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  1. /******
  2. * name: ghacks user.js
  3. * date: 27 March 2019
  4. * version 66-beta: The Power of Pants
  5. * "The power of pants is a curious thing. Make a one man weep, make another man sing"
  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. 0. Consider using Tor Browser if it meets your needs or fits your threat model better
  14. * https://www.torproject.org/about/torusers.html.en
  15. 1. READ the full README
  16. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/README.md
  17. 2. READ this
  18. * https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation
  19. 3. If you skipped steps 1 and 2 above (shame on you), then here is the absolute minimum
  20. * Auto-installing updates for Firefox and extensions are disabled (section 0302's)
  21. * Some user data is erased on close (section 2800). Change this to suit your needs
  22. * EACH RELEASE check:
  23. - 4600s: reset prefs made redundant due to privacy.resistFingerprinting (RPF)
  24. or enable them as an alternative to RFP or for ESR users
  25. - 9999s: reset deprecated prefs in about:config or enable relevant section(s) for ESR
  26. * Site breakage WILL happen
  27. - There are often trade-offs and conflicts between Security vs Privacy vs Anti-Fingerprinting
  28. and these need to be balanced against Functionality & Convenience & Breakage
  29. * You will need to make changes, and to troubleshoot at times (choose wisely, there is always a trade-off).
  30. While not 100% definitive, search for "[SETUP". If required, add each pref to your overrides section at
  31. default values (or comment them out and reset them in about:config). Here are the main ones:
  32. [SETUP-WEB] can cause some websites to break
  33. [SETUP-CHROME] changes how Firefox itself behaves (i.e. NOT directly website related)
  34. [SETUP-PERF] may impact performance
  35. * [WARNING] tags are extra special and used sparingly, so heed them
  36. 4. BACKUP your profile folder before implementing (and/or test in a new/cloned profile)
  37. 5. KEEP UP TO DATE: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki#small_orange_diamond-maintenance
  38. * INDEX:
  39. 0100: STARTUP
  40. 0200: GEOLOCATION
  41. 0300: QUIET FOX
  42. 0400: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
  43. 0500: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
  44. 0600: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND
  45. 0700: HTTP* / TCP/IP / DNS / PROXY / SOCKS etc
  46. 0800: LOCATION BAR / SEARCH BAR / SUGGESTIONS / HISTORY / FORMS
  47. 0900: PASSWORDS
  48. 1000: CACHE / SESSION (RE)STORE / FAVICONS
  49. 1200: HTTPS (SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HPKP / CIPHERS)
  50. 1400: FONTS
  51. 1600: HEADERS / REFERERS
  52. 1700: CONTAINERS
  53. 1800: PLUGINS
  54. 2000: MEDIA / CAMERA / MIC
  55. 2200: WINDOW MEDDLING & LEAKS / POPUPS
  56. 2300: WEB WORKERS
  57. 2400: DOM (DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL) & JAVASCRIPT
  58. 2500: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING
  59. 2600: MISCELLANEOUS
  60. 2700: PERSISTENT STORAGE
  61. 2800: SHUTDOWN
  62. 4000: FPI (FIRST PARTY ISOLATION)
  63. 4500: RFP (RESIST FINGERPRINTING)
  64. 4600: RFP ALTERNATIVES
  65. 4700: RFP ALTERNATIVES (NAVIGATOR / USER AGENT (UA) SPOOFING)
  66. 5000: PERSONAL
  67. 9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
  68. ******/
  69. /* START: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors
  70. * [NOTE] In FF60+, not all syntax errors cause parsing to abort i.e. reaching the last debug
  71. * pref no longer necessarily means that all prefs have been applied. Check the console right
  72. * after startup for any warnings/error messages related to non-applied prefs
  73. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2018/03/09/a-new-preferences-parser-for-firefox/ ***/
  74. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "START: Oh yes, the Norwegian Blue... what's wrong with it?");
  75. /*** [SECTION 0100]: STARTUP ***/
  76. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0100 syntax error: the parrot's dead!");
  77. /* 0101: disable default browser check
  78. * [SETTING] General>Startup>Always check if Firefox is your default browser ***/
  79. user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
  80. /* 0102: set START page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session)
  81. * [NOTE] Session Restore is not used in PB mode (0110) and is cleared with history (2803, 2804)
  82. * [SETTING] General>Startup>Restore previous session ***/
  83. user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
  84. /* 0103: set HOME+NEWWINDOW page
  85. * about:home=Activity Stream (default, see 0105), custom URL, about:blank
  86. * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows ***/
  87. user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
  88. /* 0104: set NEWTAB page
  89. * true=Activity Stream (default, see 0105), false=blank page
  90. * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>New tabs ***/
  91. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
  92. user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);
  93. /* 0105: disable Activity Stream stuff (AS)
  94. * AS is the default homepage/newtab in FF57+, based on metadata and browsing behavior.
  95. * **NOT LISTING ALL OF THESE: USE THE PREFERENCES UI**
  96. * [SETTING] Home>Firefox Home Content>... to show/hide what you want ***/
  97. /* 0105a: disable Activity Stream telemetry ***/
  98. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false);
  99. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false);
  100. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", "");
  101. /* 0105b: disable Activity Stream Snippets
  102. * Runs code received from a server (aka Remote Code Execution) and sends information back to a metrics server
  103. * [1] https://abouthome-snippets-service.readthedocs.io/ ***/
  104. user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "");
  105. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", "");
  106. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true);
  107. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false);
  108. /* 0105c: disable Activity Stream Top Stories, Pocket-based and/or sponsored content ***/
  109. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
  110. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false);
  111. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored", false);
  112. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.discoverystreamfeed", false); // [FF66+]
  113. /* 0105d: disable Activity Stream recent Highlights in the Library [FF57+] ***/
  114. // user_pref("browser.library.activity-stream.enabled", false);
  115. /* 0110: start Firefox in PB (Private Browsing) mode
  116. * [NOTE] In this mode *all* windows are "private windows" and the PB mode icon is not displayed
  117. * [WARNING] The P in PB mode is misleading: it means no "persistent" local storage of history,
  118. * caches, searches or cookies (which you can achieve in normal mode). In fact, it limits or
  119. * removes the ability to control these, and you need to quit Firefox to clear them. PB is best
  120. * used as a one off window (File>New Private Window) to provide a temporary self-contained
  121. * new instance. Closing all Private Windows clears all traces. Repeat as required. PB also does
  122. * not allow indexedDB which breaks many Extensions that use it including uBlock Origin and uMatrix
  123. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Always use private browsing mode
  124. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Private_Browsing
  125. * [2] https://spreadprivacy.com/is-private-browsing-really-private/ ***/
  126. // user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true);
  127. /*** [SECTION 0200]: GEOLOCATION ***/
  128. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0200 syntax error: the parrot's definitely deceased!");
  129. /* 0201: disable Location-Aware Browsing
  130. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/geolocation/ ***/
  131. // user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
  132. /* 0201b: set a default permission for Location [FF58+]
  133. * 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  134. * [NOTE] Best left at default "always ask", fingerprintable via Permissions API
  135. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Access Your Location
  136. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Location>Settings ***/
  137. // user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2);
  138. /* 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
  139. * [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
  140. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254
  141. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_geolocation-for-default-search-engine ***/
  142. user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  143. user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
  144. /* 0205: set OS & APP locale [FF59+]
  145. * If set to empty, the OS locales are used. If not set at all, default locale is used ***/
  146. user_pref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  147. /* 0206: disable geographically specific results/search engines e.g. "browser.search.*.US"
  148. * i.e. ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
  149. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
  150. user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
  151. /* 0207: set language to match ***/
  152. user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
  153. /* 0208: enforce US English locale regardless of the system locale
  154. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/867501 ***/
  155. user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  156. /* 0209: use APP locale over OS locale in regional preferences [FF56+]
  157. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1379420,1364789 ***/
  158. user_pref("intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales", false);
  159. /* 0210: use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google when geolocation is enabled
  160. * Optionally enable logging to the console (defaults to false) ***/
  161. user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
  162. // user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  163. /* 0211: disable using the OS's geolocation service ***/
  164. user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // [WINDOWS]
  165. user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // [MAC]
  166. user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // [LINUX]
  167. /*** [SECTION 0300]: QUIET FOX
  168. We choose to not disable auto-CHECKs (0301's) but to disable auto-INSTALLs (0302's).
  169. There are many legitimate reasons to turn off auto-INSTALLS, including hijacked or
  170. monetized extensions, time constraints, legacy issues, and fear of breakage/bugs.
  171. It is still important to do updates for security reasons, please do so manually. ***/
  172. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0300 syntax error: the parrot's not pinin' for the fjords!");
  173. /* 0301b: disable auto-CHECKING for extension and theme updates ***/
  174. // user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
  175. /* 0302a: disable auto-INSTALLING Firefox updates [NON-WINDOWS FF65+]
  176. * [NOTE] In FF65+ on Windows this SETTING (below) is now stored in a file and the pref was removed
  177. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Check for updates but let you choose... ***/
  178. user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
  179. /* 0302b: disable auto-INSTALLING extension and theme updates (after the check in 0301b)
  180. * [SETTING] about:addons>Extensions>[cog-wheel-icon]>Update Add-ons Automatically (toggle) ***/
  181. user_pref("extensions.update.autoUpdateDefault", false);
  182. /* 0303: disable background update service [WINDOWS]
  183. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Use a background service to install updates ***/
  184. user_pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
  185. /* 0304: disable background update staging ***/
  186. user_pref("app.update.staging.enabled", false);
  187. /* 0305: enforce update information is displayed
  188. * This is the update available, downloaded, error and success information ***/
  189. user_pref("app.update.silent", false);
  190. /* 0306: disable extension metadata
  191. * used when installing/updating an extension, and in daily background update checks: if false, it
  192. * hides the expanded text description (if it exists) when you "show more details about an addon" ***/
  193. // user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
  194. /* 0307: disable auto updating of lightweight themes (LWT)
  195. * Not to be confused with themes in 0301* + 0302*, which use the FF55+ Theme API
  196. * Mozilla plan to convert existing LWTs and remove LWT support in the future, see [1]
  197. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/09/20/future-themes-here/ ***/
  198. user_pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false);
  199. /* 0308: disable search update
  200. * [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Automatically update search engines ***/
  201. user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
  202. /* 0309: disable sending Flash crash reports ***/
  203. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false);
  204. /* 0310: disable sending the URL of the website where a plugin crashed ***/
  205. user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false);
  206. /* 0320: disable about:addons' Get Add-ons panel (uses Google Analytics) ***/
  207. user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  208. user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "");
  209. /* 0330: disable telemetry
  210. * the pref (.unified) affects the behaviour of the pref (.enabled)
  211. * IF unified=false then .enabled controls the telemetry module
  212. * IF unified=true then .enabled ONLY controls whether to record extended data
  213. * so make sure to have both set as false
  214. * [NOTE] FF58+ `toolkit.telemetry.enabled` is now LOCKED to reflect prerelease
  215. * or release builds (true and false respectively), see [2]
  216. * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/internals/preferences.html
  217. * [2] https://medium.com/georg-fritzsche/data-preference-changes-in-firefox-58-2d5df9c428b5 ***/
  218. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
  219. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); // see [NOTE] above FF58+
  220. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,");
  221. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false);
  222. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", "");
  223. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
  224. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
  225. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); // [FF56+]
  226. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); // [FF57+] Background Hang Reporter
  227. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); // [FF57+]
  228. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); // [FF59+]
  229. /* 0331: disable Telemetry Coverage
  230. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2018/08/20/effectively-measuring-search-in-firefox/ ***/
  231. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  232. user_pref("toolkit.coverage.opt-out", true); // [FF64+] [HIDDEN PREF]
  233. user_pref("toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base", "");
  234. /* 0340: disable Health Reports
  235. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send technical... data ***/
  236. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
  237. /* 0341: disable new data submission, master kill switch [FF41+]
  238. * If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever
  239. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1195552 ***/
  240. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
  241. /* 0342: disable Studies (see 0503)
  242. * [NOTE] This pref has no effect when Health Reports (0340) are disabled
  243. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>...>Allow Firefox to install and run studies ***/
  244. user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
  245. /* 0343: disable personalized Extension Recommendations in about:addons and AMO [FF65+]
  246. * [NOTE] This pref has no effect when Health Reports (0340) are disabled
  247. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>...>Allow Firefox to make personalized extension rec.
  248. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/personalized-extension-recommendations ***/
  249. user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false);
  250. /* 0350: disable Crash Reports ***/
  251. user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
  252. user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); // [FF44+]
  253. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); // [FF51+]
  254. /* 0351: disable backlogged Crash Reports
  255. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports ***/
  256. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); // [FF58+]
  257. /* 0370: disable Pocket [FF46+]
  258. * Pocket is a third party (now owned by Mozilla) "save for later" cloud service
  259. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket_(application)
  260. * [2] https://www.gnu.gl/blog/Posts/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-pocket/ ***/
  261. user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
  262. /* 0390: disable Captive Portal detection
  263. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal
  264. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Necko/CaptivePortal
  265. * [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21790 ***/
  266. user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", "");
  267. user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); // [FF52+]
  268. /* 0391: disable Network Connectivity checks [FF65+]
  269. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1460537 ***/
  270. user_pref("network.connectivity-service.enabled", false);
  271. /*** [SECTION 0400]: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
  272. This section has security & tracking protection implications vs privacy concerns vs effectiveness
  273. vs 3rd party 'censorship'. We DO NOT advocate no protection. If you disable Tracking Protection (TP)
  274. and/or Safe Browsing (SB), then SECTION 0400 REQUIRES YOU HAVE uBLOCK ORIGIN INSTALLED.
  275. Safe Browsing is designed to protect users from malicious sites. Tracking Protection is designed
  276. to lessen the impact of third parties on websites to reduce tracking and to speed up your browsing.
  277. These do rely on 3rd parties (Google for SB and Disconnect for TP), but many steps, which are
  278. continually being improved, have been taken to preserve privacy. Disable at your own risk.
  279. ***/
  280. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0400 syntax error: the parrot's passed on!");
  281. /** BLOCKLISTS ***/
  282. /* 0401: enable Firefox blocklist, but sanitize blocklist url
  283. * [NOTE] It includes updates for "revoked certificates"
  284. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/
  285. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 ***/
  286. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  287. user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
  288. /* 0403: disable individual unwanted/unneeded parts of the Kinto blocklists
  289. * What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications
  290. * As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be
  291. * revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes ***/
  292. // user_pref("services.blocklist.onecrl.collection", ""); // revoked certificates
  293. // user_pref("services.blocklist.addons.collection", "");
  294. // user_pref("services.blocklist.plugins.collection", "");
  295. // user_pref("services.blocklist.gfx.collection", "");
  296. /** SAFE BROWSING (SB)
  297. This sub-section has been redesigned to differentiate between "real-time"/"user initiated" data
  298. being sent to Google from all other settings such as using local blocklists/whitelists and updating
  299. those lists. There are NO privacy issues here. *IF* required, a full url is never sent to Google,
  300. only a PART-hash of the prefix, and this is hidden with noise of other real PART-hashes. Google also
  301. swear it is anonymized and only used to flag malicious sites/activity. Firefox also takes measures
  302. such as striping out identifying parameters and storing safe browsing cookies in a separate jar.
