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diff --git a/settings/librewolf.cfg b/settings/librewolf.cfg new file mode 100644 index 0000000..453b5e8 --- /dev/null +++ b/settings/librewolf.cfg @@ -0,0 +1,3230 @@ +// ============================================================================================================================================ +// +// LibreWolf +// ============================================================================================================================================ +// Documentation .............. : +// ============================== +// +// "Section" : Description of the settings section separated by "----" +// "Bench Diff" : Impact on the performance of firefox can be a gain or loss of performance +// +100/5000 stand for 2% gained performance and -1500/5000 stand for -30% performance loss +// Performance can be tested here : https://intika.github.io/octane/ +// "Pref" : Preference/Settings name and or description followed by links or documentations +// and some time explanation why the setting is commented and ignored. +// "lockPref" : Locked preference can not be changed on firefox, nor by extensions, can only be changed here +// lockPref is used to lock preferences so they cannot be changed through the GUI or about:config. +// In many cases the GUI will change to reflect this, graying out or removing options. Appears +// in about:config as "locked". Some config items require lockPref to be set, such as app.update.enabled. +// It will not work if it set with just pref. +// "pref" : Sets the preference as if a user had set it, every time you start the browser. So users can make changes, +// but they will be erased on restart. If you set a particular preference this way, +// it shows up in about:config as "user set". +// "defaultPref" : Defaulting : Is used to alter the default value, though users can set it normally and their changes will +// be saved between sessions. If preferences are reset to default through the GUI or some other method, +// this is what they will go back to. Appears in about:config as "default". +// "clearPref" : Can be used to "blank" certain preferences. This can be useful e.g. to disable functions +// that rely on comparing version numbers. +// +// ============================================================================================================================================ +// Protection ................. : +// ============================== +// +// Pref : Locking librewolf.cfg itself +lockPref("general.config.filename", "librewolf.cfg"); +// +// ============================================================================================================================================ +// Index librewolf.cfg .......... : +// ============================== +// +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Section : User settings // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Defaulting Settings // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// ------------------------------------------- +// Section : Controversial // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Firefox Fingerprint // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Locale/Time // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Ghacks-user Selection // Bench Diff : +100 / 5000 +// Section : Extensions Manager // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : IJWY To Shut Up // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Microsoft Windows // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Firefox ESR60.x // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// ------------------------------------------- +// Section : Security 1/3 // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Security 2/3 // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Security 3/3 (Cipher) // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// ------------------------------------------- +// Section : Performance 1/5 // Bench Diff : +650 / 5000 +// Section : Performance 2/5 // Bench Diff : -800 / 5000 +// Section : Performance 3/5 // Bench Diff : -1720 / 5000 +// Section : Performance 4/5 // Bench Diff : -200 / 5000 +// Section : Performance 5/5 // Bench Diff : -50 / 5000 +// ------------------------------------------- +// Section : General Settings 1/3 // Bench Diff : +100 / 5000 +// Section : General Settings 2/3 // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : General Settings 3/3 // Bench Diff : -40 / 5000 +// ------------------------------------------- +// Section : Disabled - ON/OFF // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Disabled - Deprecated Active // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// Section : Disabled - Deprecated Inactive // Bench Diff : +0 / 5000 +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// +// ============================================================================================================================================ +// Index local-settings.js .... : +// ============================== +// +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Section : General Settings // Bench Diff : ++ / 5000 +// ----------------------------------------------------------------------- +// +// ============================================================================================================================================ + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : User Settings +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Cookies settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Accept Only 1st Party Cookies +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.cookieBehavior#1 +// Blocking 3rd-party cookies breaks a number of payment gateways +// CIS 2.5.1 +lockPref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1); + +// Pref : Cookies expire at the end of the session (when the browser closes) +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.lifetimePolicy#2 +// 0=until they expire (default) +// 2=until you close Firefox +// 3=for n days +lockPref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); + +// Pref : Disable Cookie Exception Button +// WARNING Bug !!! This locks the button regardless of its value +//lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.cookie_exceptions", false); + +// Pref : 2706: enable support for same-site cookies (FF60+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/795346 +// [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/04/24/same-site-cookies-in-firefox-60/ +// [3] https://www.sjoerdlangkemper.nl/2016/04/14/preventing-csrf-with-samesite-cookie-attribute/ +lockPref("network.cookie.same-site.enabled", true); // default: true + +// Pref : 2705: disable HTTP sites setting cookies with the "secure" directive (FF52+) +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/Firefox/Releases/52#HTTP +lockPref("network.cookie.leave-secure-alone", true); // default: true + +// Pref : 2702: set third-party cookies (i.e ALL) (if enabled, see above pref) to session-only +// and (FF58+) set third-party non-secure (i.e HTTP) cookies to session-only +// [NOTE] .sessionOnly overrides .nonsecureSessionOnly except when .sessionOnly=false and +// nonsecureSessionOnly=true. This allows you to keep HTTPS cookies, but session-only HTTP ones +// [1] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-cookies-for-privacy-in-firefox/ +// [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly +lockPref("network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", true); // default : false +lockPref("network.cookie.thirdparty.nonsecureSessionOnly", true); // (FF58+) // default false + +// Also check "User Settings : Track Protection" for other cookies settings + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Track Protection (Integrated disconnect.me settings like uBlock) +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Track Protection +// Firefox now integrates a tracking protection feature (based on disconnect.me). +// It is a light-list content blocking; the list can not be edited. This feature +// is disabled in LibreWolf. it's recommended to use ublock instead. +// This feature is disabled : +// - Until it evolves and integrates at least list editing +// - Because double filtering (this + ublock) is not good for performance. + +// Pref : Track Protection +lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 0425: disable passive Tracking Protection (FF53+) +// Passive TP annotates channels to lower the priority of network loads for resources +// on the tracking protection list +// [NOTE] It has no effect if TP is enabled, but keep in mind that by default TP is +// enabled only in Private Windows +// This is included for people who want to completely disable Tracking Protection. +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1170190,1141814 +lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels", false); +lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority", false); +lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Changing block list (Tracking protection) +// Default value "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256" +lockPref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", ""); +// As tracking protection is disabled the button is disabled as well +lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.change_blocklist", true); + +// Pref : contentblocking reportBreakage +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.reportBreakage.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.reportBreakage.url", ""); +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.rejecttrackers.reportBreakage.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Third-party cookie ui under preferences +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.rejecttrackers.ui.enabled", false); //This hides third-party cookie ui +// Should lock third-party cookie ui, but third-party cookies are blocked too + +// Pref : Disable tracking protection ui list editing under url bar popup +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.trackingprotection.control-center.ui.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable tracking protection ui list editing under preferences +lockPref("browser.contentblocking.trackingprotection.ui.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Other unnecessary CB/TP UI +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.global-toggle.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.rejecttrackers.ui.recommended", false); +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.fastblock.ui.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.fastblock.control-center.ui.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Tracking Protection Exception List +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.allowlist.annotations.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.allowlist.storage.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable exception button (does not work as expected) +//lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.tracking_protection_exceptions", false); +// This seems to only disable the button; not suitable + +// Pref : Third-party cookie ui under url bar +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.rejecttrackers.control-center.ui.enabled", false); +// This disables third-party cookie ui under url bar +// This is disabled to leave icon in url bar + +// Pref : Disable TP UI +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.ui.enabled", false); +// Fully disable CB/TP ui, this is disabled to leave icon in url bar + +// Pref : 0426 : Enforce Content Blocking (required to block cookies) (FF63+) +// Master switch for all content blocking features (includes tracking protection, +// but excludes tracking annotations annotate_channels). +//lockPref("browser.contentblocking.enabled", false); // default: true +// Other settings already regulate this section's sub-settings (this master switch +// is not suitable). +// Disabled because it is needed for blocking third party cookies + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Auto play settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 2030: disable auto-play of HTML5 media (FF63+) +// 0=Allowed (default), 1=Blocked, 2=Prompt +// [SETUP-WEB] This may break video playback on various sites +lockPref("media.autoplay.default", 2); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Password manager settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Disable password manager +// CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.2 +lockPref("signon.rememberSignons", false); // policies "OfferToSaveLogins": false, +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.signon.rememberSignons", false); + +// Pref : Disable websites autocomplete (FF30+) +// Don't let sites dictate use of saved logins and passwords. +lockPref("signon.storeWhenAutocompleteOff", false); // default: true + +// Also check policies.json for DisableMasterPasswordCreation + +// Pref : When password manager is enabled, lock the password storage periodically +// CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.3 Disable Prompting for Credential Storage +// Advanced user settings when password manager is enabled +//lockPref("security.ask_for_password", 2); + +// Pref : Lock the password storage every 1 minutes (default: 30) +// Advanced user settings when password manager is enabled +//lockPref("security.password_lifetime", 5); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : History settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 0804 : limit history leak via enumeration (PER TAB: back/forward) - PRIVACY +// This is a PER TAB session history. You still have a full history stored under all history +// default=50, minimum=1=currentpage, 2 is the recommended minimum as some pages +// use it as a means of referral (e.g. hotlinking), 4 or 6 or 10 may be more practical +lockPref("browser.sessionhistory.max_entries", 20); + +// Pref : Disable Displaying Javascript in History URLs +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.urlbar.filter.javascript +// CIS 2.3.6 +lockPref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true); + +// Defaulting -------------------------- + +// Pref: Default Interface Look +defaultPref("browser.uiCustomization.state", '{"placements":{"widget-overflow-fixed-list":[],"nav-bar":["home-button","downloads-button","back-button","forward-button","stop-reload-button","urlbar-container","add-ons-button","preferences-button","fxa-toolbar-menu-button"],"toolbar-menubar":["menubar-items"],"TabsToolbar":["tabbrowser-tabs","new-tab-button","alltabs-button"],"PersonalToolbar":["personal-bookmarks"]},"seen":["developer-button"],"dirtyAreaCache":["nav-bar","toolbar-menubar","TabsToolbar","PersonalToolbar"],"currentVersion":16,"newElementCount":3}'); +defaultPref("browser.uidensity", 2); + +// Pref: Default Home Page +pref("startup.homepage_override_url", "about:blank"); +pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url", "about:blank"); +pref("startup.homepage_welcome_url.additional", ""); + +// Pref : Clear offline site data on shutdown +defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); + +// Pref : Clear offline site data on clear dialog (History/Clear...) +defaultPref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data + +// Pref : Set time range to "Everything" as default in "Clear Recent History" +// This should not be enforced +defaultPref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0); + +// Pref : Disable form autofill, don't save information +// entered in web page forms and the Search Bar +// remember search and form history setting +defaultPref("browser.formfill.enable", false); + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Clear history when closing +defaultPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Does not remember history +defaultPref("places.history.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Settings history settings to custom by default +defaultPref("privacy.history.custom", true); + +// ------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Clear session data on clear dialog (History/Clear...) +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.openWindows", true); // Clear session data +// Same as 2805, session storage is cleared anyway... check with storage inspector + +// Pref : 2805: privacy.