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  1. /******
  2. * name: ghacks user.js
  3. * date: 13 November 2018
  4. * version 63-beta: Pants Romance
  5. * "Rah rah ah-ah-ah! Ro mah ro-mah-mah. Gaga oh-la-la! Want your pants romance"
  6. * authors: v52+ github | v51- www.ghacks.net
  7. * url: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
  8. * license: MIT: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
  9. * releases: These are end-of-stable-life-cycle legacy archives.
  10. *Always* use the master branch user.js for a current up-to-date version.
  11. url: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/releases
  12. * README:
  13. 1. READ the full README
  14. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
  15. 2. READ this
  16. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation
  17. 3. If you skipped steps 1 and 2 above (shame on you), then here is the absolute minimum
  18. * Auto-installing updates for Firefox and extensions are disabled (section 0302's)
  19. * Some user data is erased on close (section 2800). Change this to suit your needs
  20. * EACH RELEASE check:
  21. - 4600s: reset prefs made redundant due to privacy.resistFingerprinting (RPF)
  22. or enable them as an alternative to RFP or for ESR users
  23. - 9999s: reset deprecated prefs in about:config or enable relevant section(s) for ESR
  24. * Site breakage WILL happen
  25. - There are often trade-offs and conflicts between Security vs Privacy vs Anti-Fingerprinting
  26. and these need to be balanced against Functionality & Convenience & Breakage
  27. * You will need to make a few changes to suit your own needs
  28. - Search this file for the "[SETUP]" tag to find SOME common items you could check
  29. before using to avoid unexpected surprises
  30. - Search this file for the "[WARNING]" tag to troubleshoot or prevent SOME common issues
  31. 4. BACKUP your profile folder before implementing (and/or test in a new/cloned profile)
  32. 5. KEEP UP TO DATE: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki#small_orange_diamond-maintenance
  33. ******/
  34. /* START: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors
  35. * [NOTE] In FF60+, not all syntax errors cause parsing to abort i.e. reaching the last debug
  36. * pref no longer necessarily means that all prefs have been applied. Check the console right
  37. * after startup for any warnings/error messages related to non-applied prefs
  38. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2018/03/09/a-new-preferences-parser-for-firefox/ ***/
  39. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "START: Oh yes, the Norwegian Blue... what's wrong with it?");
  40. /* 0000: disable about:config warning ***/
  41. user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
  42. /* 0001: start Firefox in PB (Private Browsing) mode
  43. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Always use private browsing mode
  44. * [NOTE] In this mode *all* windows are "private windows" and the PB mode icon is not displayed
  45. * [NOTE] The P in PB mode is misleading: it means no "persistent" local storage of history,
  46. * caches, searches or cookies (which you can achieve in normal mode). In fact, it limits or
  47. * removes the ability to control these, and you need to quit Firefox to clear them. PB is best
  48. * used as a one off window (File>New Private Window) to provide a temporary self-contained
  49. * new instance. Closing all Private Windows clears all traces. Repeat as required.
  50. * [WARNING] PB does not allow indexedDB which breaks many Extensions that use it
  51. * including uBlock Origin, uMatrix, Violentmonkey and Stylus
  52. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Private_Browsing ***/
  53. // user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true);
  54. /*** 0100: STARTUP ***/
  55. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0100 syntax error: the parrot's dead!");
  56. /* 0101: disable default browser check
  57. * [SETTING] General>Startup>Always check if Firefox is your default browser ***/
  58. user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
  59. /* 0102: set START page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session)
  60. * [SETTING] General>Startup>When Firefox starts ***/
  61. user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
  62. /* 0103: set HOME+NEWWINDOW page
  63. * about:home=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), custom URL, about:blank
  64. * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows ***/
  65. user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
  66. /* 0104: set NEWTAB page
  67. * true=Activity Stream (default, see 0514), false=blank page
  68. * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>New tabs ***/
  69. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
  70. user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);
  71. /*** 0200: GEOLOCATION ***/
  72. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0200 syntax error: the parrot's definitely deceased!");
  73. /* 0201: disable Location-Aware Browsing
  74. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/geolocation/ ***/
  75. // user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
  76. /* 0201b: set a default permission for Location (FF58+)
  77. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Access Your Location
  78. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Location>Settings ***/
  79. // user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2); // 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  80. /* 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
  81. * [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
  82. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254
  83. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_geolocation-for-default-search-engine ***/
  84. user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // (hidden pref)
  85. user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
  86. /* 0205: set OS & APP locale (FF59+)
  87. * If set to empty, the OS locales are used. If not set at all, default locale is used ***/
  88. user_pref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US"); // (hidden pref)
  89. /* 0206: disable geographically specific results/search engines e.g. "browser.search.*.US"
  90. * i.e. ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
  91. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
  92. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
  93. /* 0207: set language to match ***/
  94. user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
  95. /* 0208: enforce US English locale regardless of the system locale
  96. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/867501 ***/
  97. user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // (hidden pref)
  98. /* 0209: use APP locale over OS locale in regional preferences (FF56+)
  99. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1379420,1364789 ***/
  100. user_pref("intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales", false);
  101. /* 0210: use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google when geolocation is enabled
  102. * Optionally enable logging to the console (defaults to false) ***/
  103. user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
  104. // user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", true); // (hidden pref)
  105. /*** 0300: QUIET FOX
  106. We choose to not disable auto-CHECKs (0301's) but to disable auto-INSTALLs (0302's).
  107. There are many legitimate reasons to turn off auto-INSTALLS, including hijacked or
  108. monetized extensions, time constraints, legacy issues, and fear of breakage/bugs.
  109. It is still important to do updates for security reasons, please do so manually. ***/
  110. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0300 syntax error: the parrot's not pinin' for the fjords!");
  111. /* 0301b: disable auto-update checks for extensions
  112. * [SETTING] about:addons>Extensions>[cog-wheel-icon]>Update Add-ons Automatically (toggle) ***/
  113. // user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
  114. /* 0302a: disable auto update installing for Firefox
  115. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Check for updates but let you choose... ***/
  116. user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
  117. /* 0302b: disable auto update installing for extensions (after the check in 0301b)
  118. * [SETTING] about:addons>Extensions>[cog-wheel-icon]>Update Add-ons Automatically (toggle) ***/
  119. user_pref("extensions.update.autoUpdateDefault", false);
  120. /* 0303: disable background update service [WINDOWS]
  121. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Use a background service to install updates ***/
  122. user_pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
  123. /* 0304: disable background update staging ***/
  124. user_pref("app.update.staging.enabled", false);
  125. /* 0305: enforce update information is displayed
  126. * This is the update available, downloaded, error and success information ***/
  127. user_pref("app.update.silent", false);
  128. /* 0306: disable extension metadata updating
  129. * sends daily pings to Mozilla about extensions and recent startups ***/
  130. user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
  131. /* 0307: disable auto updating of personas (themes) ***/
  132. user_pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false);
  133. /* 0308: disable search update
  134. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Update>Automatically update search engines ***/
  135. user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
  136. /* 0309: disable sending Flash crash reports ***/
  137. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false);
  138. /* 0310: disable sending the URL of the website where a plugin crashed ***/
  139. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false);
  140. /* 0320: disable about:addons' Get Add-ons panel (uses Google-Analytics) ***/
  141. user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); // hidden pref
  142. user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "");
  143. /* 0330: disable telemetry
  144. * the pref (.unified) affects the behaviour of the pref (.enabled)
  145. * IF unified=false then .enabled controls the telemetry module
  146. * IF unified=true then .enabled ONLY controls whether to record extended data
  147. * so make sure to have both set as false
  148. * [NOTE] FF58+ `toolkit.telemetry.enabled` is now LOCKED to reflect prerelease
  149. * or release builds (true and false respectively), see [2]
  150. * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/internals/preferences.html
  151. * [2] https://medium.com/georg-fritzsche/data-preference-changes-in-firefox-58-2d5df9c428b5 ***/
  152. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
  153. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); // see [NOTE] above FF58+
  154. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,");
  155. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false);
  156. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", "");
  157. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); // (FF55+)
  158. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); // (FF55+)
  159. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); // (FF56+)
  160. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); // (FF57+) Background Hang Reporter
  161. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); // (FF57+)
  162. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); // (FF59+)
  163. /* 0333: disable health report
  164. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send technical... data ***/
  165. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
  166. /* 0334: disable new data submission, master kill switch (FF41+)
  167. * If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever
  168. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1195552 ***/
  169. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
  170. /* 0350: disable crash reports ***/
  171. user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
  172. /* 0351: disable sending of crash reports (FF44+)
  173. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send crash reports ***/
  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); // (FF51-57)
  177. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); // (FF58+)
  178. /* 0370: disable "Snippets" (Mozilla content shown on about:home screen)
  179. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Firefox_Start/Snippet_Service ***/
  180. user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "data:,");
  181. /* 0380: disable Browser Error Reporter (FF60+)
  182. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-nightly-error-collection
  183. * [2] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/browser/BrowserErrorReporter.html ***/
  184. user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.enabled", false);
  185. user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.submitUrl", "");
  186. /*** 0400: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
  187. This section has security & tracking protection implications vs privacy concerns vs effectiveness
  188. vs 3rd party 'censorship'. We DO NOT advocate no protection. If you disable Tracking Protection (TP)
  189. and/or Safe Browsing (SB), then SECTION 0400 REQUIRES YOU HAVE uBLOCK ORIGIN INSTALLED.
  190. Safe Browsing is designed to protect users from malicious sites. Tracking Protection is designed
  191. to lessen the impact of third parties on websites to reduce tracking and to speed up your browsing.
  192. These do rely on 3rd parties (Google for SB and Disconnect for TP), but many steps, which are
  193. continually being improved, have been taken to preserve privacy. Disable at your own risk.
  194. ***/
  195. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0400 syntax error: the parrot's passed on!");
  196. /** BLOCKLISTS ***/
  197. /* 0401: enable Firefox blocklist, but sanitize blocklist url
  198. * [NOTE] It includes updates for "revoked certificates"
  199. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/
  200. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 ***/
  201. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true); // default: true
  202. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
  203. /* 0403: disable individual unwanted/unneeded parts of the Kinto blocklists
  204. * What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications
  205. * As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be
  206. * revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes ***/
  207. // user_pref("services.blocklist.onecrl.collection", ""); // revoked certificates
  208. // user_pref("services.blocklist.addons.collection", "");
  209. // user_pref("services.blocklist.plugins.collection", "");
  210. // user_pref("services.blocklist.gfx.collection", "");
  211. /** SAFE BROWSING (SB)
  212. This sub-section has been redesigned to differentiate between "real-time"/"user initiated" data
  213. being sent to Google from all other settings such as using local blocklists/whitelists and updating
  214. those lists. There are NO privacy issues here. *IF* required, a full url is never sent to Google,
  215. only a PART-hash of the prefix, and this is hidden with noise of other real PART-hashes. Google also
  216. swear it is anonymized and only used to flag malicious sites/activity. Firefox also takes measures
  217. such as striping out identifying parameters and storing safe browsing cookies in a separate jar.
  218. SB v4 (FF57+) doesn't even use cookies. (#Turn on browser.safebrowsing.debug to monitor this activity)
  219. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-in-firefox/
  220. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing ***/
  221. /* 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content" (under Options>Privacy & Security)
  222. * This covers deceptive sites such as phishing and social engineering ***/
  223. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
  224. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); // (FF50+)
  225. /* 0411: disable "Block dangerous downloads" (under Options>Privacy & Security)
  226. * This covers malware and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs) ***/
  227. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);
  228. /* 0412: disable "Warn me about unwanted and uncommon software" (under Options>Privacy & Security) (FF48+) ***/
  229. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false);
  230. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false);
  231. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous", false); // (FF49+)
  232. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host", false); // (FF49+)
  233. /* 0413: disable Google safebrowsing updates ***/
  234. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL", "");
  235. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL", "");
  236. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  237. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  238. /* 0414: disable binaries NOT in local lists being checked by Google (real-time checking) ***/
  239. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
  240. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", "");
  241. /* 0415: disable reporting URLs ***/
  242. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL", "");
  243. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL", "");
  244. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL", ""); // (FF50+)
  245. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  246. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  247. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  248. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // (FF54+)
  249. /* 0416: disable 'ignore this warning' on Safe Browsing warnings which when clicked
  250. * bypasses the block for that session. This is a means for admins to enforce SB
  251. * [TEST] see github wiki APPENDIX A: Test Sites: Section 5
  252. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1226490 ***/
  253. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false);
  254. /* 0417: disable data sharing (FF58+) ***/
  255. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled", false);
  256. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL", "");
  257. /** TRACKING PROTECTION (TP)
  258. There are NO privacy concerns here, but we strongly recommend to use uBlock Origin as well,
  259. as it offers more comprehensive and specialized lists. It also allows per domain control. ***/
  260. /* 0420: enable Tracking Protection in all windows
  261. * [NOTE] TP sends DNT headers regardless of the DNT pref (see 1610)
  262. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection
  263. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/tracking-protection-firefox ***/
  264. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); // default: true
  265. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
  266. /* 0422: set which Tracking Protection block list to use
  267. * [WARNING] We don't recommend enforcing this from here, as available block lists can change
  268. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Tracking Protection>Change Block List ***/
  269. // user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256"); // basic
  270. /* 0423: disable Mozilla's blocklist for known Flash tracking/fingerprinting (FF48+)
  271. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/18/firefox-48-blocklist-against-plugin-fingerprinting/
  272. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1237198 ***/
  273. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);
  274. /* 0424: disable Mozilla's tracking protection and Flash blocklist updates ***/
  275. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", "");
  276. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL", "");
  277. /* 0425: disable passive Tracking Protection (FF53+)
  278. * Passive TP annotates channels to lower the priority of network loads for resources on the tracking protection list
  279. * [NOTE] It has no effect if TP is enabled, but keep in mind that by default TP is only enabled in Private Windows
  280. * This is included for people who want to completely disable Tracking Protection.
