From e9015dd44e56f6252146b1877c33409f1ad2f476 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cypherpunks <201630983+cypherpunks2@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 05:34:10 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 40_security-misc.js Privacy related prefs --- etc/thunderbird/pref/40_security-misc.js | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/thunderbird/pref/40_security-misc.js b/etc/thunderbird/pref/40_security-misc.js index 76e64f4..18d8124 100644 --- a/etc/thunderbird/pref/40_security-misc.js +++ b/etc/thunderbird/pref/40_security-misc.js @@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 2); // But we want it gone for good for no information leak at all // https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/cbbbc8d93cd7 pref("mailnews.headers.sendUserAgent", false); +pref("general.useragent.override", ""); // Normally we send emails after marking them with a time stamp // That includes our local time zone @@ -92,3 +93,45 @@ pref("mail.sanitize_date_header", true); // Compact when it will save over 100 KB pref("mail.folder.compact_on_exit", true); pref("mail.folder.compact_threshold", 100); + +//### Privacy +// Geolocation +pref("geo.enabled", false); +pref("geo.provider.use_geoclue", false) +pref("geo.provider.network.url", "") + +// Disable Google Safe Browsing (#22567). +pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false); +pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false); + +// Disable Microsoft Family Safety (From TBB: #21686). +pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0); + +// Likely privacy violations +// https://blog.torproject.org/blog/experimental-defense-website-traffic-fingerprinting +// https://bugs.torproject.org/3914 +pref("network.http.pipelining", true); +pref("network.http.pipelining.aggressive", true); +pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 12); +pref("network.http.connection-retry-timeout", 0); +pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-proxy", 256); +pref("network.http.pipelining.reschedule-timeout", 15000); +pref("network.http.pipelining.read-timeout", 60000); + +// We do not fully understand the privacy issues of the SPDY protocol +pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false); + +// Don't save email addresses from sent emails +// Do not automatically add outgoing sent emails to address book "Collected Addresses" for privacy +pref("mail.collect_email_address_outgoing", false); + +// Clean mailbox server-side +// Delete messages from server regardless if POP3 or IMAP is set as protocol for accounts +// Delete POP3 messages from server when moved for example when moved to trash in Thunderbird +// Delete IMAP messages from server when deleted or marked for deletion in Thunderbird +pref("mail.pop3.deleteFromServerOnMove", true); +pref("mail.imap.expunge_after_delete", true); + +// Don't leak the locale "Date & Time" via reply quote header +pref("mailnews.reply_header_type", 1); +pref("mailnews.reply_header_authorwrotesingle", "#1 wrote:");