never check for updates ***/
  102. // user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
  103. /* 0301b: disable auto-update checks for add-ons ***/
  104. // user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
  105. /* 0302a: disable auto update installing for Firefox (after the check in 0301a)
  106. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>Update>Check for updates but let you choose whether to install them
  107. * [NOTE] The UI checkbox also controls the behavior for checking, the pref only controls auto installing ***/
  108. user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
  109. /* 0302b: disable auto update installing for add-ons (after the check in 0301b)
  110. * [SETTING] about:addons>Extensions>Settings[gear-icon]>Update Addons Automatically (toggle) ***/
  111. user_pref("extensions.update.autoUpdateDefault", false);
  112. /* 0303: disable background update service [WINDOWS]
  113. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>Update>Use a background service to install updates ***/
  114. user_pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
  115. /* 0304: disable background update staging ***/
  116. user_pref("app.update.staging.enabled", false);
  117. /* 0305: enforce update information is displayed
  118. * This is the update available, downloaded, error and success information ***/
  119. user_pref("app.update.silent", false);
  120. /* 0306: disable add-on metadata updating
  121. * sends daily pings to Mozilla about extensions and recent startups ***/
  122. user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
  123. /* 0307: disable auto updating of personas (themes) ***/
  124. user_pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false);
  125. /* 0308: disable search update
  126. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>Update>Automatically update: Search Engines ***/
  127. user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
  128. /* 0309: disable sending Flash crash reports ***/
  129. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false);
  130. /* 0310: disable sending the URL of the website where a plugin crashed ***/
  131. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false);
  132. /* 0320: disable extension discovery
  133. * featured extensions for displaying in Get Add-ons panel ***/
  134. user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "http://127.0.0.1");
  135. /* 0330: disable telemetry
  136. * the pref (.unified) affects the behaviour of the pref (.enabled)
  137. * IF unified=false then .enabled controls the telemetry module
  138. * IF unified=true then .enabled ONLY controls whether to record extended data
  139. * so make sure to have both set as false
  140. * [1] https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/preferences.html ***/
  141. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
  142. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
  143. /* 0331: remove url of server telemetry pings are sent to ***/
  144. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "");
  145. /* 0332: disable archiving pings locally - irrelevant if toolkit.telemetry.unified is false ***/
  146. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false);
  147. /* 0333a: disable health report ***/
  148. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
  149. /* 0333b: disable about:healthreport page (which connects to Mozilla for locale/css+js+json)
  150. * If you have disabled health reports, then this about page is useless - disable it
  151. * If you want to see what health data is present, then this must be set at default ***/
  152. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl", "data:text/plain,");
  153. /* 0334: disable new data submission, master kill switch (FF41+)
  154. * If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever
  155. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1195552 ***/
  156. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
  157. /* 0335: remove telemetry clientID ***/
  158. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", "");
  159. /* 0336: disable "Heartbeat" (Mozilla user rating telemetry)
  160. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18738 ***/
  161. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  162. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", "");
  163. /* 0340: disable experiments
  164. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments ***/
  165. user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
  166. user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "");
  167. user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
  168. user_pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
  169. /* 0341: disable Mozilla permission to silently opt you into tests ***/
  170. user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
  171. /* 0350: disable crash reports ***/
  172. user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
  173. /* 0351: disable sending of crash reports (FF44+) ***/
  174. user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false);
  175. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); // (FF51+)
  176. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit", false); // (FF51+)
  177. /* 0360: disable new tab tile ads & preload & marketing junk ***/
  178. user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);
  179. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "data:text/plain,");
  180. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "data:text/plain,");
  181. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
  182. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false);
  183. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true);
  184. /* 0361: disable Activity Stream (system addon) (FF54+)
  185. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream ***/
  186. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
  187. /* 0370: disable "Snippets" (Mozilla content shown on about:home screen)
  188. * MUST use HTTPS - arbitrary content injected into this page via http opens up MiTM attacks
  189. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Firefox_Start/Snippet_Service ***/
  190. user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "https://127.0.0.1");
  191. /* 0373: disable "Pocket" (third party "save for later" service) & remove urls for good measure
  192. * [NOTE] Important: Remove the pocket icon from your toolbar first
  193. * [1] https://www.gnu.gl/blog/Posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-pocket/ ***/
  194. user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
  195. user_pref("extensions.pocket.api", "");
  196. user_pref("extensions.pocket.site", "");
  197. user_pref("extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", "");
  198. /* 0374: disable "social" integration
  199. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Social_API ***/
  200. user_pref("social.whitelist", "");
  201. user_pref("social.toast-notifications.enabled", false);
  202. user_pref("social.shareDirectory", "");
  203. user_pref("social.remote-install.enabled", false);
  204. user_pref("social.directories", "");
  205. user_pref("social.share.activationPanelEnabled", false);
  206. user_pref("social.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  207. /* 0376: disable FlyWeb, a set of APIs for advertising and discovering local-area web servers
  208. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb
  209. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/26/firefox-flyweb/ ***/
  210. user_pref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false);
  211. /*** 0400: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
  212. This section has security & tracking protection implications vs privacy concerns vs effectiveness
  213. vs 3rd party 'censorship'. We DO NOT advocate no protection. If you disable Tracking Protection (TP)
  214. and/or Safe Browsing (SB), then SECTION 0400 REQUIRES YOU HAVE uBLOCK ORIGIN INSTALLED.
  215. Safe Browsing is designed to protect users from malicious sites. Tracking Protection is designed to
  216. lessen the impact of third parties on websites to reduce tracking and to speed up your browsing. They
  217. do rely on 3rd parties: Google for safe browsing and Disconnect for tracking protection. but many steps,
  218. continually being improved, have been taken to preserve privacy. Disable at your own risk.
  219. ***/
  220. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0400 syntax error: the parrot's passed on!");
  221. /** BLOCKLISTS ***/
  222. /* 0401: enable Firefox blocklist, but sanitize blocklist url
  223. * [NOTE] It includes updates for "revoked certificates"
  224. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl
  225. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 ***/
  226. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true);
  227. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
  228. /* 0402: enable Kinto blocklist updates (FF50+)
  229. * What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications
  230. * As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be
  231. * revoked, add-ons and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes ***/
  232. user_pref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", true);
  233. user_pref("services.blocklist.signing.enforced", true);
  234. /* 0403: disable individual unwanted/unneeded parts of the Kinto blocklists ***/
  235. // user_pref("services.blocklist.onecrl.collection", ""); // revoked certificates
  236. // user_pref("services.blocklist.addons.collection", "");
  237. // user_pref("services.blocklist.plugins.collection", "");
  238. // user_pref("services.blocklist.gfx.collection", "");
  239. /** SAFE BROWSING (SB)
  240. This sub-section has been redesigned to differentiate between "real-time"/"user initiated"
  241. data being sent to Google from all other settings such as using local blocklists/whitelists and
  242. updating those lists. There are NO privacy issues here. *IF* required, a full url is never sent
  243. to Google, only a PART-hash of the prefix, and this is hidden with noise of other real PART-hashes.
  244. Google also swear it is anonymized and only used to flag malicious sites/activity. Firefox
  245. also takes measures such as striping out identifying parameters and storing safe browsing
  246. cookies in a separate jar. (#Turn on browser.safebrowsing.debug to monitor this activity)
  247. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-in-firefox/
  248. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing ***/
  249. /* 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content" (under Options>Security)
  250. * This covers deceptive sites such as phishing and social engineering ***/
  251. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
  252. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); // (FF50+)
  253. /* 0411: disable "Block dangerous downloads" (under Options>Security)
  254. * This covers malware and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) ***/
  255. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);
  256. /* 0412: disable "Warn me about unwanted and uncommon software" (under Options>Security) (FF48+) ***/
  257. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false);
  258. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false);
  259. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous", false); // (FF49+)
  260. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host", false); // (FF49+)
  261. /* 0413: disable Google safebrowsing updates ***/
  262. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL", "");
  263. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL", "");
  264. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  265. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  266. /* 0414: disable binaries NOT in local lists being checked by Google (real-time checking) ***/
  267. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
  268. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", "");
  269. /* 0415: disable reporting URLs ***/
  270. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL", "");
  271. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL", "");
  272. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  273. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  274. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  275. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  276. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  277. /* 0416: disable 'ignore this warning' on Safe Browsing warnings which when clicked
  278. * bypasses the block for that session. This is a means for admins to enforce SB
  279. * [TEST] see github wiki APPENDIX C: Test Sites: Section 5
  280. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1226490 ***/
  281. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false);
  282. /** TRACKING PROTECTION (TP)
  283. There are NO privacy concerns here, but we strongly recommend to use uBlock Origin as well,
  284. as it offers more comprehensive and specialized lists. It also allows per domain control. ***/
  285. /* 0420: enable Tracking Protection in all windows
  286. * [NOTE] TP sends DNT headers regardless of the DNT pref (see 1610)
  287. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection
  288. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-firefox ***/
  289. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); // default true
  290. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true); // default false
  291. /* 0421: enable more Tracking Protection choices under Options>Privacy>Use Tracking Protection
  292. * Displays three choices: "Always", "Only in private windows", "Never" ***/
  293. user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.ui.enabled", true);
  294. /* 0422: enable "basic" or "strict" tracking protecting list - ONLY USE ONE!
  295. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Use Tracking Protection>Change Block List ***/
  296. // user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256"); // basic
  297. // user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256,content-track-digest256"); // strict
  298. /* 0423: disable Mozilla's blocklist for known Flash tracking/fingerprinting (FF48+)
  299. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/18/firefox-48-blocklist-against-plugin-fingerprinting/
  300. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237198 ***/
  301. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);
  302. /* 0424: disable Mozilla's tracking protection and Flash blocklist updates ***/
  303. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", "");
  304. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL", "");
  305. /*** 0600: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND [not explicitly asked for - eg clicked on] ***/
  306. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0600 syntax error: the parrot's no more!");
  307. /* 0601: disable link prefetching
  308. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ ***/
  309. user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
  310. /* 0602: disable DNS prefetching
  311. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/27/firefox-prefetching-what-you-need-to-know/
  312. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Controlling_DNS_prefetching ***/
  313. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true);
  314. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); // (hidden pref)
  315. /* 0603a: disable Seer/Necko
  316. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Necko ***/
  317. user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false);
  318. /* 0603b: disable more Necko/Captive Portal
  319. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal
  320. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Necko/CaptivePortal
  321. * [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21790 ***/
  322. user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", "");
  323. user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); // (FF52+)
  324. /* 0605: disable link-mouseover opening connection to linked server
  325. * [1] http://news.slashdot.org/story/15/08/14/2321202/how-to-quash-firefoxs-silent-requests
  326. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/16/block-firefox-from-connecting-to-sites-when-you-hover-over-links ***/
  327. user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0);
  328. /* 0606: disable pings (but enforce same host in case)
  329. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings
  330. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host ***/
  331. user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
  332. user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
  333. /* 0607: disable links launching Windows Store on Windows 8/8.1/10 [WINDOWS]
  334. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/03/25/block-firefox-chrome-windows-store/ ***/
  335. user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ms-windows-store", false);
  336. /* 0608: disable predictor / prefetching (FF48+) ***/
  337. user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);
  338. /*** 0800: LOCATION BAR / SEARCH BAR / SUGGESTIONS / HISTORY / FORMS [SETUP]
  339. If you are in a private environment (no unwanted eyeballs) and your device is private
  340. (restricted access), and the device is secure when unattended (locked, encrypted, forensic
  341. hardened), then items 0850 and above can be relaxed in return for more convenience and
  342. functionality. Likewise, you may want to check the items cleared on shutdown in section 2800.