  303. SB v4 (FF57+) doesn't even use cookies. (#Turn on browser.safebrowsing.debug to monitor this activity)
  304. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-in-firefox/
  305. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing ***/
  306. /* 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content"
  307. * This covers deceptive sites such as phishing and social engineering
  308. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
  309. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
  310. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); // [FF50+]
  311. /* 0411: disable "Block dangerous downloads"
  312. * This covers malware and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs)
  313. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
  314. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);
  315. /* 0412: disable "Warn me about unwanted and uncommon software"
  316. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
  317. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); // [FF48+]
  318. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); // [FF48+]
  319. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous", false); // [FF49+]
  320. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host", false); // [FF49+]
  321. /* 0413: disable Google safebrowsing updates ***/
  322. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL", "");
  323. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL", "");
  324. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL", ""); // [FF50+]
  325. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL", ""); // [FF50+]
  326. /* 0414: disable binaries NOT in local lists being checked by Google (real-time checking) ***/
  327. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
  328. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", "");
  329. /* 0415: disable reporting URLs ***/
  330. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL", "");
  331. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL", "");
  332. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL", ""); // [FF50+]
  333. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
  334. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
  335. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
  336. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
  337. /* 0416: disable 'ignore this warning' on Safe Browsing warnings
  338. * If clicked, it bypasses the block for that session. This is a means for admins to enforce SB
  339. * [TEST] see github wiki APPENDIX A: Test Sites: Section 5
  340. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1226490 ***/
  341. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false);
  342. /* 0417: disable data sharing [FF58+] ***/
  343. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled", false);
  344. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL", "");
  345. /** TRACKING PROTECTION (TP)
  346. There are NO privacy concerns here, but we strongly recommend to use uBlock Origin as well,
  347. as it offers more comprehensive and specialized lists. It also allows per domain control. ***/
  348. /* 0420: enable Tracking Protection in all windows
  349. * [NOTE] TP sends DNT headers regardless of the DNT pref (see 1610)
  350. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection
  351. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/tracking-protection-firefox ***/
  352. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  353. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
  354. /* 0422: set which Tracking Protection block list to use
  355. * [WARNING] We don't recommend enforcing this from here, as available block lists can change
  356. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>All Detected Trackers>Change block list ***/
  357. // user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256"); // basic
  358. /* 0423: disable Mozilla's blocklist for known Flash tracking/fingerprinting [FF48+]
  359. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/18/firefox-48-blocklist-against-plugin-fingerprinting/
  360. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1237198 ***/
  361. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);
  362. /* 0424: disable Mozilla's tracking protection and Flash blocklist updates ***/
  363. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", "");
  364. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL", "");
  365. /* 0425: disable passive Tracking Protection [FF53+]
  366. * Passive TP annotates channels to lower the priority of network loads for resources on the tracking protection list
  367. * [NOTE] It has no effect if TP is enabled, but keep in mind that by default TP is only enabled in Private Windows
  368. * This is included for people who want to completely disable Tracking Protection.
  369. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1170190,1141814 ***/
  370. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels", false);
  371. // user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority", false);
  372. /*** [SECTION 0500]: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
  373. System Add-ons are a method for shipping extensions, considered to be
  374. built-in features to Firefox, that are hidden from the about:addons UI.
  375. To view your System Add-ons go to about:support, they are listed under "Firefox Features"
  376. Some System Add-ons have no on-off prefs. Instead you can manually remove them. Note that app
  377. updates will restore them. They may also be updated and possibly restored automatically (see 0505)
  378. * Portable: "...\App\Firefox64\browser\features\" (or "App\Firefox\etc" for 32bit)
  379. * Windows: "...\Program Files\Mozilla\browser\features" (or "Program Files (X86)\etc" for 32bit)
  380. * Mac: "...\Applications\Firefox\Contents\Resources\browser\features\"
  381. [NOTE] On Mac you can right-click on the application and select "Show Package Contents"
  382. * Linux: "/usr/lib/firefox/browser/features" (or similar)
  383. [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/addon-manager/SystemAddons.html
  384. [2] https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/extensions
  385. ***/
  386. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0500 syntax error: the parrot's cashed in 'is chips!");
  387. /* 0503: disable Normandy/Shield [FF60+]
  388. * Shield is an telemetry system (including Heartbeat) that can also push and test "recipes"
  389. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield
  390. * [2] https://github.com/mozilla/normandy ***/
  391. user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false);
  392. user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", "");
  393. /* 0505: disable System Add-on updates ***/
  394. user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false); // [FF62+]
  395. user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.url", ""); // [FF44+]
  396. /* 0506: disable PingCentre telemetry (used in several System Add-ons) [FF57+]
  397. * Currently blocked by 'datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled' (see 0340) ***/
  398. user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false);
  399. /* 0515: disable Screenshots
  400. * alternatively in FF60+, disable uploading to the Screenshots server
  401. * [1] https://github.com/mozilla-services/screenshots
  402. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/28/firefox-screenshots-integrated-in-firefox-nightly/ ***/
  403. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.disabled", true); // [FF55+]
  404. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.upload-disabled", true); // [FF60+]
  405. /* 0517: disable Form Autofill
  406. * [NOTE] Stored data is NOT secure (uses a JSON file)
  407. * [NOTE] Heuristics controls Form Autofill on forms without @autocomplete attributes
  408. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Autofill addresses
  409. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Form_Autofill
  410. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/24/firefoxs-new-form-autofill-is-awesome/ ***/
  411. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
  412. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.available", "off"); // [FF56+]
  413. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); // [FF56+]
  414. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
  415. /* 0518: disable Web Compatibility Reporter [FF56+]
  416. * Web Compatibility Reporter adds a "Report Site Issue" button to send data to Mozilla ***/
  417. user_pref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled", false);
  418. /*** [SECTION 0600]: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND [not explicitly asked for - e.g. clicked on] ***/
  419. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0600 syntax error: the parrot's no more!");
  420. /* 0601: disable link prefetching
  421. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ ***/
  422. user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
  423. /* 0602: disable DNS prefetching
  424. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/27/firefox-prefetching-what-you-need-to-know/
  425. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-DNS-Prefetch-Control ***/
  426. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true);
  427. user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  428. /* 0603: disable Seer/Necko
  429. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Necko ***/
  430. user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false);
  431. /* 0605: disable link-mouseover opening connection to linked server
  432. * [1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/15/08/14/2321202/how-to-quash-firefoxs-silent-requests
  433. * [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/16/block-firefox-from-connecting-to-sites-when-you-hover-over-links/ ***/
  434. user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0);
  435. /* 0606: disable pings (but enforce same host in case)
  436. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings
  437. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host ***/
  438. user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
  439. user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
  440. /* 0608: disable predictor / prefetching [FF48+] ***/
  441. user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);
  442. /*** [SECTION 0700]: HTTP* / TCP/IP / DNS / PROXY / SOCKS etc ***/
  443. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0700 syntax error: the parrot's given up the ghost!");
  444. /* 0701: disable IPv6
  445. * IPv6 can be abused, especially regarding MAC addresses. They also do not play nice
  446. * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it
  447. * [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done
  448. * at an OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups
  449. * [TEST] http://ipv6leak.com/
  450. * [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/437#issuecomment-403740626
  451. * [2] https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/ipv6-security/ (see Myths 2,4,5,6) ***/
  452. user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
  453. /* 0702: disable HTTP2 (which was based on SPDY which is now deprecated)
  454. * HTTP2 raises concerns with "multiplexing" and "server push", does nothing to enhance
  455. * privacy, and in fact opens up a number of server-side fingerprinting opportunities
  456. * [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
  457. * consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
  458. * and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
  459. * [1] https://http2.github.io/faq/
  460. * [2] https://blog.scottlogic.com/2014/11/07/http-2-a-quick-look.html
  461. * [3] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278
  462. * [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/107 ***/
  463. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false);
  464. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false);
  465. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false);
  466. user_pref("network.http.spdy.websockets", false); // [FF65+]
  467. /* 0703: disable HTTP Alternative Services [FF37+]
  468. * [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
  469. * consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
  470. * and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
  471. * [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7838#section-9
  472. * [2] https://www.mnot.net/blog/2016/03/09/alt-svc ***/
  473. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.enabled", false);
  474. user_pref("network.http.altsvc.oe", false);
  475. /* 0704: enforce the proxy server to do any DNS lookups when using SOCKS
  476. * e.g. in Tor, this stops your local DNS server from knowing your Tor destination
  477. * as a remote Tor node will handle the DNS request
  478. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.proxy.socks_remote_dns
  479. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers ***/
  480. user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
  481. /* 0706: remove paths when sending URLs to PAC scripts [FF51+]
  482. * CVE-2017-5384: Information disclosure via Proxy Auto-Config (PAC)
  483. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1255474 ***/
  484. user_pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
  485. /* 0707: disable (or setup) DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) [FF60+]
  486. * TRR = Trusted Recursive Resolver
  487. * .mode: 0=off, 1=race, 2=TRR first, 3=TRR only, 4=race for stats but always use native result
  488. * [WARNING] DoH bypasses hosts and gives info to yet another party (e.g. Cloudflare)
  489. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/configure-dns-over-https-in-firefox/
  490. * [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/05/a-cartoon-intro-to-dns-over-https/ ***/
  491. // user_pref("network.trr.mode", 0);
  492. // user_pref("network.trr.bootstrapAddress", "");
  493. // user_pref("network.trr.uri", "");
  494. /* 0708: disable FTP [FF60+]
  495. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/02/20/firefox-60-with-new-preference-to-disable-ftp/ ***/
  496. // user_pref("network.ftp.enabled", false);
  497. /* 0709: disable using UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) paths [FF61+]
  498. * [SETUP-CHROME] Can break extensions for profiles on network shares
  499. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26424 ***/
  500. user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  501. /* 0710: disable GIO as a potential proxy bypass vector
  502. * Gvfs/GIO has a set of supported protocols like obex, network, archive, computer, dav, cdda,
  503. * gphoto2, trash, etc. By default only smb and sftp protocols are accepted so far (as of FF64)
  504. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1433507
  505. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/23044
  506. * [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVfs
  507. * [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_(software) ***/
  508. user_pref("network.gio.supported-protocols", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  509. /*** [SECTION 0800]: LOCATION BAR / SEARCH BAR / SUGGESTIONS / HISTORY / FORMS [SETUP-CHROME]
  510. Change items 0850 and above to suit for privacy vs convenience and functionality. Consider
  511. your environment (no unwanted eyeballs), your device (restricted access), your device's
  512. unattended state (locked, encrypted, forensic hardened). Likewise, you may want to check
  513. the items cleared on shutdown in section 2800.
  514. [NOTE] The urlbar is also commonly referred to as the location bar and address bar
  515. #Required reading [#] https://xkcd.com/538/
  516. ***/
  517. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0800 syntax error: the parrot's ceased to be!");
  518. /* 0801: disable location bar using search
  519. * don't leak typos to a search engine, give an error message instead ***/
  520. user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
  521. /* 0802: disable location bar domain guessing
  522. * domain guessing intercepts DNS "hostname not found errors" and resends a
  523. * request (e.g. by adding www or .com). This is inconsistent use (e.g. FQDNs), does not work
  524. * via Proxy Servers (different error), is a flawed use of DNS (TLDs: why treat .com
  525. * as the 411 for DNS errors?), privacy issues (why connect to sites you didn't
  526. * intend to), can leak sensitive data (e.g. query strings: e.g. Princeton attack),
  527. * and is a security risk (e.g. common typos & malicious sites set up to exploit this) ***/
  528. user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
  529. /* 0803: display all parts of the url in the location bar ***/
  530. user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
  531. /* 0804: limit history leaks via enumeration (PER TAB: back/forward)
  532. * This is a PER TAB session history. You still have a full history stored under all history
  533. * default=50, minimum=1=currentpage, 2 is the recommended minimum as some pages
  534. * use it as a means of referral (e.g. hotlinking), 4 or 6 or 10 may be more practical ***/
  535. user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 10);
  536. /* 0805: disable CSS querying page history - CSS history leak
  537. * [NOTE] This has NEVER been fully "resolved": in Mozilla/docs it is stated it's
  538. * only in 'certain circumstances', also see latest comments in [2]
  539. * [TEST] http://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/yahh/ (see github wiki APPENDIX C on how to use)
  540. * [1] https://dbaron.org/mozilla/visited-privacy
  541. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/147777
  542. * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/CSS/Privacy_and_the_:visited_selector ***/
  543. user_pref("layout.css.visited_links_enabled", false);
  544. /* 0806: disable displaying javascript in history URLs ***/
  545. user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  546. /* 0807: disable search bar LIVE search suggestions
  547. * [SETTING] Search>Provide search suggestions ***/
  548. user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
  549. /* 0808: disable location bar LIVE search suggestions (requires 0807 = true)
  550. * Also disable the location bar prompt to enable/disable or learn more about it.
  551. * [SETTING] Search>Show search suggestions in address bar results ***/
  552. user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
  553. user_pref("browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice", true); // [FF41+]
  554. /* 0809: disable location bar suggesting "preloaded" top websites [FF54+]
  555. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1211726 ***/
  556. user_pref("browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled", false);
  557. /* 0810: disable location bar making speculative connections [FF56+]
  558. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1348275 ***/
  559. user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false);
  560. /* 0850a: disable location bar suggestion types
  561. * [SETUP-CHROME] If all three suggestion types are false, search engine keywords are disabled
  562. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Address Bar>When using the address bar, suggest ***/
  563. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false);
  564. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark", false);
  565. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage", false);
  566. /* 0850c: disable location bar dropdown
  567. * This value controls the total number of entries to appear in the location bar dropdown
  568. * [NOTE] Items (bookmarks/history/openpages) with a high "frecency"/"bonus" will always
  569. * be displayed (no we do not know how these are calculated or what the threshold is),
  570. * and this does not affect the search by search engine suggestion (see 0808)
  571. * [NOTE] This setting is only useful if you want to enable search engine keywords
  572. * (i.e. at least one of 0850a suggestion types must be true) but you want to *limit* suggestions shown ***/
  573. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 0);
  574. /* 0850d: disable location bar autofill
  575. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete ***/
  576. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false);
  577. /* 0850e: disable location bar one-off searches [FF51+]
  578. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/09/firefox-one-off-searches-address-bar/ ***/
  579. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches", false);
  580. /* 0860: disable search and form history
  581. * [NOTE] You can clear formdata on exiting Firefox (see 2803)
  582. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember search and form history ***/
  583. user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
  584. /* 0862: disable browsing and download history
  585. * [NOTE] You can clear history and downloads on exiting Firefox (see 2803)
  586. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember browsing and download history ***/
  587. // user_pref("places.history.enabled", false);
  588. /* 0864: disable date/time picker
  589. * This can leak your locale if not en-US
  590. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21787 ***/
  591. user_pref("dom.forms.datetime", false);
  592. /* 0870: disable Windows jumplist [WINDOWS] ***/
  593. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.enabled", false);
  594. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.frequent.enabled", false);
  595. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled", false);
  596. user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled", false);
  597. /* 0871: disable Windows taskbar preview [WINDOWS] ***/
  598. user_pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false);
  599. /*** [SECTION 0900]: PASSWORDS ***/
  600. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0900 syntax error: the parrot's expired!");
  601. /* 0901: disable saving passwords
  602. * [NOTE] This does not clear any passwords already saved
  603. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Ask to save logins and passwords for websites ***/
  604. // user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
  605. /* 0902: use a master password (recommended if you save passwords)
  606. * There are no preferences for this. It is all handled internally.
