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/******
* name: ghacks thunderbird user.js
* date: 24 November 2019
* version v68.0-beta: "Knock on Pants"
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* authors: v52+ github | v51- www.ghacks.net
* url: https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js
* license: MIT (https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/blob/master/LICENSE)
* releases: https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/releases
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* README:
0. Consider using Tor, use TorBirdy as well.
* https://addons.thunderbird.net/addon/torbirdy
1. READ the full README
* https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/blob/master/README.md
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2. READ this
* https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation
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3. If you skipped steps 1 and 2 above (shame on you), then here is the absolute minimum
* Auto-installing updates for Thunderbird and extensions are disabled (section 0302's)
* Browsing related technologies, and JavaScript disabled. Use your web browser for browsing.
4. BACKUP your profile folder before implementing (and/or test in a new/cloned profile)
5. KEEP UP TO DATE: https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki#small_orange_diamond-maintenance
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* INDEX:
0100: STARTUP
0200: GEOLOCATION
0300: QUIET FOX
0400: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
0500: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
0600: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND
0700: HTTP* / TCP/IP / DNS / PROXY / SOCKS etc
0800: HISTORY / FORMS
1000: CACHE / FAVICONS
1200: HTTPS (SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HPKP / CIPHERS)
1600: HEADERS / REFERERS
2600: MISCELLANEOUS
2700: PERSISTENT STORAGE
2800: SHUTDOWN
4000: FPI (FIRST PARTY ISOLATION)
4500: RFP (RESIST FINGERPRINTING)
5000: PERSONAL
6000: THUNDERBIRD (AUTO CONFIG / UI / HEADERS / ADDRESS BOOK)
6100: EMAIL COMPOSITION (ENCODING / FORMAT / VIEW)
6200: OTHER THUNDERBIRD COMPONENTS (CHAT / CALENDAR / RSS)
6300: THUNDERBIRD ENCRYPTION (ENIGMAIL / AUTOCRYPT)
9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
******/
/* START: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors
* [NOTE] In FF60+, not all syntax errors cause parsing to abort i.e. reaching the last debug
* pref no longer necessarily means that all prefs have been applied. Check the console right
* after startup for any warnings/error messages related to non-applied prefs
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/nnethercote/2018/03/09/a-new-preferences-parser-for-firefox/ ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "START: Oh yes, the Norwegian Blue... what's wrong with it?");
/*** [SECTION 0100]: STARTUP ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0100 syntax error: the parrot's dead!");
/* 0101: disable default browser check
* [SETTING] Edit>Preferences>Advanced>Always check to see if Thunderbird is the default mail client on startup ***/
user_pref("mail.shell.checkDefaultMail", false);
/* 0102: set START page
* [SETTING] Edit>Preferences>General>Thunderbird Start Page ***/
user_pref("mailnews.start_page.enabled", false);
/*** [SECTION 0200]: GEOLOCATION ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0200 syntax error: the parrot's definitely deceased!");
/* 0201: disable Location-Aware Browsing
* [1] https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/geolocation/ ***/
user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
/* 0201b: set a default permission for Location [FF58+]
* 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
* [NOTE] Best left at default "always ask", fingerprintable via Permissions API
* [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Access Your Location
* [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Location>Settings ***/
// user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2);
/* 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
* [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254
* [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_geolocation-for-default-search-engine ***/
user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
/* 0205: set OS & APP locale [FF59+]
* If set to empty, the OS locales are used. If not set at all, default locale is used ***/
user_pref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 0206: disable geographically specific results/search engines e.g. "browser.search.*.US"
* i.e. ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
/* 0207: set language to match ***/
user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
/* 0208: Set dictionary to US ***/
user_pref("spellchecker.dictionary", "en-US");
/* 0209: use APP locale over OS locale in regional preferences [FF56+]
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1379420,1364789 ***/
user_pref("intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales", false);
/*** [SECTION 0300]: QUIET FOX
We choose to not disable auto-CHECKs (0301's) but to disable auto-INSTALLs (0302's).
There are many legitimate reasons to turn off auto-INSTALLS, including hijacked or
monetized extensions, time constraints, legacy issues, and fear of breakage/bugs.
It is still important to do updates for security reasons, please do so manually. ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0300 syntax error: the parrot's not pinin' for the fjords!");
/* 0301b: disable auto-CHECKING for extension and theme updates ***/
// user_pref("extensions.update.enabled", false);
/* 0302a: disable auto-INSTALLING Firefox updates [NON-WINDOWS FF65+]
* [NOTE] In FF65+ on Windows this SETTING (below) is now stored in a file and the pref was removed
* [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Check for updates but let you choose... ***/
user_pref("app.update.auto", false);
/* 0302b: disable auto-INSTALLING extension and theme updates (after the check in 0301b)
* [SETTING] about:addons>Extensions>[cog-wheel-icon]>Update Add-ons Automatically (toggle) ***/
user_pref("extensions.update.autoUpdateDefault", false);
/* 0303: disable background update service [WINDOWS]
* [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Use a background service to install updates ***/
user_pref("app.update.service.enabled", false);
/* 0304: disable background update staging ***/
user_pref("app.update.staging.enabled", false);
/* 0305: enforce update information is displayed
* This is the update available, downloaded, error and success information ***/
user_pref("app.update.silent", false);
/* 0306: disable extension metadata
* used when installing/updating an extension, and in daily background update checks: if false, it
* hides the expanded text description (if it exists) when you "show more details about an addon" ***/
// user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
/* 0307: disable auto updating of lightweight themes (LWT)
* Not to be confused with themes in 0301* + 0302*, which use the FF55+ Theme API
* Mozilla plan to convert existing LWTs and remove LWT support in the future, see [1]
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/09/20/future-themes-here/ ***/
user_pref("lightweightThemes.update.enabled", false);
/* 0308: disable search update
* [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Automatically update search engines ***/
user_pref("browser.search.update", false);
/* 0310: disable sending the URL of the website where a plugin crashed ***/
user_pref("dom.ipc.plugins.reportCrashURL", false);
/* 0320: disable about:addons' Get Add-ons panel (uses Google Analytics) ***/