  343. [NOTE] The urlbar is also commonly referred to as the location bar and address bar
  344. #Required reading [#] https://xkcd.com/538/
  345. ***/
  346. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0800 syntax error: the parrot's ceased to be!");
  347. /* 0801: disable location bar using search - PRIVACY
  348. * don't leak typos to a search engine, give an error message instead ***/
  349. user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
  350. /* 0802: disable location bar domain guessing - PRIVACY/SECURITY
  351. * domain guessing intercepts DNS "hostname not found errors" and resends a
  352. * request (eg by adding www or .com). This is inconsistent use (eg FQDNs), does not work
  353. * via Proxy Servers (different error), is a flawed use of DNS (TLDs: why treat .com
  354. * as the 411 for DNS errors?), privacy issues (why connect to sites you didn't
  355. * intend to), can leak sensitive data (eg query strings: eg Princeton attack),
  356. * and is a security risk (eg common typos & malicious sites set up to exploit this) ***/
  357. user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
  358. /* 0803: display all parts of the url in the location bar - helps SECURITY ***/
  359. user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
  360. /* 0804: limit history leaks via enumeration (PER TAB: back/forward) - PRIVACY
  361. * This is a PER TAB session history. You still have a full history stored under all history
  362. * default=50, minimum=1=currentpage, 2 is the recommended minimum as some pages
  363. * use it as a means of referral (eg hotlinking), 4 or 6 or 10 may be more practical ***/
  364. user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 10);
  365. /* 0805: disable CSS querying page history - CSS history leak - PRIVACY
  366. * [NOTE] This has NEVER been fully "resolved": in Mozilla/docs it is stated it's
  367. * only in 'certain circumstances', also see latest comments in [2]
  368. * [TEST] http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/yahh/ (see github wiki APPENDIX C on how to use)
  369. * [1] https://dbaron.org/mozilla/visited-privacy
  370. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=147777
  371. * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector ***/
  372. user_pref("layout.css.visited_links_enabled", false);
  373. /* 0806: disable displaying javascript in history URLs - SECURITY ***/
  374. user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true);
  375. /* 0807: disable search bar LIVE search suggestions - PRIVACY
  376. * [SETTING] Options>Search>Provide search suggestions ***/
  377. user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
  378. /* 0808: disable location bar LIVE search suggestions (requires 0807 = true) - PRIVACY
  379. * Also disable the location bar prompt to enable/disable or learn more about it.
  380. * [SETTING] Options>Search>Show search suggestions in location bar results ***/
  381. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
  382. user_pref("browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice", true); // (FF41+)
  383. /* 0809: disable location bar suggesting "preloaded" top websites (FF54+)
  384. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1211726 ***/
  385. user_pref("browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled", false);
  386. /* 0850a: disable location bar autocomplete [controlled by 0850b]
  387. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
  388. /* 0850b: disable location bar suggestion types [controls 0850a]
  389. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Location Bar>When using the location bar, suggest
  390. * [NOTE] If any of these are true, 0850a will be FORCED to true
  391. * and if all three are false, 0850a will be FORCED to false
  392. * [WARNING] If all three are false, search engine keywords are disabled ***/
  393. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false);
  394. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark", false);
  395. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage", false);
  396. /* 0850c: disable location bar dropdown
  397. * This value controls the total number of entries to appear in the location bar dropdown
  398. * [NOTE] Items (bookmarks/history/openpages) with a high "frecency"/"bonus" will always
  399. * be displayed (no we do not know how these are calculated or what the threshold is),
  400. * and this does not affect the search by search engine suggestion (see 0808)
  401. * [USAGE] This setting is only useful if you want to enable search engine keywords
  402. * (i.e at least one of 0850b must be true) but you want to *limit* suggestions shown ***/
  403. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 0);
  404. /* 0850d: disable location bar autofill
  405. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete ***/
  406. user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false);
  407. user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed", false);
  408. /* 0850e: disable location bar one-off searches (FF51+)
  409. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/09/firefox-one-off-searches-address-bar/ ***/
  410. user_pref("browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches", false);
  411. /* 0860: disable search and form history
  412. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>History>Custom Settings>Remember search and form history
  413. * [NOTE] You can clear formdata on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
  414. // user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
  415. /* 0861: disable saving form history on secure websites
  416. * For convenience & functionality, this is best left at default true,
  417. * especially as the web moves more and more to encrypted services
  418. * You can clear form history on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
  419. // user_pref("browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms", false);
  420. /* 0862: disable browsing and download history
  421. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>History>Custom Settings>Remember my browsing and download history
  422. * [NOTE] You can clear history and downloads on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
  423. // user_pref("places.history.enabled", false);
  424. /* 0863: disable Form Autofill (FF54+)
  425. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/24/firefoxs-new-form-autofill-is-awesome/
  426. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Form_Autofill ***/
  427. user_pref("browser.formautofill.enabled", false);
  428. /* 0870: disable Windows jumplist [WINDOWS] ***/
  429. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.enabled", false);
  430. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.frequent.enabled", false);
  431. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled", false);
  432. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled", false);
  433. /* 0871: disable Windows taskbar preview [WINDOWS] ***/
  434. user_pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false);
  435. /*** 0900: PASSWORDS ***/
  436. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "0900 syntax error: the parrot's expired!");
  437. /* 0901: disable saving passwords
  438. * [SETTING] Options>Security>Logins>Remember logins for sites
  439. * [NOTE] This does not clear any passwords already saved ***/
  440. // user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
  441. /* 0902: use a master password (recommended if you save passwords)
  442. * There are no preferences for this. It is all handled internally.
  443. * [SETTING] Options>Security>Logins>Use a master password
  444. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/use-master-password-protect-stored-logins ***/
  445. /* 0903: set how often Firefox should ask for the master password
  446. * 0=the first time (default), 1=every time it's needed, 2=every n minutes (as per the next pref) ***/
  447. user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
  448. /* 0904: set how often in minutes Firefox should ask for the master password (see pref above)
  449. * in minutes, default is 30 ***/
  450. user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 5);
  451. /* 0905: disable auto-filling username & password form fields - SECURITY
  452. * can leak in cross-site forms AND be spoofed
  453. * [NOTE] Password will still be auto-filled after a user name is manually entered
  454. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signon.autofillForms ***/
  455. user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false);
  456. /* 0906: disable websites' autocomplete="off" (FF30+)
  457. * Don't let sites dictate use of saved logins and passwords. Increase security through
  458. * stronger password use. The trade-off is the convenience. Some sites should never be
  459. * saved (such as banking sites). Set at true, informed users can make their own choice. ***/
  460. user_pref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", true);
  461. /* 0907: display warnings for logins on non-secure (non HTTPS) pages
  462. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217156 ***/
  463. user_pref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true);
  464. /* 0908: remove user & password info when attempting to fix an entered URL (i.e 0802 is true)
  465. * e.g //user:password@foo -> //user@(prefix)foo(suffix) NOT //user:password@(prefix)foo(suffix) ***/
  466. user_pref("browser.fixup.hide_user_pass", true);
  467. /* 0909: disable formless login capture for Password Manager (FF51+) ***/
  468. user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false);
  469. /* 0910: disable autofilling saved passwords on HTTP pages and show warning (FF52+)
  470. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/insecure-login-forms-now-disable-autofill-show-warning-beneath-input-control/
  471. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217152
  472. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319119 ***/
  473. user_pref("signon.autofillForms.http", false);
  474. user_pref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", true);
  475. /*** 1000: CACHE [SETUP] ***/
  476. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1000 syntax error: the parrot's gone to meet 'is maker!");
  477. /** CACHE ***/
  478. /* 1001: disable disk cache ***/
  479. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
  480. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0);
  481. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false);
  482. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false);
  483. /* 1002: disable disk cache for SSL pages
  484. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl ***/
  485. user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
  486. /* 1003: disable memory cache
  487. * [NOTE] Not recommended due to performance issues ***/
  488. // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
  489. /* 1004: disable offline cache ***/
  490. user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
  491. /* 1005: disable fastback cache
  492. * To improve performance when pressing back/forward Firefox stores visited pages
  493. * so they don't have to be re-parsed. This is not the same as memory cache.
  494. * 0=none, -1=auto (that's minus 1), or for other values see [1]
  495. * [NOTE] Not recommended unless you know what you're doing
  496. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers ***/
  497. // user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);
  498. /* 1006: disable permissions manager from writing to disk (requires restart)
  499. * [NOTE] This means any permission changes are session only
  500. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967812 ***/
  501. // user_pref("permissions.memory_only", true); // (hidden pref)
  502. /* 1007: disable randomized FF HTTP cache decay experiments
  503. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13575 ***/
  504. user_pref("browser.cache.frecency_experiment", -1);
  505. /* 1008: set DNS cache and expiration time (default 400 and 60, same as TBB) ***/
  506. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 400);
  507. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 60);
  508. /** SESSIONS & SESSION RESTORE ***/
  509. /* 1020: disable the Session Restore service completely
  510. * [WARNING] [SETUP] This also disables the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature
  511. * It does not affect "Recently Closed Windows" or any history. ***/
  512. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 0);
  513. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo", 0);
  514. /* 1021: disable storing extra session data
  515. * extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  516. * define on which sites to save extra session data:
  517. * 0=everywhere, 1=unencrypted sites, 2=nowhere ***/
  518. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2);
  519. /* 1022: disable resuming session from crash [SETUP] ***/
  520. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
  521. /* 1023: set the minimum interval between session save operations - increasing it
  522. * can help on older machines and some websites, as well as reducing writes, see [1]
  523. * Default is 15000 (15 secs). Try 30000 (30sec), 60000 (1min) etc
  524. * [WARNING] This can also affect entries in the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature:
  525. * i.e the longer the interval the more chance a quick tab open/close won't be captured.
  526. * This longer interval *may* affect history but we cannot replicate any history not recorded
  527. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1304389 ***/
  528. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 30000);
  529. /** FAVICONS ***/
  530. /* 1030: disable favicons in shortcuts
  531. * URL shortcuts use a cached randomly named .ico file which is stored in your
  532. * profile/shortcutCache directory. The .ico remains after the shortcut is deleted.
  533. * If set to false then the shortcuts use a generic Firefox icon ***/
  534. user_pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false);
  535. /* 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks
  536. * bookmark favicons are stored as data blobs in places.sqlite>moz_favicons ***/
  537. // user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
  538. // user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
  539. /* 1032: disable favicons in web notifications ***/
  540. user_pref("alerts.showFavicons", false);
  541. /*** 1100: MULTI-PROCESS (e10s)
  542. We recommend you let Firefox handle this. Until e10s is enforced, if
  543. - all your add-ons have the 'multiprocessCompatible' flag as true, then FF = e10s
  544. - any add-ons have 'multiprocessCompatible' flag as false, then FF != e10s
  545. - any add-ons are missing the 'multiprocessCompatible' flag, then they *might* be disabled (FF53+)
  546. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02/16/the-road-to-firefox-57-compatibility-milestones/
  547. ***/
  548. /* 1101: start the browser in e10s mode (FF48+)
  549. * about:support>Application Basics>Multiprocess Windows ***/
  550. // user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true);
  551. // user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart.2", true); // (FF49+) (hidden pref)
  552. // user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true); // (hidden pref)
  553. // user_pref("extensions.e10sBlocksEnabling", false);
  554. /* 1102: control number of content rendering processes
  555. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/change-how-many-processes-multi-process-firefox-uses/
  556. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207306 ***/
  557. // user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount", 4);
  558. /* 1103: enable WebExtension add-on code to run in a separate process (webext-oop) (FF53+)
  559. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Implementing_APIs_out-of-process ***/
  560. // user_pref("extensions.webextensions.remote", true);
  561. /* 1104: enforce separate content process for file://URLs (FF53+)
  562. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1147911
  563. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/27/firefox-53-exclusive-content-process-for-local-files/ ***/
  564. // user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.separateFileUriProcess", true);
  565. /* 1105: enable console shim warnings for add-ons with the 'multiprocessCompatible' flag as false ***/
  566. user_pref("dom.ipc.shims.enabledWarnings", true);
  567. /* 1106: control number of WebExtension processes ***/
  568. // user_pref("dom.ipc.processCount.extension", 1);
  569. /* 1110: set sandbox level. DO NOT MEDDLE WITH THESE. They are included to inform you NOT to play
  570. * with them. The values are integers, but the code below deliberately contains a data mismatch
  571. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Sandbox
  572. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/23/how-to-change-firefoxs-sandbox-security-level/#comment-4105173 ***/
  573. // user_pref("security.sandbox.content.level", "donotuse");
  574. // user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.default", "donotuse");
  575. // user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.sandbox-level.flash", "donotuse");
  576. /* 1111: enable sandbox logging ***/
  577. // user_pref("security.sandbox.logging.enabled", true);
  578. /*** 1200: HTTPS ( SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HSTS / HPKP / CIPHERS )
  579. Note that your cipher and other settings can be used server side as a fingerprint attack
  580. vector, see [1] (It's quite technical but the first part is easy to understand
  581. and you can stop reading when you reach the second section titled "Enter Bro")
  582. Option 1: Use our settings to tighten up encryption options. It *is* a fingerprinting attack
  583. vector, and we certainly do want to reduce any attack surface, but this is not how
  584. you *DEFEAT* fingerprinting - to do that you need large numbers to buy into the same
  585. enforced browser-wide settings (such as TBB), and/or you use OpSec.