  281. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1170190,1141814 ***/
  282. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels", false);
  283. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority", false);
  284. /* 0426: enforce Content Blocking (required to block cookies) (FF63+) ***/
  285. user_pref("browser.contentblocking.enabled", true); // default: true
  286. /*** 0500: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
  287. System Add-ons are a method for shipping extensions, considered to be
  288. built-in features to Firefox, that are hidden from the about:addons UI.
  289. To view your System Add-ons go to about:support, they are listed under "Firefox Features"
  290. Some System Add-ons have no on-off prefs. Instead you can manually remove them. Note that app
  291. updates will restore them. They may also be updated and possibly restored automatically (see 0505)
  292. * Portable: "...\App\Firefox64\browser\features\" (or "App\Firefox\etc" for 32bit)
  293. * Windows: "...\Program Files\Mozilla\browser\features" (or "Program Files (X86)\etc" for 32bit)
  294. * Mac: "...\Applications\Firefox\Contents\Resources\browser\features\"
  295. [NOTE] On Mac you can right-click on the application and select "Show Package Contents"
  296. * Linux: "/usr/lib/firefox/browser/features" (or similar)
  297. [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/addon-manager/SystemAddons.html
  298. [2] https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/extensions
  299. ***/
  300. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0500 syntax error: the parrot's cashed in 'is chips!");
  301. /* 0502: disable Mozilla permission to silently opt you into tests ***/
  302. user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
  303. /* 0503: disable Normandy/Shield (FF60+)
  304. * Shield is an telemetry system (including Heartbeat) that can also push and test "recipes"
  305. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield
  306. * [2] https://github.com/mozilla/normandy ***/
  307. user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false);
  308. user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", "");
  309. user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
  310. /* 0505: disable System Add-on updates
  311. * [NOTE] In FF61 and lower, you will not get any System Add-on updates except when you update Firefox ***/
  312. // user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false); // (FF62+)
  313. // user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.url", "");
  314. /* 0506: disable PingCentre telemetry (used in several System Add-ons) (FF57+)
  315. * Currently blocked by 'datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled' (see 0333) ***/
  316. user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false);
  317. /* 0510: disable Pocket (FF39+)
  318. * Pocket is a third party (now owned by Mozilla) "save for later" cloud service
  319. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(application)
  320. * [2] https://www.gnu.gl/blog/Posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-pocket/ ***/
  321. user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
  322. /* 0514: disable Activity Stream (FF54+)
  323. * Activity Stream is the default homepage/newtab in FF57+. It is based on metadata and browsing behavior,
  324. * and includes telemetry and web content such as snippets, top stories (pocket), top sites, etc.
  325. * - ONE: make sure to set your "home" and "newtab" to about:blank (or use an extension to control them)
  326. * - TWO: DELETE the XPI file in your System Add-ons directory (note this get reinstalled on app updates)
  327. * And/or you can try to control the ever-growing, ever-changing "browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.*" prefs
  328. * [FF63+] Activity Stream (AS) is now builtin and no longer an easily deletable system addon!
  329. * We'll clean this up and move to a new number when ESR67 is released.
  330. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream
  331. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/02/15/firefox-mockups-show-activity-stream-new-tab-page-and-share-updates/ ***/
  332. user_pref("browser.library.activity-stream.enabled", false); // (FF57+)
  333. /* 0514a: disable AS Snippets ***/
  334. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true);
  335. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); // [SETTING] Home>Firefox Home Content>Snippets
  336. /* 0514b: disable AS Top Stories and other Pocket-based and/or sponsored content ***/
  337. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
  338. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false); // [SETTING] Home>Firefox Home Content>Highlights>Pages Saved to Pocket
  339. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored", false);
  340. /* 0514c: disable AS telemetry ***/
  341. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false);
  342. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false);
  343. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", "");
  344. /* 0515: disable Screenshots (FF55+)
  345. * alternatively in FF60+, disable uploading to the Screenshots server
  346. * [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots
  347. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/28/firefox-screenshots-integrated-in-firefox-nightly/ ***/
  348. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.disabled", true);
  349. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.upload-disabled", true); // (FF60+)
  350. /* 0516: disable Onboarding (FF55+)
  351. * Onboarding is an interactive tour/setup for new installs/profiles and features. Every time
  352. * about:home or about:newtab is opened, the onboarding overlay is injected into that page
  353. * [NOTE] Onboarding uses Google Analytics [2], and leaks resource://URIs [3]
  354. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Onboarding
  355. * [2] https://github.com/mozilla/onboard/commit/db4d6c8726c89a5d6a241c1b1065827b525c5baf
  356. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/863246#c154 ***/
  357. user_pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);
  358. /* 0517: disable Form Autofill (FF55+)
  359. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Enable Profile Autofill
  360. * [NOTE] Stored data is NOT secure (uses a JSON file)
  361. * [NOTE] Heuristics controls Form Autofill on forms without @autocomplete attributes
  362. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Form_Autofill
  363. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/24/firefoxs-new-form-autofill-is-awesome/ ***/
  364. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false);
  365. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.available", "off"); // (FF56+)
  366. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); // (FF56+)
  367. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false);
  368. /* 0518: disable Web Compatibility Reporter (FF56+)
  369. * Web Compatibility Reporter adds a "Report Site Issue" button to send data to Mozilla ***/
  370. user_pref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled", false);
  371. /*** 0600: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND [not explicitly asked for - e.g. clicked on] ***/
  372. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0600 syntax error: the parrot's no more!");
  373. /* 0601: disable link prefetching
  374. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ ***/
  375. user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
  376. /* 0602: disable DNS prefetching
  377. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/27/firefox-prefetching-what-you-need-to-know/
  378. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-DNS-Prefetch-Control ***/
  379. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true);
  380. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); // (hidden pref)
  381. /* 0603a: disable Seer/Necko
  382. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Necko ***/
  383. user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false);
  384. /* 0603b: disable more Necko/Captive Portal
  385. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal
  386. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Necko/CaptivePortal
  387. * [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21790 ***/
  388. user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", "");
  389. user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); // (FF52+)
  390. /* 0605: disable link-mouseover opening connection to linked server
  391. * [1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/15/08/14/2321202/how-to-quash-firefoxs-silent-requests
  392. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/16/block-firefox-from-connecting-to-sites-when-you-hover-over-links/ ***/
  393. user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0);
  394. /* 0606: disable pings (but enforce same host in case)
  395. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings
  396. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host ***/
  397. user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
  398. user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
  399. /* 0607: disable links launching Windows Store on Windows 8/8.1/10 [WINDOWS]
  400. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/03/25/block-firefox-chrome-windows-store/ ***/
  401. user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ms-windows-store", false);
  402. /* 0608: disable predictor / prefetching (FF48+) ***/
  403. user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);
  404. /*** 0700: HTTP* / TCP/IP / DNS / PROXY / SOCKS etc ***/
  405. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0700 syntax error: the parrot's given up the ghost!");
  406. /* 0701: disable IPv6
  407. * IPv6 can be abused, especially regarding MAC addresses. They also do not play nice
  408. * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it
  409. * [WARNING] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done
  410. * at an OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups
  411. * [TEST] http://ipv6leak.com/
  412. * [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/437#issuecomment-403740626
  413. * [2] https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/ipv6-security/ (see Myths 2,4,5,6) ***/
  414. user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
  415. /* 0702: disable HTTP2 (which was based on SPDY which is now deprecated)
  416. * HTTP2 raises concerns with "multiplexing" and "server push", does nothing to enhance
  417. * privacy, and in fact opens up a number of server-side fingerprinting opportunities
  418. * [1] https://http2.github.io/faq/
  419. * [2] https://blog.scottlogic.com/2014/11/07/http-2-a-quick-look.html
  420. * [3] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278
  421. * [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/107 ***/
  422. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false);
  423. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false);
  424. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false);
  425. /* 0703: disable HTTP Alternative Services (FF37+)
  426. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/18/a-comprehensive-list-of-firefox-privacy-and-security-settings/#comment-3970881
  427. * [2] https://www.mnot.net/blog/2016/03/09/alt-svc ***/
  428. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.enabled", false);
  429. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.oe", false);
  430. /* 0704: enforce the proxy server to do any DNS lookups when using SOCKS
  431. * e.g. in TOR, this stops your local DNS server from knowing your Tor destination
  432. * as a remote Tor node will handle the DNS request
  433. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.proxy.socks_remote_dns
  434. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers ***/
  435. user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
  436. /* 0706: remove paths when sending URLs to PAC scripts (FF51+)
  437. * CVE-2017-5384: Information disclosure via Proxy Auto-Config (PAC)
  438. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1255474 ***/
  439. user_pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false); // default: false
  440. /* 0707: disable (or setup) DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) (FF60+)
  441. * TRR = Trusted Recursive Resolver
  442. * .mode: 0=off, 1=race, 2=TRR first, 3=TRR only, 4=race for stats, but always use native result
  443. * [WARNING] DoH bypasses hosts and gives info to yet another party (e.g. Cloudflare)
  444. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/configure-dns-over-https-in-firefox/
  445. * [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/05/a-cartoon-intro-to-dns-over-https/ ***/
  446. // user_pref("network.trr.mode", 0);
  447. // user_pref("network.trr.bootstrapAddress", "");
  448. // user_pref("network.trr.uri", "");
  449. /* 0708: disable FTP (FF60+)
  450. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/02/20/firefox-60-with-new-preference-to-disable-ftp/ ***/
  451. // user_pref("network.ftp.enabled", false);
  452. /* 0709: disable using UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) paths (FF61+)
  453. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26424 ***/
  454. user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // (hidden pref)
  455. /* 0710: disable GIO as a potential proxy bypass vector
  456. * Gvfs/GIO has a set of supported protocols like obex, network, archive, computer, dav, cdda,
  457. * gphoto2, trash, etc. By default only smb and sftp protocols are accepted so far (as of FF64)
  458. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1433507
  459. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/23044
  460. * [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVfs
  461. * [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_(software) ***/
  462. user_pref("network.gio.supported-protocols", ""); // (hidden pref)
  463. /*** 0800: LOCATION BAR / SEARCH BAR / SUGGESTIONS / HISTORY / FORMS [SETUP]
  464. If you are in a private environment (no unwanted eyeballs) and your device is private
  465. (restricted access), and the device is secure when unattended (locked, encrypted, forensic
  466. hardened), then items 0850 and above can be relaxed in return for more convenience and
  467. functionality. Likewise, you may want to check the items cleared on shutdown in section 2800.
  468. [NOTE] The urlbar is also commonly referred to as the location bar and address bar
  469. #Required reading [#] https://xkcd.com/538/
  470. ***/
  471. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0800 syntax error: the parrot's ceased to be!");
  472. /* 0801: disable location bar using search - PRIVACY
  473. * don't leak typos to a search engine, give an error message instead ***/
  474. user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
  475. /* 0802: disable location bar domain guessing - PRIVACY/SECURITY
  476. * domain guessing intercepts DNS "hostname not found errors" and resends a
  477. * request (e.g. by adding www or .com). This is inconsistent use (e.g. FQDNs), does not work
  478. * via Proxy Servers (different error), is a flawed use of DNS (TLDs: why treat .com
  479. * as the 411 for DNS errors?), privacy issues (why connect to sites you didn't
  480. * intend to), can leak sensitive data (e.g. query strings: e.g. Princeton attack),
  481. * and is a security risk (e.g. common typos & malicious sites set up to exploit this) ***/
  482. user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
  483. /* 0803: display all parts of the url in the location bar - helps SECURITY ***/
  484. user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
  485. /* 0804: limit history leaks via enumeration (PER TAB: back/forward) - PRIVACY
  486. * This is a PER TAB session history. You still have a full history stored under all history
  487. * default=50, minimum=1=currentpage, 2 is the recommended minimum as some pages
  488. * use it as a means of referral (e.g. hotlinking), 4 or 6 or 10 may be more practical ***/
  489. user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 10);
  490. /* 0805: disable CSS querying page history - CSS history leak - PRIVACY
  491. * [NOTE] This has NEVER been fully "resolved": in Mozilla/docs it is stated it's
  492. * only in 'certain circumstances', also see latest comments in [2]
  493. * [TEST] http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/yahh/ (see github wiki APPENDIX C on how to use)
  494. * [1] https://dbaron.org/mozilla/visited-privacy
  495. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/147777
  496. * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector ***/
  497. user_pref("layout.css.visited_links_enabled", false);
  498. /* 0806: disable displaying javascript in history URLs - SECURITY ***/
  499. user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true);
  500. /* 0807: disable search bar LIVE search suggestions - PRIVACY
  501. * [SETTING] Search>Provide search suggestions ***/
  502. user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
  503. /* 0808: disable location bar LIVE search suggestions (requires 0807 = true) - PRIVACY
  504. * Also disable the location bar prompt to enable/disable or learn more about it.