  607. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Use a master password
  608. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/use-master-password-protect-stored-logins ***/
  609. /* 0903: set how often Firefox should ask for the master password
  610. * 0=the first time (default), 1=every time it's needed, 2=every n minutes (see 0904) ***/
  611. user_pref("security.ask_for_password", 2);
  612. /* 0904: set how often in minutes Firefox should ask for the master password (see 0903)
  613. * in minutes, default is 30 ***/
  614. user_pref("security.password_lifetime", 5);
  615. /* 0905: disable auto-filling username & password form fields
  616. * can leak in cross-site forms AND be spoofed
  617. * [NOTE] Password will still be auto-filled after a user name is manually entered
  618. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signon.autofillForms ***/
  619. user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false);
  620. /* 0906: disable websites' autocomplete="off" [FF30+]
  621. * Don't let sites dictate use of saved logins and passwords. Increase security through
  622. * stronger password use. The trade-off is the convenience. Some sites should never be
  623. * saved (such as banking sites). Set at true, informed users can make their own choice. ***/
  624. user_pref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  625. /* 0907: display warnings for logins on non-secure (non HTTPS) pages
  626. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1217156 ***/
  627. user_pref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true);
  628. /* 0909: disable formless login capture for Password Manager [FF51+] ***/
  629. user_pref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false);
  630. /* 0910: disable autofilling saved passwords on HTTP pages and show warning [FF52+]
  631. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/insecure-login-forms-now-disable-autofill-show-warning-beneath-input-control/
  632. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1217152,1319119 ***/
  633. user_pref("signon.autofillForms.http", false);
  634. user_pref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", true);
  635. /* 0912: limit (or disable) HTTP authentication credentials dialogs triggered by sub-resources [FF41+]
  636. * hardens against potential credentials phishing
  637. * 0=don't allow sub-resources to open HTTP authentication credentials dialogs
  638. * 1=don't allow cross-origin sub-resources to open HTTP authentication credentials dialogs
  639. * 2=allow sub-resources to open HTTP authentication credentials dialogs (default)
  640. * [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/http-auth-dialog-can-no-longer-be-triggered-by-cross-origin-resources/ ***/
  641. user_pref("network.auth.subresource-http-auth-allow", 1);
  642. /*** [SECTION 1000]: CACHE / SESSION (RE)STORE / FAVICONS [SETUP-CHROME]
  643. ETAG [1] and other [2][3] cache tracking/fingerprinting techniques can be averted by
  644. disabling *BOTH* disk (1001) and memory (1003) cache. ETAGs can also be neutralized
  645. by modifying response headers [4]. Another solution is to use a hardened configuration
  646. with Temporary Containers [5]. Alternatively, you can *LIMIT* exposure by clearing
  647. cache on close (2803). or on a regular basis manually or with an extension.
  648. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag#Tracking_using_ETags
  649. [2] https://robertheaton.com/2014/01/20/cookieless-user-tracking-for-douchebags/
  650. [3] https://www.grepular.com/Preventing_Web_Tracking_via_the_Browser_Cache
  651. [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.2.4-Header-Editor
  652. [5] https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21
  653. ***/
  654. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1000 syntax error: the parrot's gone to meet 'is maker!");
  655. /** CACHE ***/
  656. /* 1001: disable disk cache ***/
  657. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
  658. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0);
  659. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false);
  660. user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false);
  661. /* 1002: disable disk cache for SSL pages
  662. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl ***/
  663. user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
  664. /* 1003: disable memory cache
  665. * [NOTE] Not recommended due to performance issues ***/
  666. // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
  667. // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  668. /* 1005: disable fastback cache
  669. * To improve performance when pressing back/forward Firefox stores visited pages
  670. * so they don't have to be re-parsed. This is not the same as memory cache.
  671. * 0=none, -1=auto (that's minus 1), or for other values see [1]
  672. * [WARNING] Not recommended unless you know what you're doing
  673. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers ***/
  674. // user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);
  675. /* 1006: disable permissions manager from writing to disk [RESTART]
  676. * [NOTE] This means any permission changes are session only
  677. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967812 ***/
  678. // user_pref("permissions.memory_only", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  679. /* 1008: set DNS cache and expiration time (default 400 and 60, same as Tor Browser) ***/
  680. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 400);
  681. // user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 60);
  682. /** SESSIONS & SESSION RESTORE ***/
  683. /* 1020: exclude "Undo Closed Tabs" in Session Restore ***/
  684. // user_pref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 0);
  685. /* 1021: disable storing extra session data [SETUP-CHROME]
  686. * extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  687. * define on which sites to save extra session data:
  688. * 0=everywhere, 1=unencrypted sites, 2=nowhere ***/
  689. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2);
  690. /* 1022: disable resuming session from crash ***/
  691. // user_pref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false);
  692. /* 1023: set the minimum interval between session save operations
  693. * Increasing this can help on older machines and some websites, as well as reducing writes, see [1]
  694. * Default is 15000 (15 secs). Try 30000 (30 secs), 60000 (1 min) etc
  695. * [SETUP-CHROME] This can also affect entries in the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature:
  696. * i.e. the longer the interval the more chance a quick tab open/close won't be captured.
  697. * This longer interval *may* affect history but we cannot replicate any history not recorded
  698. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1304389 ***/
  699. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 30000);
  700. /* 1024: disable automatic Firefox start and session restore after reboot [FF62+] [WINDOWS]
  701. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/603903 ***/
  702. user_pref("toolkit.winRegisterApplicationRestart", false);
  703. /** FAVICONS ***/
  704. /* 1030: disable favicons in shortcuts
  705. * URL shortcuts use a cached randomly named .ico file which is stored in your
  706. * profile/shortcutCache directory. The .ico remains after the shortcut is deleted.
  707. * If set to false then the shortcuts use a generic Firefox icon ***/
  708. user_pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false);
  709. /* 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks
  710. * bookmark favicons are stored as data blobs in favicons.sqlite ***/
  711. // user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
  712. /* 1032: disable favicons in web notifications ***/
  713. user_pref("alerts.showFavicons", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
  714. /*** [SECTION 1200]: HTTPS (SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HPKP / CIPHERS)
  715. Note that your cipher and other settings can be used server side as a fingerprint attack
  716. vector, see [1] (It's quite technical but the first part is easy to understand
  717. and you can stop reading when you reach the second section titled "Enter Bro")
  718. Option 1: Use defaults for ciphers (1260's). There is nothing *weak* about these, but
  719. due to breakage, browsers can't deprecate them until the web stops using them
  720. Option 2: Disable the ciphers in 1261, 1262 and 1263. These shouldn't break anything.
  721. Optionally, disable the ciphers in 1264.
  722. [1] https://www.securityartwork.es/2017/02/02/tls-client-fingerprinting-with-bro/
  723. ***/
  724. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1200 syntax error: the parrot's a stiff!");
  725. /** SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / TLS (Transport Layer Security) ***/
  726. /* 1201: disable old SSL/TLS "insecure" renegotiation (vulnerable to a MiTM attack)
  727. * [SETUP-WEB] <2% of secure sites do NOT support the newer "secure" renegotiation, see [2]
  728. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation
  729. * [2] https://www.ssllabs.com/ssl-pulse/ ***/
  730. user_pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true);
  731. /* 1202: control TLS versions with min and max
  732. * 1=TLS 1.0, 2=TLS 1.1, 3=TLS 1.2, 4=TLS 1.3
  733. * [NOTE] Jul-2017: Telemetry indicates approx 2% of TLS web traffic uses 1.0 or 1.1
  734. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
  735. * [2] https://www.ssl.com/how-to/turn-off-ssl-3-0-and-tls-1-0-in-your-browser/
  736. * [2] archived: https://archive.is/hY2Mm ***/
  737. // user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 3);
  738. user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4);
  739. /* 1203: disable SSL session tracking [FF36+]
  740. * SSL Session IDs are unique, last up to 24hrs in Firefox, and can be used for tracking
  741. * [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
  742. * consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
  743. * and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
  744. * [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5077
  745. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967977
  746. * [3] https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.07304 ***/
  747. user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  748. /* 1204: disable SSL Error Reporting
  749. * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/base/sslerrorreport/preferences.html ***/
  750. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false);
  751. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled", false);
  752. user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.url", "");
  753. /* 1205: disable TLS1.3 0-RTT (round-trip time) [FF51+]
  754. * [1] https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/issues/1001
  755. * [2] https://blog.cloudflare.com/tls-1-3-overview-and-q-and-a/ ***/
  756. user_pref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false);
  757. /** OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)
  758. #Required reading [#] https://scotthelme.co.uk/revocation-is-broken/ ***/
  759. /* 1210: enable OCSP Stapling
  760. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ ***/
  761. user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true);
  762. /* 1211: control when to use OCSP fetching (to confirm current validity of certificates)
  763. * 0=disabled, 1=enabled (default), 2=enabled for EV certificates only
  764. * OCSP (non-stapled) leaks information about the sites you visit to the CA (cert authority)
  765. * It's a trade-off between security (checking) and privacy (leaking info to the CA)
  766. * [NOTE] This pref only controls OCSP fetching and does not affect OCSP stapling
  767. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocsp ***/
  768. user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1);
  769. /* 1212: set OCSP fetch failures (non-stapled, see 1211) to hard-fail [SETUP-WEB]
  770. * When a CA cannot be reached to validate a cert, Firefox just continues the connection (=soft-fail)
  771. * Setting this pref to true tells Firefox to instead terminate the connection (=hard-fail)
  772. * It is pointless to soft-fail when an OCSP fetch fails: you cannot confirm a cert is still valid (it
  773. * could have been revoked) and/or you could be under attack (e.g. malicious blocking of OCSP servers)
  774. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/
  775. * [2] https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/04/19/revchecking.html ***/
  776. user_pref("security.OCSP.require", true);
  777. /** CERTS / HPKP (HTTP Public Key Pinning) ***/
  778. /* 1220: disable or limit SHA-1 certificates
  779. * 0=all SHA1 certs are allowed
  780. * 1=all SHA1 certs are blocked
  781. * 2=deprecated option that now maps to 1
  782. * 3=only allowed for locally-added roots (e.g. anti-virus)
  783. * 4=only allowed for locally-added roots or for certs in 2015 and earlier
  784. * [SETUP-CHROME] When disabled, some man-in-the-middle devices (e.g. security scanners and
  785. * antivirus products, may fail to connect to HTTPS sites. SHA-1 is *almost* obsolete.
  786. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/18/phasing-out-sha-1-on-the-public-web/ ***/
  787. user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1);
  788. /* 1221: disable Windows 8.1's Microsoft Family Safety cert [FF50+] [WINDOWS]
  789. * 0=disable detecting Family Safety mode and importing the root
  790. * 1=only attempt to detect Family Safety mode (don't import the root)
  791. * 2=detect Family Safety mode and import the root
  792. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21686 ***/
  793. user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0);
  794. /* 1222: disable intermediate certificate caching (fingerprinting attack vector) [RESTART]
  795. * [NOTE] This affects login/cert/key dbs. The effect is all credentials are session-only.
  796. * Saved logins and passwords are not available. Reset the pref and restart to return them.
  797. * [TEST] https://fiprinca.0x90.eu/poc/
  798. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1334485 - related bug
  799. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216882 - related bug (see comment 9) ***/
  800. // user_pref("security.nocertdb", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  801. /* 1223: enforce strict pinning
  802. * PKP (Public Key Pinning) 0=disabled 1=allow user MiTM (such as your antivirus), 2=strict
  803. * [WARNING] If you rely on an AV (antivirus) to protect your web browsing
  804. * by inspecting ALL your web traffic, then leave at current default=1
  805. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16206 ***/
  806. user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);
  807. /** MIXED CONTENT ***/
  808. /* 1240: disable insecure active content on https pages
  809. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21323 ***/
  810. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  811. /* 1241: disable insecure passive content (such as images) on https pages ***/
  812. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
  813. /* 1243: block unencrypted requests from Flash on encrypted pages to mitigate MitM attacks [FF59+]
  814. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1190623 ***/
  815. user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest", true);
  816. /** CIPHERS [see the section 1200 intro] ***/
  817. /* 1261: disable 3DES (effective key size < 128)
  818. * [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3des#Security
  819. * [2] http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack
  820. * [3] https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/fips-ssl-ciphersuites.html ***/
  821. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false);
  822. /* 1262: disable 128 bits ***/
  823. // user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  824. // user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  825. /* 1263: disable DHE (Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange)
  826. * [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH ***/
  827. // user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  828. // user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  829. /* 1264: disable the remaining non-modern cipher suites as of FF52 ***/
  830. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
  831. // user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
  832. /** UI (User Interface) ***/
  833. /* 1270: display warning (red padlock) for "broken security" (see 1201)
  834. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation ***/
  835. user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true);
  836. /* 1271: control "Add Security Exception" dialog on SSL warnings
  837. * 0=do neither 1=pre-populate url 2=pre-populate url + pre-fetch cert (default)
  838. * [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 ***/
  839. user_pref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1);
  840. /* 1272: display advanced information on Insecure Connection warning pages
  841. * only works when it's possible to add an exception
  842. * i.e. it doesn't work for HSTS discrepancies (https://subdomain.preloaded-hsts.badssl.com/)
  843. * [TEST] https://expired.badssl.com/ ***/
  844. user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true);
  845. /* 1273: display "insecure" icon and "Not Secure" text on HTTP sites ***/
  846. user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled", true); // [FF59+]
  847. user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true); // [FF60+]
  848. // user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled", true); // [FF59+] private windows only
  849. // user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled", true); // [FF60+] private windows only
  850. /*** [SECTION 1400]: FONTS ***/
  851. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1400 syntax error: the parrot's bereft of life!");
  852. /* 1401: disable websites choosing fonts (0=block, 1=allow)
  853. * If you disallow fonts, this drastically limits/reduces font
  854. * enumeration (by JS) which is a high entropy fingerprinting vector.