  586. Option 2: Use Firefox defaults for the 1260's items (item 1260 default for SHA-1, is local only
  587. anyway). There is nothing *weak* about Firefox's defaults, but Mozilla (and other
  588. browsers) will always lag for fear of breakage and upset end-users
  589. [1] https://www.securityartwork.es/2017/02/02/tls-client-fingerprinting-with-bro/
  590. ***/
  591. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1200 syntax error: the parrot's a stiff!");
  592. /** SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / TLS (Transport Layer Security) ***/
  593. /* 1201: disable old SSL/TLS - vulnerable to a MiTM attack
  594. * [WARNING] Tested Feb 2017 - still breaks too many sites
  595. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation ***/
  596. // user_pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true);
  597. /* 1202: control TLS versions with min and max
  598. * 1=min version of TLS 1.0, 2=min version of TLS 1.1, 3=min version of TLS 1.2 etc
  599. * [NOTE] Jul-2017: Telemetry indicates approx 2% of TLS web traffic uses 1.0 or 1.1
  600. * [WARNING] If you get an "SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP" error temporarily
  601. * set a lower value for 'security.tls.version.min' in about:config
  602. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
  603. * [2] https://www.ssl.com/how-to/turn-off-ssl-3-0-and-tls-1-0-in-your-browser/
  604. * [2] archived: https://archive.is/hY2Mm ***/
  605. user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 3);
  606. user_pref("security.tls.version.fallback-limit", 3);
  607. user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4); // 4 = allow up to and including TLS 1.3
  608. /* 1203: disable SSL session tracking (FF36+)
  609. * SSL Session IDs speed up HTTPS connections (no need to renegotiate) and last for 48hrs.
  610. * Since the ID is unique, web servers can (and do) use it for tracking. If set to true,
  611. * this disables sending SSL Session IDs and TLS Session Tickets to prevent session tracking
  612. * [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5077
  613. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967977 ***/
  614. user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); // (hidden pref)
  615. /* 1204: disable SSL Error Reporting
  616. * [1] https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/base/sslerrorreport/preferences.html ***/
  617. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false);
  618. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled", false);
  619. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.url", "");
  620. /** OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)
  621. #Required reading [#] https://scotthelme.co.uk/revocation-is-broken/ ***/
  622. /* 1210: enable OCSP Stapling
  623. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ ***/
  624. user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true);
  625. /* 1211: control use of OCSP responder servers to confirm current validity of certificates
  626. * 0=disable, 1=validate only certificates that specify an OCSP service URL (default)
  627. * 2=enable and use values in security.OCSP.URL and security.OCSP.signing.
  628. * OCSP (non-stapled) leaks information about the sites you visit to the CA (cert authority)
  629. * It's a trade-off between security (checking) and privacy (leaking info to the CA)
  630. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocsp ***/
  631. user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1);
  632. /* 1212: enable OCSP revocation. When a CA cannot be reached to validate a cert, Firefox currently
  633. * continues the connection. With OCSP revocation, Firefox terminates the connection instead.
  634. * [WARNING] Since FF44 the default is false. If set to true, this will cause some site breakage
  635. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ ***/
  636. user_pref("security.OCSP.require", true);
  637. /** CERTS / HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) / HPKP (HTTP Public Key Pinning) ***/
  638. /* 1220: disable Windows 8.1's Microsoft Family Safety cert [WINDOWS] (FF50+)
  639. * 0=disable detecting Family Safety mode and importing the root
  640. * 1=only attempt to detect Family Safety mode (don't import the root)
  641. * 2=detect Family Safety mode and import the root
  642. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21686 ***/
  643. user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0);
  644. /* 1221: disable intermediate certificate caching (fingerprinting attack vector)
  645. * [NOTE] This may be better handled under FPI (ticket 1323644, part of Tor Uplift)
  646. * [WARNING] This affects login/cert/key dbs. The effect is all credentials are session-only.
  647. * Saved logins and passwords are not available. Reset the pref and restart to return them.
  648. * [TEST] https://fiprinca.0x90.eu/poc/
  649. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334485 - related bug
  650. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216882 - related bug (see comment 9) ***/
  651. // user_pref("security.nocertdb", true); // (hidden pref)
  652. /* 1222: enforce strict pinning
  653. * PKP (Public Key Pinning) 0=disabled 1=allow user MiTM (such as your antivirus), 2=strict
  654. * [WARNING] If you rely on an AV (antivirus) to protect your web browsing
  655. * by inspecting ALL your web traffic, then leave at current default=1
  656. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16206 ***/
  657. user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);
  658. /* 1223: enforce HSTS preload list (default is true)
  659. * The list is compiled into Firefox and used to always load those domains over HTTPS
  660. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/11/01/preloading-hsts/
  661. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/HSTS_Preload_List ***/
  662. user_pref("network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist", true);
  663. /** MIXED CONTENT ***/
  664. /* 1240: disable insecure active content on https pages - mixed content
  665. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21323 ***/
  666. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true);
  667. /* 1241: disable insecure passive content (such as images) on https pages - mixed context
  668. * [WARNING] When set to true, this will visually break many sites (March 2017) ***/
  669. // user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
  670. /* 1242: enable Mixed-Content-Blocker to use the HSTS cache but disable the HSTS Priming requests (FF51+)
  671. * Allow resources from domains with an existing HSTS cache record or in the HSTS preload list
  672. * to be upgraded to HTTPS internally but disable sending out HSTS Priming requests, because
  673. * those may cause noticeable delays eg requests time out or are not handled well by servers
  674. * [NOTE] If you want to use the priming requests make sure 'use_hsts' is also true
  675. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246540#c145 ***/
  676. user_pref("security.mixed_content.use_hsts", true);
  677. user_pref("security.mixed_content.send_hsts_priming", false);
  678. /** CIPHERS [see the section 1200 intro] ***/
  679. /* 1260: disable or limit SHA-1
  680. * 0=all SHA1 certs are allowed
  681. * 1=all SHA1 certs are blocked (including perfectly valid ones from 2015 and earlier)
  682. * 2=deprecated option that now maps to 1
  683. * 3=only allowed for locally-added roots (e.g. anti-virus)
  684. * 4=only allowed for locally-added roots or for certs in 2015 and earlier
  685. * [WARNING] When disabled, some man-in-the-middle devices (eg security scanners and
  686. * antivirus products, may fail to connect to HTTPS sites. SHA-1 is *almost* obsolete.
  687. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/18/phasing-out-sha-1-on-the-public-web/ ***/
  688. user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1);
  689. /* 1261: disable 3DES (effective key size < 128)
  690. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3des#Security
  691. * [2] http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack
  692. * [3] http://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/fips-ssl-ciphersuites.html ***/
  693. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false);
  694. /* 1262: disable 128 bits ***/
  695. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  696. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  697. /* 1263: disable DHE (Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange)
  698. * [WARNING] May break obscure sites, but not major sites, which should support ECDH over DHE
  699. * [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH ***/
  700. user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  701. user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  702. /* 1264: disable the remaining non-modern cipher suites as of FF52
  703. * [NOTE] Commented out because it still breaks too many sites ***/
  704. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  705. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  706. /** UI (User Interface) ***/
  707. /* 1270: display warning (red padlock) for "broken security"
  708. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation ***/
  709. user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true);
  710. /* 1271: control "Add Security Exception" dialog on SSL warnings
  711. * 0=do neither 1=pre-populate url 2+pre-populate url + pre-fetch cert (default)
  712. * [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 ***/
  713. user_pref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1);
  714. /* 1272: display advanced information on Insecure Connection warning pages
  715. * only works when it's possible to add an exception
  716. * i.e doesn't work for HSTS discrepancies (https://subdomain.preloaded-hsts.badssl.com/)
  717. * [TEST] https://expired.badssl.com/ ***/
  718. user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true);
  719. /*** 1400: FONTS ***/
  720. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1400 syntax error: the parrot's bereft of life!");
  721. /* 1401: disable websites choosing fonts (0=block, 1=allow)
  722. * If you disallow fonts, this drastically limits/reduces font
  723. * enumeration (by JS) which is a high entropy fingerprinting vector.
  724. * [SETTING] Options>Content>Font & Colors>Advanced>Allow pages to choose...
  725. * [SETUP] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. ***/
  726. user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
  727. /* 1402: enable icon fonts (glyphs) (FF41+)
  728. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=789788 ***/
  729. user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", true);
  730. /* 1403: disable rendering of SVG OpenType fonts
  731. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/SVGOpenTypeFonts - iSECPartnersReport recommends to disable this ***/
  732. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false);
  733. /* 1404: set more legible default fonts
  734. * [SETTING] Options>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Serif|Sans-serif|Monospace
  735. * [SETUP] These are optional, comment out if you do not require them
  736. * [NOTE] Been using this for 18 months, it really grows on you ***/
  737. user_pref("font.name.serif.x-unicode", "Georgia");
  738. user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Georgia"); // default Times New Roman
  739. user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode", "Arial");
  740. user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "Arial"); // default Arial
  741. user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-unicode", "Lucida Console");
  742. user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "Lucida Console"); // default Courier New
  743. /* 1405: disable WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format) ***/
  744. user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false);
  745. /* 1406: disable CSS Font Loading API
  746. * [SETUP] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. ***/
  747. user_pref("layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled", false);
  748. /* 1407: disable special underline handling for a few fonts which you will probably never use.
  749. * Any of these fonts on your system can be enumerated for fingerprinting. Requires restart.
  750. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Font.blacklist.underline_offset ***/
  751. user_pref("font.blacklist.underline_offset", "");
  752. /* 1408: disable graphite which FF49 turned back on by default
  753. * In the past it had security issues. Update: This continues to be the case, see [1]
  754. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 ***/
  755. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false);
  756. /* 1409: limit system font exposure to a whitelist (FF52+) [SETUP]
  757. * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed.
  758. * [NOTE] Creating your own probably highly-unique whitelist will raise your entropy. If
  759. * you block sites choosing fonts in 1401, this preference is irrelevant. In future,
  760. * privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 2699) may cover this, and 1401 can be relaxed.