  505. * [SETTING] Search>Show search suggestions in address bar results ***/
  506. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
  507. user_pref("browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice", true); // (FF41+)
  508. /* 0809: disable location bar suggesting "preloaded" top websites (FF54+)
  509. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1211726 ***/
  510. user_pref("browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled", false);
  511. /* 0810: disable location bar making speculative connections (FF56+)
  512. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1348275 ***/
  513. user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false);
  514. /* 0850a: disable location bar autocomplete and suggestion types
  515. * If you enforce any of the suggestion types, you MUST enforce 'autocomplete'
  516. * - If *ALL* of the suggestion types are false, 'autocomplete' must also be false
  517. * - If *ANY* of the suggestion types are true, 'autocomplete' must also be true
  518. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Address Bar>When using the address bar, suggest
  519. * [WARNING] If all three suggestion types are false, search engine keywords are disabled ***/
  520. user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
  521. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false);
  522. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark", false);
  523. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage", false);
  524. /* 0850c: disable location bar dropdown
  525. * This value controls the total number of entries to appear in the location bar dropdown
  526. * [NOTE] Items (bookmarks/history/openpages) with a high "frecency"/"bonus" will always
  527. * be displayed (no we do not know how these are calculated or what the threshold is),
  528. * and this does not affect the search by search engine suggestion (see 0808)
  529. * [USAGE] This setting is only useful if you want to enable search engine keywords
  530. * (i.e. at least one of 0850a suggestion types must be true) but you want to *limit* suggestions shown ***/
  531. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 0);
  532. /* 0850d: disable location bar autofill
  533. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete ***/
  534. user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false);
  535. /* 0850e: disable location bar one-off searches (FF51+)
  536. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/09/firefox-one-off-searches-address-bar/ ***/
  537. user_pref("browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches", false);
  538. /* 0850f: disable location bar suggesting local search history (FF57+)
  539. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1181644 ***/
  540. user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions", 0); // max. number of search suggestions
  541. /* 0860: disable search and form history
  542. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember search and form history
  543. * [NOTE] You can clear formdata on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
  544. user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
  545. /* 0862: disable browsing and download history
  546. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember my browsing and download history
  547. * [NOTE] You can clear history and downloads on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
  548. // user_pref("places.history.enabled", false);
  549. /* 0864: disable date/time picker (FF57+ default true)
  550. * This can leak your locale if not en-US
  551. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21787 ***/
  552. user_pref("dom.forms.datetime", false);
  553. /* 0870: disable Windows jumplist [WINDOWS] ***/
  554. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.enabled", false);
  555. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.frequent.enabled", false);
  556. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled", false);
  557. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled", false);
  558. /* 0871: disable Windows taskbar preview [WINDOWS] ***/
  559. user_pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false);
  560. /*** 0900: PASSWORDS ***/
  561. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0900 syntax error: the parrot's expired!");
  562. /* 0901: disable saving passwords
  563. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Remember logins and passwords for sites
  564. * [NOTE] This does not clear any passwords already saved ***/
  565. // user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
  566. /* 0902: use a master password (recommended if you save passwords)
  567. * There are no preferences for this. It is all handled internally.
  568. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Use a master password
  569. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-master-password-protect-stored-logins ***/
  570. /* 0903: set how often Firefox should ask for the master password
  571. * 0=the first time (default), 1=every time it's needed, 2=every n minutes (as per the next pref) ***/
  572. user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
  573. /* 0904: set how often in minutes Firefox should ask for the master password (see pref above)
  574. * in minutes, default is 30 ***/
  575. user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 5);
  576. /* 0905: disable auto-filling username & password form fields - SECURITY
  577. * can leak in cross-site forms AND be spoofed
  578. * [NOTE] Password will still be auto-filled after a user name is manually entered
  579. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signon.autofillForms ***/
  580. user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false);
  581. /* 0906: disable websites' autocomplete="off" (FF30+)
  582. * Don't let sites dictate use of saved logins and passwords. Increase security through
  583. * stronger password use. The trade-off is the convenience. Some sites should never be
  584. * saved (such as banking sites). Set at true, informed users can make their own choice. ***/
  585. user_pref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", true); // default: true
  586. /* 0907: display warnings for logins on non-secure (non HTTPS) pages
  587. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1217156 ***/
  588. user_pref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true);
  589. /* 0908: remove user & password info when attempting to fix an entered URL (i.e. 0802 is true)
  590. * e.g. //user:password@foo -> //user@(prefix)foo(suffix) NOT //user:password@(prefix)foo(suffix) ***/
  591. user_pref("browser.fixup.hide_user_pass", true);
  592. /* 0909: disable formless login capture for Password Manager (FF51+) ***/
  593. user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false);
  594. /* 0910: disable autofilling saved passwords on HTTP pages and show warning (FF52+)
  595. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/insecure-login-forms-now-disable-autofill-show-warning-beneath-input-control/
  596. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1217152,1319119 ***/
  597. user_pref("signon.autofillForms.http", false);
  598. user_pref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", true);
  599. /* 0911: prevent cross-origin images from triggering an HTTP-Authentication prompt (FF55+)
  600. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1357835 ***/
  601. user_pref("network.auth.subresource-img-cross-origin-http-auth-allow", false);
  602. /*** 1000: CACHE [SETUP]
  603. ETAG [1] and other [2][3] cache tracking/fingerprinting techniques can be averted by
  604. disabling *BOTH* disk (1001) and memory (1003) cache. ETAGs can also be neutralized
  605. by modifying response headers [4]. Another solution is to use a hardened configuration
  606. with Temporary Containers [5]. Alternatively, you can *LIMIT* exposure by clearing
  607. cache on close (2803). or on a regular basis manually or with an extension.
  608. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag#Tracking_using_ETags
  609. [2] https://robertheaton.com/2014/01/20/cookieless-user-tracking-for-douchebags/
  610. [3] https://www.grepular.com/Preventing_Web_Tracking_via_the_Browser_Cache
  611. [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.2.4-Header-Editor
  612. [5] https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21
  613. ***/
  614. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1000 syntax error: the parrot's gone to meet 'is maker!");
  615. /** CACHE ***/
  616. /* 1001: disable disk cache ***/
  617. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
  618. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0);
  619. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false);
  620. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false);
  621. /* 1002: disable disk cache for SSL pages
  622. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl ***/
  623. user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
  624. /* 1003: disable memory cache
  625. * [NOTE] Not recommended due to performance issues ***/
  626. // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
  627. // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 0); // (hidden pref)
  628. /* 1005: disable fastback cache
  629. * To improve performance when pressing back/forward Firefox stores visited pages
  630. * so they don't have to be re-parsed. This is not the same as memory cache.
  631. * 0=none, -1=auto (that's minus 1), or for other values see [1]
  632. * [NOTE] Not recommended unless you know what you're doing
  633. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers ***/
  634. // user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);
  635. /* 1006: disable permissions manager from writing to disk [RESTART]
  636. * [NOTE] This means any permission changes are session only
  637. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967812 ***/
  638. // user_pref("permissions.memory_only", true); // (hidden pref)
  639. /* 1008: set DNS cache and expiration time (default 400 and 60, same as TBB) ***/
  640. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 400);
  641. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 60);
  642. /** SESSIONS & SESSION RESTORE ***/
  643. /* 1020: disable the Session Restore service completely
  644. * [WARNING] [SETUP] This also disables the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature
  645. * It does not affect "Recently Closed Windows" or any history. ***/
  646. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 0);
  647. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo", 0);
  648. /* 1021: disable storing extra session data
  649. * extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  650. * define on which sites to save extra session data:
  651. * 0=everywhere, 1=unencrypted sites, 2=nowhere ***/
  652. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2);
  653. /* 1022: disable resuming session from crash [SETUP] ***/
  654. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
  655. /* 1023: set the minimum interval between session save operations - increasing it
  656. * can help on older machines and some websites, as well as reducing writes, see [1]
  657. * Default is 15000 (15 secs). Try 30000 (30sec), 60000 (1min) etc
  658. * [WARNING] This can also affect entries in the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature:
  659. * i.e. the longer the interval the more chance a quick tab open/close won't be captured.
  660. * This longer interval *may* affect history but we cannot replicate any history not recorded
  661. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1304389 ***/
  662. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 30000);
  663. /* 1024: disable automatic Firefox start and session restore after reboot [WINDOWS] (FF62+)
  664. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/603903 ***/
  665. user_pref("toolkit.winRegisterApplicationRestart", false);
  666. /** FAVICONS ***/
  667. /* 1030: disable favicons in shortcuts
  668. * URL shortcuts use a cached randomly named .ico file which is stored in your
  669. * profile/shortcutCache directory. The .ico remains after the shortcut is deleted.
  670. * If set to false then the shortcuts use a generic Firefox icon ***/
  671. user_pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false);
  672. /* 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks
  673. * bookmark favicons are stored as data blobs in favicons.sqlite ***/
  674. // user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
  675. /* 1032: disable favicons in web notifications ***/
  676. user_pref("alerts.showFavicons", false); // default: false
  677. /*** 1200: HTTPS ( SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HSTS / HPKP / CIPHERS )
  678. Note that your cipher and other settings can be used server side as a fingerprint attack
  679. vector, see [1] (It's quite technical but the first part is easy to understand
  680. and you can stop reading when you reach the second section titled "Enter Bro")
  681. Option 1: Use Firefox defaults for the 1260's items (item 1260 default for SHA-1, is local
  682. only anyway). There is nothing *weak* about Firefox's defaults, but Mozilla (and
  683. other browsers) will always lag for fear of breakage and upset end-users
  684. Option 2: Disable the ciphers in 1261, 1262 and 1263. These shouldn't break anything.
  685. Optionally, disable the ciphers in 1264.
  686. [1] https://www.securityartwork.es/2017/02/02/tls-client-fingerprinting-with-bro/
  687. ***/
  688. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1200 syntax error: the parrot's a stiff!");
  689. /** SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / TLS (Transport Layer Security) ***/
  690. /* 1201: disable old SSL/TLS "insecure" renegotiation (vulnerable to a MiTM attack)
  691. * [WARNING] <2% of secure sites do NOT support the newer "secure" renegotiation, see [2]
  692. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation
  693. * [2] https://www.ssllabs.com/ssl-pulse/ ***/
  694. user_pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true);
  695. /* 1202: control TLS versions with min and max
  696. * 1=min version of TLS 1.0, 2=min version of TLS 1.1, 3=min version of TLS 1.2 etc
  697. * [NOTE] Jul-2017: Telemetry indicates approx 2% of TLS web traffic uses 1.0 or 1.1
  698. * [WARNING] If you get an "SSL_ERROR_NO_CYPHER_OVERLAP" error, temporarily
  699. * set a lower value for 'security.tls.version.min' in about:config
  700. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
  701. * [2] https://www.ssl.com/how-to/turn-off-ssl-3-0-and-tls-1-0-in-your-browser/
  702. * [2] archived: https://archive.is/hY2Mm ***/
  703. // user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 3);
  704. user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4); // 4 = allow up to and including TLS 1.3
  705. /* 1203: disable SSL session tracking (FF36+)
  706. * SSL Session IDs speed up HTTPS connections (no need to renegotiate) and last for 48hrs.
  707. * Since the ID is unique, web servers can (and do) use it for tracking. If set to true,
  708. * this disables sending SSL Session IDs and TLS Session Tickets to prevent session tracking
  709. * [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5077
  710. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967977 ***/
  711. user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); // (hidden pref)
  712. /* 1204: disable SSL Error Reporting
  713. * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/base/sslerrorreport/preferences.html ***/
  714. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false);
  715. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled", false);
  716. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.url", "");
  717. /* 1205: disable TLS1.3 0-RTT (round-trip time) (FF51+)
  718. * [1] https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/issues/1001
  719. * [2] https://blog.cloudflare.com/tls-1-3-overview-and-q-and-a/ ***/
  720. user_pref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false); // (FF55+ default true)
  721. /** OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)
  722. #Required reading [#] https://scotthelme.co.uk/revocation-is-broken/ ***/
  723. /* 1210: enable OCSP Stapling
  724. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ ***/
  725. user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true);
  726. /* 1211: control when to use OCSP fetching (to confirm current validity of certificates)
  727. * 0=disabled, 1=enabled (default), 2=enabled for EV certificates only
  728. * OCSP (non-stapled) leaks information about the sites you visit to the CA (cert authority)
  729. * It's a trade-off between security (checking) and privacy (leaking info to the CA)
  730. * [NOTE] This pref only controls OCSP fetching and does not affect OCSP stapling
  731. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocsp ***/
  732. user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1);
  733. /* 1212: set OCSP fetch failures (non-stapled, see 1211) to hard-fail
  734. * When a CA cannot be reached to validate a cert, Firefox just continues the connection (=soft-fail)
  735. * Setting this pref to true tells Firefox to instead terminate the connection (=hard-fail)
  736. * It is pointless to soft-fail when an OCSP fetch fails: you cannot confirm a cert is still valid (it
  737. * could have been revoked) and/or you could be under attack (e.g. malicious blocking of OCSP servers)
  738. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/
  739. * [2] https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/04/19/revchecking.html ***/
  740. user_pref("security.OCSP.require", true);
  741. /** CERTS / HSTS (HTTP Strict Transport Security) / HPKP (HTTP Public Key Pinning) ***/
  742. /* 1220: disable Windows 8.1's Microsoft Family Safety cert [WINDOWS] (FF50+)
  743. * 0=disable detecting Family Safety mode and importing the root
  744. * 1=only attempt to detect Family Safety mode (don't import the root)
  745. * 2=detect Family Safety mode and import the root
  746. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21686 ***/
  747. user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0);
  748. /* 1221: disable intermediate certificate caching (fingerprinting attack vector) [RESTART]
  749. * [NOTE] This may be better handled under FPI (ticket 1323644, part of Tor Uplift)
  750. * [WARNING] This affects login/cert/key dbs. The effect is all credentials are session-only.
  751. * Saved logins and passwords are not available. Reset the pref and restart to return them.
  752. * [TEST] https://fiprinca.0x90.eu/poc/
  753. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1334485 - related bug
  754. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216882 - related bug (see comment 9) ***/
  755. // user_pref("security.nocertdb", true); // (hidden pref)
  756. /* 1222: enforce strict pinning
  757. * PKP (Public Key Pinning) 0=disabled 1=allow user MiTM (such as your antivirus), 2=strict
  758. * [WARNING] If you rely on an AV (antivirus) to protect your web browsing
  759. * by inspecting ALL your web traffic, then leave at current default=1
  760. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16206 ***/
  761. user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);
  762. /** MIXED CONTENT ***/
  763. /* 1240: disable insecure active content on https pages - mixed content
  764. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21323 ***/
  765. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true); // default: true
  766. /* 1241: disable insecure passive content (such as images) on https pages - mixed context ***/
  767. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
  768. /* 1243: block unencrypted requests from Flash on encrypted pages to mitigate MitM attacks (FF59+)
  769. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1190623 ***/
  770. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest", true);
  771. /** CIPHERS [see the section 1200 intro] ***/
  772. /* 1260: disable or limit SHA-1
  773. * 0=all SHA1 certs are allowed
  774. * 1=all SHA1 certs are blocked (including perfectly valid ones from 2015 and earlier)
  775. * 2=deprecated option that now maps to 1
  776. * 3=only allowed for locally-added roots (e.g. anti-virus)
  777. * 4=only allowed for locally-added roots or for certs in 2015 and earlier
  778. * [WARNING] When disabled, some man-in-the-middle devices (e.g. security scanners and
  779. * antivirus products, may fail to connect to HTTPS sites. SHA-1 is *almost* obsolete.