  855. * [NOTE] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit.
  856. * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Allow pages to choose... ***/
  857. user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
  858. /* 1402: set more legible default fonts
  859. * [NOTE] Example below for Windows/Western only
  860. * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Serif|Sans-serif|Monospace ***/
  861. // user_pref("font.name.serif.x-unicode", "Georgia");
  862. // user_pref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Georgia"); // default: Times New Roman
  863. // user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode", "Arial");
  864. // user_pref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "Arial"); // default: Arial
  865. // user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-unicode", "Lucida Console");
  866. // user_pref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "Lucida Console"); // default: Courier New
  867. /* 1403: disable icon fonts (glyphs) and local fallback rendering
  868. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/789788
  869. * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/8455 ***/
  870. // user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false); // [FF41+]
  871. // user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.fallback_delay", -1);
  872. /* 1404: disable rendering of SVG OpenType fonts
  873. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/SVGOpenTypeFonts - iSECPartnersReport recommends to disable this ***/
  874. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false);
  875. /* 1405: disable WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format) [FF35+] ***/
  876. user_pref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false);
  877. /* 1406: disable CSS Font Loading API
  878. * [NOTE] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. ***/
  879. user_pref("layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled", false);
  880. /* 1407: disable special underline handling for a few fonts which you will probably never use [RESTART]
  881. * Any of these fonts on your system can be enumerated for fingerprinting.
  882. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Font.blacklist.underline_offset ***/
  883. user_pref("font.blacklist.underline_offset", "");
  884. /* 1408: disable graphite which FF49 turned back on by default
  885. * In the past it had security issues. Update: This continues to be the case, see [1]
  886. * [1] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 ***/
  887. user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false);
  888. /* 1409: limit system font exposure to a whitelist [FF52+] [RESTART]
  889. * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed.
  890. * [WARNING] Creating your own probably highly-unique whitelist will raise your entropy.
  891. * Eventually privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 4500) will cover this (and 1401 can be relaxed)
  892. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1121643 ***/
  893. // user_pref("font.system.whitelist", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  894. /*** [SECTION 1600]: HEADERS / REFERERS
  895. Only *cross domain* referers need controlling and XOriginPolicy (1603) is perfect for that. Thus we enforce
  896. the default values for 1601, 1602, 1605 and 1606 to minimize breakage, and only tweak 1603 and 1604.
  897. Our default settings provide the best balance between protection and amount of breakage.
  898. To harden it a bit more you can set XOriginPolicy (1603) to 2 (+ optionally 1604 to 1 or 2).
  899. To fix broken sites (including your modem/router), temporarily set XOriginPolicy=0 and XOriginTrimmingPolicy=2 in about:config,
  900. use the site and then change the values back. If you visit those sites regularly (e.g. vimeo), use an extension.
  901. full URI: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html?id=1234
  902. scheme+host+port+path: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html
  903. scheme+host+port: https://example.com:8888
  904. #Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-referrer-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  905. ***/
  906. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1600 syntax error: the parrot rests in peace!");
  907. /* 1601: ALL: control when images/links send a referer
  908. * 0=never, 1=send only when links are clicked, 2=for links and images (default) ***/
  909. user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 2);
  910. /* 1602: ALL: control the amount of information to send
  911. * 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
  912. user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 0);
  913. /* 1603: CROSS ORIGIN: control when to send a referer [SETUP-WEB]
  914. * 0=always (default), 1=only if base domains match, 2=only if hosts match ***/
  915. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 1);
  916. /* 1604: CROSS ORIGIN: control the amount of information to send [FF52+]
  917. * 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
  918. user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 0);
  919. /* 1605: ALL: disable spoofing a referer
  920. * [WARNING] Do not set this to true, as spoofing effectively disables the anti-CSRF
  921. * (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protections that some sites may rely on ***/
  922. user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
  923. /* 1606: ALL: set the default Referrer Policy [FF59+]
  924. * 0=no-referer, 1=same-origin, 2=strict-origin-when-cross-origin, 3=no-referrer-when-downgrade
  925. * [NOTE] This is only a default, it can be overridden by a site-controlled Referrer Policy
  926. * [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/
  927. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy
  928. * [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/31/preventing-data-leaks-by-stripping-path-information-in-http-referrers/ ***/
  929. user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy", 3); // [DEFAULT: 3]
  930. user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy.pbmode", 2); // [DEFAULT: 2]
  931. /* 1607: TOR: hide (not spoof) referrer when leaving a .onion domain [FF54+]
  932. * [NOTE] Firefox cannot access .onion sites by default. We recommend you use
  933. * the Tor Browser which is specifically designed for hidden services
  934. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1305144 ***/
  935. user_pref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true);
  936. /* 1610: ALL: enable the DNT (Do Not Track) HTTP header
  937. * [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref
  938. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>Send websites a "Do Not Track"... ***/
  939. user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
  940. /*** [SECTION 1700]: CONTAINERS
  941. If you want to *really* leverage containers, we highly recommend Temporary Containers [2].
  942. Read the article by the extension author [3], and check out the github wiki/repo [4].
  943. [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Contextual_Identity_Project/Containers
  944. [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/temporary-containers/
  945. [3] https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21
  946. [4] https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/wiki
  947. ***/
  948. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1700 syntax error: the parrot's bit the dust!");
  949. /* 1701: enable Container Tabs setting in preferences (see 1702) [FF50+]
  950. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1279029 ***/
  951. user_pref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true);
  952. /* 1702: enable Container Tabs [FF50+]
  953. * [SETTING] General>Tabs>Enable Container Tabs ***/
  954. user_pref("privacy.userContext.enabled", true);
  955. /* 1703: enable a private container for thumbnail loads [FF51+] ***/
  956. user_pref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true in FF61+]
  957. /* 1704: set behaviour on "+ Tab" button to display container menu [FF53+] [SETUP-CHROME]
  958. * 0=no menu (default), 1=show when clicked, 2=show on long press
  959. * [NOTE] The menu does not contain a non-container tab option (use Ctrl+T to open non-container tab)
  960. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1328756 ***/
  961. user_pref("privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior", 2);
  962. /*** [SECTION 1800]: PLUGINS ***/
  963. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1800 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies!");
  964. /* 1801: set default plugin state (i.e. new plugins on discovery) to never activate
  965. * 0=disabled, 1=ask to activate, 2=active - you can override individual plugins ***/
  966. user_pref("plugin.default.state", 0);
  967. user_pref("plugin.defaultXpi.state", 0);
  968. /* 1802: enable click to play and set to 0 minutes ***/
  969. user_pref("plugins.click_to_play", true);
  970. user_pref("plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes", 0);
  971. /* 1803: disable Flash plugin (Add-ons>Plugins)
  972. * 0=deactivated, 1=ask, 2=enabled
  973. * ESR52.x is the last branch to *fully* support NPAPI, FF52+ stable only supports Flash
  974. * [NOTE] You can still override individual sites via site permissions
  975. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/07/09/how-to-make-sure-that-a-firefox-plugin-never-activates-again/ ***/
  976. user_pref("plugin.state.flash", 0);
  977. /* 1805: disable scanning for plugins [WINDOWS]
  978. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plugin_scanning
  979. * plid.all = whether to scan the directories specified in the Windows registry for PLIDs.
  980. * Used to detect RealPlayer, Java, Antivirus etc, but since FF52 only covers Flash ***/
  981. user_pref("plugin.scan.plid.all", false);
  982. /* 1820: disable all GMP (Gecko Media Plugins) [SETUP-WEB]
  983. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/GeckoMediaPlugins ***/
  984. user_pref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false);
  985. user_pref("media.gmp.trial-create.enabled", false);
  986. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url", "data:text/plain,");
  987. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.url.override", "data:text/plain,"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  988. user_pref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); // disable local fallback [HIDDEN PREF]
  989. /* 1825: disable widevine CDM (Content Decryption Module) [SETUP-WEB] ***/
  990. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible", false);
  991. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false);
  992. user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate", false);
  993. /* 1830: disable all DRM content (EME: Encryption Media Extension) [SETUP-WEB]
  994. * [SETTING] General>DRM Content>Play DRM-controlled content
  995. * [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 ***/
  996. user_pref("media.eme.enabled", false);
  997. /* 1840: disable the OpenH264 Video Codec by Cisco to "Never Activate" [SETUP-WEB]
  998. * This is the bundled codec used for video chat in WebRTC ***/
  999. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1000. user_pref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate", false);
  1001. /*** [SECTION 2000]: MEDIA / CAMERA / MIC ***/
  1002. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2000 syntax error: the parrot's snuffed it!");
  1003. /* 2001: disable WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication)
  1004. * [1] https://www.privacytools.io/#webrtc ***/
  1005. user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
  1006. /* 2002: limit WebRTC IP leaks if using WebRTC
  1007. * [TEST] https://browserleaks.com/webrtc
  1008. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1189041,1297416
  1009. * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy ***/
  1010. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true);
  1011. user_pref("media.peerconnection.ice.no_host", true); // [FF51+]
  1012. /* 2010: disable WebGL (Web Graphics Library), force bare minimum feature set if used & disable WebGL extensions
  1013. * [1] https://www.contextis.com/resources/blog/webgl-new-dimension-browser-exploitation/
  1014. * [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/13799/is-webgl-a-security-concern ***/
  1015. user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
  1016. user_pref("pdfjs.enableWebGL", false);
  1017. user_pref("webgl.min_capability_mode", true);
  1018. user_pref("webgl.disable-extensions", true);
  1019. user_pref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true);
  1020. /* 2012: disable two more webgl preferences [FF51+] ***/
  1021. user_pref("webgl.dxgl.enabled", false); // [WINDOWS]
  1022. user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
  1023. /* 2022: disable screensharing ***/
  1024. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled", false);
  1025. user_pref("media.getusermedia.browser.enabled", false);
  1026. user_pref("media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled", false);
  1027. /* 2024: set a default permission for Camera/Microphone [FF58+]
  1028. * 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  1029. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Use the Camera/Microphone
  1030. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Camera/Microphone>Settings ***/
  1031. // user_pref("permissions.default.camera", 2);
  1032. // user_pref("permissions.default.microphone", 2);
  1033. /* 2026: disable canvas capture stream [FF41+]
  1034. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/captureStream ***/
  1035. user_pref("canvas.capturestream.enabled", false);
  1036. /* 2027: disable camera image capture [FF35+]
  1037. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16339 ***/
  1038. user_pref("dom.imagecapture.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
  1039. /* 2028: disable offscreen canvas [FF44+]
  1040. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/OffscreenCanvas ***/
  1041. user_pref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
  1042. /* 2030: disable autoplay of HTML5 media [FF63+]
  1043. * 0=Allowed, 1=Blocked, 2=Prompt
  1044. * [NOTE] You can set exceptions under site permissions
  1045. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Block websites from automatically playing sound ***/
  1046. user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 1);
  1047. /* 2031: disable autoplay of HTML5 media if you interacted with the site [FF66+] ***/
  1048. user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed", false);
  1049. /* 2032: disable audio autoplay in non-active tabs [FF51+]
  1050. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/14/firefox-51-blocks-automatic-audio-playback-in-non-active-tabs/ ***/
  1051. user_pref("media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground", true);
  1052. /*** [SECTION 2200]: WINDOW MEDDLING & LEAKS / POPUPS ***/
  1053. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2200 syntax error: the parrot's 'istory!");
  1054. /* 2201: prevent websites from disabling new window features
  1055. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features ***/
  1056. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true);
  1057. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1058. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true);
  1059. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true);
  1060. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true); // bookmarks toolbar
  1061. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1062. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1063. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true);
  1064. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true);
  1065. /* 2202: prevent scripts from moving and resizing open windows ***/
  1066. user_pref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true);
  1067. /* 2203: open links targeting new windows in a new tab instead
  1068. * This stops malicious window sizes and some screen resolution leaks.
  1069. * You can still right-click a link and open in a new window.
  1070. * [TEST] https://people.torproject.org/~gk/misc/entire_desktop.html
  1071. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9881 ***/
  1072. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3);
  1073. user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0);
  1074. /* 2204: disable Fullscreen API (requires user interaction) to prevent screen-resolution leaks
  1075. * [NOTE] You can still manually toggle the browser's fullscreen state (F11),
  1076. * but this pref will disable embedded video/game fullscreen controls, e.g. youtube
  1077. * [TEST] https://developer.mozilla.org/samples/domref/fullscreen.html ***/
  1078. // user_pref("full-screen-api.enabled", false);
  1079. /* 2210: block popup windows
  1080. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Block pop-up windows ***/
  1081. user_pref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true);
  1082. /* 2211: set max popups from a single non-click event - default is 20! ***/
  1083. user_pref("dom.popup_maximum", 3);
  1084. /* 2212: limit events that can cause a popup
  1085. * default is "change click dblclick mouseup pointerup notificationclick reset submit touchend"
  1086. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.popup_allowed_events ***/
  1087. user_pref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick");
  1088. /*** [SECTION 2300]: WEB WORKERS
  1089. A worker is a JS "background task" running in a global context, i.e. it is different from
  1090. the current window. Workers can spawn new workers (must be the same origin & scheme),
  1091. including service and shared workers. Shared workers can be utilized by multiple scripts and
  1092. communicate between browsing contexts (windows/tabs/iframes) and can even control your cache.
  1093. [SETUP-WEB] Disabling "web workers" might break sites
  1094. [UPDATE] uMatrix 1.2.0+ allows a per-scope control for workers (2301-deprecated) and service workers (2302)
  1095. #Required reading [#] https://github.com/gorhill/uMatrix/releases/tag/1.2.0
  1096. [1] Web Workers: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Web_Workers_API
  1097. [2] Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Worker
  1098. [3] Service Worker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Service_Worker_API
  1099. [4] SharedWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SharedWorker
  1100. [5] ChromeWorker: https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/ChromeWorker
  1101. [6] Notifications: https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1165867#answer-981820
  1102. ***/
  1103. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2300 syntax error: the parrot's off the twig!");
  1104. /* 2302: disable service workers [FF32, FF44-compat]
  1105. * Service workers essentially act as proxy servers that sit between web apps, and the browser
  1106. * and network, are event driven, and can control the web page/site it is associated with,
  1107. * intercepting and modifying navigation and resource requests, and caching resources.
  1108. * [NOTE] Service worker APIs are hidden (in Firefox) and cannot be used when in PB mode.