  761. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1121643 ***/
  762. // user_pref("font.system.whitelist", ""); // (hidden pref)
  763. /*** 1600: HEADERS / REFERERS [SETUP]
  764. Except for DNT (Do Not Track), referers are best controlled by an extension.
  765. It is important to realize that it is *cross domain* referers that need
  766. controlling, and this is best handled by EITHER 1603 or 1604, not both.
  767. Option 1: Recommended: Use an extension to block all referers, and then whitelist
  768. sites on a granular, per domain level.
  769. Option 2: As per the original settings below: Set XOriginPolicy (1603) to 1 (less breakage)
  770. or 2 (more breakage) and leave XOriginTrimmingPolicy (1604) at default 0
  771. Option 3: Set XOriginPolicy (1603) to default 0 and set XOriginTrimmingPolicy (1604) to 2
  772. full URI: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html?id=1234
  773. scheme+host+path+port: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html
  774. scheme+host+port: https://example.com:8888
  775. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-referrer-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  776. ***/
  777. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1600 syntax error: the parrot rests in peace!");
  778. /* 1601: ALL: control when images/links send a referer
  779. * 0=never, 1=send only when links are clicked, 2=for links and images (default)
  780. * [NOTE] Recommended left at default. Focus on XSS and granular cross origin referer control ***/
  781. user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 2);
  782. /* 1602: ALL: control the amount of information to send
  783. * 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+path+port, 2=scheme+host+port
  784. * [NOTE] Cross origin requests can be fine tuned in 1603 + 1604. Limiting same origin requests
  785. * is rather pointless. Recommended left at default for zero same origin breakage ***/
  786. user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 0);
  787. /* 1603: CROSS ORIGIN: control when to send a referer [SETUP]
  788. * 0=always (default), 1=only if base domains match, 2=only if hosts match
  789. * [NOTE] 1=less breakage, possible leakage 2=less leakage, more breakage ***/
  790. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 1);
  791. /* 1604: CROSS ORIGIN: control the amount of information to send (FF52+)
  792. * 0=send full URI (default) 1=scheme+host+path+port 2=scheme+host+port ***/
  793. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 0);
  794. /* 1605: ALL: disable spoofing a referer
  795. * Spoofing increases your exposure to cross-site request forgeries ***/
  796. user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", false);
  797. /* 1606: ALL: set the default Referrer Policy (FF53+)
  798. * 0=no-referer 1=same-origin 2=strict-origin-when-cross-origin
  799. * 3=no-referrer-when-downgrade (default)
  800. * [NOTE] This is only a default, it can be overridden by a site-controlled Referrer Policy
  801. * [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/
  802. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1304623 ***/
  803. user_pref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", 3);
  804. /* 1607: TOR: hide (not spoof) referrer when leaving a .onion domain (FF54+)
  805. * [NOTE] Firefox cannot access .onion sites by default. We recommend you use
  806. * TBB (Tor Browser Bundle) which is specifically designed for the dark web
  807. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1305144 ***/
  808. user_pref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true);
  809. /* 1610: ALL: disable the DNT HTTP header, which is essentially USELESS
  810. * It is voluntary and most ad networks do not honor it. DNT is *NOT* how you stop being data mined.
  811. * Don't encourage a setting that gives any legitimacy to 3rd parties being in control of your privacy.
  812. * Sending a DNT header *highly likely* raises entropy, especially in standard windows.
  813. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Use Tracking Protecting>manage your Do Not Track settings
  814. * [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref (eg in default PB Mode)
  815. * [NOTE] If you use NoScript MAKE SURE to set the pref noscript.doNotTrack.enabled to match ***/
  816. user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", false);
  817. /*** 1700: CONTAINERS [SETUP]
  818. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/containers-experiment
  819. [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers
  820. [3] https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers
  821. ***/
  822. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1700 syntax error: the parrot rests in peace!");
  823. /* 1701: enable [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Container Tabs (FF50+)
  824. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1279029 ***/
  825. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true);
  826. /* 1702: enable Container Tabs (FF50+)
  827. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Container Tabs>Enable Container Tabs ***/
  828. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.enabled", true);
  829. /* 1703: enable a private container for thumbnail loads (FF51+) ***/
  830. // user_pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true);
  831. /* 1704: set long press behaviour on "+ Tab" button to display container menu (FF53+)
  832. * 0=disables long press, 1=when clicked, the menu is shown
  833. * 2=the menu is shown after X milliseconds
  834. * [NOTE] The menu does not contain a non-container tab option
  835. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1328756 ***/
  836. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior", 2);
  837. /*** 1800: PLUGINS ***/
  838. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "1800 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies!");
  839. /* 1801: set default plugin state (i.e new plugins on discovery) to never activate
  840. * 0=disabled, 1=ask to activate, 2=active - you can override individual plugins ***/
  841. user_pref("plugin.default.state", 0);
  842. user_pref("plugin.defaultXpi.state", 0);
  843. /* 1802: enable click to play and set to 0 minutes ***/
  844. user_pref("plugins.click_to_play", true);
  845. user_pref("plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes", 0);
  846. /* 1803: set a plugin state: 0=deactivated 1=ask 2=enabled (Flash example)
  847. * you can set all these plugin.state's via Add-ons>Plugins or search for plugin.state in about:config
  848. * [NOTE] You can still over-ride individual sites eg youtube via site permissions
  849. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/07/09/how-to-make-sure-that-a-firefox-plugin-never-activates-again/ ***/
  850. // user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0);
  851. /* 1804: disable plugins using external/untrusted scripts with XPCOM or XPConnect ***/
  852. user_pref("security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted", false);
  853. /* 1805: disable scanning for plugins [WINDOWS]
  854. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin_scanning
  855. * plid.all = whether to scan the directories specified in the Windows registry for PLIDs.
  856. * Used to detect RealPlayer, Java, Antivirus etc, but since FF52 only covers Flash ***/
  857. user_pref("plugin.scan.plid.all", false);
  858. /* 1820: disable all GMP (Gecko Media Plugins) [SETUP]
  859. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/GeckoMediaPlugins ***/
  860. user_pref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false);
  861. user_pref("media.gmp.trial-create.enabled", false);
  862. /* 1825: disable widevine CDM (Content Decryption Module) [SETUP] ***/
  863. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible", false);
  864. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false);
  865. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate", false);
  866. /* 1830: disable all DRM content (EME: Encryption Media Extension) [SETUP] ***/
  867. user_pref("media.eme.enabled", false); // Options>Content>Play DRM Content
  868. user_pref("browser.eme.ui.enabled", false); // hides "Play DRM Content" checkbox, restart required
  869. /* 1840: disable the OpenH264 Video Codec by Cisco to "Never Activate"
  870. * and disable pings to the external update/download server
  871. * This is the bundled codec used for video chat in WebRTC ***/
  872. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  873. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate", false);
  874. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url", "data:text/plain,");
  875. /*** 2000: MEDIA / CAMERA / MIC ***/
  876. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2000 syntax error: the parrot's snuffed it!");
  877. /* 2001: disable WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)
  878. * [1] https://privacytoolsio.github.io/privacytools.io/#webrtc ***/
  879. user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
  880. user_pref("media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers", false);
  881. user_pref("media.peerconnection.video.enabled", false);
  882. user_pref("media.peerconnection.identity.enabled", false);
  883. user_pref("media.peerconnection.identity.timeout", 1);
  884. user_pref("media.peerconnection.turn.disable", true);
  885. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.tcp", false);
  886. user_pref("media.navigator.video.enabled", false); // video capability for WebRTC
  887. /* 2002: limit WebRTC IP leaks if using WebRTC
  888. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1189041
  889. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1297416
  890. * [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy ***/
  891. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true); // (FF42-FF50)
  892. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.no_host", true); // (FF51+)
  893. /* 2010: disable WebGL (Web Graphics Library), force bare minimum feature set if used & disable WebGL extensions
  894. * [1] http://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl-new-dimension-browser-exploitation/
  895. * [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13799/is-webgl-a-security-concern ***/
  896. user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
  897. user_pref("pdfjs.enableWebGL", false);
  898. user_pref("webgl.min_capability_mode", true);
  899. user_pref("webgl.disable-extensions", true);
  900. user_pref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true);
  901. /* 2011: disable WebGL debug info being available to websites
  902. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1171228
  903. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_debug_renderer_info ***/
  904. user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false);
  905. /* 2012: disable two more webgl preferences (FF51+) ***/
  906. user_pref("webgl.dxgl.enabled", false); // [WINDOWS]
  907. user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
  908. /* 2021: disable speech recognition
  909. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechRecognition
  910. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis
  911. * [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/HTML5_Speech_API ***/
  912. user_pref("media.webspeech.recognition.enable", false);
  913. user_pref("media.webspeech.synth.enabled", false);
  914. /* 2022: disable screensharing ***/
  915. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled", false);
  916. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allowed_domains", "");
  917. user_pref("media.getusermedia.browser.enabled", false);
  918. user_pref("media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled", false);
  919. /* 2023: disable camera stuff ***/
  920. user_pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false);
  921. /* 2024: enable/disable MSE (Media Source Extensions)
  922. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/10/enable-media-source-extensions-firefox/ ***/
  923. user_pref("media.mediasource.enabled", true);
  924. user_pref("media.mediasource.mp4.enabled", true);
  925. user_pref("media.mediasource.webm.audio.enabled", true);
  926. user_pref("media.mediasource.webm.enabled", true);
  927. /* 2026: disable canvas capture stream
  928. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/captureStream ***/
  929. user_pref("canvas.capturestream.enabled", false);
  930. /* 2027: disable camera image capture
  931. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16339 ***/
  932. user_pref("dom.imagecapture.enabled", false);
  933. /* 2028: disable offscreen canvas
  934. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/OffscreenCanvas ***/
  935. user_pref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", false);
  936. /* 2030: disable auto-play of HTML5 media
  937. * [WARNING] This may break video playback on various sites ***/
  938. user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);
  939. /* 2031: disable audio auto-play in non-active tabs (FF51+)
  940. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/14/firefox-51-blocks-automatic-audio-playback-in-non-active-tabs/ ***/
  941. user_pref("media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground", true);
  942. /*** 2200: UI MEDDLING
  943. see http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features ***/
  944. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2200 syntax error: the parrot's 'istory!");
  945. /* 2201: disable website control over browser right-click context menu
  946. * [NOTE] Shift-Right-Click will always bring up the browser right-click context menu ***/
  947. // user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
  948. /* 2202: disable [new window] scripts hiding or disabling the following ***/
  949. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true);
  950. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
  951. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true);
  952. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true);
  953. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true);
  954. /* 2203: disable [popup window] scripts hiding or disabling the following ***/
  955. user_pref("dom.disable_window_flip", true); // window z-order
  956. user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
  957. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true);
  958. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
  959. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true); //bookmarks toolbar
  960. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true);
  961. user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
  962. user_pref("dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows", false);
  963. /* 2204: disable links opening in a new window
  964. * This is to stop malicious window sizes and screen res leaks etc in conjunction
  965. * with 2203 dom.disable_window_move_resize=true | 2418 full-screen-api.enabled=false
  966. * [NOTE] You can still right click a link and select open in a new window
  967. * [TEST] https://people.torproject.org/~gk/misc/entire_desktop.html
  968. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9881 ***/
  969. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
  970. /* 2205: disable "Confirm you want to leave" dialog on page close
  971. * Does not prevent JS leaks of the page close event.
  972. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload
  973. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1043508 ***/
  974. user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true);
  975. /*** 2300: WEB WORKERS [SETUP]
  976. A worker is a JS "background task" running in a global context, i.e it is different from
  977. the current window. Workers can spawn new workers (must be the same origin & scheme),
  978. including service and shared workers. Shared workers can be utilized by multiple scripts
  979. and communicate between browsing contexts (windows/tabs/iframes) and can even control your
  980. cache. Push and web notifications require service workers, which in turn require workers.