  780. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/18/phasing-out-sha-1-on-the-public-web/ ***/
  781. user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1);
  782. /* 1261: disable 3DES (effective key size < 128)
  783. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3des#Security
  784. * [2] http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack
  785. * [3] https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/fips-ssl-ciphersuites.html ***/
  786. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false);
  787. /* 1262: disable 128 bits ***/
  788. // user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  789. // user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  790. /* 1263: disable DHE (Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange)
  791. * [WARNING] May break obscure sites, but not major sites, which should support ECDH over DHE
  792. * [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH ***/
  793. // user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  794. // user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  795. /* 1264: disable the remaining non-modern cipher suites as of FF52
  796. * [NOTE] Commented out because it still breaks too many sites ***/
  797. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  798. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  799. /** UI (User Interface) ***/
  800. /* 1270: display warning (red padlock) for "broken security" (see 1201)
  801. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation ***/
  802. user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true);
  803. /* 1271: control "Add Security Exception" dialog on SSL warnings
  804. * 0=do neither 1=pre-populate url 2=pre-populate url + pre-fetch cert (default)
  805. * [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 ***/
  806. user_pref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1);
  807. /* 1272: display advanced information on Insecure Connection warning pages
  808. * only works when it's possible to add an exception
  809. * i.e. it doesn't work for HSTS discrepancies (https://subdomain.preloaded-hsts.badssl.com/)
  810. * [TEST] https://expired.badssl.com/ ***/
  811. user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true);
  812. /* 1273: display "insecure" icon (FF59+) and "Not Secure" text (FF60+) on HTTP sites ***/
  813. user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled", true); // all windows
  814. user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true);
  815. // user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled", true); // private windows only
  816. // user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled", true);
  817. /*** 1400: FONTS ***/
  818. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1400 syntax error: the parrot's bereft of life!");
  819. /* 1401: disable websites choosing fonts (0=block, 1=allow)
  820. * If you disallow fonts, this drastically limits/reduces font
  821. * enumeration (by JS) which is a high entropy fingerprinting vector.
  822. * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Advanced>Allow pages to choose...
  823. * [SETUP] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. ***/
  824. user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
  825. /* 1402: set more legible default fonts [SETUP]
  826. * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Serif|Sans-serif|Monospace
  827. * [NOTE] Example below for Windows/Western only ***/
  828. // user_pref("font.name.serif.x-unicode", "Georgia");
  829. // user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Georgia"); // default: Times New Roman
  830. // user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode", "Arial");
  831. // user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "Arial"); // default: Arial
  832. // user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-unicode", "Lucida Console");
  833. // user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "Lucida Console"); // default: Courier New
  834. /* 1403: disable icon fonts (glyphs) (FF41) and local fallback rendering
  835. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/789788
  836. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8455 ***/
  837. // user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false);
  838. // user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.fallback_delay", -1);
  839. /* 1404: disable rendering of SVG OpenType fonts
  840. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/SVGOpenTypeFonts - iSECPartnersReport recommends to disable this ***/
  841. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false);
  842. /* 1405: disable WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format) (FF35+) ***/
  843. user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false);
  844. /* 1406: disable CSS Font Loading API
  845. * [SETUP] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. ***/
  846. user_pref("layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled", false);
  847. /* 1407: disable special underline handling for a few fonts which you will probably never use [RESTART]
  848. * Any of these fonts on your system can be enumerated for fingerprinting.
  849. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Font.blacklist.underline_offset ***/
  850. user_pref("font.blacklist.underline_offset", "");
  851. /* 1408: disable graphite which FF49 turned back on by default
  852. * In the past it had security issues. Update: This continues to be the case, see [1]
  853. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 ***/
  854. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false);
  855. /* 1409: limit system font exposure to a whitelist (FF52+) [SETUP] [RESTART]
  856. * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed.
  857. * [NOTE] Creating your own probably highly-unique whitelist will raise your entropy. If
  858. * you block sites choosing fonts in 1401, this preference is irrelevant. In future,
  859. * privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 4500) may cover this, and 1401 can be relaxed.
  860. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1121643 ***/
  861. // user_pref("font.system.whitelist", ""); // (hidden pref)
  862. /*** 1600: HEADERS / REFERERS
  863. Only *cross domain* referers need controlling and XOriginPolicy (1603) is perfect for that. Thus we enforce
  864. the default values for 1601, 1602, 1605 and 1606 to minimize breakage, and only tweak 1603 and 1604.
  865. Our default settings provide the best balance between protection and amount of breakage.
  866. To harden it a bit more you can set XOriginPolicy (1603) to 2 (+ optionally 1604 to 1 or 2).
  867. To fix broken sites (including your modem/router), temporarily set XOriginPolicy=0 and XOriginTrimmingPolicy=2 in about:config,
  868. use the site and then change the values back. If you visit those sites regularly (e.g. Vimeo), use an extension.
  869. full URI: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html?id=1234
  870. scheme+host+port+path: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html
  871. scheme+host+port: https://example.com:8888
  872. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-referrer-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  873. ***/
  874. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1600 syntax error: the parrot rests in peace!");
  875. /* 1601: ALL: control when images/links send a referer
  876. * 0=never, 1=send only when links are clicked, 2=for links and images (default) ***/
  877. user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 2);
  878. /* 1602: ALL: control the amount of information to send
  879. * 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
  880. user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 0);
  881. /* 1603: CROSS ORIGIN: control when to send a referer [SETUP]
  882. * 0=always (default), 1=only if base domains match, 2=only if hosts match ***/
  883. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 1);
  884. /* 1604: CROSS ORIGIN: control the amount of information to send (FF52+)
  885. * 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
  886. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 0);
  887. /* 1605: ALL: disable spoofing a referer
  888. * [WARNING] Spoofing effectively disables the anti-CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protections that some sites may rely on ***/
  889. user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", false);
  890. /* 1606: ALL: set the default Referrer Policy
  891. * 0=no-referer, 1=same-origin, 2=strict-origin-when-cross-origin, 3=no-referrer-when-downgrade
  892. * [NOTE] This is only a default, it can be overridden by a site-controlled Referrer Policy
  893. * [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/
  894. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy
  895. * [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/31/preventing-data-leaks-by-stripping-path-information-in-http-referrers/ ***/
  896. user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy", 3); // (FF59+) default: 3
  897. user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy.pbmode", 2); // (FF59+) default: 2
  898. /* 1607: TOR: hide (not spoof) referrer when leaving a .onion domain (FF54+)
  899. * [NOTE] Firefox cannot access .onion sites by default. We recommend you use
  900. * TBB (Tor Browser Bundle) which is specifically designed for the dark web
  901. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1305144 ***/
  902. user_pref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true);
  903. /* 1610: ALL: enable the DNT (Do Not Track) HTTP header
  904. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Tracking Protecting>Send websites a "Do Not Track"...
  905. * [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref ***/
  906. user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
  907. /*** 1700: CONTAINERS [SETUP]
  908. [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/containers-experiment
  909. [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers
  910. [3] https://github.com/mozilla/testpilot-containers
  911. ***/
  912. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1700 syntax error: the parrot's bit the dust!");
  913. /* 1701: enable Container Tabs setting in preferences (see 1702) (FF50+)
  914. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1279029 ***/
  915. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true);
  916. /* 1702: enable Container Tabs (FF50+)
  917. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Tabs>Enable Container Tabs ***/
  918. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.enabled", true);
  919. /* 1703: enable a private container for thumbnail loads (FF51+) ***/
  920. // user_pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // default: true in FF61+
  921. /* 1704: set long press behaviour on "+ Tab" button to display container menu (FF53+)
  922. * 0=disables long press, 1=when clicked, the menu is shown
  923. * 2=the menu is shown after X milliseconds
  924. * [NOTE] The menu does not contain a non-container tab option
  925. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1328756 ***/
  926. // user_pref("privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior", 2);
  927. /*** 1800: PLUGINS ***/
  928. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1800 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies!");
  929. /* 1801: set default plugin state (i.e. new plugins on discovery) to never activate
  930. * 0=disabled, 1=ask to activate, 2=active - you can override individual plugins ***/
  931. user_pref("plugin.default.state", 0);
  932. user_pref("plugin.defaultXpi.state", 0);
  933. /* 1802: enable click to play and set to 0 minutes ***/
  934. user_pref("plugins.click_to_play", true);
  935. user_pref("plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes", 0);
  936. /* 1803: disable Flash plugin (Add-ons>Plugins)
  937. * 0=deactivated, 1=ask, 2=enabled
  938. * ESR52.x is the last branch to *fully* support NPAPI, FF52+ stable only supports Flash
  939. * [NOTE] You can still override individual sites via site permissions
  940. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/07/09/how-to-make-sure-that-a-firefox-plugin-never-activates-again/ ***/
  941. user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0);
  942. /* 1805: disable scanning for plugins [WINDOWS]
  943. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin_scanning
  944. * plid.all = whether to scan the directories specified in the Windows registry for PLIDs.
  945. * Used to detect RealPlayer, Java, Antivirus etc, but since FF52 only covers Flash ***/
  946. user_pref("plugin.scan.plid.all", false);
  947. /* 1820: disable all GMP (Gecko Media Plugins) [SETUP]
  948. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/GeckoMediaPlugins ***/
  949. user_pref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false);
  950. user_pref("media.gmp.trial-create.enabled", false);
  951. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url", "data:text/plain,");
  952. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url.override", "data:text/plain,"); // (hidden pref)
  953. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); // disable local fallback (hidden pref)
  954. /* 1825: disable widevine CDM (Content Decryption Module) [SETUP] ***/
  955. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible", false);
  956. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false);
  957. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate", false);
  958. /* 1830: disable all DRM content (EME: Encryption Media Extension) [SETUP]
  959. * [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/10/drms-dead-canary-how-we-just-lost-web-what-we-learned-it-and-what-we-need-do-next ***/
  960. user_pref("media.eme.enabled", false); // [SETTING] General>DRM Content>Play DRM-controlled content
  961. user_pref("browser.eme.ui.enabled", false); // hides "Play DRM-controlled content" checkbox [RESTART]
  962. /* 1840: disable the OpenH264 Video Codec by Cisco to "Never Activate"
  963. * This is the bundled codec used for video chat in WebRTC ***/
  964. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  965. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate", false);
  966. /*** 2000: MEDIA / CAMERA / MIC ***/
  967. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2000 syntax error: the parrot's snuffed it!");
  968. /* 2001: disable WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)
  969. * [1] https://www.privacytools.io/#webrtc ***/
  970. user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
  971. user_pref("media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers", false);
  972. user_pref("media.peerconnection.video.enabled", false);
  973. user_pref("media.peerconnection.identity.enabled", false);
  974. user_pref("media.peerconnection.identity.timeout", 1);
  975. user_pref("media.peerconnection.turn.disable", true);
  976. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.tcp", false);
  977. user_pref("media.navigator.video.enabled", false); // video capability for WebRTC
  978. /* 2002: limit WebRTC IP leaks if using WebRTC
  979. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1189041,1297416
  980. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy ***/
  981. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true); // (FF42-FF50)
  982. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.no_host", true); // (FF51+)
  983. /* 2010: disable WebGL (Web Graphics Library), force bare minimum feature set if used & disable WebGL extensions
  984. * [1] https://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl-new-dimension-browser-exploitation/
  985. * [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13799/is-webgl-a-security-concern ***/
  986. user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
  987. user_pref("pdfjs.enableWebGL", false);
  988. user_pref("webgl.min_capability_mode", true);
  989. user_pref("webgl.disable-extensions", true);
  990. user_pref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true);
  991. /* 2012: disable two more webgl preferences (FF51+) ***/
  992. user_pref("webgl.dxgl.enabled", false); // [WINDOWS]
  993. user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
  994. /* 2022: disable screensharing ***/
  995. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled", false);
  996. user_pref("media.getusermedia.browser.enabled", false);
  997. user_pref("media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled", false);
  998. /* 2024: set a default permission for Camera/Microphone (FF58+)
  999. * 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  1000. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Use the Camera/Microphone
  1001. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Camera/Microphone>Settings ***/
  1002. // user_pref("permissions.default.camera", 2);
  1003. // user_pref("permissions.default.microphone", 2);
  1004. /* 2026: disable canvas capture stream (FF41+)
  1005. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/captureStream ***/
  1006. user_pref("canvas.capturestream.enabled", false);
  1007. /* 2027: disable camera image capture (FF35+)
  1008. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16339 ***/
  1009. user_pref("dom.imagecapture.enabled", false); // default: false
  1010. /* 2028: disable offscreen canvas (FF44+)
  1011. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/OffscreenCanvas ***/
  1012. user_pref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", false); // default: false
  1013. /* 2030: disable auto-play of HTML5 media (FF63+)
  1014. * 0=Allowed (default), 1=Blocked, 2=Prompt
  1015. * [WARNING] This may break video playback on various sites ***/
  1016. user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 1);
  1017. /* 2031: disable audio auto-play in non-active tabs (FF51+)
  1018. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/14/firefox-51-blocks-automatic-audio-playback-in-non-active-tabs/ ***/
  1019. user_pref("media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground", true);
  1020. /*** 2200: WINDOW MEDDLING & LEAKS / POPUPS ***/
  1021. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2200 syntax error: the parrot's 'istory!");
  1022. /* 2201: prevent websites from disabling new window features
  1023. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features ***/
  1024. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true);
  1025. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true); // default: true
  1026. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
  1027. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
  1028. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true); // bookmarks toolbar
  1029. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true); // default: true
  1030. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true); // status bar - default: true
  1031. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true);
  1032. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true);
  1033. /* 2202: prevent scripts moving and resizing open windows ***/
  1034. user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
  1035. /* 2203: open links targeting new windows in a new tab instead
  1036. * This stops malicious window sizes and some screen resolution leaks.