user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
user_pref("extensions.webservice.discoverURL", "");
/* 0330: disable telemetry
* the pref (.unified) affects the behaviour of the pref (.enabled)
* IF unified=false then .enabled controls the telemetry module
* IF unified=true then .enabled ONLY controls whether to record extended data
* so make sure to have both set as false
* [NOTE] FF58+ `toolkit.telemetry.enabled` is now LOCKED to reflect prerelease
* or release builds (true and false respectively), see [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] above FF58+
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "data:,");
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", "");
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+]
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false); // [FF59+]
/* 0340: disable Health Reports
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send technical... data ***/
user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
/* 0341: disable new data submission, master kill switch [FF41+]
* If disabled, no policy is shown or upload takes place, ever
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1195552 ***/
user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
/* 0342: disable Studies (see 0503)
* [NOTE] This pref has no effect when Health Reports (0340) are disabled
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>...>Allow Firefox to install and run studies ***/
user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
/* 0350: disable Crash Reports ***/
user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false); // [FF44+]
user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false); // [FF51+]
/* 0351: disable backlogged Crash Reports
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Firefox Data Collection & Use>Allow Firefox to send backlogged crash reports ***/
user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2", false); // [FF58+]
/* 0380: disable Browser Error Reporter [FF60+]
* [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-nightly-error-collection
* [2] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/browser/BrowserErrorReporter.html ***/
user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.chrome.errorReporter.submitUrl", "");
/* 0390: disable Captive Portal detection
* [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captive_portal
* [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Necko/CaptivePortal
* [3] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21790 ***/
user_pref("captivedetect.canonicalURL", "");
user_pref("network.captive-portal-service.enabled", false); // [FF52+]
/*** [SECTION 0400]: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING / TRACKING PROTECTION
This section has security & tracking protection implications vs privacy concerns vs effectiveness
vs 3rd party 'censorship'. We DO NOT advocate no protection. If you disable Tracking Protection (TP)
and/or Safe Browsing (SB), then SECTION 0400 REQUIRES YOU HAVE uBLOCK ORIGIN INSTALLED.
Safe Browsing is designed to protect users from malicious sites. Tracking Protection is designed
to lessen the impact of third parties on websites to reduce tracking and to speed up your browsing.
These do rely on 3rd parties (Google for SB and Disconnect for TP), but many steps, which are
continually being improved, have been taken to preserve privacy. Disable at your own risk.
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0400 syntax error: the parrot's passed on!");
/** BLOCKLISTS ***/
/* 0401: enable Firefox blocklist, but sanitize blocklist url
* [NOTE] It includes updates for "revoked certificates"
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/
* [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 ***/
user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
/* 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 ***/
// user_pref("services.blocklist.onecrl.collection", ""); // revoked certificates
// user_pref("services.blocklist.addons.collection", "");
// user_pref("services.blocklist.plugins.collection", "");
// user_pref("services.blocklist.gfx.collection", "");
/** SAFE BROWSING (SB)
This sub-section has been redesigned to differentiate between "real-time"/"user initiated" data
being sent to Google from all other settings such as using local blocklists/whitelists and updating
those lists. There are NO privacy issues here. *IF* required, a full url is never sent to Google,
only a PART-hash of the prefix, and this is hidden with noise of other real PART-hashes. Google also
swear it is anonymized and only used to flag malicious sites/activity. Firefox also takes measures
such as striping out identifying parameters and storing safe browsing cookies in a separate jar.
SB v4 (FF57+) doesn't even use cookies. (#Turn on browser.safebrowsing.debug to monitor this activity)
#Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/how-safe-browsing-works-in-firefox/
[1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Safe_Browsing ***/
/* 0410: disable "Block dangerous and deceptive content"
* This covers deceptive sites such as phishing and social engineering
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled", false); // [FF50+]
/* 0411: disable "Block dangerous downloads"
* This covers malware and PUPs (potentially unwanted programs)
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);
/* 0412: disable "Warn me about unwanted and uncommon software"
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Security>Deceptive Content and Software Protection ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_potentially_unwanted", false); // [FF48+]
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_uncommon", false); // [FF48+]
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous", false); // [FF49+]
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.block_dangerous_host", false); // [FF49+]
/* 0413: disable Google safebrowsing updates ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.updateURL", "");
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.gethashURL", "");
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.updateURL", ""); // [FF50+]
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.gethashURL", ""); // [FF50+]
/* 0414: disable binaries NOT in local lists being checked by Google (real-time checking) ***/
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.url", "");
/* 0415: disable reporting URLs ***/
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportURL", "");
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.reportPhishURL", "");
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportURL", ""); // [FF50+]
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportMalwareMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.reportPhishMistakeURL", ""); // [FF54+]
/* 0416: disable 'ignore this warning' on Safe Browsing warnings
* If clicked, it bypasses the block for that session. This is a means for admins to enforce SB
* [TEST] see github wiki APPENDIX A: Test Sites: Section 5
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1226490 ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.allowOverride", false);
/* 0417: disable data sharing [FF58+] ***/
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharing.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.google4.dataSharingURL", "");
/** TRACKING PROTECTION (TP)
There are NO privacy concerns here, but we strongly recommend to use uBlock Origin as well,
as it offers more comprehensive and specialized lists. It also allows per domain control.
uBlock Origin isn't officially supported in Thunderbird, however it does look as if it
might come in the future.