*.openWindows (clear session restore data) (FF34+) +// [NOTE] There is a several-year old bug associated with these that causes two windows +// when Firefox restarts. +// These are not needed anyway if session restore is disabled (see 1020) +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true); +// Breaks session restore on crash & some theming extensions +// The session is deleted anyway on restart so its not useful +// Mitigated with other settings + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Clear history when closing - Pref : 2803 : Duplicate ? +// "sessions" removed from cleaning list as its an important data to keep... +// user may add it back in the gui +// This setting works only as string not as bool (This seems to be a bug in Firefox) +// Also this setting seems to kill following settings so it should be the last +//defaultPref("privacy.sanitize.pending", '[{"id":"shutdown","itemsToClear":["cache","cookies","history","formdata","downloads"],"options":{}}]'); +// Its erased if not enforced... and default does not differ a lot (session included in default...) +// [WARNING] This erases the settings no matter what. + +// ------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 1006: prevent permissions manager from writing to disk [RESTART] +// [NOTE] This means any permission changes are session-only +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967812 +//lockPref("permissions.memory_only", true); // (hidden pref) +// This is managed by sanitize settings + +// Pref : Delete Search and Form History +// Disabled - Deprecated Active - This is not deprecated +// Only used in a single test ? does not harm to have it +// CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.6 +// Default value is 180 days +// Disabled because it's managed by sanitize settings +//lockPref("browser.formfill.expire_days", 0); + +// Also check "User Settings : Session" + +// Also check "User Settings : Autofill settings" + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Session : Other session settings on disabled section : Also Pref : 2805 +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 1021 : disable storing extra session data +// extra session data contains contents of forms, scrollbar positions, cookies and POST data +// set sites on which extra session data should be saved +// Pref : 0=everywhere, 1=unencrypted sites, 2=nowhere +lockPref("browser.sessionstore.privacy_level", 2); + +// Pref : 1023 : set the minimum interval between session save operations +// Default is 15000 (15 secs). Try 30000 (30sec), 60000 (1min) etc +// [WARNING] This can also affect entries in the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature +// i.e. the longer the interval the more chance a quick tab open/close won't be captured. +// This longer interval *may* affect history but we cannot replicate any history not recorded +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1304389 +lockPref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 60000); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Autofill settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Forms auto fill +lockPref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false); +lockPref("extensions.formautofill.available", "off"); +lockPref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); +lockPref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Require manual intervention to autofill known username/passwords in sign-in forms +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Signon.autofillForms +// https://www.torproject.org/projects/torbrowser/design/#identifier-linkability +lockPref("signon.autofillForms", false); + +// Pref : When username/password autofill is enabled, still disable it on non-HTTPS sites +// https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f0d146fe7317 +lockPref("signon.autofillForms.http", false); + +// Pref : Disable inline autocomplete in URL bar +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Inline_autocomplete +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false); +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed", false); +// This does not cause privacy/leaking issues + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Check default browser Settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 0101 : disable default browser check +// [SETTING] General>Startup>Always check if Firefox is your default browser +lockPref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DRM/CDM - Main +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : DRM/CDM +// DRM is disabled because it's a closed source blob +// Encrypted Media Extensions +lockPref("media.eme.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.gmp-provider.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.gmp-manager.url", "data:text/plain,"); +lockPref("media.gmp-manager.url.override", "data:text/plain,"); +lockPref("media.gmp-manager.updateEnabled", false); +// Windows 10 +lockPref("media.gmp.trial-create.enabled", false); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DRM/CDM - Widevine +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 1825 : disable widevine CDM (Content Decryption Module) +lockPref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.visible", false); +lockPref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.gmp-widevinecdm.autoupdate", false); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DRM/CDM - OpenH264 +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Disable automatic downloading of OpenH264 codec +// Why is there OpenH264 ? hhttps://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/open-h264-plugin-firefox +// How to manually install OpenH264 ? https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1029174 +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_media-capabilities +// https://andreasgal.com/2014/10/14/openh264-now-in-firefox/ +// If you want to enable this webrtc need to be enabled too +lockPref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.gmp-gmpopenh264.autoupdate", false); +lockPref("media.peerconnection.video.enabled", false); //Deprecated Active + +// Pref : Force OpenH264 On (Not necessary) +//lockPref("media.peerconnection.video.h264", true); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DRM/CDM - Adobe Primetime +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : +lockPref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled", false); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DRM/CDM - IJWY To Shut Up +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : +lockPref("media.gmp-manager.certs.2.commonName", ""); +// Default Value +// aus5.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("media.gmp-manager.certs.1.commonName", ""); +// Default Value +// aus5.mozilla.org + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : WebRTC (Very efficient for fingerprinting this is why its disabled) +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Disable WebRTC getUserMedia, screen sharing, audio capture, video capture +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/getUserMedia +// https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2013/01/12/capture-local-camera-and-microphone-streams-with-getusermedia-now-enabled-in-firefox/ +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Navigator +lockPref("media.navigator.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.navigator.video.enabled", false); //Deprecated Active +lockPref("media.getusermedia.browser.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.getusermedia.screensharing.enabled", false); +lockPref("media.getusermedia.audiocapture.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 2001 : disable WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) +// [1] https://www.privacytools.io/#webrtc +lockPref("media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers", false); //Deprecated Active +lockPref("media.peerconnection.identity.enabled", false); //Deprecated Active +lockPref("media.peerconnection.identity.timeout", 1); //Deprecated Active +lockPref("media.peerconnection.turn.disable", true); //Deprecated Active +lockPref("media.peerconnection.ice.tcp", false); //Deprecated Active + +// Pref : 2002: limit WebRTC IP leaks if using WebRTC +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1189041,1297416 +// [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy +lockPref("media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only", true); // (FF42-FF50) +lockPref("media.peerconnection.ice.no_host", true); // (FF51+) + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Proxy settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 0706 : remove paths when sending URLs to PAC scripts (FF51+) +// CVE-2017-5384 : Information disclosure via Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1255474 +// Does not need to be set as its false by default +// BUG : This locks proxy settings from the panel +// BUG-Fix : Fixed in defaulting section +// MIGRATED : To defaulting section +// WARNING : Do not change this settings here or proxy settings will be locked +//lockPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false); + +// Pref : Send DNS request through SOCKS when SOCKS proxying is in use +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers +// BUG : This lock proxy settings from the panel +// BUG-Fix : Fixed with defaulting section +// MIGRATED : To defaulting section +// WARNING : Do not change this settings here or proxy settings will be locked +//lockPref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : DNS settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : 0707 : disable (or setup) DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) (FF60+) +// TRR = Trusted Recursive Resolver +// .mode: 0=off, 1=race, 2=TRR first, 3=TRR only, 4=race for stats, +// but always use native result, 5=explicitly turn it off +// [WARNING] DoH bypasses hosts and gives info to yet another party (e.g. Cloudflare) +// [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/04/02/configure-dns-over-https-in-firefox/ +// [2] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2018/05/a-cartoon-intro-to-dns-over-https/ +// BUG : This seems to disable socks_remote_dns ?! need to check with wireshark +// If true, just settings urls to null should be enough to disable +// Without impacting socks_remote_dns +// ------- +// Mode 0 is only off because right now that's the default, the default can change. +// Mode 5 means explicitly off, regardless of default. +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver +// https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2018/08/07/mozilla-faces-resistance-over-dns-privacy-test/#comment-5193521 +// ------- +lockPref("network.trr.mode", 5); +lockPref("network.trr.bootstrapAddress", ""); +lockPref("network.trr.uri", ""); + +// If your OS or ISP does not support IPv6, there is no reason to have this preference set to false. +lockPref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true); + +// Pref : Disable DNS pre-fetching +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.dns.disablePrefetch +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Controlling_DNS_prefetching +lockPref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true); +lockPref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Start page highlight +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Start page highlight settings +// This does not seems to work with defaultPref +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.highlights", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeBookmarks", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeDownloads", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includeVisited", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.prerender", false); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Defaulting Settings : Do not track settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Set to enforce; choice was left to the user in a previous version +lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true); + +// Pref : 1610: (36+) set DNT "value" to "not be tracked" (FF21+) +// [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Privacy.donottrackheader.value +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1042135#c101 +lockPref("privacy.donottrackheader.value", 1); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Other theming settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Fix white text on white background for linux +// fixed with lockPref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); +//lockPref("widget.content.gtk-theme-override", "Adwaita:light"); + +// Pref : +//lockPref("browser.devedition.theme.enabled", true); + +// Pref : +//lockPref("devtools.theme", "dark"); + +// Pref : +//lockPref("browser.devedition.theme.showCustomizeButton", true); + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// User Settings : Miscellaneous settings +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Disable "Are you sure you want to leave this page?" popups on page close +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1043508 +// Does not prevent JS leaks of the page close event. +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Events/beforeunload +// Disabled by default in Librefox; could be useful on some sites, e.g. banking sites +lockPref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true); + +// Pref : Disable geo localisation +lockPref("permissions.default.geo", 2); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Defaulting Settings +// Those settings are not locked this section purpose is to change default setting... +// Modifications can still be done within firefox +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Defaulting Settings : Other Defaulting +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Preferred language for displaying websites. +// The first settings overflow the second one +defaultPref("privacy.spoof_english", 2); +//defaultPref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en"); //This make lang windows unusable + +// Pref : 1606: ALL: set the default Referrer Policy +// 0=no-referer, 1=same-origin, 2=strict-origin-when-cross-origin, 3=no-referrer-when-downgrade +// [NOTE] This is only a default, it can be overridden by a site-controlled Referrer Policy +// [1] https://www.w3.org/TR/referrer-policy/ +// [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Referrer-Policy +// [3] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/01/31/preventing-data-leaks-by-stripping-path-information-in-http-referrers/ +defaultPref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy", 3); // (FF59+) default: 3 +defaultPref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy.pbmode", 2); // (FF59+) default: 2 + +// Pref : 1701: enable Container Tabs setting in preferences (see 1702) (FF50+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1279029 +defaultPref("privacy.userContext.ui.enabled", true); +// Pref : 1702: enable Container Tabs (FF50+) +// [SETTING] General>Tabs>Enable Container Tabs +defaultPref("privacy.userContext.enabled", true); +// Pref : 1703: enable a private container for thumbnail loads (FF51+) +defaultPref("privacy.usercontext.about_newtab_segregation.enabled", true); // default: true in FF61+ +// Pref : 1704: set long press behaviour on "+ Tab" button to display container menu (FF53+) +// 0=disables long press, 1=when clicked, the menu is shown +// 2=the menu is shown after X milliseconds +// [NOTE] The menu does not contain a non-container tab option +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1328756 +defaultPref("privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior", 2); + +// Pref : (FF57+) +defaultPref("browser.download.autohideButton", false); + +// Pref : enable "Find As You Type" +defaultPref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true); + +// Pref : disable autocopy default [LINUX] +defaultPref("clipboard.autocopy", false); + +// Pref : 0=none, 1-multi-line, 2=multi-line & single-line +defaultPref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 2); + +// Pref : closeWindowWithLastTab +defaultPref("browser.tabs.closeWindowWithLastTab", false); + +// Pref : middle-click enabling auto-scrolling [WINDOWS] [MAC] +defaultPref("general.autoScroll", false); + +// Pref : 1601: ALL: control when images/links send a referer +// This breaks a lot of sites. This is mitigating by an extension. +// 0=never, 1=send only when links are clicked, 2=for links and images (default) +//defaultPref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 1); + +// Pref : 2620: enable Firefox's built-in PDF reader +// [SETTING] General>Applications>Portable Document Format (PDF) +// This setting controls if the option "Display in Firefox" in the above setting is available +// and by effect controls whether PDFs are handled in-browser or externally ("Ask" or "Open With") +// PROS: pdfjs is lightweight, open source, and as secure/vetted as any pdf reader out there (more than most) +// Exploits are rare (1 serious case in 4 yrs), treated seriously and patched quickly. +// It doesn't break "state separation" of browser content (by not sharing with OS, independent apps). +// It maintains disk avoidance and application data isolation. It's convenient. You can still save to disk. +// CONS: You may prefer a different pdf reader for security reasons +// CAVEAT: JS can still force a pdf to open in-browser by bundling its own code (rare) +defaultPref("pdfjs.disabled", false); + +// Pref : 2210: block popup windows +// [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Block pop-up windows +defaultPref("dom.disable_open_during_load", true); + +// Pref : 2203 : open links targeting new windows in a new tab instead +// User Settings : Migrated to Defaulting : Links pop-up open in new tab +// This stops malicious window sizes and some screen resolution leaks. +// You can still right-click a link and open in a new window. +// [TEST] https://people.torproject.org/~gk/misc/entire_desktop.html +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/9881 +defaultPref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 3); +defaultPref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 0); + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Proxy +defaultPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url", ""); +defaultPref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false); +defaultPref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true); +defaultPref("network.proxy.socks_version", 5); + +// Pref : Defaulting Settings : Bookmark should by default open in newtab instead of +// replacing the current page +defaultPref("browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInTabs", true); + +// Pref : Debugging settings +defaultPref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false); +defaultPref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false); + +// Pref : site_specific_overrides useragent +defaultPref("general.useragent.site_specific_overrides", false); + +// Pref : Display all sections by default +defaultPref("extensions.ui.experiment.hidden", false); +// These two are not needed (they are set to true automatically when their list is empty) +//defaultPref("extensions.ui.dictionary.hidden", false); +//defaultPref("extensions.ui.locale.hidden", false); + +// Pref : Pref tied to LibreWolf, displaying small density by default +// Small icons... +defaultPref("browser.uidensity", 1); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Controversial +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Disable IndexedDB (disabled) +// Pref : 2720: enforce IndexedDB (IDB) +// IDB is required for extensions and Firefox internals (even before FF63) +// 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 User Settings : History settings) or on-demand (Ctrl-Shift-Del), +// or automatically via an extension. Note that IDB currently cannot be sanitized by host. +// IndexedDB could be used for tracking purposes, but is required for : +// twitter and many sites, some addons, old version of uBlock, session manager in certain cases +// This is mitigated with addons and sanitize settings +// IndexedDB is a low-level API for client-side storage of significant amounts of structured data, +// including files/blobs. This API uses indexes to enable high-performance searches of this data. +// While Web Storage is useful for storing smaller amounts of data, it is less useful for storing +// larger amounts of structured data. IndexedDB provides a solution. This is the main landing page +// for MDN's IndexedDB coverage — "here we provide links to the full API reference and usage guides, +// browser support details, and some explanation of key concepts" +// Also this is cleaned by privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps" +// https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/03/new-backend-for-storage-local-api/ +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/IndexedDB +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indexed_Database_API +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox4/IndexedDB_Security_Review +// http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13842047 +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/8 +lockPref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", true); //default true + +// Pref : indexedDB Loggingq - disabled for performance +//lockPref("dom.indexedDB.logging.details", false); //default true +//lockPref("dom.indexedDB.logging.enabled", false); //default true + +// Pref : 2516 : disable PointerEvents +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent +lockPref("dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 0702 : disable HTTP2 (which was based on SPDY which is now deprecated) +// HTTP2 adds "multiplexing" and "server push", but does nothing to enhance +// privacy, and in fact opens up a number of server-side fingerprinting opportunities +// [1] https://http2.github.io/faq/ +// [2] https://blog.scottlogic.com/2014/11/07/http-2-a-quick-look.html +// [3] https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=2716278 +// [4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/107 +// Disabled because of [4] +//lockPref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false); +//lockPref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false); +//lockPref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Firefox Fingerprint +// ResistFingerprinting : Overriden by 'privacy.resistFingerprinting' +// This needs to be kept disabled to make resistFingerprinting efficient +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Fingerprinting +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Enable hardening against various fingerprinting vectors (Tor Uplift project) +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tor_Uplift/Tracking +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1333933 +lockPref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true); + +// Pref : 4503 : disable mozAddonManager Web API (FF57+) +// [NOTE] As a side-effect in FF57-59 this allowed extensions to work on AMO. In FF60+ you also need +// to sanitize or clear extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains (see 2662) to keep that side-effect +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 +lockPref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Locale/Time/UserAgent +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : 0864 : disable date/time picker (FF57+ default true) +// This can leak your locale if not en-US +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21787 +// Does this work efficiently with resistFingerprinting ?? +lockPref("dom.forms.datetime", false); + +// Pref : Prevent leaking application locale/date format using JavaScript +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=867501 +// https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/52d635f2b33d +// Already applied by resistFingerprinting ? +lockPref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); + +// Pref : Set Accept-Language HTTP header to en-US regardless of Firefox localization +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Accept-Language +// Already applied by resistFingerprinting ? +lockPref("intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales", false); + +// Pref : Locale and useragent. +// Already applied by resistFingerprinting ? +lockPref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US"); + +// Pref : Spoof User-agent (re-enabled) +// See https://gitlab.com/librewolf-community/librewolf/issues/26 +lockPref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; rv:45.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/45.0, 45"); + +// Pref : This does not work with resistFingerprinting. Still needed for ESR. +lockPref("general.appname.override", "Netscape"); +lockPref("general.appversion.override", "5.0 (Windows)"); +lockPref("general.platform.override", "Win32"); +lockPref("general.oscpu.override", "Windows NT 6.1"); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Ghacks-user Selection +// Bench Diff : +100/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : 0335 : disable Telemetry Coverage [FF64+] +// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2018/08/20/effectively-measuring-search-in-firefox/ +lockPref("toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base", ""); +lockPref("toolkit.coverage.opt-out", true); // [HIDDEN PREF] + +// DOWNLOADS +// Pref : 2652: disable adding downloads to the system's "recent documents" list +lockPref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false); //do not disable +// Pref : 2653: disable hiding mime types (Options>General>Applications) not associated with a plugin +lockPref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", false); //do not disable + +// Pref : 2617: remove webchannel whitelist +// Default value: +// "https://content.cdn.mozilla.net https://input.mozilla.org https://support.mozilla.org https://install.mozilla.org" +lockPref("webchannel.allowObject.urlWhitelist", ""); + +// Pref : 2730b: disable offline cache on insecure sites (FF60+) +// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2018/02/12/restricting-appcache-secure-contexts/ +lockPref("browser.cache.offline.insecure.enable", false); // default: false in FF62+ + +// Pref : 2614: limit HTTP redirects (this does not control redirects with HTML meta tags or JS) +// [NOTE] A low setting of 5 or less will probably break some sites (e.g. gmail logins) +// To control HTML Meta tag and JS redirects, use an extension. +// Default: 20 +lockPref("network.http.redirection-limit", 10); + +// Pref : 2731: enforce websites to ask whether to store data for offline use +// [1] https://support.mozilla.org/questions/1098540 +// [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/959985 +lockPref("offline-apps.allow_by_default", false); + +// EXTENSIONS +// Pref : 2660: lock down allowed extension directories +// [SETUP-CHROME] This will break extensions that do not use the default XPI directories +// [1] https://mike.kaply.com/2012/02/21/understanding-add-on-scopes/ +// [1] archived: https://archive.is/DYjAM +lockPref("extensions.enabledScopes", 5); // (hidden pref) +// Breaks all default themes (including dark) starting with FF68.0+ + +// Tor-compatibility-patch +lockPref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 15); //Tor value must be 0 +// Pref : 2663: enable warning when websites try to install add-ons +// [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Warn you when websites try to install add-ons +lockPref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true); // default: true + +// Pref : 2306: disable push notifications (FF44+) +// web apps can receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or +// not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Push_API +lockPref("dom.push.enabled", false); +lockPref("dom.push.connection.enabled", false); +lockPref("dom.push.serverURL", ""); //default "wss://push.services.mozilla.com/" +lockPref("dom.push.userAgentID", ""); + +// Pref : 2683: block top level window data: URIs (FF56+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1331351 +// [2] https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2017/01/gmail-phishing-data-uri/ +// [3] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2017/data-url-navigations-on-top-level-window-will-be-blocked/ +lockPref("security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations", true); // default: true in FF59+ + +// Pref : 2618: disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (FF44+) +// [NOTE] see second listed bug: may cause black on black for elements with undefined colors +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=232227,1330876 +lockPref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); // (hidden pref) +// Fix for widget.content.gtk-theme-override;Adwaita:light + +// Pref : 0403: disable individual unwanted/unneeded parts of the Kinto blocklists +// What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications +// As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be +// revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes +lockPref("services.blocklist.onecrl.collection", ""); // revoked certificates +lockPref("services.blocklist.addons.collection", ""); +lockPref("services.blocklist.plugins.collection", ""); +lockPref("services.blocklist.gfx.collection", ""); + +// Pref : disable showing about:blank as soon as possible during startup (FF60+) +// When default true (FF62+) this no longer masks the RFP resizing activity +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1448423 +lockPref("browser.startup.blankWindow", false); + +// Pref : 2428: enforce DOMHighResTimeStamp API +// [WARNING] Required for normalization of timestamps and any timer resolution mitigations +lockPref("dom.event.highrestimestamp.enabled", true); // default: true + +// Pref : 0516 : disable Onboarding (FF55+) +// Onboarding is an interactive tour/setup for new installs/profiles and features. Every time +// about:home or about:newtab is opened, the onboarding overlay is injected into that page +// [NOTE] Onboarding uses Google Analytics [2], and leaks resource://URIs [3] +// [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Onboarding +// [2] https://github.com/mozilla/onboard/commit/db4d6c8726c89a5d6a241c1b1065827b525c5baf +// [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/863246#c154 +// Pref : URL that kicks off the UI tour +lockPref("privacy.trackingprotection.introURL", ""); + +// Pref : 0703 : disable HTTP Alternative Services (FF37+) +// [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/18/a-comprehensive-list-of-firefox-privacy-and-security-settings/#comment-3970881 +// [2] https://www.mnot.net/blog/2016/03/09/alt-svc +lockPref("network.http.altsvc.enabled", false); +lockPref("network.http.altsvc.oe", false); + +// Pref : 0709 : disable using UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) paths (FF61+) +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26424 +lockPref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // (hidden pref) + +// Pref : 0710 : disable GIO as a potential proxy bypass vector +// Gvfs/GIO has a set of supported protocols like obex, network, archive, computer, dav, cdda, +// gphoto2, trash, etc. By default only smb and sftp protocols are accepted so far (as of FF64) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1433507 +// [2] https://trac.torproject.org/23044 +// [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GVfs +// [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GIO_(software) +lockPref("network.gio.supported-protocols", ""); // (hidden pref) + +// Pref : 0809 : disable location bar suggesting "preloaded" top websites (FF54+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1211726 +lockPref("browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 0810 : disable location bar making speculative connections (FF56+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1348275 +lockPref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 0850e: disable location bar one-off searches (FF51+) +// [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/08/09/firefox-one-off-searches-address-bar/ +lockPref("browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches", false); + +// Pref : 0911 : prevent cross-origin images from triggering an HTTP-Authentication prompt (FF55+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1357835 +lockPref("network.auth.subresource-img-cross-origin-http-auth-allow", false); //Deprecated Active + +// Pref : 1030 : disable favicons in shortcuts +// URL shortcuts use a cached randomly named .ico file which is stored in your +// profile/shortcutCache directory. The .ico remains after the shortcut is deleted. +// If set to false then the shortcuts use a generic Firefox icon +lockPref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false); + +// Pref : 1032 : disable favicons in web notifications +lockPref("alerts.showFavicons", false); // default: false + +// Pref : 1201 : disable old SSL/TLS "insecure" renegotiation (vulnerable to a MiTM attack) +// [WARNING] <2% of secure sites do NOT support the newer "secure" renegotiation, see [2] +// [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation +// [2] https://www.ssllabs.com/ssl-pulse/ +lockPref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true); + +// Pref : 1205 : disable TLS1.3 0-RTT (round-trip time) (FF51+) +// [1] https://github.com/tlswg/tls13-spec/issues/1001 +// [2] https://blog.cloudflare.com/tls-1-3-overview-and-q-and-a/ +lockPref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false); // (FF55+ default true) + +// Pref : 1272 : display advanced information on Insecure Connection warning pages +// Only works when it's possible to add an exception +// i.e. it doesn't work for HSTS discrepancies (https://subdomain.preloaded-hsts.badssl.com/) +// [TEST] https://expired.badssl.com/ +lockPref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true); + +// Pref : 1407 : disable special underline handling for a few fonts which you will probably never use [RESTART] +// Any of these fonts on your system can be enumerated for fingerprinting. +// [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Font.blacklist.underline_offset +lockPref("font.blacklist.underline_offset", ""); + +// Pref : 1408 : disable graphite which FF49 turned back on by default +// In the past it had security issues. Update: This continues to be the case, see [1] +// [1] https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-15/#CVE-2017-7778 +lockPref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 1604 : CROSS ORIGIN: control the amount of information to send (FF52+) +// Pref : 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port +lockPref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 0); + +// Pref : 1605 : ALL: disable spoofing a referer +// [WARNING] Spoofing effectively disables the anti-CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protections that some sites may rely on +// Default false +lockPref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", false); + +// Pref : 1801 : set default plugin state (i.e. new plugins on discovery) to never activate +// Pref : 0=disabled, 1=ask to activate, 2=active - you can override individual plugins +lockPref("plugin.default.state", 1); +lockPref("plugin.defaultXpi.state", 1); + +// Pref : 2026 : disable canvas capture stream (FF41+) +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/HTMLCanvasElement/captureStream +lockPref("canvas.capturestream.