  1037. * You can still right-click a link and open in a new window.
  1038. * [TEST] https://people.torproject.org/~gk/misc/entire_desktop.html
  1039. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9881 ***/
  1040. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3);
  1041. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
  1042. /* 2204: disable Fullscreen API (requires user interaction) to prevent screen-resolution leaks
  1043. * [NOTE] You can still manually toggle the browser's fullscreen state (F11),
  1044. * but this pref will disable embedded video/game fullscreen controls, e.g. youtube
  1045. * [TEST] https://developer.mozilla.org/samples/domref/fullscreen.html ***/
  1046. // user_pref("full-screen-api.enabled", false);
  1047. /* 2210: block popup windows
  1048. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Block pop-up windows ***/
  1049. user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
  1050. /* 2211: set max popups from a single non-click event - default is 20! ***/
  1051. user_pref("dom.popup_maximum", 3);
  1052. /* 2212: limit events that can cause a popup
  1053. * default is "change click dblclick mouseup pointerup notificationclick reset submit touchend"
  1054. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.popup_allowed_events ***/
  1055. user_pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick");
  1056. /*** 2300: WEB WORKERS [SETUP]
  1057. A worker is a JS "background task" running in a global context, i.e. it is different from
  1058. the current window. Workers can spawn new workers (must be the same origin & scheme),
  1059. including service and shared workers. Shared workers can be utilized by multiple scripts and
  1060. communicate between browsing contexts (windows/tabs/iframes) and can even control your cache.
  1061. [WARNING] Disabling "web workers" might break sites
  1062. [UPDATE] uMatrix 1.2.0+ allows a per-scope control for workers (2301-deprecated) and service workers (2302)
  1063. #Required reading [#] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.2.0
  1064. [1] Web Workers: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API
  1065. [2] Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Worker
  1066. [3] Service Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API
  1067. [4] SharedWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SharedWorker
  1068. [5] ChromeWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/ChromeWorker
  1069. [6] Notifications: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1165867#answer-981820
  1070. ***/
  1071. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2300 syntax error: the parrot's off the twig!");
  1072. /* 2302: disable service workers
  1073. * Service workers essentially act as proxy servers that sit between web apps, and the browser
  1074. * and network, are event driven, and can control the web page/site it is associated with,
  1075. * intercepting and modifying navigation and resource requests, and caching resources.
  1076. * [NOTE] Service worker APIs are hidden (in Firefox) and cannot be used when in PB mode.
  1077. * [NOTE] Service workers only run over HTTPS. Service Workers have no DOM access. ***/
  1078. user_pref("dom.serviceWorkers.enabled", false);
  1079. /* 2304: disable web notifications
  1080. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API ***/
  1081. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false); // (FF22+)
  1082. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", false); // (FF44+)
  1083. /* 2305: set a default permission for Notifications (see 2304) (FF58+)
  1084. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Receive Notifications
  1085. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Notifications>Settings ***/
  1086. // user_pref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2); // 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  1087. /* 2306: disable push notifications (FF44+)
  1088. * web apps can receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or
  1089. * not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded
  1090. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Push_API ***/
  1091. user_pref("dom.push.enabled", false);
  1092. user_pref("dom.push.connection.enabled", false);
  1093. user_pref("dom.push.serverURL", "");
  1094. user_pref("dom.push.userAgentID", "");
  1095. /*** 2400: DOM (DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL) & JAVASCRIPT ***/
  1096. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2400 syntax error: the parrot's kicked the bucket!");
  1097. /* 2401: disable website control over browser right-click context menu
  1098. * [NOTE] Shift-Right-Click will always bring up the browser right-click context menu ***/
  1099. // user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
  1100. /* 2402: disable website access to clipboard events/content
  1101. * [WARNING] This will break some sites functionality such as pasting into facebook, wordpress
  1102. * this applies to onCut, onCopy, onPaste events - i.e. you have to interact with
  1103. * the website for it to look at the clipboard
  1104. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-modifying-clipboard-contents-firefox/ ***/
  1105. user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
  1106. /* 2403: disable clipboard commands (cut/copy) from "non-privileged" content (FF41+)
  1107. * this disables document.execCommand("cut"/"copy") to protect your clipboard
  1108. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1170911 ***/
  1109. user_pref("dom.allow_cut_copy", false); // (hidden pref)
  1110. /* 2404: disable "Confirm you want to leave" dialog on page close
  1111. * Does not prevent JS leaks of the page close event.
  1112. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload
  1113. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1043508 ***/
  1114. user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true);
  1115. /* 2414: disable shaking the screen ***/
  1116. user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false);
  1117. /* 2420: disable asm.js (FF22+)
  1118. * [1] http://asmjs.org/
  1119. * [2] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/
  1120. * [3] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/
  1121. * [4] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5375
  1122. * [5] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5400
  1123. * [6] https://rh0dev.github.io/blog/2017/the-return-of-the-jit/ ***/
  1124. user_pref("javascript.options.asmjs", false);
  1125. /* 2421: disable Ion and baseline JIT to help harden JS against exploits
  1126. * [WARNING] Causes the odd site issue and there is also a performance loss
  1127. * [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0817 ***/
  1128. // user_pref("javascript.options.ion", false);
  1129. // user_pref("javascript.options.baselinejit", false);
  1130. /* 2422: disable WebAssembly for now (FF52+)
  1131. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/WebAssembly ***/
  1132. user_pref("javascript.options.wasm", false);
  1133. /* 2426: disable Intersection Observer API (FF53+)
  1134. * Almost a year to complete, three versions late to stable (as default false),
  1135. * number #1 cause of crashes in nightly numerous times, and is (primarily) an
  1136. * ad network API for "ad viewability checks" down to a pixel level
  1137. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Intersection_Observer_API
  1138. * [2] https://w3c.github.io/IntersectionObserver/
  1139. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1243846 ***/
  1140. user_pref("dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled", false);
  1141. /* 2427: disable Shared Memory (Spectre mitigation)
  1142. * [1] https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript_sharedmem/blob/master/TUTORIAL.md
  1143. * [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/ ***/
  1144. user_pref("javascript.options.shared_memory", false);
  1145. /*** 2500: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING ***/
  1146. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!");
  1147. /* 2502: disable Battery Status API
  1148. * Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that was fixed.
  1149. * However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy.
  1150. * e.g. do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc
  1151. * [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code. see [1]
  1152. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580 ***/
  1153. // user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
  1154. /* 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1155. * [WARNING] [SETUP] Optional protection depending on your connected devices
  1156. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API ***/
  1157. // user_pref("dom.vr.enabled", false);
  1158. /* 2505: disable media device enumeration (FF29+)
  1159. * [NOTE] media.peerconnection.enabled should also be set to false (see 2001)
  1160. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/getUserMedia
  1161. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/enumerateDevices ***/
  1162. user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false);
  1163. /* 2508: disable hardware acceleration to reduce graphics fingerprinting
  1164. * [SETTING] General>Performance>Custom>Use hardware acceleration when available
  1165. * [WARNING] [SETUP] Affects text rendering (fonts will look different), impacts video performance,
  1166. * and parts of Quantum that utilize the GPU will also be affected as they are rolled out
  1167. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration ***/
  1168. // user_pref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", true); // [WINDOWS]
  1169. user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true);
  1170. /* 2510: disable Web Audio API (FF51+)
  1171. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1288359 ***/
  1172. user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false);
  1173. /* 2516: disable PointerEvents
  1174. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent ***/
  1175. user_pref("dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled", false);
  1176. /* 2517: disable Media Capabilities API (FF63+)
  1177. * [WARNING] This *may* affect media performance if disabled, no one is sure
  1178. * [1] https://github.com/WICG/media-capabilities
  1179. * [2] https://wicg.github.io/media-capabilities/#security-privacy-considerations ***/
  1180. // user_pref("media.media-capabilities.enabled", false);
  1181. /*** 2600: MISCELLANEOUS ***/
  1182. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2600 syntax error: the parrot's run down the curtain!");
  1183. /* 2601: prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser [RESTART]
  1184. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser
  1185. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/accessibility-services ***/
  1186. user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
  1187. /* 2602: disable sending additional analytics to web servers
  1188. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon ***/
  1189. user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
  1190. /* 2603: remove temp files opened with an external application
  1191. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/302433 ***/
  1192. user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true);
  1193. /* 2604: disable page thumbnail collection
  1194. * look in profile/thumbnails directory - you may want to clean that out ***/
  1195. user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); // (hidden pref)
  1196. /* 2605: block web content in file processes (FF55+)
  1197. * [WARNING] [SETUP] You may want to disable this for corporate or developer environments
  1198. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1343184 ***/
  1199. user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess", false);
  1200. /* 2606: disable UITour backend so there is no chance that a remote page can use it ***/
  1201. user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);
  1202. user_pref("browser.uitour.url", "");
  1203. /* 2607: disable various developer tools in browser context
  1204. * [SETTING] Devtools>Advanced Settings>Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes
  1205. * [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/179#issuecomment-246468676 ***/
  1206. user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false);
  1207. /* 2608: disable WebIDE to prevent remote debugging and extension downloads
  1208. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 ***/
  1209. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper", false);
  1210. user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false);
  1211. user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false);
  1212. /* 2609: disable MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) (FF51+)
  1213. * [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/mathml.php
  1214. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173199 ***/
  1215. user_pref("mathml.disabled", true);
  1216. /* 2610: disable in-content SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) (FF53+)
  1217. * [WARNING] Expect breakage incl. youtube player controls. Best left for a "hardened" profile.
  1218. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216893 ***/
  1219. // user_pref("svg.disabled", true);
  1220. /* 2611: disable middle mouse click opening links from clipboard
  1221. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10089
  1222. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Middlemouse.contentLoadURL ***/
  1223. user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false);
  1224. /* 2614: limit HTTP redirects (this does not control redirects with HTML meta tags or JS)
  1225. * [WARNING] A low setting of 5 or under will probably break some sites (e.g. gmail logins)
  1226. * To control HTML Meta tag and JS redirects, use an extension. Default is 20 ***/
  1227. user_pref("network.http.redirection-limit", 10);
  1228. /* 2615: disable websites overriding Firefox's keyboard shortcuts (FF58+)
  1229. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Override Keyboard Shortcuts
  1230. * [NOTE] At the time of writing, causes issues with delete and backspace keys ***/
  1231. // user_pref("permissions.default.shortcuts", 2); // 0 (default) or 1=allow, 2=block
  1232. /* 2616: remove special permissions for certain mozilla domains (FF35+)
  1233. * [1] resource://app/defaults/permissions ***/
  1234. user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", "");
  1235. /* 2617: remove webchannel whitelist ***/
  1236. user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");
  1237. /* 2618: disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (FF44+)
  1238. * [NOTE] see second listed bug: may cause black on black for elements with undefined colors
  1239. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=232227,1330876 ***/
  1240. user_pref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); // (hidden pref)
  1241. /* 2619: enforce Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing
  1242. * Firefox has *some* protections, but it is better to be safe than sorry. The downside: it will also
  1243. * display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for users of non-latin alphabets
  1244. * [TEST] https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (www.apple.com)
  1245. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm
  1246. * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack
  1247. * [3] CVE-2017-5383: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
  1248. * [4] https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ ***/
  1249. user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
  1250. /* 2620: enable Firefox's built-in PDF reader [SETUP]
  1251. * [SETTING] General>Applications>Portable Document Format (PDF)
  1252. * This setting controls if the option "Display in Firefox" in the above setting is available
  1253. * and by effect controls whether PDFs are handled in-browser or externally ("Ask" or "Open With")
  1254. * PROS: pdfjs is lightweight, open source, and as secure/vetted as any pdf reader out there (more than most)
  1255. * Exploits are rare (1 serious case in 4 yrs), treated seriously and patched quickly.
  1256. * It doesn't break "state separation" of browser content (by not sharing with OS, independent apps).
  1257. * It maintains disk avoidance and application data isolation. It's convenient. You can still save to disk.
  1258. * CONS: You may prefer a different pdf reader for security reasons
  1259. * CAVEAT: JS can still force a pdf to open in-browser by bundling its own code (rare) ***/
  1260. user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", false);
  1261. /** DOWNLOADS ***/
  1262. /* 2650: discourage downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used)
  1263. * [SETTING] To set your default "downloads": General>Downloads>Save files to ***/
  1264. user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2);
  1265. /* 2651: enforce user interaction for security by always asking the user where to download
  1266. * [SETTING] General>Downloads>Always ask you where to save files ***/
  1267. user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
  1268. /* 2652: disable adding downloads to the system's "recent documents" list ***/
  1269. user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false);
  1270. /* 2653: disable hiding mime types (Options>General>Applications) not associated with a plugin ***/
  1271. user_pref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", false);
  1272. /* 2654: disable "open with" in download dialog (FF50+)
  1273. * This is very useful to enable when the browser is sandboxed (e.g. via AppArmor)
  1274. * in such a way that it is forbidden to run external applications.