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/issues/3698
https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/commit/305cd4db1c8fb93a5d032fb3a09ededd9bbdc240
***/
/* 0420: enable Tracking Protection in all windows
* [NOTE] TP sends DNT headers regardless of the DNT pref (see 1610)
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tracking_protection
* [2] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/tracking-protection-firefox ***/
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
/* 0422: set which Tracking Protection block list to use
* [WARNING] We don't recommend enforcing this from here, as available block lists can change
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>All Detected Trackers>Change block list ***/
// user_pref("urlclassifier.trackingTable", "test-track-simple,base-track-digest256"); // basic
/* 0423: disable Mozilla's blocklist for known Flash tracking/fingerprinting [FF48+]
* [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2016/07/18/firefox-48-blocklist-against-plugin-fingerprinting/
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1237198 ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled", false);
/* 0424: disable Mozilla's tracking protection and Flash blocklist updates ***/
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.gethashURL", "");
// user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.provider.mozilla.updateURL", "");
/* 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 only enabled 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 ***/
// user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.annotate_channels", false);
// user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.lower_network_priority", false);
/*** [SECTION 0500]: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
System Add-ons are a method for shipping extensions, considered to be
built-in features to Firefox, that are hidden from the about:addons UI.
To view your System Add-ons go to about:support, they are listed under "Firefox Features"
Some System Add-ons have no on-off prefs. Instead you can manually remove them. Note that app
updates will restore them. They may also be updated and possibly restored automatically (see 0505)
* Portable: "...\App\Firefox64\browser\features\" (or "App\Firefox\etc" for 32bit)
* Windows: "...\Program Files\Mozilla\browser\features" (or "Program Files (X86)\etc" for 32bit)
* Mac: "...\Applications\Firefox\Contents\Resources\browser\features\"
[NOTE] On Mac you can right-click on the application and select "Show Package Contents"
* Linux: "/usr/lib/firefox/browser/features" (or similar)
[1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/addon-manager/SystemAddons.html
[2] https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/extensions
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0500 syntax error: the parrot's cashed in 'is chips!");
/* 0502: disable Mozilla permission to silently opt you into tests ***/
user_pref("network.allow-experiments", false);
/* 0503: disable Normandy/Shield [FF60+]
* Shield is an telemetry system (including Heartbeat) that can also push and test "recipes"
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield
* [2] https://github.com/mozilla/normandy ***/
user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false);
user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", "");
/* 0505: disable System Add-on updates ***/
user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.enabled", false); // [FF62+]
user_pref("extensions.systemAddon.update.url", ""); // [FF44+]
/* 0506: disable PingCentre telemetry (used in several System Add-ons) [FF57+]
* Currently blocked by 'datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled' (see 0340) ***/
user_pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false);
/* 0517: disable Form Autofill
* [NOTE] Stored data is NOT secure (uses a JSON file)
* [NOTE] Heuristics controls Form Autofill on forms without @autocomplete attributes
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Forms & Passwords>Autofill addresses
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Features/Form_Autofill
* [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/05/24/firefoxs-new-form-autofill-is-awesome/ ***/
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.available", "off"); // [FF56+]
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false); // [FF56+]
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
/* 0518: disable Web Compatibility Reporter [FF56+]
* Web Compatibility Reporter adds a "Report Site Issue" button to send data to Mozilla ***/
user_pref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled", false);
/*** [SECTION 0600]: BLOCK IMPLICIT OUTBOUND [not explicitly asked for - e.g. clicked on] ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0600 syntax error: the parrot's no more!");
/* 0601: disable link prefetching
* [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Link_prefetching_FAQ ***/
user_pref("network.prefetch-next", false);
/* 0602: disable DNS prefetching
* [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2013/04/27/firefox-prefetching-what-you-need-to-know/
* [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/X-DNS-Prefetch-Control ***/
user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetch", true);
user_pref("network.dns.disablePrefetchFromHTTPS", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 0603: disable Seer/Necko
* [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Necko ***/
user_pref("network.predictor.enabled", false);
/* 0605: disable link-mouseover opening connection to linked server
* [1] https://news.slashdot.org/story/15/08/14/2321202/how-to-quash-firefoxs-silent-requests
* [2] https://www.ghacks.net/2015/08/16/block-firefox-from-connecting-to-sites-when-you-hover-over-links/ ***/
user_pref("network.http.speculative-parallel-limit", 0);
/* 0606: disable pings (but enforce same host in case)
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings
* [2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.send_pings.require_same_host ***/
user_pref("browser.send_pings", false);
user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
/* 0608: disable predictor / prefetching [FF48+] ***/
user_pref("network.predictor.enable-prefetch", false);
/*** [SECTION 0700]: HTTP* / TCP/IP / DNS / PROXY / SOCKS etc ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0700 syntax error: the parrot's given up the ghost!");
/* 0701: disable IPv6
* IPv6 can be abused, especially regarding MAC addresses. They also do not play nice
* with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it
* [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done
* at an OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups
* [TEST] http://ipv6leak.com/
* [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/437#issuecomment-403740626
* [2] https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/ipv6-security/ (see Myths 2,4,5,6) ***/
user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
/* 0702: disable HTTP2 (which was based on SPDY which is now deprecated)
* HTTP2 raises concerns with "multiplexing" and "server push", does nothing to enhance
* privacy, and in fact opens up a number of server-side fingerprinting opportunities
* [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
* consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
* and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
* [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 ***/
user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled", false);
user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.deps", false);
user_pref("network.http.spdy.enabled.http2", false);
/* 0703: disable HTTP Alternative Services [FF37+]
* [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
* consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
* and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
* [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7838#section-9
* [2] https://www.mnot.net/blog/2016/03/09/alt-svc ***/
user_pref("network.http.altsvc.enabled", false);
user_pref("network.http.altsvc.oe", false);
/* 0704: enforce the proxy server to do any DNS lookups when using SOCKS
* e.g. in Tor, this stops your local DNS server from knowing your Tor destination
* as a remote Tor node will handle the DNS request
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.proxy.socks_remote_dns
* [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/WebBrowsers ***/
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
/* 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
* [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/ ***/
// user_pref("network.trr.mode", 0);
// user_pref("network.trr.bootstrapAddress", "");
// user_pref("network.trr.uri", "");
/* 0708: disable FTP [FF60+]
* [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2018/02/20/firefox-60-with-new-preference-to-disable-ftp/ ***/
user_pref("network.ftp.enabled", false);
/* 0709: disable using UNC (Uniform Naming Convention) paths [FF61+]
* [SETUP-CHROME] Can break extensions for profiles on network shares
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/26424 ***/
user_pref("network.file.disable_unc_paths", true); // [HIDDEN 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) ***/
user_pref("network.gio.supported-protocols", ""); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/*** [SECTION 0800]: HISTORY / FORMS [SETUP-CHROME]
Consider your environment (no unwanted eyeballs), your device (restricted access),
your device's unattended state (locked, encrypted, forensic hardened).
