From 9e1c368cd90ab32bffdd96a3163b889f7295394b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: earthlng Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 19:04:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] move dom.battery.enabled back to 2500 from 9999 (#486) * move dom.battery.enabled back to 2500 from 9999 * make it inactive, clear out old links --- user.js | 18 +++++++----------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/user.js b/user.js index 7905339..30d5eb9 100644 --- a/user.js +++ b/user.js @@ -1164,6 +1164,13 @@ user_pref("javascript.options.shared_memory", false); /*** 2500: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING ***/ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!"); +/* 2502: disable Battery Status API + * Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that was fixed. + * However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy. + * e.g. do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc + * [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code. see [1] + * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580 ***/ + // user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); /* 2504: disable virtual reality devices * [WARNING] [SETUP] Optional protection depending on your connected devices * [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WebVR_API ***/ @@ -1897,17 +1904,6 @@ user_pref("media.gmp-eme-adobe.autoupdate", false); // [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI/Security/WebTelephony // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1309719 user_pref("dom.telephony.enabled", false); -// 2502: disable Battery Status API - // Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that was fixed. - // However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy. - // e.g. do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc - // [1] https://techcrunch.com/2015/08/04/battery-attributes-can-be-used-to-track-web-users/ - // [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1124127 - // [3] https://www.w3.org/TR/battery-status/ - // [4] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/02/battery-status-indicators-tracking-online - // [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code. - // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580 -user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false); // ***/ /* ESR52.x still uses all the following prefs