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 2027 : disable camera image capture (FF35+) +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16339 +lockPref("dom.imagecapture.enabled", false); // default: false + +// Pref : 2028 : disable offscreen canvas (FF44+) +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/OffscreenCanvas +lockPref("gfx.offscreencanvas.enabled", false); // default: false + +// Pref : 2201 : prevent websites from disabling new window features +// [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.close", true); +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.location", true); // default: true +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar", true); +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable", true); +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar", true); // bookmarks toolbar +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable", true); // default: true +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.status", true); // status bar - default: true +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar", true); +lockPref("dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar", true); + +// Pref : 2202 : prevent scripts from moving and resizing open windows +lockPref("dom.disable_window_move_resize", true); + +// Pref : 2426 : disable Intersection Observer API (FF53+) +// Took almost a year to complete, three versions late to 'stable' (as default false), +// number 1 cause of crashes in nightly numerous times, and is (primarily) an +// ad network API for "ad viewability checks" down to a pixel level +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Intersection_Observer_API +// [2] https://w3c.github.io/IntersectionObserver/ +// [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1243846 +lockPref("dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 2601 : prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser [RESTART] +// [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Prevent accessibility services from accessing your browser +// [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/accessibility-services +lockPref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1); + +// Pref : 2606 : disable UITour backend so there is no chance that a remote page can use it +lockPref("browser.uitour.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.uitour.url", ""); + +// Pref : 2611 : disable middle mouse click opening links from clipboard +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/10089 +// [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Middlemouse.contentLoadURL +lockPref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false); + +// Pref : 2616 : remove special permissions for certain mozilla domains (FF35+) +// [1] resource://app/defaults/permissions +lockPref("permissions.manager.defaultsUrl", ""); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Extensions Manager +// Extensions settings and experimental tentative to firewall extensions +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions Firewalling - Blocking Domains : +// ------------------------------------------- + +// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +// Please check readme section "Extensions Firewall" + +// Pref : Restricted Domains I/II +// This will allow extensions to work everywhere +defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", ""); +// Default Value : available in "debug-notes.log" + +// Pref : Restricted Domains II/II +// Old restrictedDomains implementation +// Redirect basedomain used by identity api +lockPref("extensions.webextensions.identity.redirectDomain", ""); +// Default Value : "extensions.allizom.org" + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions Firewalling - Blocking The Network : +// ----------------------------------------------- + +// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +// Please check readme section "Extensions Firewall" + +// Pref : CSP Settings For Extensions I/II : Extension Firewall Feature +// Uncomment to disable network for the extensions +// Enable-Firewall-Feature-In-The-Next-Line extensions-firewall >>>>>> +lockPref("extensions.webextensions.base-content-security-policy", "default-src 'self' moz-extension: blob: filesystem: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; script-src 'self' moz-extension: blob: filesystem: 'unsafe-eval' 'unsafe-inline'; object-src 'self' moz-extension: blob: filesystem:;"); + +// Pref : CSP Settings For Extensions II/II : Extension Firewall Feature +// This value is applied after the first one (just ignore this) +//defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.default-content-security-policy", "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self';"); +// Default Value : "script-src 'self'; object-src 'self';" + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions Firewalling - CSP Main Settings : +// --------------------------------------------- + +// !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Important !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! +// Please check readme section "Extensions Firewall" + +// Pref : CSP Main Settings I/II : +// Those are default values for CSP +// Those are not meant to to be uncommented +//defaultPref("security.csp.enable", true); //This is its default value +//defaultPref("security.csp.enableStrictDynamic", true); //This is its default value +//defaultPref("security.csp.enable_violation_events", true); //This is its default value +//defaultPref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", false); //This is its default value +//defaultPref("security.csp.reporting.script-sample.max-length", 40); //This is its default value +// Default Content Security Policy to apply to signed contents. +//defaultPref("security.signed_content.CSP.default", "script-src 'self'; style-src 'self'"); //This is its default value + +// Pref : Enable Content Security Policy (CSP) +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/CSP/Introducing_Content_Security_Policy +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP +lockPref("security.csp.enable", true); + +// Pref : Enable CSP 1.1 script-nonce directive support +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=855326 +lockPref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true); + +// Pref : CSP Main Settings II/II : Pref : 2681 : Disable CSP Violation Events [FF59+] +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/SecurityPolicyViolationEvent +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1488165 +// Setting removed in firefox v64 +lockPref("security.csp.enable_violation_events", false); //Deprecated Active + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions Security : +// --------------------- + +// Pref : Enable tab-hiding API by default. +defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.tabhide.enabled", false); //Default true + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions IJWY : +// ----------------- + +// Pref : Report Site Issue button +lockPref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.newIssueEndpoint", ""); +// Default Value +// https://webcompat.com/issues/new + +// Pref : 0518 : disable Web Compatibility Reporter (FF56+) +// Web Compatibility Reporter adds a "Report Site Issue" button to send data to Mozilla +// Report Site Issue button +// Note that on enabling the button in other release channels, make sure to +// disable it in problematic tests, see disableNonReleaseActions() inside +// browser/modules/test/browser/head.js +lockPref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled", false); // Default true + +// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +// Extensions Performance : +// ------------------------ + +// Pref : Delaying extensions background script startup +defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.background-delayed-startup", true); //default true + +// Pref :Whether or not the installed extensions should be migrated to the +// storage.local IndexedDB backend. +//defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.ExtensionStorageIDB.enabled", false); //default false + +// Pref : if enabled, store execution times for API calls +//defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.enablePerformanceCounters", false); //default false + +// Pref : Maximum age in milliseconds of performance counters in children +// When reached, the counters are sent to the main process and +// reset, so we reduce memory footprint. +//defaultPref("extensions.webextensions.performanceCountersMaxAge", 1000); //Hidden prefs + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : IJWY To Shut Up +// I Just Want You To Shut Up : Closing all non necessary communication to mozilla.org etc. +// These settings are not used in gHacks at the moment. +// Will be upstreamed once stable in final version. +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Disabling performance addon url [FF64+] +lockPref("devtools.performance.recording.ui-base-url", ""); +// Default Value : https://perf-html.io + +// Pref : The default set of protocol handlers for irc [FF64+] +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.irc.0.uriTemplate", ""); +// Default Value : https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.ircs.0.uriTemplate", ""); // Deprecated Active +// Default Value +// https://www.mibbit.com/?url=%s + +// Pref : "coverage" ping [FF64+] +// This ping is not enabled by default. When enabled, a ping is generated a total of once +//per profile, as a diagnostic tool to determine whether Telemetry is working for users. +lockPref("toolkit.coverage.enabled", false); //default false + +// Pref : Allow extensions access to list of sites +// https://github.com/mozilla/gecko/blob/central/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/AddonManagerWebAPI.cpp +lockPref("extensions.webapi.testing", false); // hidden prefs // default false + +// Pref : Disable recommended extensions [FF64+] +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr", false); // disable CFR +// [SETTING] General>Browsing>Recommend extensions as you browse +// [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/extension-recommendations + +// Pref : [FF64+] +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.cfr", ""); +// Default Value : +// {\"id\":\"cfr\",\"enabled\":false,\"type\":\"local\",\"localProvider\":\ +// "CFRMessageProvider\",\"frequency\":{\"custom\":[{\"period\":\"daily\",\"cap\":1}]}} + +// Pref : [FF64+] +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.onboarding", ""); +// Default Value : +// {\"id\":\"onboarding\",\"type\":\"local\",\"localProvider\":\"OnboardingMessageProvider\",\"enabled\":true} + +// Pref : [FF64+] +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.providers.snippets", ""); +// Default Value : +// {\"id\":\"snippets\",\"enabled\":false,\"type\":\"remote\",\"url\":\"https://snippets.cdn.mozilla.net/ +// %STARTPAGE_VERSION%/%NAME%/%VERSION%/%APPBUILDID%/%BUILD_TARGET%/%LOCALE%/%CHANNEL%/%OS_VERSION% +// /%DISTRIBUTION%/%DISTRIBUTION_VERSION%/\",\"updateCycleInMs\":14400000} + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.onboarding.notification.tour-ids-queue", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("lightweightThemes.getMoreURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/themes + +// Pref : +lockPref("devtools.gcli.lodashSrc", ""); +// Default Value +// https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.6.1/lodash.min.js + +// Pref : +lockPref("media.decoder-doctor.new-issue-endpoint", ""); +// Default Value +// https://webcompat.com/issues/new + +// Pref : +lockPref("identity.sync.tokenserver.uri", ""); +// Default Value +// https://token.services.mozilla.com/1.0/sync/1.5 + +// Pref : +lockPref("devtools.webide.templatesURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://code.cdn.mozilla.net/templates/list.json + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.ping-centre.production.endpoint", ""); +// Default Value +// https://tiles.services.mozilla.com/v3/links/ping-centre + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.translation.engine", ""); +// Default Value +// Google + +// Pref : +lockPref("network.trr.confirmationNS", ""); +// Default Value +// example.com + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.1.name", ""); +// Default Value +// Gmail + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.irc.0.name", ""); +// Default Value +// Mibbit + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.ircs.0.name", ""); +// Default Value +// Mibbit + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.0.name", ""); +// Default Value +// Yahoo! Mail + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.sync.lastversion", ""); +// Default Value +// firstrun + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.lists.base", ""); +// Default Value +// moz-std + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.lists.content", ""); +// Default Value +// moz-full + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.advisoryName", ""); +// Default Value +// Google Safe Browsing + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.advisoryName", ""); +// Default Value +// Google Safe Browsing + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.lists", ""); +// Default Value +// base-track-digest256,mozstd-trackwhite-digest256,content-track-digest256, +// mozplugin-block-digest256,mozplugin2-block-digest256,block-flash-digest256, +// except-flash-digest256,allow-flashallow-digest256,except-flashallow-digest256, +// block-flashsubdoc-digest256,except-flashsubdoc-digest256, +// except-flashinfobar-digest256,ads-track-digest256,social-track-digest256, +// analytics-track-digest256,fastblock1-track-digest256,fastblock1-trackwhite-digest256, +// fastblock2-track-digest256,fastblock2-trackwhite-digest256,fastblock3-track-digest256 + +// Pref : +lockPref("identity.fxaccounts.remote.root", ""); +// Default Value +// https://accounts.firefox.com/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.settings.server", ""); +// Default Value +// https://firefox.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1 + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.sync.fxa.privacyURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://accounts.firefox.com/legal/privacy + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.sync.fxa.termsURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://accounts.firefox.com/legal/terms + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.blocklist.addons.signer", ""); +// Default Value +// remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.blocklist.gfx.signer", ""); +// Default Value +// remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.blocklist.onecrl.signer", ""); +// Default Value +// onecrl.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.blocklist.pinning.signer", ""); +// Default Value +// pinning-preload.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.blocklist.plugins.signer", ""); +// Default Value +// remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.settings.default_signer", ""); +// Default Value +// remote-settings.content-signature.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("accessibility.support.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://support.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/kb/accessibility-services + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.normandy.shieldLearnMoreUrl", ""); +// Default Value +// https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/%VERSION%/%OS%/%LOCALE%/shield + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.productInfo.baseURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/features/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.support.baseURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/%VERSION%/%OS%/%LOCALE%/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.infoURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://support.mozilla.org/1/firefox/%VERSION%/%OS%/%LOCALE%/nightly-error-collection + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.dictionaries.download.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/dictionaries/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.geolocation.warning.infoURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://www.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/geolocation/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.search.searchEnginesURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/search-engines/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.uitour.themeOrigin", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/themes/ + +// Pref : Disable WebIDE ADB Dxtension Downloads +// Pref : 2608 : gHacks Deprecated Active +lockPref("devtools.webide.adbAddonURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/labs/fxos-simulator/adb-helper/#OS#/adbhelper-#OS#-latest.xpi + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.compatOverides.