  981. [WARNING] Disabling workers *will* break sites (eg Google Street View, Twitter).
  982. It is recommended that you use a separate profile for these sorts of sites.
  983. [1] Web Workers: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API
  984. [2] Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Worker
  985. [3] Service Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ServiceWorker_API
  986. [4] SharedWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/SharedWorker
  987. [5] ChromeWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/ChromeWorker
  988. ***/
  989. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2300 syntax error: the parrot's off the twig!");
  990. /* 2301: disable workers
  991. * [NOTE] CVE-2016-5259, CVE-2016-2812, CVE-2016-1949, CVE-2016-5287 (fixed) ***/
  992. user_pref("dom.workers.enabled", false);
  993. /* 2302: disable service workers
  994. * Service workers essentially act as proxy servers that sit between web apps, and the browser
  995. * and network, are event driven, and can control the web page/site it is associated with,
  996. * intercepting and modifying navigation and resource requests, and caching resources.
  997. * [NOTE] Service worker APIs are hidden (in Firefox) and cannot be used when in PB mode.
  998. * [NOTE] Service workers only run over HTTPS. Service Workers have no DOM access. ***/
  999. user_pref("dom.serviceWorkers.enabled", false);
  1000. /* 2303: disable service workers' cache and cache storage ***/
  1001. user_pref("dom.caches.enabled", false);
  1002. /* 2304: disable web notifications
  1003. * [NOTE] You can still override individual domains under site permissions (FF44+)
  1004. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API ***/
  1005. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false);
  1006. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", false);
  1007. /* 2305: disable push notifications (FF44+)
  1008. * web apps can receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or
  1009. * not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded
  1010. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/API/Push_API ***/
  1011. user_pref("dom.push.enabled", false);
  1012. user_pref("dom.push.connection.enabled", false);
  1013. user_pref("dom.push.serverURL", "");
  1014. user_pref("dom.push.userAgentID", "");
  1015. /*** 2400: DOM & JAVASCRIPT ***/
  1016. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2400 syntax error: the parrot's kicked the bucket!");
  1017. /* 2402: disable website access to clipboard events/content
  1018. * [WARNING] This will break some sites functionality such as pasting into facebook, wordpress
  1019. * this applies to onCut, onCopy, onPaste events - i.e you have to interact with
  1020. * the website for it to look at the clipboard
  1021. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-modifying-clipboard-contents-firefox/ ***/
  1022. user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
  1023. /* 2403: disable clipboard commands (cut/copy) from "non-privileged" content (FF41+)
  1024. * this disables document.execCommand("cut"/"copy") to protect your clipboard
  1025. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1170911 ***/
  1026. user_pref("dom.allow_cut_copy", false); // (hidden pref)
  1027. /* 2404: disable JS storing data permanently
  1028. * This setting WAS under about:permissions>All Sites>Maintain Offline Storage
  1029. * [NOTE] about:permissions is no longer available since FF46 but you can still override
  1030. * individual domains: use info icon in urlbar etc or right click on a web page>view page info
  1031. * [WARNING] [SETUP] If set as false (disabled), this WILL break some [old] add-ons and DOES
  1032. * break a lot of sites' functionality. Applies to websites, add-ons and session data.
  1033. * [1] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-indexeddb/ ***/
  1034. user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", false);
  1035. /* 2410: disable User Timing API
  1036. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16336 ***/
  1037. user_pref("dom.enable_user_timing", false);
  1038. /* 2411: disable resource/navigation timing ***/
  1039. user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false);
  1040. /* 2412: disable timing attacks - javascript performance fingerprinting
  1041. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox/NavigationTimingAPI ***/
  1042. user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false);
  1043. /* 2414: disable shaking the screen ***/
  1044. user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false);
  1045. /* 2415: set max popups from a single non-click event - default is 20! ***/
  1046. user_pref("dom.popup_maximum", 3);
  1047. /* 2415b: limit events that can cause a popup
  1048. * default is "change click dblclick mouseup notificationclick reset submit touchend"
  1049. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.popup_allowed_events ***/
  1050. user_pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick");
  1051. /* 2416: disable idle observation ***/
  1052. user_pref("dom.idle-observers-api.enabled", false);
  1053. /* 2418: disable full-screen API
  1054. * This setting WAS under about:permissions>All Sites>Fullscreen
  1055. * [NOTE] about:permissions is no longer available since FF46 but you can still override
  1056. * individual domains: use info icon in urlbar etc or right click on a web page>view page info
  1057. * set to false=block, set to true=ask ***/
  1058. user_pref("full-screen-api.enabled", false);
  1059. /* 2420: disable support for asm.js ( http://asmjs.org/ )
  1060. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/
  1061. * [2] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/
  1062. * [3] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2712 ***/
  1063. user_pref("javascript.options.asmjs", false);
  1064. /* 2421: disable Ion and baseline JIT to help harden JS against exploits such as CVE-2015-0817
  1065. * [WARNING] Causes the odd site issue and there is also a performance loss
  1066. * [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0817 ***/
  1067. // user_pref("javascript.options.ion", false);
  1068. // user_pref("javascript.options.baselinejit", false);
  1069. /* 2422: disable WebAssembly for now (FF52+)
  1070. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/WebAssembly ***/
  1071. user_pref("javascript.options.wasm", false);
  1072. /* 2426: disable Intersection Observer API (FF53+)
  1073. * Almost a year to complete, three versions late to stable (as default false),
  1074. * number #1 cause of crashes in nightly numerous times, and is (primarily) an
  1075. * ad network API for "ad viewability checks" down to a pixel level
  1076. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Intersection_Observer_API
  1077. * [2] https://wicg.github.io/IntersectionObserver/
  1078. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1243846 ***/
  1079. user_pref("dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled", false);
  1080. /* 2450a: enforce websites to ask to store data for offline use
  1081. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1098540
  1082. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=959985 ***/
  1083. user_pref("offline-apps.allow_by_default", false);
  1084. /* 2450b: display a notification when websites ask to store data for offline use
  1085. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>Network>Tell me when a website asks to store data for offline use ***/
  1086. user_pref("browser.offline-apps.notify", true);
  1087. /* 2450c: set size of warning quota for offline cache (default 51200)
  1088. * Offline cache is only used in rare cases to store data locally. FF will store small amounts
  1089. * (default <50MB) of data in the offline (application) cache without asking for permission. ***/
  1090. // user_pref("offline-apps.quota.warn", 51200);
  1091. /*** 2500: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING ***/
  1092. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!");
  1093. /* 2501: disable gamepad API - USB device ID enumeration
  1094. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13023 ***/
  1095. user_pref("dom.gamepad.enabled", false);
  1096. /* 2503: disable giving away network info (FF31+)
  1097. * eg bluetooth, cellular, ethernet, wifi, wimax, other, mixed, unknown, none
  1098. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API
  1099. * [2] https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/
  1100. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960426 ***/
  1101. user_pref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false);
  1102. /* 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1103. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API ***/
  1104. user_pref("dom.vr.enabled", false);
  1105. user_pref("dom.vr.oculus.enabled", false);
  1106. user_pref("dom.vr.osvr.enabled", false); // (FF49+)
  1107. user_pref("dom.vr.openvr.enabled", false); // (FF51+)
  1108. /* 2505: disable media device enumeration (FF29+)
  1109. * [NOTE] media.peerconnection.enabled should also be set to false (see 2001)
  1110. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/getUserMedia
  1111. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/enumerateDevices ***/
  1112. user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false);
  1113. /* 2506: disable video statistics - JS performance fingerprinting (FF25+)
  1114. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15757 ***/
  1115. user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false);
  1116. /* 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting (FF38+) (physical keyboards)
  1117. * The Keyboard API allows tracking the "read parameter" of pressed keys in forms on
  1118. * web pages. These parameters vary between types of keyboard layouts such as QWERTY,
  1119. * AZERTY, Dvorak, and between various languages, eg German vs English.
  1120. * [WARNING] Don't use if Android + physical keyboard
  1121. * [UPDATE] This MAY be incorporated better under privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 2699)
  1122. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code
  1123. * [2] https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21v.htm ***/
  1124. user_pref("dom.keyboardevent.code.enabled", false);
  1125. user_pref("dom.keyboardevent.dispatch_during_composition", false);
  1126. /* 2508: disable hardware acceleration to reduce graphics fingerprinting
  1127. * [SETTING] Options>Advanced>General>Use hardware acceleration when available
  1128. * [NOTE] Changing this option changes BOTH these preferences
  1129. * [WARNING] [SETUP] Affects text rendering (fonts will look different) and impacts video performance
  1130. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration ***/
  1131. user_pref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", true); // [WINDOWS]
  1132. user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true);
  1133. /* 2509: disable touch events [SETUP]
  1134. * fingerprinting attack vector - leaks screen res & actual screen coordinates
  1135. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Touch_events
  1136. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10286 ***/
  1137. user_pref("dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled", 0);
  1138. /* 2510: disable Web Audio API (FF51+)
  1139. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288359 ***/
  1140. user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false);
  1141. /* 2511: disable MediaDevices change detection (FF51+) (enabled by default starting FF52+)
  1142. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/devicechange
  1143. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/ondevicechange ***/
  1144. user_pref("media.ondevicechange.enabled", false);
  1145. /* 2512: disable device sensor API
  1146. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15758
  1147. * [2] https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/stealing-sensitive-browser-data-with-the-w3c-ambient-light-sensor-api/
  1148. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1357733
  1149. * [4] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1292751 ***/
  1150. user_pref("device.sensors.enabled", false);
  1151. /* 2513: disable Presentation API
  1152. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/PresentationAPI
  1153. * [2] https://www.w3.org/TR/presentation-api/ ***/
  1154. user_pref("dom.presentation.enabled", false);
  1155. user_pref("dom.presentation.controller.enabled", false);
  1156. user_pref("dom.presentation.discoverable", false);
  1157. user_pref("dom.presentation.discovery.enabled", false);
  1158. user_pref("dom.presentation.receiver.enabled", false);
  1159. user_pref("dom.presentation.session_transport.data_channel.enable", false);
  1160. /* 2514: spoof (or limit?) number of CPU cores (also see 2699f) (FF48+)
  1161. * [WARNING] *may* affect core chrome/Firefox performance, will affect content.