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0800 syntax error: the parrot's ceased to be!");
/* 0860: disable search and form history
* [NOTE] You can clear formdata on exiting Firefox (see 2803)
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember search and form history ***/
user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
/* 0862: disable browsing and download history
* [NOTE] You can clear history and downloads on exiting Firefox (see 2803)
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Remember browsing and download history ***/
user_pref("places.history.enabled", false);
/*** [SECTION 1000]: CACHE / FAVICONS [SETUP-CHROME]
ETAG [1] and other [2][3] cache tracking/fingerprinting techniques can be averted by
disabling *BOTH* disk (1001) and memory (1003) cache. ETAGs can also be neutralized
by modifying response headers [4]. Another solution is to use a hardened configuration
with Temporary Containers [5]. Alternatively, you can *LIMIT* exposure by clearing
cache on close (2803). or on a regular basis manually or with an extension.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_ETag#Tracking_using_ETags
[2] https://robertheaton.com/2014/01/20/cookieless-user-tracking-for-douchebags/
[3] https://www.grepular.com/Preventing_Web_Tracking_via_the_Browser_Cache
[4] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.2.4-Header-Editor
[5] https://medium.com/@stoically/enhance-your-privacy-in-firefox-with-temporary-containers-33925cd6cd21
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1000 syntax error: the parrot's gone to meet 'is maker!");
/** CACHE ***/
/* 1001: disable disk cache ***/
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.capacity", 0);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.cache.disk.smart_size.first_run", false);
/* 1002: disable disk cache for SSL pages
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl ***/
user_pref("browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl", false);
/* 1003: disable memory cache
* [NOTE] Not recommended due to performance issues ***/
// user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
// user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 1005: disable fastback cache
* To improve performance when pressing back/forward Firefox stores visited pages
* so they don't have to be re-parsed. This is not the same as memory cache.
* 0=none, -1=auto (that's minus 1), or for other values see [1]
* [WARNING] Not recommended unless you know what you're doing
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers ***/
// user_pref("browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers", 0);
/* 1006: disable permissions manager from writing to disk [RESTART]
* [NOTE] This means any permission changes are session only
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967812 ***/
// user_pref("permissions.memory_only", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 1008: set DNS cache and expiration time (default 400 and 60, same as Tor Browser) ***/
// user_pref("network.dnsCacheEntries", 400);
// user_pref("network.dnsCacheExpiration", 60);
/** FAVICONS ***/
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("browser.shell.shortcutFavicons", false);
/* 1031: disable favicons in tabs and new bookmarks
* bookmark favicons are stored as data blobs in favicons.sqlite ***/
user_pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", false);
/* 1032: disable favicons in web notifications ***/
user_pref("alerts.showFavicons", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
/*** [SECTION 1200]: HTTPS (SSL/TLS / OCSP / CERTS / HPKP / CIPHERS)
Note that your cipher and other settings can be used server side as a fingerprint attack
vector, see [1] (It's quite technical but the first part is easy to understand
and you can stop reading when you reach the second section titled "Enter Bro")
Option 1: Use defaults for ciphers (1260's). There is nothing *weak* about these, but
due to breakage, browsers can't deprecate them until the web stops using them
Option 2: Disable the ciphers in 1261, 1262 and 1263. These shouldn't break anything.
Optionally, disable the ciphers in 1264.
[1] https://www.securityartwork.es/2017/02/02/tls-client-fingerprinting-with-bro/
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1200 syntax error: the parrot's a stiff!");
/** SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) / TLS (Transport Layer Security) ***/
/* 1201: disable old SSL/TLS "insecure" renegotiation (vulnerable to a MiTM attack)
* [SETUP-WEB] <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/ ***/
user_pref("security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation", true);
/* 1202: control TLS versions with min and max
* 1=TLS 1.0, 2=TLS 1.1, 3=TLS 1.2, 4=TLS 1.3
* [NOTE] Jul-2017: Telemetry indicates approx 2% of TLS web traffic uses 1.0 or 1.1
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Security.tls.version.*
* [2] https://www.ssl.com/how-to/turn-off-ssl-3-0-and-tls-1-0-in-your-browser/
* [2] archived: https://archive.is/hY2Mm ***/
// user_pref("security.tls.version.min", 3);
user_pref("security.tls.version.max", 4);
/* 1203: disable SSL session tracking [FF36+]
* SSL Session IDs are unique, last up to 24hrs in Firefox, and can be used for tracking
* [SETUP-PERF] Relax this if you have FPI enabled (see 4000) *AND* you understand the
* consequences. FPI isolates these, but it was designed with the Tor protocol in mind,
* and the Tor Browser has extra protection, including enhanced sanitizing per Identity.