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://services.addons.mozilla.org/api/v3/addons/compat-override/?guid=%IDS%&lang=%LOCALE% + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.get.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://services.addons.mozilla.org/api/v3/addons/search/?guid=%IDS%&lang=%LOCALE% + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.langpacks.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://services.addons.mozilla.org/api/v3/addons/language-tools/?app=firefox&type=language&appversion=%VERSION% + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.link.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.search.browseURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/search?q=%TERMS%&platform=%OS%&appver=%VERSION% + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.themes.browseURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://addons.mozilla.org/%LOCALE%/firefox/themes/?src=firefox + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.sync.addons.trustedSourceHostnames", ""); +// Default Value +// addons.mozilla.org + +// Pref : +lockPref("toolkit.datacollection.infoURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://www.mozilla.org/legal/privacy/firefox.html + +// Pref : +lockPref("xpinstall.signatures.devInfoURL", ""); +// Default Value +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Addons/Extension_Signing + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.improvesearch.topSiteSearchShortcuts.searchEngines", ""); +// Default Value +// google,amazon + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.fxaccounts.endpoint", ""); +// Default Value +// https://accounts.firefox.com/ + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.update.url", ""); +// Default Value +// https://versioncheck.addons.mozilla.org/update/VersionCheck.php?reqVersion= +// %REQ_VERSION%&id=%ITEM_ID%&version=%ITEM_VERSION%&maxAppVersion= +// %ITEM_MAXAPPVERSION%&status=%ITEM_STATUS%&appID=%APP_ID%&appVersion=%APP_VERSION%&appOS= +// %APP_OS%&appABI=%APP_ABI%&locale=%APP_LOCALE%¤tAppVersion= +// %CURRENT_APP_VERSION%&updateType=%UPDATE_TYPE%&compatMode=%COMPATIBILITY_MODE% + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories.options", ""); +// Default Value +// {"api_key_pref":"extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey","hidden":false,"provider_icon": +// "pocket","provider_name":"Pocket","read_more_endpoint":"https://getpocket.com/explore/ +// trending?src=fx_new_tab","stories_endpoint":"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/ +// firefox/global-recs?version=3&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US&feed_variant= +// default_spocs_on","stories_referrer":"https://getpocket.com/recommendations", +// "topics_endpoint":"https://getpocket.cdn.mozilla.net/v3/firefox/trending-topics? +// version=2&consumer_key=$apiKey&locale_lang=en-US","show_spocs":true,"personalized":true} + +// Pref : +lockPref("lightweightThemes.recommendedThemes", ""); +// Default Value +// [{"id":"recommended-1","homepageURL":"https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/a-web-browser-renaissance/", +// "headerURL":"resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/1.header.jpg", +// "textcolor":"#000000","accentcolor":"#834d29","iconURL":"resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/ +// defaultthemes/1.icon.jpg","previewURL":"resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/1. +// preview.jpg","author":"Sean.Martell","version":"0"},{"id":"recommended-2","homepageURL": +// "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/space-fantasy/","headerURL": +// "resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/2.header.jpg", +// "textcolor":"#ffffff","accentcolor":"#d9d9d9","iconURL":"resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/ +// defaultthemes/2.icon.jpg","previewURL":"resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/ +// 2.preview.jpg","author":"fx5800p","version":"1.0"},{"id":"recommended-4","homepageURL": +// "https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/pastel-gradient/","headerURL": +// "resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/4.header.png", +// "textcolor":"#000000","accentcolor":"#000000","iconURL": +// "resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/4.icon.png","previewURL": +// "resource:///chrome/browser/content/browser/defaultthemes/4.preview.png", +// "author":"darrinhenein","version":"1.0"}] + +// Other Sync Settings - Disabling By Prevention --------------------------------------------------------- + +lockPref("services.sync.maxResyncs", 0); //5 +lockPref("services.sync.telemetry.maxPayloadCount", 0); //500 +lockPref("services.sync.addons.ignoreUserEnabledChanges", true); //false +lockPref("services.sync.engine.addons", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.engine.addresses", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.engine.bookmarks", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.engine.bookmarks.buffer", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.engine.creditcards", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.engine.creditcards.available", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.engine.history", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.engine.passwords", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.engine.prefs", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.engine.tabs", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.log.appender.file.logOnError", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.log.appender.file.logOnSuccess", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.log.cryptoDebug", false); //false +lockPref("services.sync.sendVersionInfo", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.syncedTabs.showRemoteIcons", true); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.accessibility.blockautorefresh", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.accessibility.browsewithcaret", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.accessibility.typeaheadfind", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.accessibility.typeaheadfind.linksonly", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.addons.ignoreUserEnabledChanges", true); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.contentblocking.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.ctrlTab.recentlyUsedOrder", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.download.useDownloadDir", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.formfill.enable", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.link.open_newwindow", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.newtabpage.pinned", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.offline-apps.notify", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.search.update", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.homepage", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.startup.page", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.tabs.loadInBackground", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.tabs.warnOnClose", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.tabs.warnOnOpen", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.matchBuckets", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.suggest.history.onlyTyped", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.dom.disable_open_during_load", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.dom.disable_window_flip", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.dom.disable_window_move_resize", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.dom.event.contextmenu.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.extensions.personas.current", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.extensions.update.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.intl.accept_languages", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.layout.spellcheckDefault", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.lightweightThemes.selectedThemeID", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.lightweightThemes.usedThemes", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.network.cookie.cookieBehavior", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.network.cookie.thirdparty.sessionOnly", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.permissions.default.image", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.pref.advanced.images.disable_button.view_image", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.pref.advanced.javascript.disable_button.advanced", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.pref.downloads.disable_button.edit_actions", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.pref.privacy.disable_button.cookie_exceptions", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.reduceTimerPrecision", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.resistFingerprinting", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.resistFingerprinting.reduceTimerPrecision.jitter", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.resistFingerprinting.reduceTimerPrecision.microseconds", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.security.OCSP.enabled", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.security.OCSP.require", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.security.default_personal_cert", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.security.tls.version.max", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.security.tls.version.min", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.services.sync.syncedTabs.showRemoteIcons", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.spellchecker.dictionary", false); //true +lockPref("services.sync.prefs.sync.xpinstall.whitelist.required", false); //true + +// Testing ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +lockPref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.publicKey", ""); +// Default Value +// c709cb7a2c0b4f0882fcc84a5af161ec + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +lockPref("prio.publicKeyA", ""); +// Default Value +// 35AC1C7576C7C6EDD7FED6BCFC337B34D48CB4EE45C86BEEFB40BD8875707733 +lockPref("prio.publicKeyB", ""); +// Default Value +// 26E6674E65425B823F1F1D5F96E3BB3EF9E406EC7FBA7DEF8B08A35DD135AF50 + +// Alpha Settings Not Needed At The Moment -------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : +//lockPref("urlclassifier.phishTable", ""); +// Default Value +// goog-phish-proto,test-phish-simple + +// Pref : +//lockPref("urlclassifier.passwordAllowTable", ""); +// Default Value +// goog-passwordwhite-proto + +// Pref : +//lockPref("urlclassifier.downloadAllowTable", ""); +// Default Value +// goog-downloadwhite-proto + +// Pref : +//lockPref("urlclassifier.downloadBlockTable", ""); +// Default Value +// goog-badbinurl-proto + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +//lockPref("security.content.signature.root_hash", ""); +// Default Value +// 97:E8:BA:9C:F1:2F:B3:DE:53:CC:42:A4:E6:57:7E:D6:4D:F4:93:C2:47:B4:14:FE:A0:36:81:8D:38:23:56:0E + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +//lockPref("media.gmp-manager.certs.1.issuerName", ""); +// Default Value +// CN=DigiCert SHA2 Secure Server CA,O=DigiCert Inc,C=US + +// Pref : Test To Make FFox Silent +//lockPref("media.gmp-manager.certs.2.issuerName", ""); +// Default Value +// CN=thawte SSL CA - G2,O="thawte, Inc.",C=US + +// Disabled ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : New page default sites +//lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.default.sites", ""); +// Default Value +// https://www.youtube.com/,https://www.facebook.com/,https://www.amazon.com/, +// https://www.reddit.com/,https://www.wikipedia.org/,https://twitter.com/ + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Microsoft Windows +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Other webGl [WINDOWS] +lockPref("webgl.dxgl.enabled", false); + +// Pref : disable scanning for plugins [WINDOWS] +lockPref("plugin.scan.plid.all", false); + +// Pref : disable Windows jumplist [WINDOWS] +lockPref("browser.taskbar.lists.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.taskbar.lists.frequent.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled", false); + +// Pref : disable Windows taskbar preview [WINDOWS] +lockPref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false); + +// Pref : disable links launching Windows Store on Windows 8/8.1/10 [WINDOWS] +// [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/03/25/block-firefox-chrome-windows-store/ +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.ms-windows-store", false); + +// Pref : disable background update service [WINDOWS] +// [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Use a background service to install updates +lockPref("app.update.service.enabled", false); + +// Pref : disable automatic Firefox start and session restore after reboot [WINDOWS] (FF62+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/603903 +lockPref("toolkit.winRegisterApplicationRestart", false); + +// Pref : 1220: disable Windows 8.1's Microsoft Family Safety cert [WINDOWS] (FF50+) +// 0=disable detecting Family Safety mode and importing the root +// 1=only attempt to detect Family Safety mode (don't import the root) +// 2=detect Family Safety mode and import the root +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21686 +lockPref("security.family_safety.mode", 0); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Firefox ESR60.x +// Deprecated Active For ESR +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Geolocation +lockPref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); + +// Pref : Disable Mozilla telemetry/experiments +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/Features/Telemetry +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Reviews/Telemetry +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry +// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/legal/privacy/firefox.html#telemetry +// https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox-crashes/Mozilla-Crash-Reporter/ta-p/1715 +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Reviews/Firefox6/ReviewNotes/telemetry +// https://gecko.readthedocs.io/en/latest/browser/experiments/experiments/manifest.html +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Telemetry/Experiments +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1197144 +lockPref("experiments.activeExperiment", false); +lockPref("experiments.enabled", false); +lockPref("experiments.manifest.uri", ""); +lockPref("experiments.supported", false); + +// Pref : 2612: disable remote JAR files being opened, regardless of content type (FF42+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173171 +// [2] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/jar-protocol-support-has-been-disabled-by-default/ +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726 +lockPref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true); + +// Pref : 2613: disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726 +lockPref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false); + +// Pref : Disable Java NPAPI plugin +lockPref("plugin.state.java", 0); + +// Pref : 0402: enable Kinto blocklist updates (FF50+) +// What is Kinto?: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Kinto#Specifications +// As Firefox transitions to Kinto, the blocklists have been broken down into entries for certs to be +// revoked, extensions and plugins to be disabled, and gfx environments that cause problems or crashes +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1458917 +lockPref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", false); + +// Pref : 0503: disable "Savant" Shield study (FF61+) +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457226 +lockPref("shield.savant.enabled", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Security 1/3 +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Enable insecure password warnings (login forms in non-HTTPS pages) +// https://blog.mozilla.org/tanvi/2016/01/28/no-more-passwords-over-http-please/ +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1319119 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1217156 +lockPref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true); + +// Pref : Show in-content login form warning UI for insecure login fields +// https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/mozilla-inbound/rev/f0d146fe7317 +lockPref("security.insecure_field_warning.contextual.enabled", true); + +// Pref : Disable HSTS preload list (pre-set HSTS sites list provided by Mozilla) +// https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/11/01/preloading-hsts/ +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Features/HSTS_Preload_List +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Strict_Transport_Security +lockPref("network.stricttransportsecurity.preloadlist", false); + +// Pref : Disable TLS Session Tickets +// https://www.blackhat.com/us-13/briefings.html#NextGen +// https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Daigniere-TLS-Secrets-Slides.pdf +// https://media.blackhat.com/us-13/US-13-Daigniere-TLS-Secrets-WP.pdf +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917049 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=967977 +// SSL Session IDs speed up HTTPS connections (no need to renegotiate) and last for 48hrs. +// Since the ID is unique, web servers can (and do) use it for tracking. If set to true, +// this disables sending SSL Session IDs and TLS Session Tickets to prevent session tracking +lockPref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); + +// Pref : Blocking GD Parking Scam Site +defaultPref("network.dns.localDomains", "librefox.com"); + +// Pref : Disable insecure TLS version fallback +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1084025 +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/pull/206#issuecomment-280229645 +lockPref("security.tls.version.fallback-limit", 3); + +// Pref : Only allow TLS 1.