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  1. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Jan 21, 2022. 1 changed file with 47 additions and 4 deletions.
    51 changes: 47 additions & 4 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -24,13 +24,15 @@ user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
    */
    user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
    //user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);

    /* Privacy Stuff.
    * Source:
    * https://www.privacytools.io/#about_config
    * https://ffprofile.com/
    */
    user_pref("media.eme.enabled", false);
    user_pref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false);
    user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
    //user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 2);
    user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 0);
    @@ -98,11 +100,20 @@ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "");
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
    //https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9eb9o2/firefox_has_the_privacy_option_to_mitigate_tls/
    user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true);
    //https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238380
    user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 2);
    user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 5);
    //https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/doh/po6GCAJ52BAKuyL-dZiU91v6hLw
    //https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver
    //trr.mode 5 is no DOH. 2 is enable DOH. 3 is no failback to system dns (no dns leaks)
    user_pref("network.trr.mode", 5);

    user_pref("network.trr.default_provider_uri", "https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query");
    user_pref("network.trr.uri", "https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query");
    user_pref("network.trr.custom_uri", "https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query");
    user_pref("network.trr.bootstrapAddress", "9.9.9.9");
    user_pref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true on Android]
    user_pref("media.webspeech.synth.enabled", false);
    user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false);
    user_pref("dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled", false);
    user_pref("view_source.wrap_long_lines", true);
    /* disable pocket integration */
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", true);
    @@ -172,3 +183,35 @@ user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);

    // FF83
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites", false); // [DEFAULT: true]


    // Fix bug DOMException: The quota has been exceeded without any localStorage
    // https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1683299
    // Fixed in FF85
    //user_pref("dom.storage.default_quota", 10240);

    // FF88
    user_pref("pdfjs.enableScripting", false); // [DEFAULT: true]

    // FF89
    // Compact mode workaround in Firefox
    // https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/compact-mode-workaround-firefox
    user_pref("browser.compactmode.show", true); // [DEFAULT: false]

    user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);

    // FF93?
    //user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.promoEnabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
    //user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.promoTitleEnabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
    //user_pref("browser.contentblocking.report.hide_vpn_banner", true); // [DEFAULT: false]
    //user_pref("browser.contentblocking.report.vpn.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
    //user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.disable-captive-portal-vpn-promo", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
    // FF94
    user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.vpnpromourl", "");

    // FF93
    user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
    user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.sponsored", false); // [DEFAULT: false]

    // Disable LockWise from reaching out to firefox servers (disables lockwise)
    //user_pref("signon.management.page.breach-alerts.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
  2. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Nov 22, 2020. 1 changed file with 32 additions and 0 deletions.
    32 changes: 32 additions & 0 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -140,3 +140,35 @@ user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 40000);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features", false);

    // FF71
    // 2608: disable WebIDE and ADB extension download
    // [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1539462
    user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false FF70+]
    user_pref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension", false); // [FF64+]
    // 2731: enforce websites to ask to store data for offline use
    // [1] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1098540
    // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/959985
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1574480
    user_pref("offline-apps.allow_by_default", false);
    // FF72
    // 0105a: disable Activity Stream telemetry
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1597697
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", "");
    // 0330: disable Hybdrid Content telemetry
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1520491
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); // [FF59+]
    // 2720: enforce IndexedDB (IDB) as enabled
    // IDB is required for extensions and Firefox internals (even before FF63 in [1])
    // To control *website* IDB data, control allowing cookies and service workers, or use
    // Temporary Containers. To mitigate *website* IDB, FPI helps (4001), and/or sanitize
    // on close (Offline Website Data, see 2800) or on-demand (Ctrl-Shift-Del), or automatically
    // via an extension. Note that IDB currently cannot be sanitized by host.
    // [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/03/new-backend-for-storage-local-api/
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1488583
    user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
    user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);

    // FF83
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites", false); // [DEFAULT: true]
  3. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Jul 11, 2019. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent (& buildID if <v64) to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/68.0");
    //Since FF64 buildID is hard-coded - https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001000000");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
  4. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Jul 11, 2019. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
    2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions firefox-user.js
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    @@ -138,3 +138,5 @@ user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 40000);
    * Source: https://winaero.com/blog/disable-extension-recommendations-in-mozilla-firefox/
    */
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features", false);
  5. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Apr 4, 2019. 1 changed file with 11 additions and 2 deletions.
    13 changes: 11 additions & 2 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent (& buildID if <v64) to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:66.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/66.0");
    //Since FF64 buildID is hard-coded - https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001000000");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    @@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
    user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true);
    //https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238380
    user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 2);
    //https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/doh/po6GCAJ52BAKuyL-dZiU91v6hLw
    user_pref("network.trr.mode", 5);

    /* disable pocket integration */
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
    @@ -128,4 +130,11 @@ user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
    user_pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);

    /* limit offline data storage */
    user_pref("browser.cache.offline.capacity", 50000);
    user_pref("browser.cache.offline.capacity", 40000);
    user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 40000);

    /* Disable option "Recommend extensions"
    * Source: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extension-recommendations
    * Source: https://winaero.com/blog/disable-extension-recommendations-in-mozilla-firefox/
    */
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false);
  6. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Dec 12, 2018. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
    user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);