* [1] https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5077
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967977
* [3] https://arxiv.org/abs/1810.07304 ***/
user_pref("security.ssl.disable_session_identifiers", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 1204: disable SSL Error Reporting
* [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/base/sslerrorreport/preferences.html ***/
user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.automatic", false);
user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.enabled", false);
user_pref("security.ssl.errorReporting.url", "");
/* 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/ ***/
user_pref("security.tls.enable_0rtt_data", false);
/** OCSP (Online Certificate Status Protocol)
#Required reading [#] https://scotthelme.co.uk/revocation-is-broken/ ***/
/* 1210: enable OCSP Stapling
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2013/07/29/ocsp-stapling-in-firefox/ ***/
user_pref("security.ssl.enable_ocsp_stapling", true);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("security.OCSP.enabled", 0);
/* 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 the connection (=soft-fail)
* Setting this pref to true tells Firefox to instead terminate the connection (=hard-fail)
* It is pointless to soft-fail when an OCSP fetch fails: you cannot confirm a 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 ***/
user_pref("security.OCSP.require", true);
/** CERTS / HPKP (HTTP Public Key Pinning) ***/
/* 1220: disable or limit SHA-1 certificates
* 0=all SHA1 certs are allowed
* 1=all SHA1 certs are blocked
* 2=deprecated option that now maps to 1
* 3=only allowed for locally-added roots (e.g. anti-virus)
* 4=only allowed for locally-added roots or for certs in 2015 and earlier
* [SETUP-CHROME] When disabled, some man-in-the-middle devices (e.g. security scanners and
* antivirus products, may fail to connect to HTTPS sites. SHA-1 is *almost* obsolete.
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2016/10/18/phasing-out-sha-1-on-the-public-web/ ***/
user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1);
/* 1221: disable Windows 8.1's Microsoft Family Safety cert [FF50+] [WINDOWS]
* 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 ***/
user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0);
/* 1222: disable intermediate certificate caching (fingerprinting attack vector) [RESTART]
* [NOTE] This affects login/cert/key dbs. The effect is all credentials are session-only.
* Saved logins and passwords are not available. Reset the pref and restart to return them.
* [TEST] https://fiprinca.0x90.eu/poc/
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1334485 - related bug
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216882 - related bug (see comment 9) ***/
// user_pref("security.nocertdb", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 1223: enforce strict pinning
* PKP (Public Key Pinning) 0=disabled 1=allow user MiTM (such as your antivirus), 2=strict
* [WARNING] If you rely on an AV (antivirus) to protect your web browsing
* by inspecting ALL your web traffic, then leave at current default=1
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16206 ***/
user_pref("security.cert_pinning.enforcement_level", 2);
/** MIXED CONTENT ***/
/* 1240: disable insecure active content on https pages
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/21323 ***/
user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_active_content", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 1241: disable insecure passive content (such as images) on https pages ***/
user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
/** CIPHERS [see the section 1200 intro] ***/
/* 1261: disable 3DES (effective key size < 128)
* [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3des#Security
* [2] http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Meet-in-the-middle_attack
* [3] https://www-archive.mozilla.org/projects/security/pki/nss/ssl/fips-ssl-ciphersuites.html ***/
// user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha", false);
/* 1262: disable 128 bits ***/
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
/* 1263: disable DHE (Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange)
* [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/10/how-to-protect-yourself-from-nsa-attacks-1024-bit-DH ***/
// user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.dhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
/* 1264: disable the remaining non-modern cipher suites as of FF52 ***/
// user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
/** UI (User Interface) ***/
/* 1270: display warning (red padlock) for "broken security" (see 1201)
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security:Renegotiation ***/
user_pref("security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken", true);
/* 1271: control "Add Security Exception" dialog on SSL warnings
* 0=do neither 1=pre-populate url 2=pre-populate url + pre-fetch cert (default)
* [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/210 ***/
user_pref("browser.ssl_override_behavior", 1);
/* 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/ ***/
user_pref("browser.xul.error_pages.expert_bad_cert", true);
/* 1273: display "insecure" icon and "Not Secure" text on HTTP sites ***/
user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.enabled", true); // [FF59+]
user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true); // [FF60+]
// user_pref("security.insecure_connection_icon.pbmode.enabled", true);
// user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.pbmode.enabled", true);
/*** [SECTION 1600]: HEADERS / REFERERS
Only *cross domain* referers need controlling and XOriginPolicy (1603) is perfect for that. Thus we enforce
the default values for 1601, 1602, 1605 and 1606 to minimize breakage, and only tweak 1603 and 1604.
Our default settings provide the best balance between protection and amount of breakage.
To harden it a bit more you can set XOriginPolicy (1603) to 2 (+ optionally 1604 to 1 or 2).
To fix broken sites (including your modem/router), temporarily set XOriginPolicy=0 and XOriginTrimmingPolicy=2 in about:config,
use the site and then change the values back. If you visit those sites regularly (e.g. vimeo), use an extension.
full URI: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html?id=1234
scheme+host+port+path: https://example.com:8888/foo/bar.html
scheme+host+port: https://example.com:8888
#Required reading [#] https://feeding.cloud.geek.nz/posts/tweaking-referrer-for-privacy-in-firefox/
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1600 syntax error: the parrot rests in peace!");
/* 1601: ALL: control when images/links send a referer
* 0=never, 1=send only when links are clicked, 2=for links and images (default) ***/
user_pref("network.http.sendRefererHeader", 0);
/* 1602: ALL: control the amount of information to send
* 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy", 2);
/* 1603: CROSS ORIGIN: control when to send a referer [SETUP-WEB]
* 0=always (default), 1=only if base domains match, 2=only if hosts match ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy", 2);
/* 1604: CROSS ORIGIN: control the amount of information to send [FF52+]
* 0=send full URI (default), 1=scheme+host+port+path, 2=scheme+host+port ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.XOriginTrimmingPolicy", 2);
/* 1605: ALL: disable spoofing a referer
* [WARNING] Do not set this to true, as spoofing effectively disables the anti-CSRF
* (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protections that some sites may rely on ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.spoofSource", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
/* 1606: ALL: set the default Referrer Policy [FF59+]
* 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/ ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy", 3); // [DEFAULT: 3]
user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy.pbmode", 2); // [DEFAULT: 2]
/* 1610: ALL: enable the DNT (Do Not Track) HTTP header
* [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>Send websites a "Do Not Track"... ***/
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
/*** [SECTION 2600]: MISCELLANEOUS ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2600 syntax error: the parrot's run down the curtain!");
/* 2607: disable various developer tools in browser context
* [SETTING] Devtools>Advanced Settings>Enable browser chrome and add-on debugging toolboxes
* [1] https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/179#issuecomment-246468676 ***/
user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false);
/* 2608: disable WebIDE to prevent remote debugging and ADB extension download
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16222 ***/
user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false);
user_pref("devtools.webide.enabled", false);
/* 2610: disable in-content SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) [FF53+]
* [SETUP-WEB] Expect breakage incl. youtube player controls. Best left for a "hardened" profile.