  1162. * Highly recommended to leave this (dom) and use 2699f (navigator)
  1163. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1008453
  1164. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21675
  1165. * [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22127
  1166. * [4] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#navigator.hardwareconcurrency ***/
  1167. // user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
  1168. /* 2515: disable site specific zoom
  1169. * Zoom levels affect screen res and are highly fingerprintable. This does not stop you using
  1170. * zoom, it will just not use/remember any site specific settings. Zoom levels on new tabs
  1171. * and new windows are reset to default and only the current tab retains the current zoom ***/
  1172. user_pref("browser.zoom.siteSpecific", false);
  1173. /*** 2600: MISC - LEAKS / FINGERPRINTING / PRIVACY / SECURITY ***/
  1174. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2600 syntax error: the parrot's run down the curtain!");
  1175. /* 2601: disable sending additional analytics to web servers
  1176. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/navigator.sendBeacon ***/
  1177. user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
  1178. /* 2602: discourage downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used)
  1179. * [NOTE] To set your default "downloads": Options>General>Downloads>Save files to ***/
  1180. user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2);
  1181. /* 2603: enforce user interaction for security by always asking the user where to download ***/
  1182. user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
  1183. /* 2604: remove temp files opened with an external application
  1184. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=302433 ***/
  1185. user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true);
  1186. /* 2605: disable adding downloads to the system's "recent documents" list ***/
  1187. user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false);
  1188. /* 2606: disable hiding mime types (Options>Applications) not associated with a plugin ***/
  1189. user_pref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", false);
  1190. /* 2607: disable page thumbnail collection
  1191. * look in profile/thumbnails directory - you may want to clean that out ***/
  1192. user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); // (hidden pref)
  1193. /* 2608: disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types ***/
  1194. user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
  1195. /* 2609: disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (FF44+)
  1196. * [NOTE] see [2] bug may cause black on black for elements with undefined colors
  1197. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=232227
  1198. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330876 ***/
  1199. user_pref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); // (hidden pref)
  1200. /* 2611: disable WebIDE to prevent remote debugging and add-on downloads
  1201. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 ***/
  1202. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper", false);
  1203. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters", false);
  1204. user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false);
  1205. user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false);
  1206. /* 2612: disable SimpleServiceDiscovery - which can bypass proxy settings - eg Roku
  1207. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 ***/
  1208. user_pref("browser.casting.enabled", false);
  1209. user_pref("gfx.layerscope.enabled", false);
  1210. /* 2614: disable HTTP2 (which was based on SPDY which is now deprecated)
  1211. * HTTP2 raises concerns with "multiplexing" and "server push", does nothing to enhance
  1212. * privacy, and in fact opens up a number of server-side fingerprinting opportunities
  1213. * [1] https://http2.github.io/faq/
  1214. * [2] http://blog.scottlogic.com/2014/11/07/http-2-a-quick-look.html
  1215. * [3] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278
  1216. * [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/107 ***/
  1217. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false);
  1218. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false);
  1219. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false);
  1220. /* 2617: enable Firefox's built-in PDF reader [SETUP]
  1221. * [SETTING] Options>Applications>Portable Document Format (PDF)
  1222. * This setting controls if the option "Display in Firefox" in the above setting is available
  1223. * and by effect controls whether PDFs are handled in-browser or externally ("Ask" or "Open With")
  1224. * [WHY USE false=default=view PDFs in Firefox]
  1225. * pdfjs is lightweight, open source and as secure as any pdf reader out there, certainly better and more
  1226. * vetted than most. Exploits are rare (1 serious case in 3 years), treated seriously and patched quickly.
  1227. * It doesn't break "state separation" of browser content (by not sharing with OS, independent apps). It
  1228. * maintains disk avoidance and application data isolation. It's convenient. You can still save to disk.
  1229. * [WHY USE true=open with or save to disk]
  1230. * If you think a particular external app is more secure...
  1231. * [NOTE]
  1232. * 1. See 2662 2: JS can still force a pdf to open in-browser by bundling it's own code (rare) ***/
  1233. user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", false);
  1234. /* 2618: enforce the proxy server to do any DNS lookups when using SOCKS
  1235. * eg in TOR, this stops your local DNS server from knowing your Tor destination
  1236. * as a remote Tor node will handle the DNS request
  1237. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.proxy.socks_remote_dns
  1238. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers ***/
  1239. user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
  1240. /* 2619: limit HTTP redirects (this does not control redirects with HTML meta tags or JS)
  1241. * [WARNING] A low setting of 5 or under will probably break some sites (eg gmail logins)
  1242. * To control HTML Meta tag and JS redirects, use an add-on (eg NoRedirect). Default is 20 ***/
  1243. user_pref("network.http.redirection-limit", 10);
  1244. /* 2620: disable middle mouse click opening links from clipboard
  1245. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10089
  1246. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Middlemouse.contentLoadURL ***/
  1247. user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false);
  1248. /* 2621: disable IPv6 (included for knowledge ONLY [WARNING] do not do this)
  1249. * This is all about covert channels such as MAC addresses being included/abused in the
  1250. * IPv6 protocol for tracking. If you want to mask your IP address, this is not the way
  1251. * to do it. It's 2016, IPv6 is here. Here are some old links
  1252. * 2010: https://www.christopher-parsons.com/ipv6-and-the-future-of-privacy/
  1253. * 2011: https://iapp.org/news/a/2011-09-09-facing-the-privacy-implications-of-ipv6
  1254. * 2012: http://www.zdnet.com/article/security-versus-privacy-with-ipv6-deployment/
  1255. * [NOTE] It is a myth that disabling IPv6 will speed up your internet connection
  1256. * [1] http://www.howtogeek.com/195062/no-disabling-ipv6-probably-wont-speed-up-your-internet-connection ***/
  1257. // user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
  1258. // user_pref("network.http.fast-fallback-to-IPv4", true);
  1259. /* 2622: enforce a security delay when installing add-ons (milliseconds)
  1260. * default=1000, This also covers the delay in "Save" on downloading files.
  1261. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox
  1262. * [2] http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ ***/
  1263. user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700);
  1264. /* 2623: enable Strict File Origin Policy on local files
  1265. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy ***/
  1266. user_pref("security.fileuri.strict_origin_policy", true);
  1267. /* 2624: enable Subresource Integrity (SRI) (FF43+)
  1268. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Subresource_Integrity
  1269. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Subresource_Integrity ***/
  1270. user_pref("security.sri.enable", true);
  1271. /* 2625: disable DNS requests for hostnames with a .onion TLD (FF45+)
  1272. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1228457 ***/
  1273. user_pref("network.dns.blockDotOnion", true);
  1274. /* 2626: disable optional user agent token, default is false, included for completeness
  1275. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Gecko_user_agent_string_reference ***/
  1276. user_pref("general.useragent.compatMode.firefox", false);
  1277. /* 2628: disable UITour backend so there is no chance that a remote page can use it ***/
  1278. user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);
  1279. user_pref("browser.uitour.url", "");
  1280. /* 2629: disable remote JAR files being opened, regardless of content type (FF42+)
  1281. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173171 ***/
  1282. user_pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
  1283. /* 2662: disable "open with" in download dialog (FF50+)
  1284. * This is very useful to enable when the browser is sandboxed (e.g. via AppArmor)
  1285. * in such a way that it is forbidden to run external applications.
  1286. * [SETUP] This may interfere with some users' workflow or methods
  1287. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281959 ***/
  1288. user_pref("browser.download.forbid_open_with", true);
  1289. /* 2663: disable MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) (FF51+)
  1290. * [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/mathml.php
  1291. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1173199 ***/
  1292. user_pref("mathml.disabled", true);
  1293. /* 2664: disable DeviceStorage API
  1294. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/DeviceStorageAPI ***/
  1295. user_pref("device.storage.enabled", false);
  1296. /* 2665: remove webchannel whitelist ***/
  1297. user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");
  1298. /* 2666: disable HTTP Alternative Services
  1299. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/18/a-comprehensive-list-of-firefox-privacy-and-security-settings/#comment-3970881 ***/
  1300. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.enabled", false);
  1301. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.oe", false);
  1302. /* 2667: disable various developer tools in browser context
  1303. * [SETTING] Devtools>Advanced Settings>Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes
  1304. * [1] http://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/179#issuecomment-246468676 ***/
  1305. user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false);
  1306. /* 2668: lock down allowed extension directories
  1307. * [WARNING] This will break add-ons that do not use the default XPI directories
  1308. * [1] https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/
  1309. * [1] archived: http://archive.is/DYjAM ***/
  1310. user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 1); // (hidden pref)
  1311. user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 15);
  1312. /* 2669: remove paths when sending URLs to PAC scripts (FF51+)
  1313. * CVE-2017-5384: Information disclosure via Proxy Auto-Config (PAC)
  1314. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1255474 ***/
  1315. user_pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false);
  1316. /* 2670: disable "image/" mime types bypassing CSP (FF51+)
  1317. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288361 ***/
  1318. user_pref("security.block_script_with_wrong_mime", true);
  1319. /* 2671: disable in-content SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) (FF53+)
  1320. * [WARNING] SVG is fairly common (~15% of the top 10K sites), so will cause some breakage
  1321. * including youtube player controls. Best left for "hardened" or specific profiles.
  1322. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216893 ***/
  1323. // user_pref("svg.disabled", true);
  1324. /* 2672: enforce Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing security risk
  1325. * Firefox has *some* protections to mitigate the risk, but it is better to be safe
  1326. * than sorry. The downside: it will also display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which
  1327. * might be undesirable for users from countries with non-latin alphabets
  1328. * [TEST] https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (www.apple.com)
  1329. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.IDN_show_punycode
  1330. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm
  1331. * [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack
  1332. * [4] CVE-2017-5383: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
  1333. * [5] https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ ***/
  1334. user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
  1335. /* 2673: enable CSP (Content Security Policy) (default is true)
  1336. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP ***/
  1337. user_pref("security.csp.enable", true);
  1338. /* 2674: enable CSP 1.1 experimental hash-source directive (FF29+)
  1339. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855326
  1340. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=883975 ***/
  1341. user_pref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true);
  1342. /*** 2697: USER AGENT (UA) SPOOFING
  1343. Spoofing your UA to *LOWER* entropy *does* *not* *work*. It may even cause site breakage
  1344. depending on your values. Even if you spoof, like TBB (Tor Browser Bundle) does, as the
  1345. latest ESR, it still *does* *not* *work*. There are two main reasons for this.
  1346. 1. Many of the components that make up your UA can be derived by other means. And when
  1347. those values differ, you provide more bits and raise entropy. Examples of leaks include
  1348. navigator objects, resource://URIs, <isindex> locale, feature detection and more.
  1349. 2. You are not in a controlled set of significant numbers, where the values are enforced
  1350. by default. It works for TBB because for TBB, the spoofed values ARE their default.