  1109. * [NOTE] Service workers only run over HTTPS. Service Workers have no DOM access. ***/
  1110. user_pref("dom.serviceWorkers.enabled", false);
  1111. /* 2304: disable web notifications
  1112. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API ***/
  1113. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false); // [FF22+]
  1114. user_pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", false); // [FF44+]
  1115. /* 2305: set a default permission for Notifications (see 2304) [FF58+]
  1116. * 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
  1117. * [NOTE] Best left at default "always ask", fingerprintable via Permissions API
  1118. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Receive Notifications
  1119. * [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Notifications>Settings ***/
  1120. // user_pref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2);
  1121. /* 2306: disable push notifications [FF44+]
  1122. * web apps can receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or
  1123. * not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded
  1124. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Push_API ***/
  1125. user_pref("dom.push.enabled", false);
  1126. user_pref("dom.push.connection.enabled", false);
  1127. user_pref("dom.push.serverURL", "");
  1128. user_pref("dom.push.userAgentID", "");
  1129. /*** [SECTION 2400]: DOM (DOCUMENT OBJECT MODEL) & JAVASCRIPT ***/
  1130. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2400 syntax error: the parrot's kicked the bucket!");
  1131. /* 2401: disable website control over browser right-click context menu
  1132. * [NOTE] Shift-Right-Click will always bring up the browser right-click context menu ***/
  1133. // user_pref("dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false);
  1134. /* 2402: disable website access to clipboard events/content
  1135. * [SETUP-WEB] This will break some sites functionality such as pasting into facebook, wordpress
  1136. * this applies to onCut, onCopy, onPaste events - i.e. you have to interact with
  1137. * the website for it to look at the clipboard
  1138. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-modifying-clipboard-contents-firefox/ ***/
  1139. user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
  1140. /* 2403: disable clipboard commands (cut/copy) from "non-privileged" content [FF41+]
  1141. * this disables document.execCommand("cut"/"copy") to protect your clipboard
  1142. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1170911 ***/
  1143. user_pref("dom.allow_cut_copy", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1144. /* 2404: disable "Confirm you want to leave" dialog on page close
  1145. * Does not prevent JS leaks of the page close event.
  1146. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload
  1147. * [2] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1043508 ***/
  1148. user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true);
  1149. /* 2414: disable shaking the screen ***/
  1150. user_pref("dom.vibrator.enabled", false);
  1151. /* 2420: disable asm.js [FF22+] [SETUP-PERF]
  1152. * [1] http://asmjs.org/
  1153. * [2] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/
  1154. * [3] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/
  1155. * [4] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-01/#CVE-2017-5375
  1156. * [5] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-05/#CVE-2017-5400
  1157. * [6] https://rh0dev.github.io/blog/2017/the-return-of-the-jit/ ***/
  1158. user_pref("javascript.options.asmjs", false);
  1159. /* 2421: disable Ion and baseline JIT to help harden JS against exploits
  1160. * [SETUP-PERF] If false, causes the odd site issue and there is also a performance loss
  1161. * [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-0817 ***/
  1162. // user_pref("javascript.options.ion", false);
  1163. // user_pref("javascript.options.baselinejit", false);
  1164. /* 2422: disable WebAssembly [FF52+] [SETUP-PERF]
  1165. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/WebAssembly ***/
  1166. user_pref("javascript.options.wasm", false);
  1167. /* 2426: disable Intersection Observer API [FF53+]
  1168. * Almost a year to complete, three versions late to stable (as default false),
  1169. * number #1 cause of crashes in nightly numerous times, and is (primarily) an
  1170. * ad network API for "ad viewability checks" down to a pixel level
  1171. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Intersection_Observer_API
  1172. * [2] https://w3c.github.io/IntersectionObserver/
  1173. * [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1243846 ***/
  1174. user_pref("dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled", false);
  1175. /* 2427: disable Shared Memory (Spectre mitigation)
  1176. * [1] https://github.com/tc39/ecmascript_sharedmem/blob/master/TUTORIAL.md
  1177. * [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/03/mitigations-landing-new-class-timing-attack/ ***/
  1178. user_pref("javascript.options.shared_memory", false);
  1179. /* 2428: enforce DOMHighResTimeStamp API
  1180. * [WARNING] Required for normalization of timestamps and any timer resolution mitigations ***/
  1181. user_pref("dom.event.highrestimestamp.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1182. /* 2429: enable (limited but sufficient) window.opener protection [FF65+]
  1183. * Makes rel=noopener implicit for target=_blank in anchor and area elements when no rel attribute is set ***/
  1184. user_pref("dom.targetBlankNoOpener.enabled", true);
  1185. /*** [SECTION 2500]: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING ***/
  1186. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!");
  1187. /* 2502: disable Battery Status API
  1188. * Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that was fixed.
  1189. * However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy.
  1190. * e.g. do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc
  1191. * [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code. see [1]
  1192. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580 ***/
  1193. // user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
  1194. /* 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1195. * Optional protection depending on your connected devices
  1196. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API ***/
  1197. // user_pref("dom.vr.enabled", false);
  1198. /* 2505: disable media device enumeration [FF29+]
  1199. * [NOTE] media.peerconnection.enabled should also be set to false (see 2001)
  1200. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/getUserMedia
  1201. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/enumerateDevices ***/
  1202. user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false);
  1203. /* 2508: disable hardware acceleration to reduce graphics fingerprinting
  1204. * [SETUP-PERF] Affects text rendering (fonts will look different), impacts video performance,
  1205. * and parts of Quantum that utilize the GPU will also be affected as they are rolled out
  1206. * [SETTING] General>Performance>Custom>Use hardware acceleration when available
  1207. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration ***/
  1208. // user_pref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", true); // [WINDOWS]
  1209. user_pref("layers.acceleration.disabled", true);
  1210. /* 2510: disable Web Audio API [FF51+]
  1211. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1288359 ***/
  1212. user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false);
  1213. /* 2517: disable Media Capabilities API [FF63+]
  1214. * [SETUP-PERF] This *may* affect media performance if disabled, no one is sure
  1215. * [1] https://github.com/WICG/media-capabilities
  1216. * [2] https://wicg.github.io/media-capabilities/#security-privacy-considerations ***/
  1217. // user_pref("media.media-capabilities.enabled", false);
  1218. /*** [SECTION 2600]: MISCELLANEOUS ***/
  1219. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2600 syntax error: the parrot's run down the curtain!");
  1220. /* 2601: prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser [RESTART]
  1221. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser
  1222. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/accessibility-services ***/
  1223. user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
  1224. /* 2602: disable sending additional analytics to web servers
  1225. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Navigator/sendBeacon ***/
  1226. user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
  1227. /* 2603: remove temp files opened with an external application
  1228. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/302433 ***/
  1229. user_pref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true);
  1230. /* 2604: disable page thumbnail collection
  1231. * look in profile/thumbnails directory - you may want to clean that out ***/
  1232. user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1233. /* 2605: block web content in file processes [FF55+]
  1234. * [SETUP-WEB] You may want to disable this for corporate or developer environments
  1235. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1343184 ***/
  1236. user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess", false);
  1237. /* 2606: disable UITour backend so there is no chance that a remote page can use it ***/
  1238. user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);
  1239. user_pref("browser.uitour.url", "");
  1240. /* 2607: disable various developer tools in browser context
  1241. * [SETTING] Devtools>Advanced Settings>Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes
  1242. * [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/179#issuecomment-246468676 ***/
  1243. user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false);
  1244. /* 2608: disable WebIDE to prevent remote debugging and ADB extension download
  1245. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 ***/
  1246. user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false);
  1247. user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false);
  1248. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension", false); // [FF64+]
  1249. /* 2609: disable MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) [FF51+]
  1250. * [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/mathml.php
  1251. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173199 ***/
  1252. user_pref("mathml.disabled", true);
  1253. /* 2610: disable in-content SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) [FF53+]
  1254. * [SETUP-WEB] Expect breakage incl. youtube player controls. Best left for a "hardened" profile.
  1255. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216893 ***/
  1256. // user_pref("svg.disabled", true);
  1257. /* 2611: disable middle mouse click opening links from clipboard
  1258. * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10089
  1259. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Middlemouse.contentLoadURL ***/
  1260. user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false);
  1261. /* 2614: limit HTTP redirects (this does not control redirects with HTML meta tags or JS)
  1262. * [NOTE] A low setting of 5 or under will probably break some sites (e.g. gmail logins)
  1263. * To control HTML Meta tag and JS redirects, use an extension. Default is 20 ***/
  1264. user_pref("network.http.redirection-limit", 10);
  1265. /* 2615: disable websites overriding Firefox's keyboard shortcuts [FF58+]
  1266. * 0 (default) or 1=allow, 2=block
  1267. * [NOTE] In FF65 and under, causes issues with delete and backspace keys (see 1445942)
  1268. * [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Override Keyboard Shortcuts ***/
  1269. // user_pref("permissions.default.shortcuts", 2);
  1270. /* 2616: remove special permissions for certain mozilla domains [FF35+]
  1271. * [1] resource://app/defaults/permissions ***/
  1272. user_pref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", "");
  1273. /* 2617: remove webchannel whitelist ***/
  1274. user_pref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", "");
  1275. /* 2618: disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas [FF44+]
  1276. * [NOTE] See second listed bug: may cause black on black for elements with undefined colors
  1277. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=232227,1330876 ***/
  1278. user_pref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1279. /* 2619: enforce Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing
  1280. * Firefox has *some* protections, but it is better to be safe than sorry. The downside: it will also
  1281. * display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for users of non-latin alphabets
  1282. * [TEST] https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (www.apple.com)
  1283. * [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm
  1284. * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack
  1285. * [3] CVE-2017-5383: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
  1286. * [4] https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ ***/
  1287. user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
  1288. /* 2620: enable Firefox's built-in PDF reader
  1289. * This setting controls if the option "Display in Firefox" in the above setting is available
  1290. * and by effect controls whether PDFs are handled in-browser or externally ("Ask" or "Open With")
  1291. * PROS: pdfjs is lightweight, open source, and as secure/vetted as any pdf reader out there (more than most)
  1292. * Exploits are rare (1 serious case in 4 yrs), treated seriously and patched quickly.
  1293. * It doesn't break "state separation" of browser content (by not sharing with OS, independent apps).
  1294. * It maintains disk avoidance and application data isolation. It's convenient. You can still save to disk.
  1295. * CONS: You may prefer a different pdf reader for security reasons
  1296. * CAVEAT: JS can still force a pdf to open in-browser by bundling its own code (rare)
  1297. * [SETTING] General>Applications>Portable Document Format (PDF) ***/
  1298. user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", false);
  1299. /* 2621: disable links launching Windows Store on Windows 8/8.1/10 [WINDOWS]
  1300. * [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/03/25/block-firefox-chrome-windows-store/ ***/
  1301. user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ms-windows-store", false);
  1302. /** DOWNLOADS ***/
  1303. /* 2650: discourage downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used)
  1304. * [SETTING] To set your default "downloads": General>Downloads>Save files to ***/
  1305. user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2);
  1306. /* 2651: enforce user interaction for security by always asking the user where to download
  1307. * [SETTING] General>Downloads>Always ask you where to save files ***/
  1308. user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
  1309. /* 2652: disable adding downloads to the system's "recent documents" list ***/
  1310. user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false);
  1311. /* 2653: disable hiding mime types (Options>General>Applications) not associated with a plugin ***/
  1312. user_pref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", false);
  1313. /* 2654: disable "open with" in download dialog [FF50+]
  1314. * This is very useful to enable when the browser is sandboxed (e.g. via AppArmor)
  1315. * in such a way that it is forbidden to run external applications.
  1316. * [SETUP-CHROME] This may interfere with some users' workflow or methods
  1317. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1281959 ***/
  1318. user_pref("browser.download.forbid_open_with", true);
  1319. /** EXTENSIONS ***/
  1320. /* 2660: lock down allowed extension directories
  1321. * [SETUP-CHROME] This will break extensions that do not use the default XPI directories
  1322. * [1] https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/
  1323. * [1] archived: https://archive.is/DYjAM ***/
  1324. user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 1); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1325. user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 15);
  1326. /* 2662: disable webextension restrictions on certain mozilla domains (also see 4503) [FF60+]
  1327. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 ***/
  1328. // user_pref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", "");
  1329. /* 2663: enable warning when websites try to install add-ons
  1330. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Warn you when websites try to install add-ons ***/
  1331. user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1332. /** SECURITY ***/
  1333. /* 2680: enable CSP (Content Security Policy)
  1334. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP ***/
  1335. user_pref("security.csp.enable", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1336. /* 2682: enable CSP 1.1 experimental hash-source directive [FF29+]
  1337. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=855326,883975 ***/
  1338. user_pref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true);
  1339. /* 2683: block top level window data: URIs [FF56+]
  1340. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1331351
  1341. * [2] https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/
  1342. * [3] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/data-url-navigations-on-top-level-window-will-be-blocked/ ***/
  1343. user_pref("security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1344. /* 2684: enforce a security delay on some confirmation dialogs such as install, open/save
  1345. * [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox
  1346. * [2] https://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ ***/
  1347. user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700);
  1348. /*** [SECTION 2700]: PERSISTENT STORAGE
  1349. Data SET by websites including
  1350. cookies : profile\cookies.sqlite
  1351. localStorage : profile\webappsstore.sqlite
  1352. indexedDB : profile\storage\default
  1353. appCache : profile\OfflineCache
  1354. serviceWorkers :
  1355. [NOTE] indexedDB and serviceWorkers are not available in Private Browsing Mode
  1356. [NOTE] Blocking cookies also blocks websites access to: localStorage (incl. sessionStorage),
  1357. indexedDB, sharedWorker, and serviceWorker (and therefore service worker cache and notifications)
  1358. If you set a site exception for cookies (either "Allow" or "Allow for Session") then they become
  1359. accessible to websites except shared/service workers where the cookie setting *must* be "Allow"
  1360. ***/
  1361. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2700 syntax error: the parrot's joined the bleedin' choir invisible!");
  1362. /* 2701: disable 3rd-party cookies and site-data
  1363. * 0=Accept cookies and site data (default), 1=(Block) All third-party cookies, 2=(Block) All cookies,
  1364. * 3=(Block) Cookies from unvisited sites, 4=(Block) Third-party trackers (FF63+)
  1365. * [NOTE] Value 4 is tied to the Tracking Protection lists
  1366. * [NOTE] You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension
  1367. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>Custom>Choose what to block>Cookies ***/
  1368. user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
  1369. /* 2702: set third-party cookies (i.e ALL) (if enabled, see 2701) to session-only
  1370. and (FF58+) set third-party non-secure (i.e HTTP) cookies to session-only
  1371. [NOTE] .sessionOnly overrides .nonsecureSessionOnly except when .sessionOnly=false and
  1372. .nonsecureSessionOnly=true. This allows you to keep HTTPS cookies, but session-only HTTP ones
  1373. * [1] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-cookies-for-privacy-in-firefox/
  1374. * [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly ***/
  1375. user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true);
  1376. user_pref("network.cookie.thirdparty.nonsecureSessionOnly", true); // [FF58+]
  1377. /* 2703: delete cookies and site data on close
  1378. * 0=keep until they expire (default), 2=keep until you close Firefox
  1379. * [NOTE] The setting below is disabled (but not changed) if you block all cookies (2701 = 2)
  1380. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Cookies and Site Data>Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed ***/
  1381. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);
  1382. /* 2705: disable HTTP sites setting cookies with the "secure" directive [FF52+]
  1383. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Releases/52#HTTP ***/
  1384. user_pref("network.cookie.leave-secure-alone", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1385. /* 2706: enable support for same-site cookies [FF60+]
  1386. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/795346
  1387. * [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/04/24/same-site-cookies-in-firefox-60/
  1388. * [3] https://www.sjoerdlangkemper.nl/2016/04/14/preventing-csrf-with-samesite-cookie-attribute/ ***/
  1389. // user_pref("network.cookie.same-site.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1390. /* 2710: disable DOM (Document Object Model) Storage
  1391. * [WARNING] This will break a LOT of sites' functionality AND extensions!