[0-3] +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.* +lockPref("security.tls.version.min", 2); + +// Pref : Enfore Public Key Pinning +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Public_Key_Pinning +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/SecurityEngineering/Public_Key_Pinning +// "2. Strict. Pinning is always enforced." +lockPref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2); + +// Pref : Disallow SHA-1 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1302140 +// https://shattered.io/ +lockPref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1); + +// Pref : Warn the user when server doesn't support RFC 5746 ("safe" renegotiation) +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation#security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken +// https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-3555 +lockPref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true); + +// Pref : Pre-populate the current URL but do not pre-fetch the certificate in the +// "Add Security Exception" dialog +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.ssl_override_behavior +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 +lockPref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Security 2/3 +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : +lockPref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false); +lockPref("security.ssl.errorReporting.url", ""); + +// Pref : Check disabled section +// OCSP leaks the visited sites. Exactly same issue as with safebrowsing. +// Stapling forces the site to prove that its certificate is good +// through the CA, so apparently nothing is leaked in this case. +// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ +lockPref("security.OCSP.enabled", 0); +lockPref("security.OCSP.require", false); +lockPref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true); + +// Pref : +lockPref("security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Manage certificates button +//lockPref("security.disable_button.openCertManager", false); +// Disabled because of a bug that disables the button regardless of its value + +// Pref : Manage security devices button +//lockPref("security.disable_button.openDeviceManager", false); +// Disabled because of a bug that disables the button regardless of its value + +// Pref : +lockPref("security.mixed_content.upgrade_display_content", true); +lockPref("security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest", true); +lockPref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true); +lockPref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true); + +// Pref : +lockPref("security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled", true); +lockPref("security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled", true); +lockPref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Security 3/3 (Cipher) +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false); + +// Pref : Disable RC4 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/38#Security +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138882 +// https://rc4.io/ +// https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-2566 +lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdh_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdh_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); + +// Pref : Disable SEED cipher +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SEED +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_seed_sha", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Performance 1/5 +// Defaulting settings - HW Settings can be checked under about:support +// Bench Diff : +650/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Bench Diff : +100/5000 +// Pref : Increases animation speed. May mitigate choppy scrolling. +defaultPref("layout.frame_rate.precise", true); + +// Bench Diff : +500/5000 +// Pref : Enable Hardware Acceleration and Off Main Thread Compositing (OMTC). +// It's likely your browser is already set to use these features. +// May introduce instability on some hardware. +// Tor compatibility - have inverted values in tor. +defaultPref("webgl.force-enabled", true); +defaultPref("layers.acceleration.force-enabled", true); + +// Pref : 2508: disable hardware acceleration to reduce graphics fingerprinting +// [SETTING] General>Performance>Custom>Use hardware acceleration when available +// [SETUP-PERF] Affects text rendering (fonts will look different) and impacts video performance. +// Parts of Quantum that utilize the GPU will also be affected as they are rolled out +// [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Platform/GFX/HardwareAcceleration +// Resolved by extension +defaultPref("gfx.direct2d.disabled", false); // [WINDOWS] +defaultPref("layers.acceleration.disabled", false); + +// Bench Diff : 0/5000 +// Pref : +defaultPref("html5.offmainthread", true); //default true +defaultPref("layers.offmainthreadcomposition.enabled", true); +defaultPref("layers.offmainthreadcomposition.async-animations", true); +defaultPref("layers.async-video.enabled", true); + +// Bench Diff : +50/5000 +// Pref : Deprecated Active +defaultPref("browser.tabs.animate", false); + +// Pref : The impact for this one is negligible +//defaultPref("browser.download.animateNotifications", false); + +// Bench Diff : -80/5000 +// Pref : Spoof CPU Core Def 16 +// Default settings seems to be the best +//defaultPref("dom.maxHardwareConcurrency", 8); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Performance 2/5 +// Bench Diff : -800/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Bench Diff : -500/5000 +// Pref : Tell garbage collector to start running when javascript is using xx MB of memory. +// Garbage collection releases memory back to the system. +// Default settings seems to be the best +//lockPref("javascript.options.mem.high_water_mark", 96); + +// Bench Diff : -200/5000 +// Pref : Disable WebAssembly +// https://webassembly.org/ +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebAssembly +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21549 +// Solved by extension disabled here for performance +//lockPref("javascript.options.wasm", false); + +// Bench Diff : -100/5000 +// Pref : Prevent font fingerprinting +// https://browserleaks.com/fonts +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/120 +// Solved by extension disabled here for performance +//lockPref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Performance 3/5 +// Bench Diff : -1720/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Bench Diff : -220/5000 +// Pref : Disable webGL I/II +// WebGL introduces high fingerprinting (WebGL is a js API for directly accessing hardware) +defaultPref("webgl.disabled", false); // Tor have it false but the rest is the same (webgl) +// This does not leak +lockPref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false); +lockPref("webgl.min_capability_mode", true); + +// Bench Diff : 0/5000 +// Pref : Disable webGL II/II +// WebGL introduces high fingerprinting (WebGL is a js API for directly accessing hardware) +lockPref("pdfjs.enableWebGL", false); +lockPref("webgl.disable-extensions", true); +lockPref("webgl.disable-fail-if-major-performance-caveat", true); +lockPref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false); //Deprecated Active + +// Bench Diff : -1500/5000 +// Pref : Disable asm.js +// http://asmjs.org/ +// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-29/ +// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-50/ +// https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2712 +// Solved by extension disabled here for performance +// Tor enforce this +//lockPref("javascript.options.asmjs", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Performance 4/5 +// Bench Diff : -200/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Bench Diff : -200/5000 +// Pref : JS Shared Memory - Default false +// https://github.com/MrAlex94/Waterfox/issues/356 +lockPref("javascript.options.shared_memory", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Performance 5/5 +// Bench Diff : -50/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Bench Diff : -50/5000 +// Pref : 2302 : disable service workers +// Service workers essentially act as proxy servers that sit between web apps, and the browser +// and network. They are event-driven, and can control the web page/site it is associated with, +// intercepting and modifying navigation and resource requests, and caching resources. +// SW may decrease performance depending on the script that is running in background. +// So overall, disabling SW should enhance performance because it blocks SW Scripts. +// [NOTE] Service worker APIs are hidden (in Firefox) and cannot be used when in PB mode. +// [NOTE] Service workers only run over HTTPS. Service Workers have no DOM access. +lockPref("dom.serviceWorkers.enabled", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : General Settings 1/3 +// Bench Diff : +100/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : Onboarding tour disabled because of included telemetry +// This extension has already been removed. This setting is here to disable it just in case it +// comes back or for users using the script outside the bundle. +lockPref("browser.onboarding.notification.finished", true); +lockPref("browser.onboarding.tour.onboarding-tour-customize.completed", true); +lockPref("browser.onboarding.tour.onboarding-tour-performance.completed", true); + +// Pref : +lockPref("devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("services.sync.engine.addresses.available", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.bookmarks.restore_default_bookmarks", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("pdfjs.previousHandler.alwaysAskBeforeHandling", true); + +// Pref : Caching for integrated PDF +lockPref("pdfjs.enabledCache.state", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("pref.general.disable_button.default_browser", false); +lockPref("pref.privacy.disable_button.view_passwords", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("identity.mobilepromo.android", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.systemAddon.update.url", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("datareporting.healthreport.infoURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.urlbar.daysBeforeHidingSuggestionsPrompt", 0); +lockPref("browser.urlbar.searchSuggestionsChoice", false); +lockPref("browser.urlbar.timesBeforeHidingSuggestionsHint", 0); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.shell.didSkipDefaultBrowserCheckOnFirstRun", true); + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.feedback.baseURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.normandy.enabled", false); +lockPref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); +lockPref("app.normandy.first_run", false); +lockPref("app.normandy.user_id", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.releaseNotesURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.update.auto", false); +lockPref("extensions.update.autoUpdateDefault", false); +lockPref("app.update.staging.enabled", false); +lockPref("app.update.silent", false); +lockPref("app.update.lastUpdateTime.telemetry_modules_ping", 0); +lockPref("app.update.url", ""); +lockPref("app.update.url.details", ""); +lockPref("app.update.url.manual", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("app.vendorURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.submitUrl", ""); +lockPref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.ping-centre.staging.endpoint", ""); +lockPref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false); + +// Pref : Google Safe Browsing (Blocks dangerous and deceptive contents) + +// browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled true + // browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted true + // browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon true + // browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled true + // browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled true + +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.id", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.pver", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.pver", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.passwords.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.advisoryURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.lists", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.lastupdatetime", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.nextupdatetime", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.advisoryURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.lastupdatetime", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.lists", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.nextupdatetime", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.pver", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL", ""); +lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", ""); 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+ +// Pref : Maximum popups that may be launched at the same time +lockPref("dom.popup_maximum", 4); + +// Pref : +lockPref("dom.registerProtocolHandler.insecure.enabled", true); + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.blocklist.detailsURL", ""); +lockPref("extensions.blocklist.itemURL", ""); + +// Pref : Block list url disabled +// gHacks tunes this to minimize privacy issues. its complitely disabled here +// Disabled complitely +lockPref("extensions.blocklist.url", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.update.background.url", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.0.uriTemplate", ""); +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.1.uriTemplate", ""); +lockPref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("geo.enabled", false); +lockPref("geo.wifi.uri", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("identity.fxaccounts.auth.uri", ""); 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+ +// Pref : Disable Pocket +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/save-web-pages-later-pocket-firefox +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/143 +lockPref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false); +lockPref("extensions.pocket.site", ""); +lockPref("extensions.pocket.oAuthConsumerKey", ""); +lockPref("extensions.pocket.api", ""); + +// Pref : Disable downloading homepage snippets/messages from Mozilla +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_mozilla-content +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Projects/Firefox_Start/Snippet_Service +lockPref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", ""); + +// Pref : Don't reveal build ID +// Value taken from Tor Browser +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583181 +// Already enforced with 'privacy.resistFingerprinting' ? +lockPref("general.buildID.override", "20100101"); +lockPref("browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID", "20100101"); + +// Pref : Disable pinging URIs specified in HTML <a> ping= attributes +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings +lockPref("browser.send_pings", false); + +// Pref : When browser pings are enabled, only allow pinging the origin page's host +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host +lockPref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true); + +// Pref : Do not download URLs for the offline cache +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.offline.enable +lockPref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false); + +// Pref : Disable prefetching of <link rel="next"> URLs +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.prefetch-next +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ#Is_there_a_preference_to_disable_link_prefetching.3F +// Link prefetching is when a webpage hints to the browser that certain pages are likely to be visited, +// so the browser downloads them immediately so they can be displayed immediately when the user requests it. +lockPref("network.prefetch-next", false); + +// Pref : Disable speculative pre-connections +// Disable prefetch link on hover. +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_speculative-pre-connections +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=814169 +lockPref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0); + +// Pref : WebSockets is a technology that makes it possible to open an interactive communication +// session between the user's browser and a server. 