  1351. * We do not recommend UA spoofing yourself, leave it to privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 2699)
  1352. * Values below are for example only based on the current ESR/TBB at the time of writing
  1353. ***/
  1354. /* 2697a: navigator.userAgent leaks in JS
  1355. * [NOTE] Setting this will break any UA spoofing add-on whitelisting ***/
  1356. // user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0"); // (hidden pref)
  1357. /* 2697b: navigator.buildID (see gecko.buildID in about:config) reveals build time
  1358. * down to the second which defeats user agent spoofing and can compromise OS etc
  1359. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583181 ***/
  1360. // user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20100101"); // (hidden pref)
  1361. /* 2697c: navigator.appName ***/
  1362. //user_pref("general.appname.override", "Netscape"); // (hidden pref)
  1363. /* 2697d: navigator.appVersion ***/
  1364. // user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)"); // (hidden pref)
  1365. /* 2697e: navigator.platform leaks in JS ***/
  1366. // user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32"); // (hidden pref)
  1367. /* 2697f: navigator.oscpu leaks in JS ***/
  1368. // user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1"); // (hidden pref)
  1369. /* 2697g: general.useragent.locale (related, see 0204) ***/
  1370. /*** 2698: FIRST PARTY ISOLATION (FPI)
  1371. ** isolate favicons (FF52+)
  1372. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277803
  1373. ** isolate OCSP cache (FF52+)
  1374. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1264562
  1375. ** isolate Shared Workers (FF52+)
  1376. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268726
  1377. ** isolate SSL session cache (FF52+)
  1378. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1316283
  1379. ** isolate media cache (FF53+)
  1380. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317927
  1381. ** isolate HSTS and HPKP (FF54+)
  1382. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323644
  1383. ** isolate HTTP Alternative Services (FF54+)
  1384. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334690
  1385. ** isolate SPDY/HTTP2 (FF55+)
  1386. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1334693
  1387. ** isolate DNS cache (FF55+)
  1388. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1337893
  1389. ** isolate blob: URI (FF55+)
  1390. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1344170
  1391. ** isolate data://, about: URLs (FF55+)
  1392. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1300671
  1393. ***/
  1394. /* 2698a: enable First Party Isolation (FF51+)
  1395. * [WARNING] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected
  1396. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260931 ***/
  1397. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
  1398. /* 2698b: enforce FPI restriction for window.opener (FF54+)
  1399. * [NOTE] Setting this to false may reduce the breakage in 2698a
  1400. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319773#c22 ***/
  1401. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true);
  1402. /*** 2699: privacy.resistFingerprinting
  1403. This master switch will be used for a wide range of items,
  1404. many of which will **override** existing prefs from FF55+
  1405. ** limit window.screen & CSS media queries leaking identifiable info (FF41+)
  1406. [POC] http://ip-check.info/?lang=en (screen, usable screen, and browser window will match)
  1407. [NOTE] Does not cover everything yet - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216800
  1408. [NOTE] This will probably make your values pretty unique until you resize or snap the
  1409. inner window width + height into standard/common resolutions (such as 1366x768)
  1410. To set a size, open a XUL (chrome) page (such as about:config) which is at 100% zoom, hit
  1411. Shift+F4 to open the scratchpad, type window.resizeTo(1366,768), hit Ctrl+R to run. Test
  1412. your window size, do some math, resize to allow for all the non inner window elements
  1413. [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/screen.php
  1414. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986
  1415. ** spoof screen orientation (FF50+)
  1416. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281949
  1417. ** hide the contents of navigator.plugins and navigator.mimeTypes (FF50+)
  1418. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1281963
  1419. ** spoof timezone as UTC 0 (FF55+)
  1420. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330890
  1421. ** spoof navigator.hardwareConcurrency as 2 (also see 2514) (FF55+)
  1422. This spoof *shouldn't* affect core chrome/Firefox performance
  1423. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1360039
  1424. ** reduce precision of time exposed by javascript (FF55+)
  1425. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217238
  1426. ** spoof/disable performance API (see 2410-deprecated, 2411, 2412) (FF56+)
  1427. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1369303
  1428. ** spoof Navigator API (see section 2697) (FF56+)
  1429. The version number will be rounded to the "nearest" multiple of 10
  1430. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1333651
  1431. ** disable device sensor API (see 2512) (FF56+)
  1432. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1369319
  1433. ** disable site specific zoom (see 2515) (FF56+)
  1434. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1369357
  1435. ** disable gamepad API (see 2501) (FF56+)
  1436. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1337161
  1437. ** spoof network information API as "unknown" (see 2503) (FF56+)
  1438. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1372072
  1439. ***/
  1440. /* 2699a: enable privacy.resistFingerprinting (FF41+)
  1441. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=418986 ***/
  1442. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true); // (hidden pref) (not hidden FF55+)
  1443. /* 2699b: set new window sizes to round to hundreds (FF55+) [SETUP]
  1444. * [NOTE] If override values are too big, the code determines it for you
  1445. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1330882
  1446. * [2] https://metrics.mozilla.com/firefox-hardware-report/ ***/
  1447. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerWidth", 1366);
  1448. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerHeight", 768);
  1449. /*** 2700: COOKIES & DOM STORAGE ***/
  1450. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2700 syntax error: the parrot's joined the bleedin' choir invisible!");
  1451. /* 2701: disable cookies on all sites [SETUP]
  1452. * You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension (eg Cookie Controller)
  1453. * 0=allow all 1=allow same host 2=disallow all 3=allow 3rd party if it already set a cookie
  1454. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>History>Custom Settings>Accept cookies from sites
  1455. * [NOTE] This also controls access to 3rd party Web Storage, IndexedDB, Cache API and Service Worker Cache
  1456. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/web-storage-indexeddb-cache-api-now-obey-third-party-cookies-preference/ ***/
  1457. user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 2);
  1458. /* 2702: set third-party cookies (if enabled, see above pref) to session-only
  1459. * [1] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-cookies-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  1460. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly ***/
  1461. user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true);
  1462. /* 2703: set cookie lifetime policy
  1463. * 0=until they expire (default), 2=until you close Firefox, 3=for n days (see next pref)
  1464. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>History>Custom Settings>Accept cookies from sites>Keep until ***/
  1465. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 0);
  1466. /* 2704: set cookie lifetime in days (see above pref) - default is 90 days ***/
  1467. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetime.days", 90);
  1468. /* 2705: disable dom storage
  1469. * [WARNING] This will break a LOT of sites' functionality.
  1470. * You are better off using an extension for more granular control ***/
  1471. // user_pref("dom.storage.enabled", false);
  1472. /* 2706: disable Storage API
  1473. * The API gives sites the ability to find out how much space they can use, how much
  1474. * they are already using, and even control whether or not they need to be alerted
  1475. * before the user agent disposes of site data in order to make room for other things.
  1476. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/StorageManager
  1477. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage_API
  1478. * [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2017/03/07/firefox-l10n-report-aurora-54/ ***/
  1479. user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false); // (FF51+)
  1480. user_pref("browser.storageManager.enabled", false); // (FF53+)
  1481. /* 2707: clear localStorage and UUID when a WebExtension is uninstalled
  1482. * [NOTE] Both preferences must be the same
  1483. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/storage/local
  1484. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1213990 ***/
  1485. user_pref("extensions.webextensions.keepStorageOnUninstall", false);
  1486. user_pref("extensions.webextensions.keepUuidOnUninstall", false);
  1487. /* 2708: disable HTTP sites setting cookies with the "secure" directive (default: true) (FF52+)
  1488. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/52#HTTP ***/
  1489. user_pref("network.cookie.leave-secure-alone", true);
  1490. /*** 2800: SHUTDOWN [SETUP]
  1491. You should set the values to what suits you best. Be aware that the settings below clear
  1492. browsing, download and form history, but not cookies (we expect you to use an extension).
  1493. [NOTE] In both 2803 + 2804, the 'download' and 'history' prefs are combined in the
  1494. firefox interface as "Browsing & Download History" and their values will be synced
  1495. ***/
  1496. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "2800 syntax error: the parrot's bleedin' demised!");
  1497. /* 2802: enable Firefox to clear history items on shutdown
  1498. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Clear history when Firefox closes ***/
  1499. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
  1500. /* 2803: set what history items to clear on shutdown
  1501. * [SETTING] Options>Privacy>Clear history when Firefox closes>Settings
  1502. * [NOTE] If 'history' is true, downloads will also be cleared regardless of the value
  1503. * but if 'history' is false, downloads can still be cleared independently
  1504. * However, this may not always be the case. The interface combines and syncs these
  1505. * prefs when set from there, and the sanitize code may change at any time ***/
  1506. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
  1507. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false);
  1508. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); // see note above
  1509. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1510. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1511. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1512. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1513. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1514. /* 2804: set what history items to clear with Ctrl-Shift-Del (to match above)
  1515. * This dialog can also be accessed from the menu History>Clear Recent History
  1516. * [NOTE] Regardless of what you set privacy.cpd.downloads to, as soon as the dialog
  1517. * for "Clear Recent History" is opened, it is synced to the same as 'history' ***/
  1518. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
  1519. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", false);
  1520. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); // not used, see note above
  1521. user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1522. user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1523. user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1524. user_pref("privacy.cpd.passwords", false); // this is not listed
  1525. user_pref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1526. user_pref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1527. /* 2805: privacy.*.openWindows (clear session restore data) (FF34+)
  1528. * [NOTE] There is a years-old bug that these cause two windows when Firefox restarts.
  1529. * You do not need these anyway if session restore is disabled (see 1020) ***/
  1530. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true);
  1531. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.openWindows", true);
  1532. /* 2806: reset default 'Time range to clear' for 'Clear Recent History' (see 2804)
  1533. * Firefox remembers your last choice. This will reset the value when you start Firefox.
  1534. * 0=everything, 1=last hour, 2=last two hours, 3=last four hours
  1535. * 4=today, 5=last five minutes, 6=last twenty-four hours
  1536. * [NOTE] The values 5 + 6 are not listed in the dropdown, which will display a
  1537. * blank value if they are used, but they do work as advertised ***/
  1538. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
  1539. /*** 3000: PERSONAL SETTINGS [SETUP]
  1540. Settings that are handy to migrate and/or are not in the Options interface. Users
  1541. can put their own non-security/privacy/fingerprinting/tracking stuff here ***/
  1542. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "3000 syntax error: this is an ex-parrot!");
  1543. /* 3001: disable annoying warnings ***/
  1544. user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
  1545. user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
  1546. user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs", false);
  1547. user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false);
  1548. /* 3001a: disable warning when a domain requests full screen
  1549. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Using_full_screen_mode ***/
  1550. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0);
  1551. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);
  1552. /* 3002: disable closing browser with last tab ***/
  1553. user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
  1554. /* 3004: disable backspace (0=previous page, 1=scroll up, 2=do nothing) ***/
  1555. user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 2);
  1556. /* 3005: disable autocopy default (linux) ***/
  1557. // user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false);
  1558. /* 3006: disable enforced add-on signing (FF43+)
  1559. * [NOTE] Only applicable to Nightly and ESR (FF48+)
  1560. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Extension_Signing#Documentation ***/
  1561. // user_pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", false);
  1562. /* 3007: open new windows in a new tab instead
  1563. * 1=current window, 2=new window, 3=most recent window
  1564. * [SETTING] Options>General>Tabs>Open new windows in a new tab instead ***/
  1565. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3);
  1566. /* 3009: enable APZ (Async Pan/Zoom) - requires e10s
  1567. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/07/28/scrolling-in-firefox-to-get-a-lot-better-thanks-to-apz/ ***/
  1568. // user_pref("layers.async-pan-zoom.enabled", true);
  1569. /* 3010: enable ctrl-tab previews ***/
  1570. user_pref("browser.ctrlTab.previews", true);
  1571. /* 3011: don't open "page/selection source" in a tab. The window used instead is cleaner
  1572. * and easier to use and move around (eg developers/multi-screen). ***/
  1573. user_pref("view_source.tab", false);
  1574. /* 3012: control spellchecking: 0=none, 1-multi-line controls, 2=multi-line & single-line controls ***/
  1575. user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 1);
  1576. /* 3013: disable automatic "Work Offline" status
  1577. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=620472
  1578. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Online_and_offline_events ***/
  1579. user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false);
  1580. /* 3015: disable tab animation, speed things up a little ***/
  1581. user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
  1582. /* 3016: disable fullscreeen animation. Test using F11.
  1583. * Animation is smother but is annoyingly slow, while no animation can be startling ***/
  1584. user_pref("browser.fullscreen.animate", false);
  1585. /* 3017: set submenu delay in milliseconds. 0=instant while a small number allows
  1586. * a mouse pass over menu items without any submenus alarmingly shooting out ***/
  1587. user_pref("ui.submenuDelay", 150); // (hidden pref)
  1588. /* 3018: set maximum number of daily bookmark backups to keep (default is 15) ***/
  1589. user_pref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 2);
  1590. /* 3020: control urlbar click behaviour (with defaults) ***/
  1591. user_pref("browser.urlbar.clickSelectsAll", true);
  1592. user_pref("browser.urlbar.doubleClickSelectsAll", false);
  1593. /* 3021a: control tab behaviours (with defaults)
  1594. * open links in a new tab immediately to the right of parent tab, not far right ***/
  1595. user_pref("browser.tabs.insertRelatedAfterCurrent", true);
  1596. /* 3021b: switch to the parent tab (if it has one) on close, rather than
  1597. * to the adjacent right tab if it exists or to the adjacent left tab if it doesn't.
  1598. * [NOTE] Requires browser.link.open_newwindow set to 3 (see pref 3007) ***/
  1599. user_pref("browser.tabs.selectOwnerOnClose", true);
  1600. /* 3021c: stay on the parent tab when opening links in a new tab
  1601. * [SETTING] Options>General>Tabs>When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately ***/
  1602. user_pref("browser.tabs.loadInBackground", true);
  1603. /* 3021d: set behavior of pages normally meant to open in a new window (such as target="_blank"
  1604. * or from an external program), but that have instead been loaded in a new tab.