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216893 ***/
user_pref("svg.disabled", true);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", false);
/* 2614: limit HTTP redirects (this does not control redirects with HTML meta tags or JS)
* [NOTE] A low setting of 5 or under will probably break some sites (e.g. gmail logins)
* To control HTML Meta tag and JS redirects, use an extension. Default is 20 ***/
user_pref("network.http.redirection-limit", 10);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 2619: enforce Punycode for Internationalized Domain Names to eliminate possible spoofing
* Firefox has *some* protections, but it is better to be safe than sorry. The downside: it will also
* display legitimate IDN's punycoded, which might be undesirable for users of non-latin alphabets
* [TEST] https://www.xn--80ak6aa92e.com/ (www.apple.com)
* [1] https://wiki.mozilla.org/IDN_Display_Algorithm
* [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack
* [3] CVE-2017-5383: https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-02/
* [4] https://www.xudongz.com/blog/2017/idn-phishing/ ***/
user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
/** DOWNLOADS ***/
/* 2650: discourage downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used)
* [SETTING] To set your default "downloads": General>Downloads>Save files to ***/
user_pref("browser.download.folderList", 2);
/* 2651: enforce user interaction for security by always asking the user where to download
* [SETTING] General>Downloads>Always ask you where to save files ***/
user_pref("browser.download.useDownloadDir", false);
/* 2652: disable adding downloads to the system's "recent documents" list ***/
user_pref("browser.download.manager.addToRecentDocs", false);
/* 2653: disable hiding mime types (Options>General>Applications) not associated with a plugin ***/
user_pref("browser.download.hide_plugins_without_extensions", false);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("browser.download.forbid_open_with", true);
/** EXTENSIONS ***/
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("extensions.enabledScopes", 1); // [HIDDEN PREF]
user_pref("extensions.autoDisableScopes", 15);
/* 2662: disable webextension restrictions on certain mozilla domains (also see 4503) [FF60+]
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1384330,1406795,1415644,1453988 ***/
// user_pref("extensions.webextensions.restrictedDomains", "");
/* 2663: enable warning when websites try to install add-ons
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Permissions>Warn you when websites try to install add-ons ***/
user_pref("xpinstall.whitelist.required", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/** SECURITY ***/
/* 2680: enable CSP (Content Security Policy)
* [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/HTTP/CSP ***/
user_pref("security.csp.enable", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 2682: enable CSP 1.1 experimental hash-source directive [FF29+]
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=855326,883975 ***/
user_pref("security.csp.experimentalEnabled", true);
/* 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/ ***/
user_pref("security.data_uri.block_toplevel_data_uri_navigations", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 2684: enforce a security delay on some confirmation dialogs such as install, open/save
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Disable_extension_install_delay_-_Firefox
* [2] https://www.squarefree.com/2004/07/01/race-conditions-in-security-dialogs/ ***/
user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700);
/*** [SECTION 2700]: PERSISTENT STORAGE
Data SET by websites including
cookies : profile\cookies.sqlite
localStorage : profile\webappsstore.sqlite
indexedDB : profile\storage\default
appCache : profile\OfflineCache
serviceWorkers :
[NOTE] indexedDB and serviceWorkers are not available in Private Browsing Mode
[NOTE] Blocking cookies also blocks websites access to: localStorage (incl. sessionStorage),
indexedDB, sharedWorker, and serviceWorker (and therefore service worker cache and notifications)
If you set a site exception for cookies (either "Allow" or "Allow for Session") then they become
accessible to websites except shared/service workers where the cookie setting *must* be "Allow"
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2700 syntax error: the parrot's joined the bleedin' choir invisible!");
/* 2701: disable 3rd-party cookies and site-data
* 0=Accept cookies and site data (default), 1=(Block) All third-party cookies, 2=(Block) All cookies,
* 3=(Block) Cookies from unvisited sites, 4=(Block) Third-party trackers (FF63+)
* [NOTE] Value 4 is tied to the Tracking Protection lists
* [NOTE] You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Content Blocking>Custom>Choose what to block>Cookies ***/
user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 2);
/* 2720: enforce IndexedDB (IDB) as enabled
* IDB is required for extensions and Firefox internals (even before FF63 in [1])
* To control *website* IDB data, control allowing cookies and service workers, or use
* Temporary Containers. To mitigate *website* IDB, FPI helps (4001), and/or sanitize
* on close (Offline Website Data, see 2800) or on-demand (Ctrl-Shift-Del), or automatically
* via an extension. Note that IDB currently cannot be sanitized by host.
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2018/08/03/new-backend-for-storage-local-api/ ***/
user_pref("dom.indexedDB.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 2730: disable offline cache ***/
/*** [SECTION 2800]: SHUTDOWN [SETUP-CHROME]
You should set the values to what suits you best.
- "Offline Website Data" includes appCache (2730), localStorage (2710),
Service Worker cache (2740), and QuotaManager (IndexedDB (2720), asm-cache)
- In both 2803 + 2804, the 'download' and 'history' prefs are combined in the
Firefox interface as "Browsing & Download History" and their values will be synced
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2800 syntax error: the parrot's bleedin' demised!");
/* 2804: reset default history items to clear with Ctrl-Shift-Del (to match 2803)
* This dialog can also be accessed from the menu History>Clear Recent History
* Firefox remembers your last choices. 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 to the same as 'history' ***/
user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
/* 2806: reset default 'Time range to clear' for 'Clear Recent History' (see 2804)
* Firefox remembers your last choice. This will reset the value when you start Firefox.