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+lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.http",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.https",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.javascript",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.moz-extension",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.ftp",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.file",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.about",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.chrome",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.blob",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.external.data",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose-all",false); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.http",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.https",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.javascript",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.moz-extension",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.ftp",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.file",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.about",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.chrome",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.blob",true); +lockPref("network.protocol-handler.expose.data",true); + +// Pref : Ensure there is a security delay when installing add-ons (milliseconds) +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox +// http://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ +lockPref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700); + +// Pref : Opt-out of add-on metadata updates +// https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/how-to-opt-out-of-add-on-metadata-updates/ +lockPref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Opt-out of theme (Persona) updates +// https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Firefox/how-do-I-prevent-autoamtic-updates-in-a-50-user-environment/td-p/144287 +lockPref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false); +lockPref("lightweightThemes.persisted.headerURL", false); +lockPref("lightweightThemes.persisted.footerURL", false); + +// Pref : Disable Flash Player NPAPI plugin +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Flash_plugin +lockPref("plugin.state.flash", 0); + +// Pref : Disable sending Flash Player crash reports +lockPref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false); + +// Pref : When Flash Player crash reports are enabled, don't send the visited URL in the crash report +lockPref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false); + +// Pref : Disable Shumway (Mozilla Flash renderer) +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Shumway +lockPref("shumway.disabled", true); + +// Pref : Disable Gnome Shell Integration NPAPI plugin +lockPref("plugin.state.libgnome-shell-browser-plugin", 0); + +// Pref : Enable click-to-play plugin +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Click_To_Play +// https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2012/10/11/click-to-play-plugins-blocklist-style/ +lockPref("plugins.click_to_play", true); +lockPref("plugin.sessionPermissionNow.intervalInMinutes", 0); + +// Pref : Update addons automatically +// https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/how-to-turn-off-add-on-updates/ +lockPref("extensions.update.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Enable add-on and certificate blocklists (OneCRL) from Mozilla +// Updated at interval defined in extensions.blocklist.interval (default: 86400) +lockPref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable system add-on updates (hidden & always-enabled add-ons from Mozilla) +lockPref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable WebIDE Web Debug +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/WebIDE +lockPref("devtools.webide.enabled", false); +lockPref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension", false); // [FF64+] +lockPref("devtools.remote.adb.extensionURL", ""); // [FF64+] +lockPref("devtools.remote.adb.extensionID", ""); // default adb@mozilla.org [FF64+] + +// Pref : Disable remote debugging +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Remote_Debugging/Debugging_Firefox_Desktop +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Tools_Toolbox#Advanced_settings +lockPref("devtools.debugger.force-local", true); + +// Pref : Disallow Necko to do A/B testing +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13170 +lockPref("network.allow-experiments", false); + +// Pref : Disable sending reports of tab crashes to Mozilla (about:tabcrashed), don't +// nag user about unsent crash reports +// https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/browser/app/profile/firefox.js +lockPref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); +lockPref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); + +// Pref : Disable SHIELD +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370801 +lockPref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable new tab tile ads, preload, and Activity Stream +// http://www.thewindowsclub.com/disable-remove-ad-tiles-from-firefox +// http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=13876331#p13876331 +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Activity_Stream +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Tiles/Technical_Documentation#Ping +// https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-source +// https://gecko.readthedocs.org/en/latest/browser/browser/DirectoryLinksProvider.html#browser-newtabpage-directory-ping +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.aboutHome.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.messageProviders", ""); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", ""); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets", true); +lockPref("browser.newtab.preload", false); + +// Pref : Disable "Show search suggestions in location bar results" +lockPref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false); +lockPref("browser.urlbar.userMadeSearchSuggestionsChoice", true); + +// Pref : Never check for updates to search engines +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_auto-update-checking +lockPref("browser.search.update", false); + +// Pref : Disable automatic captive portal detection (Firefox >= 52.0) +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1157121 +lockPref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disallow NTLMv1 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=828183 +lockPref("network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1", false); +// it is still allowed through HTTPS. +lockPref("network.negotiate-auth.allow-insecure-ntlm-v1-https", false); + +// Pref : Disable formless login capture +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1166947 +lockPref("signon.formlessCapture.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Delete temporary files on exit +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238789 +lockPref("browser.helperApps.deleteTempFileOnExit", true); + +// Pref : Do not create screenshots of visited pages (relates to the "new tab page" feature) +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/973320 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Preferences/Preference_reference/browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled +lockPref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); 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This will reset them when you start Firefox. +// [NOTE] Regardless of what you set privacy.cpd.downloads to, as soon as the dialog +// for "Clear Recent History" is opened, it is synced with 'privacy.cpd.history' +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); // not used, see note above +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.cache", true); +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true); +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); // Form & Search History +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.passwords", false); // this is not listed +//defaultPref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true); // Active Logins +// Not needed // replaced by //defaultPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); +// Also default value are already good + +// Pref : 2803: set which history items are to be cleared on shutdown +// [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Clear history when Firefox closes>Settings +// [NOTE] If 'history' is true, downloads will also be cleared regardless of the value +// but if 'history' is false, downloads can still be cleared independently +// However, this may not always be the case. The interface combines and syncs these +// prefs when set from there, and the sanitize code may change at any time +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true); +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true); +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); // see note above +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); // Form & Search History +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); // Browsing & Download History +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true); // Offline Website Data +//defaultPref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true); // Active Logins +// Make panel locked (bug) +// replaced by //defaultPref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); + +// Pref : 0801: disable location bar using search - PRIVACY +// don't leak typos to a search engine; give an error message instead +//lockPref("keyword.enabled", false); +// Beak search from url bar +// After other settings, this does not send any data to search. + +// Pref : Disable Firefox Account +//lockPref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false); //Deprecated Active +// Already disabled in policies.json + +// Pref : 2609: disable MathML (Mathematical Markup Language) (FF51+) +// [TEST] http://browserspy.dk/mathml.php +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1173199 +//lockPref("mathml.disabled", true); +// This setting is a fingerprint in itself + +// Pref : 2304: disable web notifications +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Notifications_API +//lockPref("dom.webnotifications.enabled", false); // (FF22+) +//lockPref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", false); // (FF44+) +// After tuning, this is no longer a privacy issue but a feature + +// Pref : History sessionhistory +//lockPref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0); + +// Pref : 0850f: disable location bar suggesting local search history (FF57+) +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1181644 +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.maxHistoricalSearchSuggestions", 0); // max. number of search suggestions +// No privacy issue here + +// Pref : 1020: disable the Session Restore service completely +// [SETUP-CHROME] This also disables the "Recently Closed Tabs" feature +// It does not affect "Recently Closed Windows" or any history. +//lockPref("browser.sessionstore.max_tabs_undo", 0); +//lockPref("browser.sessionstore.max_windows_undo", 0); +// Not really a privacy issue, but it's useful to have this feature + +// Pref : Disable URL bar autocomplete and history/bookmark suggestion dropdown +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.suggest.history", false); +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.suggest.bookmark", false); +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.suggest.openpage", false); +// This does not cause privacy/leaking issues + +// Pref : 2605: block web content in file processes (FF55+) +// [SETUP-WEB] You may want to disable this for corporate or developer environments +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1343184 +//lockPref("browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess", false); +// Not an issue + +// DOWNLOADS +// Pref : 2650: discourage downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used) +// [SETTING] To set your default "downloads", set General>Downloads>Save files to +//lockPref("browser.download.folderList", 2); +// Pref : 2651: enforce user interaction for security by always asking the user where to download +// [SETTING] General>Downloads>Always ask you where to save files +//lockPref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false); +// Pref : 2654: disable "open with" in download dialog (FF50+) +// This is very useful to enable when the browser is sandboxed (e.g. via AppArmor) +// in such a way that it is forbidden to run external applications. +// [SETUP-CHROME] This may interfere with some users' workflow or methods +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1281959 +//lockPref("browser.download.forbid_open_with", true); +// Not an issue + +// OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol) +// OCSP leaks the visited sites. Exactly same issue as with safebrowsing. +// Stapling forces the site to prove that its certificate is good +// through the CA, so apparently nothing is leaked in this case. +// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ +// Pref : 1211: control when to use OCSP fetching (to confirm current validity of certificates) +// 0=disabled, 1=enabled (default), 2=enabled for EV certificates only +// OCSP (non-stapled) leaks information about the sites you visit to the CA (cert authority) +// It's a trade-off between security (checking) and privacy (leaking info to the CA) +// [NOTE] This pref only controls OCSP fetching and does not affect OCSP stapling +// [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocsp +//lockPref("security.OCSP.enabled", 1); + +// Pref : 1212: set OCSP fetch failures (non-stapled, see 1211) to hard-fail [SETUP-WEB] +// When a CA cannot be reached to validate a cert, Firefox just continues with the connection (=soft-fail) +// Setting this pref to true tells Firefox to terminate the connection instead (=hard-fail) +// It is pointless to soft-fail when an OCSP fetch fails: you cannot confirm that the cert is still valid (it +// could have been revoked) and/or you could be under attack (e.g. malicious blocking of OCSP servers) +// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ +// [2] https://www.imperialviolet.org/2014/04/19/revchecking.html +//lockPref("security.OCSP.require", true); + +// Pref : 1022: disable resuming session from crash [SETUP-CHROME] +//lockPref("browser.sessionstore.resume_from_crash", false); +// Not really a privacy issue, but it's useful to have this feature + +// Pref : 0103: set HOME+NEWWINDOW page +// about:home=Activity Stream (default, see 0105), custom URL, about:blank +// [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows +//lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank"); +// Let the user have the choice, and easily change it + +// Pref : 2740: disable service workers cache and cache storage +// [1] https://w3c.github.io/ServiceWorker/#privacy +//lockPref("dom.caches.enabled", false); +// Not really a privacy issue, but it's useful to have this feature +// Other settings solve privacy issues related to this + +// Pref : First-party isolation +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1299996 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1260931 +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/FirstPartyIsolation +// First-party isolation breaks Microsoft Teams +// First-party isolation causes HTTP basic auth to ask for credentials for every new tab (see #425) +// Solved by extension +// Pref : 4001: enable First Party Isolation (FF51+) +// [SETUP-WEB] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931 +// enabled via addons +//lockPref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true); +// Pref : 4002: enforce FPI restriction for window.opener (FF54+) +// [NOTE] Setting this to false may reduce the breakage in 4001 +// [FF65+] blocks postMessage with targetOrigin "*" if originAttributes don't match. But +// to reduce breakage it ignores the 1st-party domain (FPD) originAttribute. (see [2],[3]) +// The 2nd pref removes that limitation and will only allow communication if FPDs also match. +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1319773#c22 +// [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1492607 +// [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage +//lockPref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // default: true +// lockPref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.block_post_message", true); // (hidden pref) +// Enforced with addon + +// Pref : 0102: set START page (0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session) +// [SETTING] General>Startup>Restore