/** * ______ _ _ * | ____| | | | Author: Foster Hangdaan * | |__ | |__| | Website: https://www.fosterhangdaan.com * | __| | __ | Email: foster@hangdaan.email * | | | | | | GPG Fingerprint: DBD3 8E38 4B9E 1F4F 19F9 5BAE E48D 7F49 A852 F112 * |_| |_| |_| GPG Public Key: https://static.fosterhangdaan.com/foster-pubkey.asc * * Foster Hangdaan's user.js for Firefox. * Based on Arkenfox's user.js. * * Repository: https://code.fosterhangdaan.com/foster/firefox-userjs * License: MIT * **/ /* 0000: disable about:config warning ***/ user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false); /*** [SECTION 0100]: STARTUP ***/ /* 0102: set startup page [SETUP-CHROME] * 0=blank, 1=home, 2=last visited page, 3=resume previous session * [NOTE] Session Restore is cleared with history (2811), and not used in Private Browsing mode * [SETTING] General>Startup>Restore previous session ***/ user_pref("browser.startup.page", 3); /* 0103: set HOME+NEWWINDOW page * about:home=Firefox Home (default, see 0105), custom URL, about:blank * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>Homepage and new windows ***/ user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank"); /* 0104: set NEWTAB page * true=Firefox Home (default, see 0105), false=blank page * [SETTING] Home>New Windows and Tabs>New tabs ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false); /* 0105: disable sponsored content on Firefox Home (Activity Stream) * [SETTING] Home>Firefox Home Content ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored", false); // [FF58+] Pocket > Sponsored Stories user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites", false); // [FF83+] Sponsored shortcuts /* 0106: clear default topsites * [NOTE] This does not block you from adding your own ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.default.sites", ""); /*** [SECTION 0200]: GEOLOCATION / LANGUAGE / LOCALE ***/ /* 0201: use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google if permission is granted [FF74+] * Optionally enable logging to the console (defaults to false) ***/ user_pref("geo.provider.network.url", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%"); // user_pref("geo.provider.network.logging.enabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF] /* 0202: disable using the OS's geolocation service ***/ user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // [WINDOWS] user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // [MAC] user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // [LINUX] user_pref("geo.provider.use_geoclue", false); // [FF102+] [LINUX] /* 0210: set preferred language for displaying pages * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Language>Choose your preferred language... * [TEST] https://addons.mozilla.org/about ***/ user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en"); /* 0211: use en-US locale regardless of the system or region locale * [SETUP-WEB] May break some input methods e.g xim/ibus for CJK languages [1] * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=867501,1629630 ***/ user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // [HIDDEN PREF] /*** [SECTION 0300]: QUIETER FOX ***/ /** RECOMMENDATIONS ***/ /* 0320: disable recommendation pane in about:addons (uses Google Analytics) ***/ user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); // [HIDDEN PREF] /* 0321: disable recommendations in about:addons' Extensions and Themes panes [FF68+] ***/ user_pref("extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled", false); /* 0322: disable personalized Extension Recommendations in about:addons and AMO [FF65+] * [NOTE] This pref has no effect when Health Reports (0331) are disabled * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations * [1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/personalized-extension-recommendations ***/ user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false); /** TELEMETRY ***/ /* 0330: disable new data submission [FF41+] * If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1195552 ***/ user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false); /* 0331: disable Health Reports * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send technical... data ***/ user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false); /* 0332: disable telemetry * The "unified" pref affects the behavior of the "enabled" pref * - If "unified" is false then "enabled" controls the telemetry module * - If "unified" is true then "enabled" only controls whether to record extended data * [NOTE] "toolkit.telemetry.enabled" is now LOCKED to reflect prerelease (true) or release builds (false) [2] * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/components/telemetry/telemetry/internals/preferences.html * [2] https://medium.com/georg-fritzsche/data-preference-changes-in-firefox-58-2d5df9c428b5 ***/ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false); // see [NOTE] user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,"); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false); user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false); // [FF55+] user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false); // [FF55+] user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false); // [FF56+] user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false); // [FF57+] Background Hang Reporter user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false); // [FF57+] /* 0333: disable Telemetry Coverage * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2018/08/20/effectively-measuring-search-in-firefox/ ***/ user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true); // [HIDDEN PREF] user_pref("toolkit.coverage.opt-out", true); // [FF64+] [HIDDEN PREF] user_pref("toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base", ""); /* 0334: disable PingCentre telemetry (used in several System Add-ons) [FF57+] * Defense-in-depth: currently covered by 0331 ***/ user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false); /* 0335: disable Firefox Home (Activity Stream) telemetry ***/ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false); user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false); /** STUDIES ***/ /* 0340: disable Studies * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to install and run studies ***/ user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false); /* 0341: disable Normandy/Shield [FF60+] * Shield is a telemetry system that can push and test "recipes" * [1] https://mozilla.github.io/normandy/ ***/ user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false); user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", ""); /** CRASH REPORTS ***/ /* 0350: disable Crash Reports ***/ user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", ""); user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); // [FF44+] // user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); // [FF51+] [DEFAULT: false] /* 0351: enforce no submission of backlogged Crash Reports [FF58+] * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports ***/ user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); // [DEFAULT: false] /** OTHER ***/ /* 0360: disable Captive Portal detection * [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/08/how-captive-portals-interfere-wireless-security-and-privacy ***/ user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", ""); user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); // [FF52+] /* 0361: disable Network Connectivity checks [FF65+] * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1460537 ***/ user_pref("network.connectivity-service.enabled", false); /*** [SECTION 0400]: SAFE BROWSING (SB) SB has taken many steps to preserve privacy. If required, a full url is never sent to Google, only a part-hash of the prefix, hidden with noise of other real part-hashes. Firefox takes measures such as stripping out identifying parameters and since SBv4 (FF57+) doesn't even use cookies. (#Turn on browser.safebrowsing.debug to monitor this activity) [1] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-in-firefox/ [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing [3] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/how-does-phishing-and-malware-protection-work [4] https://educatedguesswork.org/posts/safe-browsing-privacy/ ***/ /* 0401: disable SB (Safe Browsing) * [WARNING] Do this at your own risk! These are the master switches * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>... Block dangerous and deceptive content ***/ // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); /* 0402: disable SB checks for downloads (both local lookups + remote) * This is the master switch for the safebrowsing.downloads* prefs (0403, 0404) * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>... "Block dangerous downloads" ***/ // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false); /* 0403: disable SB checks for downloads (remote) * To verify the safety of certain executable files, Firefox may submit some information about the * file, including the name, origin, size and a cryptographic hash of the contents, to the Google * Safe Browsing service which helps Firefox determine whether or not the file should be blocked * [SETUP-SECURITY] If you do not understand this, or you want this protection, then override this ***/ user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false); // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", ""); // Defense-in-depth /* 0404: disable SB checks for unwanted software * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>... "Warn you about unwanted and uncommon software" ***/ // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); /* 0405: disable "ignore this warning" on SB warnings [FF45+] * If clicked, it bypasses the block for that session. This is a means for admins to enforce SB * [TEST] see https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/Appendix-A-Test-Sites#-mozilla * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1226490 ***/ // user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false);