* 0=everything, 1=last hour, 2=last two hours, 3=last four hours,
* 4=today, 5=last five minutes, 6=last twenty-four hours
* [NOTE] The values 5 + 6 are not listed in the dropdown, which will display a
* blank value if they are used, but they do work as advertised ***/
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
/*** [SECTION 4000]: FPI (FIRST PARTY ISOLATION)
** 1278037 - isolate indexedDB (FF51+)
** 1277803 - isolate favicons (FF52+)
** 1264562 - isolate OCSP cache (FF52+)
** 1268726 - isolate Shared Workers (FF52+)
** 1316283 - isolate SSL session cache (FF52+)
** 1317927 - isolate media cache (FF53+)
** 1323644 - isolate HSTS and HPKP (FF54+)
** 1334690 - isolate HTTP Alternative Services (FF54+)
** 1334693 - isolate SPDY/HTTP2 (FF55+)
** 1337893 - isolate DNS cache (FF55+)
** 1344170 - isolate blob: URI (FF55+)
** 1300671 - isolate data:, about: URLs (FF55+)
** 1473247 - isolate IP addresses (FF63+)
** 1492607 - isolate postMessage with targetOrigin "*" (requires 4002) (FF65+)
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4000 syntax error: the parrot's pegged out");
/* 4001: enable First Party Isolation [FF51+]
* [SETUP-WEB] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931 ***/
user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
/* 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 ***/
user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
// user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.block_post_message", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/*** [SECTION 4500]: RFP (RESIST FINGERPRINTING)
This master switch will be used for a wide range of items, many of which will
**override** existing prefs from FF55+, often providing a **better** solution
IMPORTANT: As existing prefs become redundant, and some of them WILL interfere
with how RFP works, they will be moved to section 4600 and made inactive
** 418986 - limit window.screen & CSS media queries leaking identifiable info (FF41+)
[POC] http://ip-check.info/?lang=en (screen, usable screen, and browser window will match)
[NOTE] Does not cover everything yet - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1216800
[NOTE] This will probably make your values pretty unique until you resize or snap the
inner window width + height into standard/common resolutions (such as 1366x768)
To set a size, open a XUL (chrome) page (such as about:config) which is at 100% zoom, hit
Shift+F4 to open the scratchpad, type window.resizeTo(1366,768), hit Ctrl+R to run. Test
your window size, do some math, resize to allow for all the non inner window elements
[TEST] http://browserspy.dk/screen.php
** 1281949 - spoof screen orientation (FF50+)
** 1281963 - hide the contents of navigator.plugins and navigator.mimeTypes (FF50+)
FF53: Fixes GetSupportedNames in nsMimeTypeArray and nsPluginArray (1324044)
** 1330890 - spoof timezone as UTC 0 (FF55+)
FF58: Date.toLocaleFormat deprecated (818634)
FF60: Date.toLocaleDateString and Intl.DateTimeFormat fixed (1409973)
** 1360039 - spoof navigator.hardwareConcurrency as 2 (see 4601) (FF55+)
This spoof *shouldn't* affect core chrome/Firefox performance
** 1217238 - reduce precision of time exposed by javascript (FF55+)
** 1369303 - spoof/disable performance API (see 2410-deprecated, 4602, 4603) (FF56+)
** 1333651 & 1383495 & 1396468 - spoof Navigator API (see section 4700) (FF56+)
FF56: The version number will be rounded down to the nearest multiple of 10
FF57: The version number will match current ESR (1393283, 1418672, 1418162, 1511763)
FF59: The OS will be reported as Windows, OSX, Android, or Linux (to reduce breakage) (1404608)
FF66: The OS in HTTP Headers will be reduced to Windows or Android (1509829)
** 1369319 - disable device sensor API (see 4604) (FF56+)
** 1369357 - disable site specific zoom (see 4605) (FF56+)
** 1337161 - hide gamepads from content (see 4606) (FF56+)
** 1372072 - spoof network information API as "unknown" (see 4607) (FF56+)
** 1333641 - reduce fingerprinting in WebSpeech API (see 4608) (FF56+)
** 1372069 & 1403813 & 1441295 - block geolocation requests (same as denying a site permission) (see 0201, 0201b) (FF56-62)
** 1369309 - spoof media statistics (see 4610) (FF57+)
** 1382499 - reduce screen co-ordinate fingerprinting in Touch API (see 4611) (FF57+)
** 1217290 & 1409677 - enable fingerprinting resistance for WebGL (see 2010-12) (FF57+)
** 1382545 - reduce fingerprinting in Animation API (FF57+)
** 1354633 - limit MediaError.message to a whitelist (FF57+)
** 1382533 - enable fingerprinting resistance for Presentation API (FF57+)
This blocks exposure of local IP Addresses via mDNS (Multicast DNS)
** 967895 - enable site permission prompt before allowing canvas data extraction (FF58+)
FF59: Added to site permissions panel (1413780) Only prompt when triggered by user input (1376865)
** 1372073 - spoof/block fingerprinting in MediaDevices API (see 4612) (FF59+)
** 1039069 - warn when language prefs are set to non en-US (see 0207, 0208) (FF59+)
** 1222285 & 1433592 - spoof keyboard events and suppress keyboard modifier events (FF59+)
Spoofing mimics the content language of the document. Currently it only supports en-US.
Modifier events suppressed are SHIFT and both ALT keys. Chrome is not affected.
FF60: Fix keydown/keyup events (1438795)
** 1337157 - disable WebGL debug renderer info (see 4613) (FF60+)
** 1459089 - disable OS locale in HTTP Accept-Language headers (ANDROID) (FF62+)
** 1363508 - spoof/suppress Pointer Events (see 4614) (FF64+)
FF65: pointerEvent.pointerid (1492766)
** 1485266 - disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (see 2618) (FF67+)
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4500 syntax error: the parrot's popped 'is clogs");
/* 4501: enable privacy.resistFingerprinting [FF41+]
* [SETUP-WEB] RFP is not ready for the masses, so expect some website breakage
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/418986 ***/
user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting", true);
/* 4502: set new window sizes to round to hundreds [FF55+] [SETUP-CHROME]
* Width will round down to multiples of 200s and height to 100s, to fit your screen.