  1392. * You are better off using an extension for more granular control ***/
  1393. // user_pref("dom.storage.enabled", false);
  1394. /* 2720: enforce IndexedDB (IDB) as enabled
  1395. * IDB is required for extensions and Firefox internals (even before FF63 in [1])
  1396. * To control *website* IDB data, control allowing cookies and service workers, or use
  1397. * Temporary Containers. To mitigate *website* IDB, FPI helps (4001), and/or sanitize
  1398. * on close (Offline Website Data, see 2800) or on-demand (Ctrl-Shift-Del), or automatically
  1399. * via an extension. Note that IDB currently cannot be sanitized by host.
  1400. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/03/new-backend-for-storage-local-api/ ***/
  1401. user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1402. /* 2730: disable offline cache ***/
  1403. user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
  1404. /* 2730b: disable offline cache on insecure sites [FF60+]
  1405. * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/02/12/restricting-appcache-secure-contexts/ ***/
  1406. user_pref("browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable", false); // [DEFAULT: false in FF62+]
  1407. /* 2731: enforce websites to ask to store data for offline use
  1408. * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1098540
  1409. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/959985 ***/
  1410. user_pref("offline-apps.allow_by_default", false);
  1411. /* 2740: disable service workers cache and cache storage
  1412. * [1] https://w3c.github.io/ServiceWorker/#privacy ***/
  1413. user_pref("dom.caches.enabled", false);
  1414. /* 2750: disable Storage API [FF51+]
  1415. * The API gives sites the ability to find out how much space they can use, how much
  1416. * they are already using, and even control whether or not they need to be alerted
  1417. * before the user agent disposes of site data in order to make room for other things.
  1418. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/StorageManager
  1419. * [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Storage_API
  1420. * [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2017/03/07/firefox-l10n-report-aurora-54/ ***/
  1421. // user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false);
  1422. /* 2755: disable Storage Access API [FF65+]
  1423. * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Storage_Access_API ***/
  1424. // user_pref("dom.storage_access.enabled", false);
  1425. /*** [SECTION 2800]: SHUTDOWN [SETUP-CHROME]
  1426. You should set the values to what suits you best.
  1427. - "Offline Website Data" includes appCache (2730), localStorage (2710),
  1428. Service Worker cache (2740), and QuotaManager (IndexedDB (2720), asm-cache)
  1429. - In both 2803 + 2804, the 'download' and 'history' prefs are combined in the
  1430. Firefox interface as "Browsing & Download History" and their values will be synced
  1431. ***/
  1432. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2800 syntax error: the parrot's bleedin' demised!");
  1433. /* 2802: enable Firefox to clear items on shutdown (see 2803)
  1434. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Clear history when Firefox closes ***/
  1435. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
  1436. /* 2803: set what items to clear on shutdown (if 2802 is true)
  1437. * [NOTE] If 'history' is true, downloads will also be cleared regardless of the value
  1438. * but if 'history' is false, downloads can still be cleared independently
  1439. * However, this may not always be the case. The interface combines and syncs these
  1440. * prefs when set from there, and the sanitize code may change at any time
  1441. * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Clear history when Firefox closes>Settings ***/
  1442. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
  1443. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
  1444. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); // see note above
  1445. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1446. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1447. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1448. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1449. user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1450. /* 2804: reset default items to clear with Ctrl-Shift-Del (to match 2803)
  1451. * This dialog can also be accessed from the menu History>Clear Recent History
  1452. * Firefox remembers your last choices. This will reset them when you start Firefox.
  1453. * [NOTE] Regardless of what you set privacy.cpd.downloads to, as soon as the dialog
  1454. * for "Clear Recent History" is opened, it is synced to the same as 'history' ***/
  1455. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
  1456. user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
  1457. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); // not used, see note above
  1458. user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
  1459. user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
  1460. user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data
  1461. user_pref("privacy.cpd.passwords", false); // this is not listed
  1462. user_pref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true); // Active Logins
  1463. user_pref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
  1464. /* 2805: privacy.*.openWindows (clear session restore data) [FF34+]
  1465. * [NOTE] There is a years-old bug that these cause two windows when Firefox restarts.
  1466. * You do not need these anyway if session restore is cleared with history (see 2803) ***/
  1467. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true);
  1468. // user_pref("privacy.cpd.openWindows", true);
  1469. /* 2806: reset default 'Time range to clear' for 'Clear Recent History' (see 2804)
  1470. * Firefox remembers your last choice. This will reset the value when you start Firefox.
  1471. * 0=everything, 1=last hour, 2=last two hours, 3=last four hours,
  1472. * 4=today, 5=last five minutes, 6=last twenty-four hours
  1473. * [NOTE] The values 5 + 6 are not listed in the dropdown, which will display a
  1474. * blank value if they are used, but they do work as advertised ***/
  1475. user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
  1476. /*** [SECTION 4000]: FPI (FIRST PARTY ISOLATION)
  1477. ** 1278037 - isolate indexedDB (FF51+)
  1478. ** 1277803 - isolate favicons (FF52+)
  1479. ** 1264562 - isolate OCSP cache (FF52+)
  1480. ** 1268726 - isolate Shared Workers (FF52+)
  1481. ** 1316283 - isolate SSL session cache (FF52+)
  1482. ** 1317927 - isolate media cache (FF53+)
  1483. ** 1323644 - isolate HSTS and HPKP (FF54+)
  1484. ** 1334690 - isolate HTTP Alternative Services (FF54+)
  1485. ** 1334693 - isolate SPDY/HTTP2 (FF55+)
  1486. ** 1337893 - isolate DNS cache (FF55+)
  1487. ** 1344170 - isolate blob: URI (FF55+)
  1488. ** 1300671 - isolate data:, about: URLs (FF55+)
  1489. ** 1473247 - isolate IP addresses (FF63+)
  1490. ** 1492607 - isolate postMessage with targetOrigin "*" (requires 4002) (FF65+)
  1491. ***/
  1492. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4000 syntax error: the parrot's pegged out");
  1493. /* 4001: enable First Party Isolation [FF51+]
  1494. * [SETUP-WEB] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected
  1495. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931 ***/
  1496. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
  1497. /* 4002: enforce FPI restriction for window.opener [FF54+]
  1498. * [NOTE] Setting this to false may reduce the breakage in 4001
  1499. * FF65+ blocks postMessage with targetOrigin "*" if originAttributes don't match. But
  1500. * to reduce breakage it ignores the 1st-party domain (FPD) originAttribute. (see [2],[3])
  1501. * The 2nd pref removes that limitation and will only allow communication if FPDs also match.
  1502. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1319773#c22
  1503. * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1492607
  1504. * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage ***/
  1505. user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  1506. // user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.block_post_message", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1507. /*** [SECTION 4500]: RFP (RESIST FINGERPRINTING)
  1508. This master switch will be used for a wide range of items, many of which will
  1509. **override** existing prefs from FF55+, often providing a **better** solution
  1510. IMPORTANT: As existing prefs become redundant, and some of them WILL interfere
  1511. with how RFP works, they will be moved to section 4600 and made inactive
  1512. ** 418986 - limit window.screen & CSS media queries leaking identifiable info (FF41+)
  1513. [POC] http://ip-check.info/?lang=en (screen, usable screen, and browser window will match)
  1514. [NOTE] Does not cover everything yet - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216800
  1515. [NOTE] This will probably make your values pretty unique until you resize or snap the
  1516. inner window width + height into standard/common resolutions (such as 1366x768)
  1517. To set a size, open a XUL (chrome) page (such as about:config) which is at 100% zoom, hit
  1518. Shift+F4 to open the scratchpad, type window.resizeTo(1366,768), hit Ctrl+R to run. Test
  1519. your window size, do some math, resize to allow for all the non inner window elements
  1520. [TEST] https://ghacksuserjs.github.io/TorZillaPrint/TorZillaPrint.html#screen
  1521. ** 1281949 - spoof screen orientation (FF50+)
  1522. ** 1281963 - hide the contents of navigator.plugins and navigator.mimeTypes (FF50+)
  1523. FF53: Fixes GetSupportedNames in nsMimeTypeArray and nsPluginArray (1324044)
  1524. ** 1330890 - spoof timezone as UTC 0 (FF55+)
  1525. FF58: Date.toLocaleFormat deprecated (818634)
  1526. FF60: Date.toLocaleDateString and Intl.DateTimeFormat fixed (1409973)
  1527. ** 1360039 - spoof navigator.hardwareConcurrency as 2 (see 4601) (FF55+)
  1528. This spoof *shouldn't* affect core chrome/Firefox performance
  1529. ** 1217238 - reduce precision of time exposed by javascript (FF55+)
  1530. ** 1369303 - spoof/disable performance API (see 2410-deprecated, 4602, 4603) (FF56+)
  1531. ** 1333651 & 1383495 & 1396468 - spoof Navigator API (see section 4700) (FF56+)
  1532. FF56: The version number will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 10
  1533. FF57: The version number will match current ESR (1393283, 1418672, 1418162, 1511763)
  1534. FF59: The OS will be reported as Windows, OSX, Android, or Linux (to reduce breakage) (1404608)
  1535. FF66: The OS in HTTP Headers will be reduced to Windows or Android (1509829)
  1536. ** 1369319 - disable device sensor API (see 4604) (FF56+)
  1537. ** 1369357 - disable site specific zoom (see 4605) (FF56+)
  1538. ** 1337161 - hide gamepads from content (see 4606) (FF56+)
  1539. ** 1372072 - spoof network information API as "unknown" when dom.netinfo.enabled = true (see 4607) (FF56+)
  1540. ** 1333641 - reduce fingerprinting in WebSpeech API (see 4608) (FF56+)
  1541. ** 1372069 & 1403813 & 1441295 - block geolocation requests (same as denying a site permission) (see 0201, 0201b) (FF56-62)
  1542. ** 1369309 - spoof media statistics (see 4610) (FF57+)
  1543. ** 1382499 - reduce screen co-ordinate fingerprinting in Touch API (see 4611) (FF57+)
  1544. ** 1217290 & 1409677 - enable fingerprinting resistance for WebGL (see 2010-12) (FF57+)
  1545. ** 1382545 - reduce fingerprinting in Animation API (FF57+)
  1546. ** 1354633 - limit MediaError.message to a whitelist (FF57+)
  1547. ** 1382533 - enable fingerprinting resistance for Presentation API (FF57+)
  1548. This blocks exposure of local IP Addresses via mDNS (Multicast DNS)
  1549. ** 967895 - enable site permission prompt before allowing canvas data extraction (FF58+)
  1550. FF59: Added to site permissions panel (1413780) Only prompt when triggered by user input (1376865)
  1551. ** 1372073 - spoof/block fingerprinting in MediaDevices API (FF59+)
  1552. Spoof: enumerate devices reports one "Internal Camera" and one "Internal Microphone" if
  1553. media.navigator.enabled is true (see 2505 which we chose to keep disabled)
  1554. Block: suppresses the ondevicechange event (see 4612)
  1555. ** 1039069 - warn when language prefs are set to non en-US (see 0207, 0208) (FF59+)
  1556. ** 1222285 & 1433592 - spoof keyboard events and suppress keyboard modifier events (FF59+)
  1557. Spoofing mimics the content language of the document. Currently it only supports en-US.
  1558. Modifier events suppressed are SHIFT and both ALT keys. Chrome is not affected.
  1559. FF60: Fix keydown/keyup events (1438795)
  1560. ** 1337157 - disable WebGL debug renderer info (see 4613) (FF60+)
  1561. ** 1459089 - disable OS locale in HTTP Accept-Language headers (ANDROID) (FF62+)
  1562. ** 1363508 - spoof/suppress Pointer Events (see 4614) (FF64+)
  1563. FF65: pointerEvent.pointerid (1492766)
  1564. ** 1485266 - disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (see 2618) (FF67+)
  1565. ** 1407366 - enable inner window letterboxing (see 4504) (FF67+)
  1566. ***/
  1567. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4500 syntax error: the parrot's popped 'is clogs");
  1568. /* 4501: enable privacy.resistFingerprinting [FF41+]
  1569. * This pref is the master switch for all other privacy.resist* prefs unless stated
  1570. * [SETUP-WEB] RFP is not ready for the masses, so expect some website breakage
  1571. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/418986 ***/
  1572. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true);
  1573. /* 4502: set new window sizes to round to hundreds [FF55+] [SETUP-CHROME]
  1574. * Width will round down to multiples of 200s and height to 100s, to fit your screen.
  1575. * The override values are a starting point to round from if you want some control
  1576. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1330882
  1577. * [2] https://hardware.metrics.mozilla.com/ ***/
  1578. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerWidth", 1600); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1579. // user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerHeight", 900); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1580. /* 4503: disable mozAddonManager Web API [FF57+]
  1581. * [NOTE] As a side-effect in FF57-59 this allowed extensions to work on AMO. In FF60+ you also need
  1582. * to sanitize or clear extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains (see 2662) to keep that side-effect
  1583. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 ***/
  1584. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1585. /* 4504: enable RFP letterboxing [FF67+]
  1586. * Dynamically resizes the inner window in 200w x100h steps by applying letterboxing, using dimensions
  1587. * which waste the least content area, If you use the dimension pref, then it will only apply those
  1588. * resolutions. The format is "width1xheight1, width2xheight2, ..." (e.g. "800x600, 1000x1000, 1600x900")
  1589. * [NOTE] This does NOT require RFP (see 4501) **for now**
  1590. * [WARNING] The dimension pref is only meant for testing, and we recommend you DO NOT USE it
  1591. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1407366 ***/
  1592. user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1593. // user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing.dimensions", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1594. /* 4510: disable showing about:blank as soon as possible during startup [FF60+]
  1595. * When default true (FF62+) this no longer masks the RFP chrome resizing activity
  1596. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1448423 ***/
  1597. user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false);
  1598. /*** [SECTION 4600]: RFP ALTERNATIVES
  1599. * IF you DO use RFP (see 4500) then you DO NOT need these redundant prefs. In fact,
  1600. some even cause RFP to not behave as you would expect and alter your fingerprint.