  1275. * [SETUP] This may interfere with some users' workflow or methods
  1276. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1281959 ***/
  1277. user_pref("browser.download.forbid_open_with", true);
  1278. /** EXTENSIONS ***/
  1279. /* 2660: lock down allowed extension directories
  1280. * [WARNING] This will break extensions that do not use the default XPI directories
  1281. * [1] https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/
  1282. * [1] archived: https://archive.is/DYjAM ***/
  1283. user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 1); // (hidden pref)
  1284. user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 15);
  1285. /* 2662: disable webextension restrictions on certain mozilla domains (also see 4503) (FF60+)
  1286. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 ***/
  1287. // user_pref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", "");
  1288. /* 2663: enable warning when websites try to install add-ons
  1289. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Warn you when websites try to install add-ons ***/
  1290. user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true); // default: true
  1291. /** SECURITY ***/
  1292. /* 2680: enable CSP (Content Security Policy)
  1293. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP ***/
  1294. user_pref("security.csp.enable", true); // default: true
  1295. /* 2681: disable CSP violation events (FF59+)
  1296. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SecurityPolicyViolationEvent ***/
  1297. user_pref("security.csp.enable_violation_events", false);
  1298. /* 2682: enable CSP 1.1 experimental hash-source directive (FF29+)
  1299. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=855326,883975 ***/
  1300. user_pref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true);
  1301. /* 2683: block top level window data: URIs (FF56+)
  1302. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1331351
  1303. * [2] https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/
  1304. * [3] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/data-url-navigations-on-top-level-window-will-be-blocked/ ***/
  1305. user_pref("security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations", true); // default: true in FF59+
  1306. /* 2684: enforce a security delay on some confirmation dialogs such as install, open/save
  1307. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox
  1308. * [2] https://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ ***/
  1309. user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700); // default: 1000 (milliseconds)
  1310. /*** 2700: PERSISTENT STORAGE
  1311. Data SET by websites including
  1312. cookies : profile\cookies.sqlite
  1313. localStorage : profile\webappsstore.sqlite
  1314. indexedDB : profile\storage\default
  1315. appCache : profile\OfflineCache
  1316. serviceWorkers :
  1317. ***/
  1318. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2700 syntax error: the parrot's joined the bleedin' choir invisible!");
  1319. /* 2701: disable 3rd-party cookies and site-data [SETUP]
  1320. * You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension
  1321. * 0=Accept cookies and site data, 1=Block third-party cookies, 2=Block all cookies,
  1322. * 3=Block cookies from unvisited sites, 4=Block third-party trackers (FF63+)
  1323. * [NOTE] value 4 is tied to the Tracking Protection lists so make sure you have 0424 + 0425 on default values!
  1324. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Accept cookies from sites
  1325. * [NOTE] Blocking 3rd party controls 3rd party access to localStorage, IndexedDB, Cache API and Service Worker Cache.
  1326. * Blocking 1st party controls access to localStorage and IndexedDB (note: Service Workers can still use IndexedDB).
  1327. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/web-storage-indexeddb-cache-api-now-obey-third-party-cookies-preference/ ***/
  1328. user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
  1329. /* 2702: set third-party cookies (i.e ALL) (if enabled, see above pref) to session-only
  1330. and (FF58+) set third-party non-secure (i.e HTTP) cookies to session-only
  1331. [NOTE] .sessionOnly overrides .nonsecureSessionOnly except when .sessionOnly=false and
  1332. .nonsecureSessionOnly=true. This allows you to keep HTTPS cookies, but session-only HTTP ones
  1333. * [1] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-cookies-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  1334. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly ***/
  1335. user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true);
  1336. user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.nonsecureSessionOnly", true); // (FF58+)
  1337. /* 2703: set cookie lifetime policy
  1338. * 0=until they expire (default), 2=until you close Firefox
  1339. * [NOTE] 3=for n days : no longer supported in FF63+ (see 2704-deprecated)
  1340. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Accept cookies from sites>Keep until ***/
  1341. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 0);
  1342. /* 2705: disable HTTP sites setting cookies with the "secure" directive (FF52+)
  1343. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Releases/52#HTTP ***/
  1344. user_pref("network.cookie.leave-secure-alone", true); // default: true
  1345. /* 2706: enable support for same-site cookies (FF60+)
  1346. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/795346
  1347. * [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/04/24/same-site-cookies-in-firefox-60/
  1348. * [3] https://www.sjoerdlangkemper.nl/2016/04/14/preventing-csrf-with-samesite-cookie-attribute/ ***/
  1349. // user_pref("network.cookie.same-site.enabled", true); // default: true
  1350. /* 2710: disable DOM (Document Object Model) Storage
  1351. * [WARNING] This will break a LOT of sites' functionality AND extensions!
  1352. * You are better off using an extension for more granular control ***/
  1353. // user_pref("dom.storage.enabled", false);
  1354. /* 2720: enforce IndexedDB (IDB) as enabled
  1355. * IDB is required for extensions and Firefox internals (even before FF63 in [1])
  1356. * To control *website* IDB data, control allowing cookies and service workers, or use
  1357. * Temporary Containers. To mitigate *website* IDB, FPI helps (4001), and/or sanitize
  1358. * on close (Offline Website Data, see 2800) or on-demand (Ctrl-Shift-Del), or automatically
  1359. * via an extenion. Note that IDB currently cannot be sanitized by host.
  1360. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/03/new-backend-for-storage-local-api/ ***/
  1361. user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", true); // default: true
  1362. /* 2730: disable offline cache ***/
  1363. user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
  1364. /* 2730b: disable offline cache on insecure sites (FF60+)
  1365. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/02/12/restricting-appcache-secure-contexts/ ***/
  1366. user_pref("browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable", false); // default: false in FF62+
  1367. /* 2731: enforce websites to ask to store data for offline use
  1368. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1098540
  1369. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/959985 ***/
  1370. user_pref("offline-apps.allow_by_default", false);
  1371. /* 2740: disable service workers cache and cache storage
  1372. * [1] https://w3c.github.io/ServiceWorker/#privacy ***/
  1373. user_pref("dom.caches.enabled", false);
  1374. /* 2750: disable Storage API (FF51+)
  1375. * The API gives sites the ability to find out how much space they can use, how much
  1376. * they are already using, and even control whether or not they need to be alerted
  1377. * before the user agent disposes of site data in order to make room for other things.
  1378. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/StorageManager
  1379. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Storage_API
  1380. * [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2017/03/07/firefox-l10n-report-aurora-54/ ***/
  1381. // user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false);
  1382. /*** 2800: SHUTDOWN [SETUP]
  1383. You should set the values to what suits you best.
  1384. - "Offline Website Data" includes appCache (2730), localStorage (2710),
  1385. Service Worker cache (2740), and QuotaManager (IndexedDB (2720), asm-cache)
  1386. - In both 2803 + 2804, the 'download' and 'history' prefs are combined in the
  1387. Firefox interface as "Browsing & Download History" and their values will be synced
  1388. ***/
  1389. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2800 syntax error: the parrot's bleedin' demised!");
  1390. /* 2802: enable Firefox to clear history items on shutdown
  1391. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Clear history when Firefox closes ***/
  1392. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
  1393. /* 2803: set what history items to clear on shutdown
  1394. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Clear history when Firefox closes>Settings
  1395. * [NOTE] If 'history' is true, downloads will also be cleared regardless of the value
  1396. * but if 'history' is false, downloads can still be cleared independently
  1397. * However, this may not always be the case. The interface combines and syncs these
  1398. * prefs when set from there, and the sanitize code may change at any time ***/
  1399. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
  1400. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
  1401. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); // see note above
  1402. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1403. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1404. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1405. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1406. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1407. /* 2804: reset default history items to clear with Ctrl-Shift-Del (to match above)
  1408. * This dialog can also be accessed from the menu History>Clear Recent History
  1409. * Firefox remembers your last choices. This will reset them when you start Firefox.
  1410. * [NOTE] Regardless of what you set privacy.cpd.downloads to, as soon as the dialog
  1411. * for "Clear Recent History" is opened, it is synced to the same as 'history' ***/
  1412. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
  1413. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
  1414. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); // not used, see note above
  1415. user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1416. user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1417. user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1418. user_pref("privacy.cpd.passwords", false); // this is not listed
  1419. user_pref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1420. user_pref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1421. /* 2805: privacy.*.openWindows (clear session restore data) (FF34+)
  1422. * [NOTE] There is a years-old bug that these cause two windows when Firefox restarts.
  1423. * You do not need these anyway if session restore is disabled (see 1020) ***/
  1424. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true);
  1425. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.openWindows", true);
  1426. /* 2806: reset default 'Time range to clear' for 'Clear Recent History' (see 2804)
  1427. * Firefox remembers your last choice. This will reset the value when you start Firefox.
  1428. * 0=everything, 1=last hour, 2=last two hours, 3=last four hours,
  1429. * 4=today, 5=last five minutes, 6=last twenty-four hours
  1430. * [NOTE] The values 5 + 6 are not listed in the dropdown, which will display a
  1431. * blank value if they are used, but they do work as advertised ***/
  1432. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
  1433. /*** 4000: FIRST PARTY ISOLATION (FPI)
  1434. ** 1278037 - isolate indexedDB (FF51+)
  1435. ** 1277803 - isolate favicons (FF52+)
  1436. ** 1264562 - isolate OCSP cache (FF52+)
  1437. ** 1268726 - isolate Shared Workers (FF52+)
  1438. ** 1316283 - isolate SSL session cache (FF52+)
  1439. ** 1317927 - isolate media cache (FF53+)
  1440. ** 1323644 - isolate HSTS and HPKP (FF54+)
  1441. ** 1334690 - isolate HTTP Alternative Services (FF54+)
  1442. ** 1334693 - isolate SPDY/HTTP2 (FF55+)
  1443. ** 1337893 - isolate DNS cache (FF55+)
  1444. ** 1344170 - isolate blob: URI (FF55+)
  1445. ** 1300671 - isolate data:, about: URLs (FF55+)
  1446. ** 1473247 - isolate IP addresses (FF63+)
  1447. ** 1492607 - isolate postMessage with targetOrigin "*" (requires 4002) (FF65+)
  1448. NOTE: FPI has some issues depending on your Firefox release
  1449. ** 1418931 - [fixed in FF58+] IndexedDB (Offline Website Data) with FPI Origin Attributes
  1450. are not removed with "Clear All/Recent History" or "On Close"
  1451. ** 1381197 - [fixed in FF59+] extensions cannot control cookies with FPI Origin Attributes
  1452. ***/
  1453. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4000 syntax error: the parrot's pegged out");
  1454. /* 4001: enable First Party Isolation (FF51+)
  1455. * [WARNING] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected
  1456. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931 ***/
  1457. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
  1458. /* 4002: enforce FPI restriction for window.opener (FF54+)
  1459. * [NOTE] Setting this to false may reduce the breakage in 4001
  1460. * [FF65+] blocks postMessage with targetOrigin "*" if originAttributes don't match. But
  1461. * to reduce breakage it ignores the 1st-party domain (FPD) originAttribute. (see [2],[3])
  1462. * The 2nd pref removes that limitation and will only allow communication if FPDs also match.
  1463. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1319773#c22
  1464. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1492607
  1465. * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage ***/
  1466. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // default: true
  1467. // user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.block_post_message", true); // (hidden pref)
  1468. /*** 4500: privacy.resistFingerprinting (RFP)
  1469. This master switch will be used for a wide range of items, many of which will
  1470. **override** existing prefs from FF55+, often providing a **better** solution
  1471. IMPORTANT: As existing prefs become redundant, and some of them WILL interfere
  1472. with how RFP works, they will be moved to section 4600 and made inactive
  1473. ** 418986 - limit window.screen & CSS media queries leaking identifiable info (FF41+)
  1474. [POC] http://ip-check.info/?lang=en (screen, usable screen, and browser window will match)
  1475. [NOTE] Does not cover everything yet - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216800
  1476. [NOTE] This will probably make your values pretty unique until you resize or snap the
  1477. inner window width + height into standard/common resolutions (such as 1366x768)
  1478. To set a size, open a XUL (chrome) page (such as about:config) which is at 100% zoom, hit
  1479. Shift+F4 to open the scratchpad, type window.resizeTo(1366,768), hit Ctrl+R to run. Test
  1480. your window size, do some math, resize to allow for all the non inner window elements
  1481. [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/screen.php
  1482. ** 1281949 - spoof screen orientation (FF50+)
  1483. ** 1281963 - hide the contents of navigator.plugins and navigator.mimeTypes (FF50+)
  1484. FF53: Fixes GetSupportedNames in nsMimeTypeArray and nsPluginArray (1324044)
  1485. ** 1330890 - spoof timezone as UTC 0 (FF55+)
  1486. FF58: Date.toLocaleFormat deprecated (818634)
  1487. FF60: Date.toLocaleDateString and Intl.DateTimeFormat fixed (1409973)
  1488. ** 1360039 - spoof navigator.hardwareConcurrency as 2 (see 4601) (FF55+)
  1489. This spoof *shouldn't* affect core chrome/Firefox performance
  1490. ** 1217238 - reduce precision of time exposed by javascript (FF55+)
  1491. ** 1369303 - spoof/disable performance API (see 2410-deprecated, 4602, 4603) (FF56+)
  1492. ** 1333651 & 1383495 & 1396468 - spoof Navigator API (see section 4700) (FF56+)
  1493. FF56: The version number will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 10
  1494. FF57: The version number will match current ESR (1393283, 1418672, 1418162)
  1495. FF59: The OS will be reported as Windows, OSX, Android, or Linux (to reduce breakage) (1404608)
  1496. ** 1369319 - disable device sensor API (see 4604) (FF56+)
  1497. ** 1369357 - disable site specific zoom (see 4605) (FF56+)
  1498. ** 1337161 - hide gamepads from content (see 4606) (FF56+)
  1499. ** 1372072 - spoof network information API as "unknown" (see 4607) (FF56+)
  1500. ** 1333641 - reduce fingerprinting in WebSpeech API (see 4608) (FF56+)
  1501. ** 1372069 & 1403813 & 1441295 - block geolocation requests (same as denying a site permission) (see 0201, 0211) (FF56-62)
  1502. ** 1369309 - spoof media statistics (see 4610) (FF57+)
  1503. ** 1382499 - reduce screen co-ordinate fingerprinting in Touch API (see 4611) (FF57+)
  1504. ** 1217290 & 1409677 - enable fingerprinting resistance for WebGL (see 2010-12) (FF57+)
  1505. ** 1382545 - reduce fingerprinting in Animation API (FF57+)
  1506. ** 1354633 - limit MediaError.message to a whitelist (FF57+)
  1507. ** 1382533 - enable fingerprinting resistance for Presentation API (FF57+)
  1508. This blocks exposure of local IP Addresses via mDNS (Multicast DNS)
  1509. ** 967895 - enable site permission prompt before allowing canvas data extraction (FF58+)
  1510. FF59: Added to site permissions panel (1413780) Only prompt when triggered by user input (1376865)
  1511. ** 1372073 - spoof/block fingerprinting in MediaDevices API (see 4612) (FF59+)
  1512. ** 1039069 - warn when language prefs are set to non en-US (see 0207, 0208) (FF59+)
  1513. ** 1222285 & 1433592 - spoof keyboard events and suppress keyboard modifier events (FF59+)
  1514. Spoofing mimics the content language of the document. Currently it only supports en-US.
  1515. Modifier events suppressed are SHIFT and both ALT keys. Chrome is not affected.
  1516. FF60: Fix keydown/keyup events (1438795)
  1517. ** 1337157 - disable WebGL debug renderer info (see 4613) (FF60+)
  1518. ** 1459089 - disable OS locale in HTTP Accept-Language headers [ANDROID] (FF62+)
  1519. ** 1363508 - spoof/suppress Pointer Events (FF64+)
  1520. ***/
  1521. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4500 syntax error: the parrot's popped 'is clogs");
  1522. /* 4501: enable privacy.resistFingerprinting (FF41+)
  1523. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/418986 ***/
  1524. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true); // (hidden pref) (not hidden FF55+)
  1525. /* 4502: set new window sizes to round to hundreds (FF55+) [SETUP]
  1526. * [NOTE] Width will round down to multiples of 200s and height to 100s, to fit your screen.