    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent (& buildID if <v64) to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0");
    //Since FF64 buildID is hard-coded - https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/
  7. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Dec 12, 2018. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 2 deletions.
    5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,8 +17,9 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181114214635");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:64.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/64.0");
    //Since FF64 buildID is hard-coded - https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2018/navigator-buildid-now-returns-a-fixed-timestamp/
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001000000");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
  8. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Dec 5, 2018. 1 changed file with 1 addition and 1 deletion.
    2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181030165643");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181114214635");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
  9. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Nov 10, 2018. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 1 deletion.
    4 changes: 3 additions & 1 deletion firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181018182531");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181030165643");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
    @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "");
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
    //https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9eb9o2/firefox_has_the_privacy_option_to_mitigate_tls/
    user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true);
    //https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1238380
    user_pref("media.autoplay.default", 2);

    /* disable pocket integration */
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
  10. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Oct 29, 2018. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
    2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "");
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
    //https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/9eb9o2/firefox_has_the_privacy_option_to_mitigate_tls/
    user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true);

    /* disable pocket integration */
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
  11. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Oct 23, 2018. 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
    6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001155545");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181018182531");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win32");
    */
    user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);

  12. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Oct 7, 2018. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 0 deletions.
    2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -92,6 +92,8 @@ user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
    user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
    user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "");
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);

    /* disable pocket integration */
  13. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Oct 5, 2018. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 2 deletions.
    2 changes: 0 additions & 2 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    //user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001155545");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    //user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win64");
    */
  14. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Oct 5, 2018. 1 changed file with 5 additions and 3 deletions.
    8 changes: 5 additions & 3 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,10 +17,12 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20180920131237");
    //user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20181001155545");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64");
    //user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win64");
    */
    user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
  15. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Sep 25, 2018. 1 changed file with 8 additions and 4 deletions.
    12 changes: 8 additions & 4 deletions firefox-user.js
    Original file line number Diff line number Diff line change
    @@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);
    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20180103231032");
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20180920131237");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win64");
    @@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);
    * https://ffprofile.com/
    */
    user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
    user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 2);
    //user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 2);
    user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 0);
    user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
    user_pref("browser.disableResetPrompt", true);
    @@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false);
    user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false);
    user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false);
    @@ -118,3 +119,6 @@ user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);

    /* disable onboarding junk */
    user_pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);

    /* limit offline data storage */
    user_pref("browser.cache.offline.capacity", 50000);
  16. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Jan 18, 2018. 1 changed file with 4 additions and 4 deletions.
    8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions firefox-user.js
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    @@ -54,10 +54,10 @@ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "");
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", "");
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", "");
    //user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", "");
    user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
    user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
  17. @ryandaniels ryandaniels revised this gist Jan 17, 2018. 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
    4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions firefox-user.js
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    @@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);

    /* disable pocket integration */
    //user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", true);
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
    //user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", true);
    user_pref("browser.toolbarbuttons.introduced.pocket-button", true);

    /* Other customizations */
  18. @ryandaniels ryandaniels created this gist Jan 17, 2018.
    120 changes: 120 additions & 0 deletions firefox-user.js
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    @@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
    /*
    * Open profile dir - find in about:support or about:profiles
    * Copy this file into your profile directory.
    * Add changes to this file. Save file.
    * Restart Firefox. Below overrides will be loaded.
    * Close Firefox and open prefs.js to confirm changes merged there.
    * NOTE: only non-default values will be saved to prefs.js
    *
    */

    /* Fingerprinting avoidance from Tor project
    * This changes too much! Timezone is GMT which is annoying on some sites.
    * Instead change below useragent/buildID etc below.
    */
    user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", false);

    /* Fingerprinting avoidance by picking common OS / browser */
    /* IMPORTANT: Change useragent & buildID to latest versions! Keep it current! */
    /*
    user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:57.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/57.0");
    user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20180103231032");
    user_pref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)");
    user_pref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64");
    user_pref("general.platform.override", "Win64");
    */
    user_pref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 2);

    /* Privacy Stuff.
    * Source:
    * https://www.privacytools.io/#about_config
    * https://ffprofile.com/
    */
    user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
    user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 2);
    user_pref("beacon.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
    user_pref("browser.disableResetPrompt", true);
    user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.highlights", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.migrationExpired", true);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.prerender", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSearch", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showTopSites", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "");
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "");
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false);
    user_pref("browser.newtabpage.introShown", true);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", "");
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false);
    user_pref("browser.selfsupport.url", "");
    user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
    user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
    user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore");
    user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false);
    user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
    user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.enable_performance", false);
    user_pref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false);
    user_pref("dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled", false);
    user_pref("dom.webaudio.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false);
    user_pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.optedin", false);
    user_pref("extensions.greasemonkey.stats.url", "");
    user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "");
    user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
    user_pref("media.navigator.enabled", false);
    user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
    user_pref("media.peerconnection.turn.disable", true);
    user_pref("media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers", false);
    user_pref("media.peerconnection.video.enabled", false);
    user_pref("media.peerconnection.identity.timeout", 1);
    user_pref("media.video_stats.enabled", false);
    user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true);
    user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
    user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
    user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
    user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1);
    user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
    user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
    user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
    user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);

    /* disable pocket integration */
    //user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
    user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", true);
    user_pref("browser.toolbarbuttons.introduced.pocket-button", true);

    /* Other customizations */
    /* Fix tab width too small */
    user_pref("browser.tabs.tabMinWidth", 100);

    /* Change homepage */
    user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "https://startpage.com/");

    /* Increase disk write timer to prevent SSD from dying
    * Source: https://www.servethehome.com/firefox-is-eating-your-ssd-here-is-how-to-fix-it/
    */
    user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 120000);

    /* Turn off Smooth Scroll */
    user_pref("general.smoothScroll", false);

    /* Turn off warning on about:config */
    user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);

    /* disable onboarding junk */
    user_pref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false);