  1605. * true: load the new tab in the background, leaving focus on the current tab
  1606. * false: load the new tab in the foreground, taking the focus from the current tab. ***/
  1607. user_pref("browser.tabs.loadDivertedInBackground", false);
  1608. /* 3022: hide recently bookmarked items (you still have the original bookmarks) (FF49+) ***/
  1609. user_pref("browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked", false);
  1610. /* 3024: enable "Find As You Type"
  1611. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Accessibility.typeaheadfind ***/
  1612. // user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true);
  1613. /* 3025: enable/disable various media types ***/
  1614. // user_pref("media.mp4.enabled", false);
  1615. // user_pref("media.flac.enabled", false); // (FF51+)
  1616. // user_pref("media.ogg.enabled", false);
  1617. // user_pref("media.ogg.flac.enabled", false); // (FF51+)
  1618. // user_pref("media.opus.enabled", false);
  1619. // user_pref("media.raw.enabled", false);
  1620. // user_pref("media.wave.enabled", false);
  1621. // user_pref("media.webm.enabled", false);
  1622. // user_pref("media.wmf.enabled", false); // https://www.youtube.com/html5 - for the two H.264 entries
  1623. /* 3026: disable "Reader View" ***/
  1624. // user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);
  1625. /* 3027: decode URLs on copy from the urlbar (FF53+)
  1626. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1320061 ***/
  1627. user_pref("browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy", true);
  1628. /* 3028: disable middle-click enabling auto-scrolling [WINDOWS] [MAC] ***/
  1629. // user_pref("general.autoScroll", false);
  1630. /* 3029: disable Firefox Screenshots (FF54+)
  1631. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/28/firefox-screenshots-integrated-in-firefox-nightly/
  1632. * [2] https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots ***/
  1633. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.system-disabled", true);
  1634. /* END: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors ***/
  1635. user_pref("ghacks_user.js.parrot", "No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue");
  1636. /*** 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
  1637. Documentation denoted as [-]. Numbers may be re-used. See [1] for a link-clickable,
  1638. viewer-friendly version of the deprecated bugzilla tickets. To enable a section
  1639. change /* FFxx to // FFxx. The original state of each pref has been preserved,
  1640. or changed to match the current setup, but you are advised to review them.
  1641. [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/123
  1642. ***/
  1643. /* FF42 and older
  1644. // 2607: (25+) disable page thumbnails - replaced by browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled
  1645. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=897811
  1646. user_pref("pageThumbs.enabled", false);
  1647. // 2503: (31+) disable network API - replaced by dom.netinfo.enabled
  1648. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960426
  1649. user_pref("dom.network.enabled", false);
  1650. // 2620: (35+) disable WebSockets
  1651. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1091016
  1652. user_pref("network.websocket.enabled", false);
  1653. // 1610: (36+) set DNT "value" to "not be tracked" (FF21+)
  1654. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Privacy.donottrackheader.value
  1655. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1042135#c101
  1656. // user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
  1657. // 2023: (37+) disable camera autofocus callback
  1658. // The API will be superceded by the WebRTC Capture and Stream API
  1659. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox_OS/API/CameraControl/
  1660. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107683
  1661. user_pref("camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled", false);
  1662. // 0415: (41+) disable reporting URLs (safe browsing) - removed or replaced by various
  1663. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1109475
  1664. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL
  1665. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL", ""); // removed
  1666. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL
  1667. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL", ""); // removed
  1668. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportURL", ""); // removed
  1669. // 1804: (41+) disable plugin enumeration
  1670. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1169945
  1671. user_pref("plugins.enumerable_names", "");
  1672. // 2614: (41+) disable HTTP2 (draft)
  1673. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1132357
  1674. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft", false);
  1675. // 2803: (42+) clear passwords on shutdown
  1676. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1102184
  1677. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", false);
  1678. // 3001a: (42+) disable warning when a domain requests full screen
  1679. // replaced by setting full-screen-api.warning.timeout to zero
  1680. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1160017
  1681. // user_pref("full-screen-api.approval-required", false);
  1682. // ***/
  1683. /* FF43
  1684. // 0410's: disable safebrowsing urls & updates - replaced by various
  1685. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107372
  1686. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL
  1687. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL
  1688. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL
  1689. // 0420's: disable tracking protection - replaced by various
  1690. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1107372
  1691. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL
  1692. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL
  1693. // 1803: remove plugin finder service
  1694. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pfs.datasource.url
  1695. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1202193
  1696. user_pref("pfs.datasource.url", "");
  1697. // 3003: disable new search panel UI
  1698. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1119250
  1699. // user_pref("browser.search.showOneOffButtons", false);
  1700. // ***/
  1701. /* FF44
  1702. // 0414: disable safebrowsing's real-time binary checking (google) (FF43+)
  1703. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1237103
  1704. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL
  1705. // 1200's: block rc4 whitelist
  1706. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215796
  1707. user_pref("security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list", false);
  1708. // 2301: disable SharedWorkers
  1709. // [1] https://bugs.torproject.org/15562
  1710. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1207635
  1711. user_pref("dom.workers.sharedWorkers.enabled", false);
  1712. // 2403: disable scripts changing images
  1713. // [TEST] http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_img_src2
  1714. // [WARNING] Will break some sites such as Google Maps and a lot of web apps
  1715. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=773429
  1716. // user_pref("dom.disable_image_src_set", true);
  1717. // ***/
  1718. /* FF45
  1719. // 1021b: disable deferred level of storing extra session data 0=all 1=http-only 2=none
  1720. // extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  1721. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235379
  1722. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred", 2);
  1723. // ***/
  1724. /* FF46
  1725. // 0333a: disable health report
  1726. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234526
  1727. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  1728. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1729. // 0334b: disable FHR (Firefox Health Report) v2 data being sent to Mozilla servers
  1730. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1234522
  1731. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled.v2", false);
  1732. // 0373: disable "Pocket" - replaced by extensions.pocket.*
  1733. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215694
  1734. user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false);
  1735. user_pref("browser.pocket.api", "");
  1736. user_pref("browser.pocket.site", "");
  1737. user_pref("browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", "");
  1738. // 0414: disable safebrowsing pref - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url
  1739. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1239587
  1740. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); // Google application reputation check
  1741. // 0420: disable polaris (part of Tracking Protection, never used in stable)
  1742. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1235565
  1743. // user_pref("browser.polaris.enabled", false);
  1744. // ***/
  1745. /* FF47
  1746. // 0330b: set unifiedIsOptIn to make sure telemetry respects OptIn choice and that telemetry
  1747. // is enabled ONLY for people that opted into it, even if unified Telemetry is enabled
  1748. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236580
  1749. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn", true); // (hidden pref)
  1750. // 0333b: disable about:healthreport page UNIFIED
  1751. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1236580
  1752. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrlUnified", "data:text/plain,");
  1753. // 0807: disable history manipulation
  1754. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Guide/API/DOM/Manipulating_the_browser_history
  1755. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1249542
  1756. user_pref("browser.history.allowPopState", false);
  1757. user_pref("browser.history.allowPushState", false);
  1758. user_pref("browser.history.allowReplaceState", false);
  1759. // ***/
  1760. /* FF48
  1761. // 0806: disable 'unified complete': 'Search with [default search engine]'
  1762. // [-] http://techdows.com/2016/05/firefox-unified-complete-aboutconfig-preference-removed.html
  1763. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1181078
  1764. user_pref("browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete", false);
  1765. // ***/
  1766. /* FF49
  1767. // 0372: disable "Hello"
  1768. // [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/firefox-hello/
  1769. // [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/94284/how-secure-is-firefox-hello
  1770. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1287827
  1771. user_pref("loop.enabled", false);
  1772. user_pref("loop.server", "");
  1773. user_pref("loop.feedback.formURL", "");
  1774. user_pref("loop.feedback.manualFormURL", "");
  1775. user_pref("loop.facebook.appId", "");
  1776. user_pref("loop.facebook.enabled", false);
  1777. user_pref("loop.facebook.fallbackUrl", "");
  1778. user_pref("loop.facebook.shareUrl", "");
  1779. user_pref("loop.logDomains", false);
  1780. // 2202: disable new window scrollbars being hidden
  1781. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1257887
  1782. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
  1783. // 2303: disable push notification (UDP wake-up)
  1784. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1265914
  1785. user_pref("dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled", false);
  1786. // ***/
  1787. /* FF50
  1788. // 0101: disable Windows10 intro on startup [WINDOWS]
  1789. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1274633
  1790. user_pref("browser.usedOnWindows10.introURL", "");
  1791. // 0308: disable plugin update notifications
  1792. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277905
  1793. user_pref("plugins.update.notifyUser", false);
  1794. // 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content" - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled
  1795. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1025965
  1796. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
  1797. // 1266: disable rc4 ciphers
  1798. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17369
  1799. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1268728
  1800. // [-] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2016/rc4-support-has-been-completely-removed/
  1801. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1802. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1803. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false);
  1804. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1805. // 1809: remove Mozilla's plugin update URL
  1806. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1277905
  1807. user_pref("plugins.update.url", "");
  1808. // ***/
  1809. /* FF51
  1810. // 1851: delay play of videos until they're visible
  1811. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1180563
  1812. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1262053
  1813. user_pref("media.block-play-until-visible", true);
  1814. // 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1815. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1250244
  1816. user_pref("dom.vr.oculus050.enabled", false);
  1817. // 2614: disable SPDY
  1818. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248197
  1819. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.v3-1", false);
  1820. // ***/
  1821. /* FF52
  1822. // 1601: disable referer from an SSL Website
  1823. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1308725
  1824. user_pref("network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer", false);
  1825. // 1850: disable Adobe EME "Primetime CDM" (Content Decryption Module)
  1826. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16285
  1827. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329538 // FF52
  1828. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1337121 // FF52
  1829. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329543 // FF53
  1830. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled", false);
  1831. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible", false);
  1832. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate", false);
  1833. // 2405: disable WebTelephony API
  1834. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony
  1835. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1309719
  1836. user_pref("dom.telephony.enabled", false);
  1837. // 2502: disable Battery Status API. Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that
  1838. // was fixed. However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy.
  1839. // eg: do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc
  1840. // [1] http://techcrunch.com/2015/08/04/battery-attributes-can-be-used-to-track-web-users/
  1841. // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1124127
  1842. // [3] https://www.w3.org/TR/battery-status/
  1843. // [4] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/battery-status-indicators-tracking-online
  1844. // [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code.
  1845. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1313580
  1846. user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
  1847. // ***/
  1848. /* FF53
  1849. // 1265: block rc4 fallback
  1850. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1130670
  1851. user_pref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false);
  1852. // 1806: disable Acrobat, Quicktime, WMP (the string = min version number allowed)
  1853. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317109
  1854. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317110
  1855. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1317108
  1856. user_pref("plugin.scan.Acrobat", "99999");
  1857. user_pref("plugin.scan.Quicktime", "99999");
  1858. user_pref("plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer", "99999");
  1859. // 2022: disable screensharing
  1860. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1329562
  1861. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allow_on_old_platforms", false);
  1862. // 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting
  1863. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1322736
  1864. user_pref("dom.beforeAfterKeyboardEvent.enabled", false);
  1865. // ***/
  1866. /* FF54
  1867. // 0415: disable reporting URLs (safe browsing)
  1868. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1288633
  1869. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL", "");
  1870. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL", "");
  1871. // 1830: block websites detecting DRM is disabled
  1872. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242321
  1873. user_pref("media.eme.apiVisible", false);
  1874. // 2425: disable Archive Reader API
  1875. // i.e reading archive contents directly in the browser, through DOM file objects
  1876. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1342361
  1877. user_pref("dom.archivereader.enabled", false);
  1878. // ***/