  1527. * The override values are a starting point to round from if you want some control
  1528. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1330882
  1529. * [2] https://hardware.metrics.mozilla.com/ ***/
  1530. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerWidth", 1600); // (hidden pref)
  1531. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerHeight", 900); // (hidden pref)
  1532. /* 4503: disable mozAddonManager Web API (FF57+)
  1533. * [NOTE] As a side-effect in FF57-59 this allowed extensions to work on AMO. In FF60+ you also need
  1534. * to sanitize or clear extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains (see 2662) to keep that side-effect
  1535. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 ***/
  1536. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); // (hidden pref)
  1537. /* 4504: disable showing about:blank as soon as possible during startup (FF60+)
  1538. * When default true (FF62+) this no longer masks the RFP resizing activity
  1539. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1448423 ***/
  1540. user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false);
  1541. /*** 4600: RFP (4500) ALTERNATIVES [SETUP]
  1542. * IF you DO use RFP (see 4500) then you DO NOT need these redundant prefs. In fact,
  1543. some even cause RFP to not behave as you would expect and alter your fingerprint.
  1544. Make sure they are RESET in about:config as per your Firefox version
  1545. * IF you DO NOT use RFP or are on ESR... then turn on each ESR section below
  1546. ***/
  1547. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4600 syntax error: the parrot's crossed the Jordan");
  1548. /* [NOTE] ESR52.x and non-RFP users replace the * with a slash on this line to enable these
  1549. // FF55+
  1550. // 4601: [2514] spoof (or limit?) number of CPU cores (FF48+)
  1551. // [WARNING] *may* affect core chrome/Firefox performance, will affect content.
  1552. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1008453
  1553. // [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21675
  1554. // [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22127
  1555. // [4] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#navigator.hardwareconcurrency
  1556. // user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
  1557. // * * * /
  1558. // FF56+
  1559. // 4602: [2411] disable resource/navigation timing
  1560. user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false);
  1561. // 4603: [2412] disable timing attacks
  1562. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox/NavigationTimingAPI
  1563. user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false);
  1564. // 4604: [2512] disable device sensor API
  1565. // [WARNING] [SETUP] Optional protection depending on your device
  1566. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15758
  1567. // [2] https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/stealing-sensitive-browser-data-with-the-w3c-ambient-light-sensor-api/
  1568. // [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1357733,1292751
  1569. // user_pref("device.sensors.enabled", false);
  1570. // 4605: [2515] disable site specific zoom
  1571. // Zoom levels affect screen res and are highly fingerprintable. This does not stop you using
  1572. // zoom, it will just not use/remember any site specific settings. Zoom levels on new tabs
  1573. // and new windows are reset to default and only the current tab retains the current zoom
  1574. user_pref("browser.zoom.siteSpecific", false);
  1575. // 4606: [2501] disable gamepad API - USB device ID enumeration
  1576. // [WARNING] [SETUP] Optional protection depending on your connected devices
  1577. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13023
  1578. // user_pref("dom.gamepad.enabled", false);
  1579. // 4607: [2503] disable giving away network info (FF31+)
  1580. // e.g. bluetooth, cellular, ethernet, wifi, wimax, other, mixed, unknown, none
  1581. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API
  1582. // [2] https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/
  1583. // [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/960426
  1584. user_pref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false);
  1585. // 4608: [2021] disable the SpeechSynthesis (Text-to-Speech) part of the Web Speech API
  1586. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API
  1587. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis
  1588. // [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/HTML5_Speech_API
  1589. user_pref("media.webspeech.synth.enabled", false);
  1590. // * * * /
  1591. // FF57+
  1592. // 4610: [2506] disable video statistics - JS performance fingerprinting (FF25+)
  1593. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15757
  1594. // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/654550
  1595. user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false);
  1596. // 4611: [2509] disable touch events
  1597. // fingerprinting attack vector - leaks screen res & actual screen coordinates
  1598. // 0=disabled, 1=enabled, 2=autodetect
  1599. // [WARNING] [SETUP] Optional protection depending on your device
  1600. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Touch_events
  1601. // [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10286
  1602. // user_pref("dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled", 0);
  1603. // * * * /
  1604. // FF59+
  1605. // 4612: [2511] disable MediaDevices change detection (FF51+)
  1606. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/Events/devicechange
  1607. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/ondevicechange
  1608. user_pref("media.ondevicechange.enabled", false);
  1609. // * * * /
  1610. // FF60+
  1611. // 4613: [2011] disable WebGL debug info being available to websites
  1612. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1171228
  1613. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_debug_renderer_info
  1614. user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false);
  1615. // * * * /
  1616. // ***/
  1617. /*** 4700: RFP (4500) ALTERNATIVES - NAVIGATOR / USER AGENT (UA) SPOOFING
  1618. This is FYI ONLY. These prefs are INSUFFICIENT(a) on their own, you need
  1619. to use RFP (4500) or an extension, in which case they become POINTLESS.
  1620. (a) Many of the components that make up your UA can be derived by other means.
  1621. And when those values differ, you provide more bits and raise entropy.
  1622. Examples of leaks include navigator objects, date locale/formats, iframes,
  1623. headers, tcp/ip attributes, feature detection, and **many** more.
  1624. ALL values below intentionally left blank - use RFP, or get a vetted, tested
  1625. extension and mimic RFP values to *lower* entropy, or randomize to *raise* it
  1626. ***/
  1627. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4700 syntax error: the parrot's taken 'is last bow");
  1628. /* 4701: navigator.userAgent ***/
  1629. // user_pref("general.useragent.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1630. /* 4702: navigator.buildID
  1631. * Revealed build time down to the second. In FF64+ it now returns a fixed timestamp
  1632. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/583181
  1633. * [2] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/ ***/
  1634. // user_pref("general.buildID.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1635. /* 4703: navigator.appName ***/
  1636. // user_pref("general.appname.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1637. /* 4704: navigator.appVersion ***/
  1638. // user_pref("general.appversion.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1639. /* 4705: navigator.platform ***/
  1640. // user_pref("general.platform.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1641. /* 4706: navigator.oscpu ***/
  1642. // user_pref("general.oscpu.override", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1643. /*** 5000: PERSONAL [SETUP]
  1644. Non-project related but useful. If any of these interest you, add them to your overrides ***/
  1645. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "5000 syntax error: this is an ex-parrot!");
  1646. /* WELCOME & WHAT's NEW NOTICES ***/
  1647. // user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); // master switch
  1648. // user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "");
  1649. // user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "");
  1650. // user_pref("startup.homepage_override_url", ""); // What's New page after updates
  1651. /* WARNINGS ***/
  1652. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
  1653. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs", false);
  1654. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false);
  1655. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0);
  1656. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);
  1657. /* APPEARANCE ***/
  1658. // user_pref("browser.download.autohideButton", false); // (FF57+)
  1659. // user_pref("toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled", false); // (FF55+)
  1660. /* CONTENT BEHAVIOR ***/
  1661. // user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true); // enable "Find As You Type"
  1662. // user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false); // disable autocopy default [LINUX]
  1663. // user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 2); // 0=none, 1-multi-line, 2=multi-line & single-line
  1664. /* UX BEHAVIOR ***/
  1665. // user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 2); // 0=previous page, 1=scroll up, 2=do nothing
  1666. // user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
  1667. // user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true); // open bookmarks in a new tab (FF57+)
  1668. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy", true); // see Bugzilla 1320061 (FF53+)
  1669. // user_pref("general.autoScroll", false); // middle-click enabling auto-scrolling [WINDOWS] [MAC]
  1670. // user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0); // disable alt key toggling the menu bar [RESTART]
  1671. /* OTHER ***/
  1672. // user_pref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 2);
  1673. // user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false); // disable and hide Firefox Accounts and Sync (FF60+) [RESTART]
  1674. // user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); // see Bugzilla 620472
  1675. // user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false); // "Reader View"
  1676. // user_pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", false); // enforced extension signing (Nightly/ESR)
  1677. /*** 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
  1678. Documentation denoted as [-]. Numbers may be re-used. See [1] for a link-clickable,
  1679. viewer-friendly version of the deprecated bugzilla tickets. The original state of each pref
  1680. has been preserved, or changed to match the current setup, but you are advised to review them.
  1681. [NOTE] Up to FF53, to enable a section change /* FFxx to // FFxx
  1682. For FF53 on, we have bundled releases to cater for ESR. Change /* to // on the first line
  1683. [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/123
  1684. ***/
  1685. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "9999 syntax error: the parrot's deprecated!");
  1686. /* FF42 and older
  1687. // 2604: (25+) disable page thumbnails - replaced by browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled
  1688. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/897811
  1689. user_pref("pageThumbs.enabled", false);
  1690. // 2503: (31+) disable network API - replaced by dom.netinfo.enabled
  1691. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/960426
  1692. user_pref("dom.network.enabled", false);
  1693. // 2600's: (35+) disable WebSockets
  1694. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1091016
  1695. user_pref("network.websocket.enabled", false);
  1696. // 1610: (36+) set DNT "value" to "not be tracked" (FF21+)
  1697. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Privacy.donottrackheader.value
  1698. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1042135#c101
  1699. // user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
  1700. // 2023: (37+) disable camera autofocus callback
  1701. // The API will be superseded by the WebRTC Capture and Stream API
  1702. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API/CameraControl
  1703. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107683
  1704. user_pref("camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled", false);
  1705. // 0415: (41+) disable reporting URLs (safe browsing) - removed or replaced by various
  1706. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1109475
  1707. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL
  1708. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL", ""); // removed
  1709. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL
  1710. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL", ""); // removed
  1711. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportURL", ""); // removed
  1712. // 0702: (41+) disable HTTP2 (draft)
  1713. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1132357
  1714. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft", false);
  1715. // 1804: (41+) disable plugin enumeration
  1716. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1169945
  1717. user_pref("plugins.enumerable_names", "");
  1718. // 2803: (42+) clear passwords on shutdown
  1719. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1102184
  1720. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", false);
  1721. // 5002: (42+) disable warning when a domain requests full screen
  1722. // replaced by setting full-screen-api.warning.timeout to zero
  1723. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1160017
  1724. // user_pref("full-screen-api.approval-required", false);
  1725. // ***/
  1726. /* FF43
  1727. // 0410's: disable safebrowsing urls & updates - replaced by various
  1728. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107372
  1729. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL
  1730. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL
  1731. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL
  1732. // 0420's: disable tracking protection - replaced by various
  1733. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107372
  1734. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL
  1735. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL
  1736. // 1803: remove plugin finder service
  1737. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pfs.datasource.url
  1738. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1202193
  1739. user_pref("pfs.datasource.url", "");
  1740. // 5003: disable new search panel UI
  1741. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1119250
  1742. // user_pref("browser.search.showOneOffButtons", false);
  1743. // ***/
  1744. /* FF44
  1745. // 0414: disable safebrowsing's real-time binary checking (google) (FF43+)
  1746. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1237103
  1747. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL
  1748. // 1200's: block rc4 whitelist
  1749. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1215796
  1750. user_pref("security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list", false);
  1751. // 2300's: disable SharedWorkers
  1752. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15562
  1753. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1207635
  1754. user_pref("dom.workers.sharedWorkers.enabled", false);
  1755. // 2403: disable scripts changing images
  1756. // [TEST] https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_img_src2
  1757. // [WARNING] Will break some sites such as Google Maps and a lot of web apps
  1758. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/773429
  1759. // user_pref("dom.disable_image_src_set", true);
  1760. // ***/
  1761. /* FF45
  1762. // 1021b: disable deferred level of storing extra session data 0=all 1=http-only 2=none
  1763. // extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  1764. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1235379
  1765. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred", 2);
  1766. // ***/
  1767. /* FF46
  1768. // 0333: disable health report
  1769. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1234526
  1770. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  1771. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", ""); // (hidden pref)
  1772. // 0334b: disable FHR (Firefox Health Report) v2 data being sent to Mozilla servers
  1773. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1234522
  1774. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled.v2", false);
  1775. // 0414: disable safebrowsing pref - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url
  1776. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1239587
  1777. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); // Google application reputation check
  1778. // 0420: disable polaris (part of Tracking Protection, never used in stable)
  1779. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1235565
  1780. // user_pref("browser.polaris.enabled", false);
  1781. // 0510: disable "Pocket" - replaced by extensions.pocket.*
  1782. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1215694
  1783. user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false);
  1784. user_pref("browser.pocket.api", "");
  1785. user_pref("browser.pocket.site", "");
  1786. user_pref("browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", "");
  1787. // ***/
  1788. /* FF47
  1789. // 0330b: set unifiedIsOptIn to make sure telemetry respects OptIn choice and that telemetry
  1790. // is enabled ONLY for people that opted into it, even if unified Telemetry is enabled
  1791. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1236580
  1792. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn", true); // (hidden pref)
  1793. // 0333b: disable about:healthreport page UNIFIED
  1794. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1236580
  1795. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrlUnified", "data:text/plain,");
  1796. // 0807: disable history manipulation
  1797. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/History_API
  1798. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1249542
  1799. user_pref("browser.history.allowPopState", false);
  1800. user_pref("browser.history.allowPushState", false);
  1801. user_pref("browser.history.allowReplaceState", false);
  1802. // ***/
  1803. /* FF48
  1804. // 0806: disable 'unified complete': 'Search with [default search engine]'
  1805. // [-] http://techdows.com/2016/05/firefox-unified-complete-aboutconfig-preference-removed.html
  1806. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1181078
  1807. user_pref("browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete", false);
  1808. // ***/
  1809. /* FF49
  1810. // 0372: disable "Hello"
  1811. // [1] https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/archive/hello/2016-03/
  1812. // [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/94284/how-secure-is-firefox-hello