previous session +//lockPref("browser.startup.page", 0); +// Let the user choose over settings page + +// Pref : 1001: disable disk cache +//lockPref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false); +//lockPref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0); +//lockPref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false); +// Pref : 1003: disable memory cache +// [NOTE] Not recommended due to performance issues +// lockPref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false); +// lockPref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 0); // (hidden pref) +// This is overkill. Disabled for performance. +// Firefox should be run in a container: sandbox or otherwise + +// Pref : New tab page +//lockPref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false); +// New page site shortcuts does not spy after tunning. May be enabled if preferred. + +// Pref : Disable in-content SVG rendering (Firefox >= 53) (disabled) +// Disabling SVG support breaks many UI elements on many sites +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1216893 +//lockPref("svg.disabled", true); +// Solved by extension + +// Pref : Disable Caching of SSL Pages +// CIS Version 1.2.0 October 21st, 2011 2.5.8 +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl +//lockPref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false); + +// Pref : 2212 : limit events that can cause a popup +// default is "change click dblclick mouseup pointerup notificationclick reset submit touchend" +// [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Dom.popup_allowed_events +//lockPref("dom.popup_allowed_events", "click dblclick"); +// This does not cause privacy/leaking issues +// Also already set in "dom.popup_maximum" + +// Pref : 2031 : disable audio auto-play in non-active tabs (FF51+) +// [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/11/14/firefox-51-blocks-automatic-audio-playback-in-non-active-tabs/ +//lockPref("media.block-autoplay-until-in-foreground", true); +// Not privacy/security related + +// Pref : 2403 : disable clipboard commands (cut/copy) from "non-privileged" content (FF41+) +// this disables document.execCommand("cut"/"copy") to protect your clipboard +// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1170911 +//lockPref("dom.allow_cut_copy", false); // (hidden pref) +// Not an issue + +// Pref : 1405 : disable WOFF2 (Web Open Font Format) (FF35+) +//lockPref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled", false); +// Solved by extension + +// Pref : 1406 : disable CSS Font Loading API +// Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit. +//lockPref("layout.css.font-loading-api.enabled", false); +// Solved by extension + +// - Disabled - Dumped Disabled From (gHacks, Check user.js for description) ---------------- + +//lockPref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false); +//lockPref("browser.library.activity-stream.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true); +//lockPref("browser.urlbar.maxRichResults", 0); +//lockPref("dom.storage.enabled", false); +//lockPref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false); +//lockPref("extensions.screenshots.disabled", true); +//lockPref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", ""); +//lockPref("font.name.monospace.x-unicode", "Lucida Console"); +//lockPref("font.name.monospace.x-western", "Lucida Console"); +//lockPref("font.name.sans-serif.x-unicode", "Arial"); +//lockPref("font.name.sans-serif.x-western", "Arial"); +//lockPref("font.name.serif.x-unicode", "Georgia"); +//lockPref("font.name.serif.x-western", "Georgia"); +//lockPref("font.system.whitelist", ""); +//lockPref("full-screen-api.enabled", false); +//lockPref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.enabled", false); +//lockPref("gfx.downloadable_fonts.fallback_delay", -1); +//lockPref("javascript.options.baselinejit", false); +//lockPref("javascript.options.ion", false); +//lockPref("media.media-capabilities.enabled", false); +//lockPref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 400); +//lockPref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 60); +//lockPref("network.ftp.enabled", false); +//lockPref("permissions.default.camera", 2); +//lockPref("permissions.default.desktop-notification", 2); +//lockPref("permissions.default.microphone", 2); +//lockPref("permissions.default.shortcuts", 2); +//lockPref("privacy.window.maxInnerHeight", 900); +//lockPref("privacy.window.maxInnerWidth", 1600); +//lockPref("security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled", true); +//lockPref("security.nocertdb", true); +//lockPref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); +//lockPref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false); +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false); +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false); +//lockPref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256"); + +// - Disabled - Section ON ------------------------------------------------------------------ + +// Pref : Tor settings +// This browser is not meant for tor +// Enabling those settings for user torifying their whole connection +lockPref("network.dns.blockDotOnion", true); +lockPref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true); + +// Pref : 1603 : CROSS ORIGIN: control when to send a referer +// 0=always (default), 1=only if base domains match, 2=only if hosts match +// Can break some important site... (payment... ) +lockPref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 1); + +// Pref : Only allow TLS 1.[0-3] +lockPref("security.tls.version.max", 4); // 4 = allow up to and including TLS 1.3 + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Disabled - Deprecated Active +// Deprecated settings but left active for various reasons +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// Pref : 0516 : disable Onboarding (FF55+) +// Onboarding is an interactive tour/setup for new installs/profiles and features. Every time +// about:home or about:newtab is opened, the onboarding overlay is injected into it +// [NOTE] Onboarding uses Google Analytics [2], and leaks resource://URIs [3] +// [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Onboarding +// [2] https://github.com/mozilla/onboard/commit/db4d6c8726c89a5d6a241c1b1065827b525c5baf +// [3] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/863246#c154 +lockPref("browser.onboarding.enabled", false); // Removed in v64 //Deprecated Active + +// Pref : Disable WebIDE Web Debug Extension +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/WebIDE +lockPref("devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper", false); +// Replaced by "devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension" in 64 + +// Pref : Disable raw TCP socket support (mozTCPSocket) +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/18863 +// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2015-97/ +// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/B2G_OS/API/TCPSocket +// is only exposed to chrome ( https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/27268#comment:2 ) +// Not important +lockPref("dom.mozTCPSocket.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Enforce checking for Firefox updates +lockPref("app.update.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable bookmark backups (default: 15) +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.bookmarks.max_backups +lockPref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 2); + +// Pref : Disable SSDP +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1111967 +lockPref("browser.casting.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.enabled", false); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.directory.ping", "data:text/plain,"); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.directory.source", "data:text/plain,"); +lockPref("browser.newtabpage.enhanced", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("browser.pocket.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable Heartbeat (Mozilla user rating telemetry) +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Advocacy/heartbeat +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/19047 +lockPref("browser.selfsupport.url", ""); + +// Pref : Don't reveal build ID +// Value taken from Tor Browser +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=583181 +// Already enforced with 'privacy.resistFingerprinting' ? +lockPref("browser.startup.homepage_override.mstone", "ignore"); + +// Pref : Disable face detection +lockPref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("datareporting.healthreport.about.reportUrl", "data:,"); +lockPref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("device.sensors.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable WebIDE Web Debug +// https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Tools/WebIDE +lockPref("devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters", false); +lockPref("devtools.webide.adaptersAddonURL", ""); + +// Pref : Disable resource timing API +// https://www.w3.org/TR/resource-timing/#privacy-security +lockPref("dom.enable_resource_timing", false); + +// Pref : Disable FlyWeb (discovery of LAN/proximity IoT devices that expose a Web interface) +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/FlyWeb/Security_scenarios +// https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eqLb6cGjDL9XooSYEEo7mE-zKQ-o-AuDTcEyNhfBMBM/edit +// http://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/26/firefox-flyweb +lockPref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("dom.gamepad.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable leaking network/browser connection information via Javascript +// Network Information API provides general information about the system's connection type (WiFi, cellular, etc.) +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Network_Information_API +// https://wicg.github.io/netinfo/#privacy-considerations +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=960426 +lockPref("dom.netinfo.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 2306: disable push notifications (FF44+) +// web apps can receive messages pushed to them from a server, whether or +// not the web app is in the foreground, or even currently loaded +// [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/Push_API +lockPref("dom.push.udp.wakeupEnabled", false); //UDP Wake-up + +// Pref : Disable telephony API +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony +lockPref("dom.telephony.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable SHIELD +// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/shield +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1370801 +lockPref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable Firefox Hello metrics collection +// https://groups.google.com/d/topic/mozilla.dev.platform/nyVkCx-_sFw/discussion +lockPref("loop.logDomains", false); + +// Pref : Disable video stats to reduce fingerprinting threat +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=654550 +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/9#issuecomment-100468785 +// https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/9#issuecomment-148922065 +lockPref("media.video_stats.enabled", false); + +// Pref : WebSockets is a technology that makes it possible to open an interactive communication +// session between the user's browser and a server. (May leak IP when using proxy/VPN) +lockPref("network.websocket.enabled", false); + +// Pref : Disable Reader +// Not deprecated but useful to be located here +lockPref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false); + +// CIS 2.7.4 Disable Scripting of Plugins by JavaScript +// http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=153889 +lockPref("security.xpconnect.plugin.unrestricted", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("social.directories", ""); + +// Pref : +lockPref("social.remote-install.enabled", false); + +// Pref : +lockPref("social.whitelist", ""); + +// Pref : Disable RC4 +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Firefox/Releases/38#Security +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1138882 +// https://rc4.io/ +// https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-2566 +lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_rc4_128_sha", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_md5", false); +lockPref("security.ssl3.rsa_rc4_128_sha", false); +lockPref("security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback", false); + +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> +// Section : Disabled - Deprecated Inactive +// Bench Diff : +0/5000 +// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> + +// - Disabled - Deprecated Main ------------------------------------------------------------------- + +// Pref : Other old safebrowsing not used +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.appRepURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.gethashURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.reportURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.appRepURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportErrorURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportGenericURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareErrorURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportMalwareURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.reportURL", ""); +//lockPref("browser.safebrowsing.updateURL", ""); + +// Pref : 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks - merged with browser.chrome.site_icons +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1453751 +// lockPref("browser.chrome.favicons", false); + +// Pref : Don't use OS values to determine locale, force using Firefox locale setting +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Intl.locale.matchOS +// Disabled to make resistFingerprinting efficient +//lockPref("intl.locale.matchOS", false); + +// Pref : 1601: disable referer from SSL Websites +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1308725 +//lockPref("network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer", false); + +// Pref : 2030: disable auto-play of HTML5 media - replaced by media.autoplay.default +// [WARNING] This may break video playback on various sites +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1470082 +// Still active for ESR60.x but not important +//lockPref("media.autoplay.enabled", false); + +// Pref : 1007: disable randomized FF HTTP cache decay experiments +// [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13575 +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1430197 +//lockPref("browser.cache.frecency_experiment", -1); + +// Pref : 1606: set the default Referrer Policy - replaced by network.http.referer.defaultPolicy +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/587523 +//lockPref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", 3); // (FF53-FF58) default: 3 + +// Pref : 2704: set cookie lifetime in days (see 2703) +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1457170 +// lockPref("network.cookie.lifetime.days", 90); // default: 90 + +// Pref : 2604: (25+) disable page thumbnails - replaced by browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled +// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/897811 +//lockPref("pageThumbs.enabled", false); + +// - Disabled - Default is same ------------------------------------------------------------------- +// This is generally a bad idea: if FF disables something due to a security concern, the +// end user who doesn't keep up to date with changes (IF they do update) would be screwed over +// Thanks to @Thorin-Oakenpants + +// Pref : Display a notification bar when websites offer data for offline use +// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.offline-apps.notify +//lockPref("browser.offline-apps.notify", true); //Default true + +// Pref : Enable Subresource Integrity +// https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Security/Subresource_Integrity +// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Subresource_Integrity +//lockPref("security.sri.enable", true); //Default true + +// Pref : Enable GCM ciphers (TLSv1.2 only) +// https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galois/Counter_Mode +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256", true); // Pref : 0xc02b //Default true + +// Pref : Enable ciphers with ECDHE and key size > 128bits +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha", true); // Pref : 0xc00a //Default true + +// Pref : Enable ChaCha20 and Poly1305 (Firefox >= 47) +// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/47.0/releasenotes/ +// https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7905 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=917571 +// https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1247860 +// https://cr.yp.to/chacha.html +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha256", true); //Default true +//lockPref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_chacha20_poly1305_sha256", true); 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