  1601. Make sure they are RESET in about:config as per your Firefox version
  1602. * IF you DO NOT use RFP or are on ESR... then turn on each ESR section below
  1603. ***/
  1604. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4600 syntax error: the parrot's crossed the Jordan");
  1605. /* [SETUP-non-RFP] Non-RFP users replace the * with a slash on this line to enable these
  1606. // FF55+
  1607. // 4601: [2514] spoof (or limit?) number of CPU cores [FF48+]
  1608. // [NOTE] *may* affect core chrome/Firefox performance, will affect content.
  1609. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1008453
  1610. // [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21675
  1611. // [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/22127
  1612. // [4] https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/workers.html#navigator.hardwareconcurrency
  1613. // user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
  1614. // * * * /
  1615. // FF56+
  1616. // 4602: [2411] disable resource/navigation timing
  1617. user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false);
  1618. // 4603: [2412] disable timing attacks
  1619. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox/NavigationTimingAPI
  1620. user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false);
  1621. // 4604: [2512] disable device sensor API
  1622. // Optional protection depending on your device
  1623. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15758
  1624. // [2] https://blog.lukaszolejnik.com/stealing-sensitive-browser-data-with-the-w3c-ambient-light-sensor-api/
  1625. // [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1357733,1292751
  1626. // user_pref("device.sensors.enabled", false);
  1627. // 4605: [2515] disable site specific zoom
  1628. // Zoom levels affect screen res and are highly fingerprintable. This does not stop you using
  1629. // zoom, it will just not use/remember any site specific settings. Zoom levels on new tabs
  1630. // and new windows are reset to default and only the current tab retains the current zoom
  1631. user_pref("browser.zoom.siteSpecific", false);
  1632. // 4606: [2501] disable gamepad API - USB device ID enumeration
  1633. // Optional protection depending on your connected devices
  1634. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13023
  1635. // user_pref("dom.gamepad.enabled", false);
  1636. // 4607: [2503] disable giving away network info [FF31+]
  1637. // e.g. bluetooth, cellular, ethernet, wifi, wimax, other, mixed, unknown, none
  1638. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API
  1639. // [2] https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/
  1640. // [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/960426
  1641. user_pref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true on Android]
  1642. // 4608: [2021] disable the SpeechSynthesis (Text-to-Speech) part of the Web Speech API
  1643. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Web_Speech_API
  1644. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SpeechSynthesis
  1645. // [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/HTML5_Speech_API
  1646. user_pref("media.webspeech.synth.enabled", false);
  1647. // * * * /
  1648. // FF57+
  1649. // 4610: [2506] disable video statistics - JS performance fingerprinting [FF25+]
  1650. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15757
  1651. // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/654550
  1652. user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false);
  1653. // 4611: [2509] disable touch events
  1654. // fingerprinting attack vector - leaks screen res & actual screen coordinates
  1655. // 0=disabled, 1=enabled, 2=autodetect
  1656. // Optional protection depending on your device
  1657. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Touch_events
  1658. // [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10286
  1659. // user_pref("dom.w3c_touch_events.enabled", 0);
  1660. // * * * /
  1661. // FF59+
  1662. // 4612: [2511] disable MediaDevices change detection [FF51+]
  1663. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/Events/devicechange
  1664. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/MediaDevices/ondevicechange
  1665. user_pref("media.ondevicechange.enabled", false);
  1666. // * * * /
  1667. // FF60+
  1668. // 4613: [2011] disable WebGL debug info being available to websites
  1669. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1171228
  1670. // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_debug_renderer_info
  1671. user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false);
  1672. // * * * /
  1673. // FF65+
  1674. // 4614: [2516] disable PointerEvents
  1675. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
  1676. user_pref("dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled", false);
  1677. // * * * /
  1678. // ***/
  1679. /*** [SECTION 4700]: RFP ALTERNATIVES (NAVIGATOR / USER AGENT (UA) SPOOFING)
  1680. This is FYI ONLY. These prefs are INSUFFICIENT(a) on their own, you need
  1681. to use RFP (4500) or an extension, in which case they become POINTLESS.
  1682. (a) Many of the components that make up your UA can be derived by other means.
  1683. And when those values differ, you provide more bits and raise entropy.
  1684. Examples of leaks include navigator objects, date locale/formats, iframes,
  1685. headers, tcp/ip attributes, feature detection, and **many** more.
  1686. ALL values below intentionally left blank - use RFP, or get a vetted, tested
  1687. extension and mimic RFP values to *lower* entropy, or randomize to *raise* it
  1688. ***/
  1689. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4700 syntax error: the parrot's taken 'is last bow");
  1690. /* 4701: navigator.userAgent ***/
  1691. // user_pref("general.useragent.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1692. /* 4702: navigator.buildID
  1693. * Revealed build time down to the second. In FF64+ it now returns a fixed timestamp
  1694. * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/583181
  1695. * [2] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/ ***/
  1696. // user_pref("general.buildID.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1697. /* 4703: navigator.appName ***/
  1698. // user_pref("general.appname.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1699. /* 4704: navigator.appVersion ***/
  1700. // user_pref("general.appversion.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1701. /* 4705: navigator.platform ***/
  1702. // user_pref("general.platform.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1703. /* 4706: navigator.oscpu ***/
  1704. // user_pref("general.oscpu.override", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1705. /*** [SECTION 5000]: PERSONAL
  1706. Non-project related but useful. If any of these interest you, add them to your overrides ***/
  1707. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "5000 syntax error: this is an ex-parrot!");
  1708. /* WELCOME & WHAT's NEW NOTICES ***/
  1709. // user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); // master switch
  1710. // user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "");
  1711. // user_pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", "");
  1712. // user_pref("startup.homepage_override_url", ""); // What's New page after updates
  1713. /* WARNINGS ***/
  1714. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false);
  1715. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnCloseOtherTabs", false);
  1716. // user_pref("browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false);
  1717. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0);
  1718. // user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);
  1719. // user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
  1720. /* APPEARANCE ***/
  1721. // user_pref("browser.download.autohideButton", false); // [FF57+]
  1722. // user_pref("toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
  1723. /* CONTENT BEHAVIOR ***/
  1724. // user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true); // enable "Find As You Type"
  1725. // user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false); // disable autocopy default [LINUX]
  1726. // user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 2); // 0=none, 1-multi-line, 2=multi-line & single-line
  1727. /* UX BEHAVIOR ***/
  1728. // user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 2); // 0=previous page, 1=scroll up, 2=do nothing
  1729. // user_pref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false);
  1730. // user_pref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true); // open bookmarks in a new tab [FF57+]
  1731. // user_pref("browser.urlbar.decodeURLsOnCopy", true); // see bugzilla 1320061 [FF53+]
  1732. // user_pref("general.autoScroll", false); // middle-click enabling auto-scrolling [WINDOWS] [MAC]
  1733. // user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0); // disable alt key toggling the menu bar [RESTART]
  1734. /* OTHER ***/
  1735. // user_pref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 2);
  1736. // user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false); // disable CFR [FF64+]
  1737. // [SETTING] General>Browsing>Recommend extensions as you browse
  1738. // [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extension-recommendations
  1739. // user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false); // disable and hide Firefox Accounts and Sync [FF60+] [RESTART]
  1740. // user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); // see bugzilla 620472
  1741. // user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false); // "Reader View"
  1742. // user_pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", false); // enforced extension signing (Nightly/ESR)
  1743. /*** [SECTION 9999]: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
  1744. Documentation denoted as [-]. Numbers may be re-used. See [1] for a link-clickable,
  1745. viewer-friendly version of the deprecated bugzilla tickets. The original state of each pref
  1746. has been preserved, or changed to match the current setup, but you are advised to review them.
  1747. [NOTE] Up to FF53, to enable a section change /* FFxx to // FFxx
  1748. For FF53 on, we have bundled releases to cater for ESR. Change /* to // on the first line
  1749. [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/123
  1750. ***/
  1751. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "9999 syntax error: the parrot's deprecated!");
  1752. /* FF42 and older
  1753. // 2604: (25+) disable page thumbnails - replaced by browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled
  1754. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/897811
  1755. user_pref("pageThumbs.enabled", false);
  1756. // 2503: (31+) disable network API - replaced by dom.netinfo.enabled
  1757. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/960426
  1758. user_pref("dom.network.enabled", false);
  1759. // 2600's: (35+) disable WebSockets
  1760. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1091016
  1761. user_pref("network.websocket.enabled", false);
  1762. // 1610: (36+) set DNT "value" to "not be tracked" [FF21+]
  1763. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Privacy.donottrackheader.value
  1764. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1042135#c101
  1765. // user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
  1766. // 2023: (37+) disable camera autofocus callback
  1767. // The API will be superseded by the WebRTC Capture and Stream API
  1768. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Archive/B2G_OS/API/CameraControl
  1769. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107683
  1770. user_pref("camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled", false);
  1771. // 0415: (41+) disable reporting URLs (safe browsing) - removed or replaced by various
  1772. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1109475
  1773. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL
  1774. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL", ""); // removed
  1775. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL
  1776. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL", ""); // removed
  1777. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportURL", ""); // removed
  1778. // 0702: (41+) disable HTTP2 (draft)
  1779. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1132357
  1780. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2draft", false);
  1781. // 1804: (41+) disable plugin enumeration
  1782. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1169945
  1783. user_pref("plugins.enumerable_names", "");
  1784. // 2803: (42+) clear passwords on shutdown
  1785. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1102184
  1786. // user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.passwords", false);
  1787. // 5002: (42+) disable warning when a domain requests full screen
  1788. // replaced by setting full-screen-api.warning.timeout to zero
  1789. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1160017
  1790. // user_pref("full-screen-api.approval-required", false);
  1791. // ***/
  1792. /* FF43
  1793. // 0410's: disable safebrowsing urls & updates - replaced by various
  1794. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107372
  1795. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL
  1796. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL
  1797. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL
  1798. // 0420's: disable tracking protection - replaced by various
  1799. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1107372
  1800. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.gethashURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL
  1801. // user_pref("browser.trackingprotection.updateURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL
  1802. // 1803: remove plugin finder service
  1803. // [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Pfs.datasource.url
  1804. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1202193
  1805. user_pref("pfs.datasource.url", "");
  1806. // 5003: disable new search panel UI
  1807. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1119250
  1808. // user_pref("browser.search.showOneOffButtons", false);
  1809. // ***/
  1810. /* FF44
  1811. // 0414: disable safebrowsing's real-time binary checking (google) [FF43+]
  1812. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1237103
  1813. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL", ""); // browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL
  1814. // 1200's: block rc4 whitelist
  1815. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1215796
  1816. user_pref("security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list", false);
  1817. // 2300's: disable SharedWorkers
  1818. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/15562
  1819. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1207635
  1820. user_pref("dom.workers.sharedWorkers.enabled", false);
  1821. // 2403: disable scripts changing images
  1822. // [TEST] https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_img_src2
  1823. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/773429
  1824. // user_pref("dom.disable_image_src_set", true);
  1825. // ***/
  1826. /* FF45
  1827. // 1021b: disable deferred level of storing extra session data 0=all 1=http-only 2=none
  1828. // extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data
  1829. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1235379
  1830. user_pref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level_deferred", 2);
  1831. // ***/
  1832. /* FF46
  1833. // 0340: disable health report
  1834. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1234526
  1835. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1836. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.documentServerURI", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1837. // 0341: disable FHR (Firefox Health Report) v2 data being sent to Mozilla servers
  1838. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1234522
  1839. user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled.v2", false);
  1840. // 0414: disable safebrowsing pref - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url
  1841. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1239587
  1842. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); // Google application reputation check
  1843. // 0420: disable polaris (part of Tracking Protection, never used in stable)
  1844. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1235565
  1845. // user_pref("browser.polaris.enabled", false);
  1846. // 0510: disable "Pocket" [FF39+] - replaced by extensions.pocket.*
  1847. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1215694
  1848. user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false);
  1849. user_pref("browser.pocket.api", "");
  1850. user_pref("browser.pocket.site", "");
  1851. user_pref("browser.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", "");
  1852. // ***/
  1853. /* FF47
  1854. // 0330b: set unifiedIsOptIn to make sure telemetry respects OptIn choice and that telemetry
  1855. // is enabled ONLY for people that opted into it, even if unified Telemetry is enabled
  1856. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1236580
  1857. user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unifiedIsOptIn", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1858. // 0340b: disable about:healthreport page UNIFIED
  1859. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1236580
  1860. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrlUnified", "data:text/plain,");
  1861. // 0807: disable history manipulation
  1862. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/History_API
  1863. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1249542
  1864. user_pref("browser.history.allowPopState", false);
  1865. user_pref("browser.history.allowPushState", false);
  1866. user_pref("browser.history.allowReplaceState", false);
  1867. // ***/
  1868. /* FF48
  1869. // 0806: disable 'unified complete': 'Search with [default search engine]'
  1870. // [-] http://techdows.com/2016/05/firefox-unified-complete-aboutconfig-preference-removed.html
  1871. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1181078
  1872. user_pref("browser.urlbar.unifiedcomplete", false);
  1873. // ***/
  1874. /* FF49
  1875. // 0372: disable "Hello"
  1876. // [1] https://www.mozilla.org/privacy/archive/hello/2016-03/
  1877. // [2] https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/94284/how-secure-is-firefox-hello
  1878. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1287827
  1879. user_pref("loop.enabled", false);
  1880. user_pref("loop.server", "");
  1881. user_pref("loop.feedback.formURL", "");
  1882. user_pref("loop.feedback.manualFormURL", "");
  1883. user_pref("loop.facebook.appId", "");
  1884. user_pref("loop.facebook.enabled", false);
  1885. user_pref("loop.facebook.fallbackUrl", "");
  1886. user_pref("loop.facebook.shareUrl", "");
  1887. user_pref("loop.logDomains", false);
  1888. // 2201: disable new window scrollbars being hidden
  1889. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1257887
  1890. user_pref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars", true);
  1891. // 2303: disable push notification (UDP wake-up)
  1892. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1265914
  1893. user_pref("dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled", false);
  1894. // ***/
  1895. /* FF50
  1896. // 0101: disable Windows10 intro on startup [WINDOWS]
  1897. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1274633
  1898. user_pref("browser.usedOnWindows10.introURL", "");
  1899. // 0308: disable plugin update notifications
  1900. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1277905
  1901. user_pref("plugins.update.notifyUser", false);
  1902. // 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content" - replaced by browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled
  1903. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1025965
  1904. // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
  1905. // 1266: disable rc4 ciphers
  1906. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/17369
  1907. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1268728
  1908. // [-] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2016/rc4-support-has-been-completely-removed/
  1909. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1910. user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1911. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false);
  1912. user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false);
  1913. // 1809: remove Mozilla's plugin update URL
  1914. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1277905
  1915. user_pref("plugins.update.url", "");
  1916. // ***/
  1917. /* FF51
  1918. // 0702: disable SPDY
  1919. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1248197
  1920. user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.v3-1", false);
  1921. // 1851: delay play of videos until they're visible
  1922. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1180563
  1923. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1262053
  1924. user_pref("media.block-play-until-visible", true);
  1925. // 2504: disable virtual reality devices
  1926. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1250244
  1927. user_pref("dom.vr.oculus050.enabled", false);
  1928. // ***/
  1929. /* FF52
  1930. // 1601: disable referer from an SSL Website
  1931. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1308725
  1932. user_pref("network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer", false);
  1933. // 1850: disable Adobe EME "Primetime CDM" (Content Decryption Module)
  1934. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16285
  1935. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1329538,1337121 // FF52
  1936. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1329543 // FF53
  1937. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled", false);
  1938. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.visible", false);
  1939. user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate", false);
  1940. // 2405: disable WebTelephony API
  1941. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony
  1942. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1309719
  1943. user_pref("dom.telephony.enabled", false);
  1944. // ***/
  1945. /* FF53
  1946. // 1265: block rc4 fallback
  1947. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1130670
  1948. user_pref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false);
  1949. // 1806: disable Acrobat, Quicktime, WMP (the string = min version number allowed)
  1950. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1317108,1317109,1317110
  1951. user_pref("plugin.scan.Acrobat", "99999");
  1952. user_pref("plugin.scan.Quicktime", "99999");
  1953. user_pref("plugin.scan.WindowsMediaPlayer", "99999");
  1954. // 2022: disable screensharing
  1955. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1329562
  1956. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allow_on_old_platforms", false);
  1957. // 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting
  1958. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1322736
  1959. user_pref("dom.beforeAfterKeyboardEvent.enabled", false);
  1960. // ***/
  1961. /* FF54
  1962. // 0415: disable reporting URLs (safe browsing)
  1963. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1288633
  1964. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL", "");
  1965. user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL", "");
  1966. // 1830: block websites detecting DRM is disabled
  1967. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1242321
  1968. user_pref("media.eme.apiVisible", false);
  1969. // 2425: disable Archive Reader API
  1970. // i.e. reading archive contents directly in the browser, through DOM file objects
  1971. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1342361
  1972. user_pref("dom.archivereader.enabled", false);
  1973. // ***/
  1974. /* FF55
  1975. // 0209: disable geolocation on non-secure origins [FF54+]
  1976. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1269531
  1977. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1072859
  1978. user_pref("geo.security.allowinsecure", false);
  1979. // 0336: disable "Heartbeat" (Mozilla user rating telemetry) [FF37+]
  1980. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18738
  1981. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1361578
  1982. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.enabled", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  1983. user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", "");
  1984. // 0360: disable new tab "pings"
  1985. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1241390
  1986. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "data:text/plain,");
  1987. // 0861: disable saving form history on secure websites
  1988. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1361220
  1989. user_pref("browser.formfill.saveHttpsForms", false);
  1990. // 0863: disable Form Autofill [FF54+] - replaced by extensions.formautofill.*
  1991. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1364334
  1992. user_pref("browser.formautofill.enabled", false);
  1993. // 2410: disable User Timing API
  1994. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16336
  1995. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1344669
  1996. user_pref("dom.enable_user_timing", false);
  1997. // 2507: disable keyboard fingerprinting (physical keyboards) [FF38+]
  1998. // The Keyboard API allows tracking the "read parameter" of pressed keys in forms on
  1999. // web pages. These parameters vary between types of keyboard layouts such as QWERTY,
  2000. // AZERTY, Dvorak, and between various languages, e.g. German vs English.