  1813. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1287827
  1814. user_pref("loop.enabled", false);
  1815. user_pref("loop.server", "");
  1816. user_pref("loop.feedback.formURL", "");
  1817. user_pref("loop.feedback.manualFormURL", "");
  1818. user_pref("loop.facebook.appId", "");
  1819. user_pref("loop.facebook.enabled", false);
  1820. user_pref("loop.facebook.fallbackUrl", "");
  1821. user_pref("loop.facebook.shareUrl", "");
  1822. user_pref("loop.logDomains", false);
  1823. // 2201: disable new window scrollbars being hidden
  1824. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1257887
  1825. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
  1826. // 2303: disable push notification (UDP wake-up)
  1827. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1265914
  1828. user_pref("dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled", false);
  1829. // ***/
  1830. /* FF50
  1831. // 0101: disable Windows10 intro on startup [WINDOWS]
  1832. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1274633
  1833. user_pref("browser.usedOnWindows10.introURL", "");
  1834. // 0308: disable plugin update notifications
  1835. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1277905
  1836. user_pref("plugins.update.notifyUser", false);
  1837. // 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content" - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled
  1838. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1025965
  1839. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
  1840. // 1266: disable rc4 ciphers
  1841. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17369
  1842. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1268728
  1843. // [-] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2016/rc4-support-has-been-completely-removed/
  1844. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1845. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1846. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false);
  1847. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1848. // 1809: remove Mozilla's plugin update URL
  1849. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1277905
  1850. user_pref("plugins.update.url", "");
  1851. // ***/
  1852. /* FF51
  1853. // 0702: disable SPDY
  1854. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1248197
  1855. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.v3-1", false);
  1856. // 1851: delay play of videos until they're visible
  1857. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1180563
  1858. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1262053
  1859. user_pref("media.block-play-until-visible", true);
  1860. // 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1861. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1250244
  1862. user_pref("dom.vr.oculus050.enabled", false);
  1863. // ***/
  1864. /* FF52
  1865. // 1601: disable referer from an SSL Website
  1866. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1308725
  1867. user_pref("network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer", false);
  1868. // 1850: disable Adobe EME "Primetime CDM" (Content Decryption Module)
  1869. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16285
  1870. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1329538,1337121 // FF52
  1871. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1329543 // FF53
  1872. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled", false);
  1873. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible", false);
  1874. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate", false);
  1875. // 2405: disable WebTelephony API
  1876. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony
  1877. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1309719
  1878. user_pref("dom.telephony.enabled", false);
  1879. // ***/
  1880. /* FF53
  1881. // 1265: block rc4 fallback
  1882. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1130670
  1883. user_pref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false);
  1884. // 1806: disable Acrobat, Quicktime, WMP (the string = min version number allowed)
  1885. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1317108,1317109,1317110
  1886. user_pref("plugin.scan.Acrobat", "99999");
  1887. user_pref("plugin.scan.Quicktime", "99999");
  1888. user_pref("plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer", "99999");
  1889. // 2022: disable screensharing
  1890. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1329562
  1891. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allow_on_old_platforms", false);
  1892. // 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting
  1893. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1322736
  1894. user_pref("dom.beforeAfterKeyboardEvent.enabled", false);
  1895. // ***/
  1896. /* FF54
  1897. // 0415: disable reporting URLs (safe browsing)
  1898. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1288633
  1899. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL", "");
  1900. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL", "");
  1901. // 1830: block websites detecting DRM is disabled
  1902. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1242321
  1903. user_pref("media.eme.apiVisible", false);
  1904. // 2425: disable Archive Reader API
  1905. // i.e. reading archive contents directly in the browser, through DOM file objects
  1906. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1342361
  1907. user_pref("dom.archivereader.enabled", false);
  1908. // ***/
  1909. /* FF55
  1910. // 0209: disable geolocation on non-secure origins (FF54+)
  1911. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1269531
  1912. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1072859
  1913. user_pref("geo.security.allowinsecure", false);
  1914. // 0336: disable "Heartbeat" (Mozilla user rating telemetry) (FF37+)
  1915. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18738
  1916. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1361578
  1917. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  1918. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", "");
  1919. // 0360: disable new tab "pings"
  1920. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1241390
  1921. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "data:text/plain,");
  1922. // 0861: disable saving form history on secure websites
  1923. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1361220
  1924. user_pref("browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms", false);
  1925. // 0863: disable Form Autofill (FF54+) - replaced by extensions.formautofill.*
  1926. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1364334
  1927. user_pref("browser.formautofill.enabled", false);
  1928. // 2410: disable User Timing API
  1929. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16336
  1930. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1344669
  1931. user_pref("dom.enable_user_timing", false);
  1932. // 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting (FF38+) (physical keyboards)
  1933. // The Keyboard API allows tracking the "read parameter" of pressed keys in forms on
  1934. // web pages. These parameters vary between types of keyboard layouts such as QWERTY,
  1935. // AZERTY, Dvorak, and between various languages, e.g. German vs English.
  1936. // [WARNING] Don't use if Android + physical keyboard
  1937. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code
  1938. // [2] https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21v.htm
  1939. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352949
  1940. user_pref("dom.keyboardevent.code.enabled", false);
  1941. // 5015: disable tab animation - replaced by toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled
  1942. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352069
  1943. user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
  1944. // 5016: disable fullscreeen animation - replaced by toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled
  1945. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352069
  1946. user_pref("browser.fullscreen.animate", false);
  1947. // ***/
  1948. /* FF56
  1949. // 0515: disable Screenshots (rollout pref only) (FF54+)
  1950. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1386333
  1951. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.system-disabled", true);
  1952. // 0517: disable Form Autofill (FF55+) - replaced by extensions.formautofill.available
  1953. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1385201
  1954. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.experimental", false);
  1955. // ***/
  1956. /* FF57
  1957. // 0374: disable "social" integration
  1958. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Social_API
  1959. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1388902,1406193 (some leftovers were removed in FF58)
  1960. user_pref("social.whitelist", "");
  1961. user_pref("social.toast-notifications.enabled", false);
  1962. user_pref("social.shareDirectory", "");
  1963. user_pref("social.remote-install.enabled", false);
  1964. user_pref("social.directories", "");
  1965. user_pref("social.share.activationPanelEnabled", false);
  1966. user_pref("social.enabled", false); // (hidden pref)
  1967. // 1830: disable DRM's EME WideVineAdapter
  1968. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1395468
  1969. user_pref("media.eme.chromium-api.enabled", false); // (FF55+)
  1970. // 2608: disable WebIDE extension downloads (Valence)
  1971. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
  1972. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1393497
  1973. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters", false);
  1974. // 2600's: disable SimpleServiceDiscovery - which can bypass proxy settings - e.g. Roku
  1975. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
  1976. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1393582
  1977. user_pref("browser.casting.enabled", false);
  1978. // 5022: hide recently bookmarked items (you still have the original bookmarks) (FF49+)
  1979. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1401238
  1980. user_pref("browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked", false);
  1981. // ***/
  1982. /* FF59
  1983. // 0203: disable using OS locale, force APP locale - replaced by intl.locale.requested
  1984. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1414390
  1985. user_pref("intl.locale.matchOS", false);
  1986. // 0204: set APP locale - replaced by intl.locale.requested
  1987. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1414390
  1988. user_pref("general.useragent.locale", "en-US");
  1989. // 0333b: disable about:healthreport page (which connects to Mozilla for locale/css+js+json)
  1990. // If you have disabled health reports, then this about page is useless - disable it
  1991. // If you want to see what health data is present, then this must be set at default
  1992. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352497
  1993. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl", "data:text/plain,");
  1994. // 0511: disable FlyWeb (FF49+)
  1995. // Flyweb is a set of APIs for advertising and discovering local-area web servers
  1996. // [1] https://flyweb.github.io/
  1997. // [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb/Security_scenarios
  1998. // [3] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/26/firefox-flyweb/
  1999. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1374574
  2000. user_pref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false);
  2001. // 1007: disable randomized FF HTTP cache decay experiments
  2002. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13575
  2003. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1430197
  2004. user_pref("browser.cache.frecency_experiment", -1);
  2005. // 1242: enable Mixed-Content-Blocker to use the HSTS cache but disable the HSTS Priming requests (FF51+)
  2006. // Allow resources from domains with an existing HSTS cache record or in the HSTS preload list
  2007. // to be upgraded to HTTPS internally but disable sending out HSTS Priming requests, because
  2008. // those may cause noticeable delays e.g. requests time out or are not handled well by servers
  2009. // [NOTE] If you want to use the priming requests make sure 'use_hsts' is also true
  2010. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1246540#c145
  2011. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1424917
  2012. user_pref("security.mixed_content.use_hsts", true);
  2013. user_pref("security.mixed_content.send_hsts_priming", false);
  2014. // 1606: set the default Referrer Policy - replaced by network.http.referer.defaultPolicy
  2015. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/587523
  2016. user_pref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", 3); // (FF53-FF58) default: 3
  2017. // 1804: disable plugins using external/untrusted scripts with XPCOM or XPConnect
  2018. // [-] (part8) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2019. user_pref("security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted", false);
  2020. // 2022: disable screensharing domain whitelist
  2021. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1411742
  2022. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allowed_domains", "");
  2023. // 2023: disable camera stuff
  2024. // [-] (part7) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2025. user_pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false);
  2026. // 2202: prevent scripts from changing the status text
  2027. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1425999
  2028. user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
  2029. // 2416: disable idle observation
  2030. // [-] (part7) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2031. user_pref("dom.idle-observers-api.enabled", false);
  2032. // ***/
  2033. /* FF60
  2034. // 0360: disable new tab tile ads & preload & marketing junk
  2035. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1370930,1433133
  2036. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "data:text/plain,");
  2037. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false);
  2038. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true);
  2039. // 0512: disable Shield (FF53+) - replaced internally by Normandy (see 0503)
  2040. // Shield is an telemetry system (including Heartbeat) that can also push and test "recipes"
  2041. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield
  2042. // [2] https://github.com/mozilla/normandy
  2043. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1436113
  2044. user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false);
  2045. user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url", "");
  2046. // 0514: disable Activity Stream (FF54+)
  2047. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1433324
  2048. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
  2049. // 2301: disable workers
  2050. // [WARNING] Disabling workers *will* break sites (e.g. Google Street View, Twitter)
  2051. // [NOTE] CVE-2016-5259, CVE-2016-2812, CVE-2016-1949, CVE-2016-5287 (fixed)
  2052. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1434934
  2053. user_pref("dom.workers.enabled", false);
  2054. // 5000's: open "page/selection source" in a new window
  2055. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1418403
  2056. // user_pref("view_source.tab", false);
  2057. // ***/
  2058. /* ESR60.x still uses all the following prefs
  2059. // [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable them
  2060. // FF61
  2061. // 0501: disable experiments
  2062. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments
  2063. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1420908,1450801
  2064. user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
  2065. user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "");
  2066. user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
  2067. user_pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
  2068. // 2612: disable remote JAR files being opened, regardless of content type (FF42+)
  2069. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173171
  2070. // [2] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/jar-protocol-support-has-been-disabled-by-default/
  2071. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726
  2072. user_pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
  2073. // 2613: disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types
  2074. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726
  2075. user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
  2076. // * * * /
  2077. // FF62
  2078. // 1803: disable Java plugin
  2079. // [-] (part5) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1461243
  2080. user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0);
  2081. // * * * /
  2082. // FF63
  2083. // 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
  2084. // [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
  2085. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1462015
  2086. user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); // (hidden pref)
  2087. // 0301a: disable auto-update checks for Firefox
  2088. // [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Never check for updates
  2089. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1420514
  2090. // user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
  2091. // 0402: enable Kinto blocklist updates (FF50+)
  2092. // What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications
  2093. // As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be
  2094. // revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes
  2095. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1458917
  2096. user_pref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", true);
  2097. // 0503: disable "Savant" Shield study (FF61+)
  2098. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457226
  2099. user_pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);
  2100. // 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks - merged into browser.chrome.site_icons
  2101. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1453751
  2102. // user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
  2103. // 2030: disable auto-play of HTML5 media - replaced by media.autoplay.default
  2104. // [WARNING] This may break video playback on various sites
  2105. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1470082
  2106. user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);
  2107. // 2704: set cookie lifetime in days (see 2703)
  2108. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457170
  2109. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetime.days", 90); // default: 90
  2110. // 5000's: enable "Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order" - replaced by browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder
  2111. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1473595
  2112. // user_pref("browser.ctrlTab.previews", true);
  2113. // * * * /
  2114. // ***/
  2115. /* END: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors ***/
  2116. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "SUCCESS: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!");