  2001. // [WARNING] Don't use if Android + physical keyboard
  2002. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/KeyboardEvent/code
  2003. // [2] https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_21v.htm
  2004. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352949
  2005. user_pref("dom.keyboardevent.code.enabled", false);
  2006. // 5015: disable tab animation - replaced by toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled
  2007. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352069
  2008. user_pref("browser.tabs.animate", false);
  2009. // 5016: disable fullscreeen animation - replaced by toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled
  2010. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352069
  2011. user_pref("browser.fullscreen.animate", false);
  2012. // ***/
  2013. /* FF56
  2014. // 0515: disable Screenshots (rollout pref only) [FF54+]
  2015. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1386333
  2016. // user_pref("extensions.screenshots.system-disabled", true);
  2017. // 0517: disable Form Autofill [FF55+] - replaced by extensions.formautofill.available
  2018. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1385201
  2019. user_pref("extensions.formautofill.experimental", false);
  2020. // ***/
  2021. /* FF57
  2022. // 0374: disable "social" integration
  2023. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Social_API
  2024. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1388902,1406193 (some leftovers were removed in FF58)
  2025. user_pref("social.whitelist", "");
  2026. user_pref("social.toast-notifications.enabled", false);
  2027. user_pref("social.shareDirectory", "");
  2028. user_pref("social.remote-install.enabled", false);
  2029. user_pref("social.directories", "");
  2030. user_pref("social.share.activationPanelEnabled", false);
  2031. user_pref("social.enabled", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  2032. // 1830: disable DRM's EME WideVineAdapter [FF55+]
  2033. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1395468
  2034. user_pref("media.eme.chromium-api.enabled", false);
  2035. // 2608: disable WebIDE extension downloads (Valence)
  2036. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
  2037. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1393497
  2038. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters", false);
  2039. user_pref("devtools.webide.adaptersAddonURL", "");
  2040. // 2600's: disable SimpleServiceDiscovery - which can bypass proxy settings - e.g. Roku
  2041. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
  2042. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1393582
  2043. user_pref("browser.casting.enabled", false);
  2044. // 5022: hide recently bookmarked items (you still have the original bookmarks) [FF49+]
  2045. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1401238
  2046. user_pref("browser.bookmarks.showRecentlyBookmarked", false);
  2047. // ***/
  2048. /* FF58
  2049. // 0351: disable sending of crash reports [FF51+] - replaced by *.autoSubmit2
  2050. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1424373
  2051. user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit", false);
  2052. // ***/
  2053. /* FF59
  2054. // 0203: disable using OS locale, force APP locale - replaced by intl.locale.requested
  2055. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1414390
  2056. user_pref("intl.locale.matchOS", false);
  2057. // 0204: set APP locale - replaced by intl.locale.requested
  2058. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1414390
  2059. user_pref("general.useragent.locale", "en-US");
  2060. // 0340b: disable about:healthreport page (which connects to Mozilla for locale/css+js+json)
  2061. // If you have disabled health reports, then this about page is useless - disable it
  2062. // If you want to see what health data is present, then this must be set at default
  2063. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1352497
  2064. user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl", "data:,");
  2065. // 0511: disable FlyWeb [FF49+]
  2066. // Flyweb is a set of APIs for advertising and discovering local-area web servers
  2067. // [1] https://flyweb.github.io/
  2068. // [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb/Security_scenarios
  2069. // [3] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/26/firefox-flyweb/
  2070. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1374574
  2071. user_pref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false);
  2072. // 1007: disable randomized FF HTTP cache decay experiments
  2073. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13575
  2074. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1430197
  2075. user_pref("browser.cache.frecency_experiment", -1);
  2076. // 1242: enable Mixed-Content-Blocker to use the HSTS cache but disable the HSTS Priming requests [FF51+]
  2077. // Allow resources from domains with an existing HSTS cache record or in the HSTS preload list
  2078. // to be upgraded to HTTPS internally but disable sending out HSTS Priming requests, because
  2079. // those may cause noticeable delays e.g. requests time out or are not handled well by servers
  2080. // [NOTE] If you want to use the priming requests make sure 'use_hsts' is also true
  2081. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1246540#c145
  2082. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1424917
  2083. user_pref("security.mixed_content.use_hsts", true);
  2084. user_pref("security.mixed_content.send_hsts_priming", false);
  2085. // 1606: set the default Referrer Policy [FF53+] - replaced by network.http.referer.defaultPolicy
  2086. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/587523
  2087. user_pref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", 3);
  2088. // 1804: disable plugins using external/untrusted scripts with XPCOM or XPConnect
  2089. // [-] (part8) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2090. user_pref("security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted", false);
  2091. // 2022: disable screensharing domain whitelist
  2092. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1411742
  2093. user_pref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.allowed_domains", "");
  2094. // 2023: disable camera stuff
  2095. // [-] (part7) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2096. user_pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false);
  2097. // 2202: prevent scripts from changing the status text
  2098. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1425999
  2099. user_pref("dom.disable_window_status_change", true);
  2100. // 2416: disable idle observation
  2101. // [-] (part7) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1416703#c21
  2102. user_pref("dom.idle-observers-api.enabled", false);
  2103. // ***/
  2104. /* FF60
  2105. // 0360: disable new tab tile ads & preload & marketing junk
  2106. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1370930,1433133
  2107. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "data:text/plain,");
  2108. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false);
  2109. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true);
  2110. // 0512: disable Shield [FF53+] - renamed to app.normandy.* (see 0503)
  2111. // Shield is an telemetry system (including Heartbeat) that can also push and test "recipes"
  2112. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield
  2113. // [2] https://github.com/mozilla/normandy
  2114. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1436113
  2115. user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false);
  2116. user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.api_url", "");
  2117. // 0514: disable Activity Stream [FF54+]
  2118. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1433324
  2119. user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
  2120. // 2301: disable workers
  2121. // [SETUP-WEB] Disabling workers *will* break sites (e.g. Google Street View, Twitter)
  2122. // [NOTE] CVE-2016-5259, CVE-2016-2812, CVE-2016-1949, CVE-2016-5287 (fixed)
  2123. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1434934
  2124. user_pref("dom.workers.enabled", false);
  2125. // 5000's: open "page/selection source" in a new window
  2126. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1418403
  2127. // user_pref("view_source.tab", false);
  2128. // ***/
  2129. /* ESR60.x still uses all the following prefs
  2130. // [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable them
  2131. // FF61
  2132. // 0501: disable experiments
  2133. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments
  2134. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1420908,1450801
  2135. user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
  2136. user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "");
  2137. user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
  2138. user_pref("experiments.activeExperiment", false);
  2139. // 2612: disable remote JAR files being opened, regardless of content type [FF42+]
  2140. // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173171
  2141. // [2] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/jar-protocol-support-has-been-disabled-by-default/
  2142. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726
  2143. user_pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
  2144. // 2613: disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types
  2145. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726
  2146. user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
  2147. // * * * /
  2148. // FF62
  2149. // 1803: disable Java plugin
  2150. // [-] (part5) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1461243
  2151. user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0);
  2152. // * * * /
  2153. // FF63
  2154. // 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
  2155. // [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
  2156. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1462015
  2157. user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
  2158. // 0301a: disable auto-update checks for Firefox
  2159. // [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Never check for updates
  2160. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1420514
  2161. // user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
  2162. // 0402: enable Kinto blocklist updates [FF50+]
  2163. // What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications
  2164. // As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be
  2165. // revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes
  2166. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1458917
  2167. user_pref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  2168. // 0503: disable "Savant" Shield study [FF61+]
  2169. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457226
  2170. user_pref("shield.savant.enabled", false);
  2171. // 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks - merged into browser.chrome.site_icons
  2172. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1453751
  2173. // user_pref("browser.chrome.favicons", false);
  2174. // 2030: disable autoplay of HTML5 media - replaced by media.autoplay.default
  2175. // [SETUP-WEB] This may break video playback on various sites
  2176. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1470082
  2177. user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);
  2178. // 2704: set cookie lifetime in days (see 2703)
  2179. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457170
  2180. // user_pref("network.cookie.lifetime.days", 90); // [DEFAULT: 90]
  2181. // 5000's: enable "Ctrl+Tab cycles through tabs in recently used order" - replaced by browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder
  2182. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1473595
  2183. // user_pref("browser.ctrlTab.previews", true);
  2184. // * * * /
  2185. // FF64
  2186. // 0516: disable Onboarding [FF55+]
  2187. // Onboarding is an interactive tour/setup for new installs/profiles and features. Every time
  2188. // about:home or about:newtab is opened, the onboarding overlay is injected into that page
  2189. // [NOTE] Onboarding uses Google Analytics [2], and leaks resource://URIs [3]
  2190. // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Onboarding
  2191. // [2] https://github.com/mozilla/onboard/commit/db4d6c8726c89a5d6a241c1b1065827b525c5baf
  2192. // [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/863246#c154
  2193. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1462415
  2194. user_pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);
  2195. // 2608: disable WebIDE ADB extension downloads - both renamed
  2196. // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
  2197. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1491315
  2198. user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper", false);
  2199. user_pref("devtools.webide.adbAddonURL", "");
  2200. // 2681: disable CSP violation events [FF59+]
  2201. // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SecurityPolicyViolationEvent
  2202. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1488165
  2203. user_pref("security.csp.enable_violation_events", false);
  2204. // * * * /
  2205. // FF65
  2206. // 0850a: disable location bar autocomplete and suggestion types
  2207. // If you enforce any of the suggestion types (see the other 0850a), you MUST enforce 'autocomplete'
  2208. // - If *ALL* of the suggestion types are false, 'autocomplete' must also be false
  2209. // - If *ANY* of the suggestion types are true, 'autocomplete' must also be true
  2210. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1502392
  2211. user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
  2212. // 0908: remove user & password info when attempting to fix an entered URL (i.e. 0802 is true)
  2213. // e.g. //user:password@foo -> //user@(prefix)foo(suffix) NOT //user:password@(prefix)foo(suffix)
  2214. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1510580
  2215. user_pref("browser.fixup.hide_user_pass", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
  2216. // * * * /
  2217. // FF66
  2218. // 0380: disable Browser Error Reporter [FF60+]
  2219. // [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-nightly-error-collection
  2220. // [2] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/browser/BrowserErrorReporter.html
  2221. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1509888
  2222. user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.enabled", false);
  2223. user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.submitUrl", "");
  2224. // 0502: disable Mozilla permission to silently opt you into tests
  2225. // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1415625
  2226. user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
  2227. // * * * /
  2228. // ***/
  2229. /* END: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors ***/
  2230. user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "SUCCESS: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!");