* The override values are a starting point to round from if you want some control
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1330882
* [2] https://hardware.metrics.mozilla.com/ ***/
// user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerWidth", 1600); // [HIDDEN PREF]
// user_pref("privacy.window.maxInnerHeight", 900); // [HIDDEN 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 ***/
user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.block_mozAddonManager", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/*** [SECTION 5000]: PERSONAL
Non-project related but useful. If any of these interest you, add them to your overrides ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "5000 syntax error: this is an ex-parrot!");
/* WELCOME & WHAT's NEW NOTICES ***/
//user_pref("mailnews.start_page_override.mstone", "ignore"); // master switch
/* WARNINGS ***/
// user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.delay", 0);
// user_pref("full-screen-api.warning.timeout", 0);
// user_pref("general.warnOnAboutConfig", false);
/* APPEARANCE ***/
// user_pref("toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
/* CONTENT BEHAVIOR ***/
// user_pref("accessibility.typeaheadfind", true); // enable "Find As You Type"
// user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false); // disable autocopy default [LINUX]
/* UX BEHAVIOR ***/
// user_pref("general.autoScroll", false); // middle-click enabling auto-scrolling [WINDOWS] [MAC]
// user_pref("ui.key.menuAccessKey", 0); // disable alt key toggling the menu bar [RESTART]
/* OTHER ***/
// user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false); // see bugzilla 620472
// user_pref("xpinstall.signatures.required", false); // enforced extension signing (Nightly/ESR)
/* Set custom headers ***/
// user_pref("mail.identity.id1.headers", "References, InReplyTo");
// user_pref("mail.identity.id1.header.References", "References: <2ad46d80-c8ce-49a3-9896-16171788ac28@example.tld>\n <31ff00c2-b7cb-4063-beeb-a0bdd424c3a7@example1.tld>");
// user_pref("mail.identity.id1.header.InReplyTo", "In-Reply-To: <31ff00c2-b7cb-4063-beeb-a0bdd424c3a7@example1.tld>");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.headers", "");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.header.References", "");
user_pref("mail.identity.id1.header.InReplyTo", "");
/*** [SECTION 6000]: THUNDERBIRD (AUTO CONFIG / UI / HEADERS / ADDRESS BOOK)
Options general to Thunderbird's mail configuration and user interface
[1] https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-release/
[2] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mail_and_news_settings
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "6000 syntax error: this parrot is blind!");
/** AUTO CONFIG ***/
/* 6001: Disable autoconfiguration
* These options disable autoconfiguration of mail server settings in Thunderbird.
* Such settings require a query to Mozilla which could have privacy implications
* if the user wishes to keep the existance of the provider private
* [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Autoconfiguration ***/
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config.guess.enabled", false);
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.enabled", false);
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromISP.sendEmailAddress", false);
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config.fetchFromExchange.enabled", false);
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config_url", "");
user_pref("mailnews.auto_config.addons_url","");
/** UI (User Interface) ***/
/* 6002: Hide tab bar
* false=Hides the tab bar if there is only one tab. (default) ***/
user_pref("mail.tabs.autoHide", true);
/* 6003: Show full email instead of just name from address book
* true=Show just the display name for people in the address book (default)
* false=Show both the email address and display name. ***/
user_pref("mail.showCondensedAddresses", false);
/** HEADERS ***/
/* 6004:
* true=Show Sender header in message pane.
* false=Does nothing. (default) ***/
user_pref("mailnews.headers.showSender", true);
/* 6005:
* true=Show User Agent header in message pane
* false=Does nothing. (default) ***/
user_pref("mailnews.headers.showUserAgent", false);
/* 6006: Hello argument
* Lets you replace your IP address with the specified string in Received: headers when your
* IP address is not a "fully qualified domain name" (FQDN). Typically you only need to do this
* when you have a NAT box to prevent it from using the NAT boxes IP address.
* If you don't set it to something in your SMTP server's domain it may increase your spam
* score. ***/
user_pref("mail.smtpserver.default.hello_argument", "[127.0.0.1]");
/* 6007: Displayed dates and times
* When your e-mail program displays the e-mail's date and time, it normally converts them to your
* time zone. If your computer's time zone settings are wrong, then you will see the wrong time
* (and possibly the wrong date). To turn this conversion off, you can use a preference setting.
* It affects the headers that you see in e-mails that you open or preview, but it does not affect
* the Date column in folders.
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Time_and_time_zone_settings
* [2] http://wiki.cacert.org/ThunderBirdAdvancedConfig
* ***/
user_pref("mailnews.display.original_date", false);
/* 6008: Display the sender's Timezone when set to true ***/
user_pref("mailnews.display.date_senders_timezone", false);
/* 6009: Display Time Date based on Received Header
* Thunderbird shows the time when the message was sent, according to the sender. It is possible
* to make Thunderbird show the time when the message arrived on your mail server, based on the
* "Received" header. Set the following preference. New messages will show the time the message
* was received, rather than when it was sent. ***/
user_pref("mailnews.use_received_date", "true");
/** ADDRESS BOOK ***/
/* 6007: Address book collection
* Disable address book email collection
* Consider using https://addons.thunderbird.net/addon/cardbook instead ***/
user_pref("mail.collect_addressbook", false);
user_pref("mail.collect_email_address_outgoing", false);
/*** [SECTION 6100]: EMAIL COMPOSITION (ENCODING / FORMAT / VIEW)
Options that relate to composition, formatting and viewing email
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "6100 syntax error: this parrot has got no mail!");
/** ENCODING ***/
/* 6101: Prevent fallback encoding to windows-1252, prefer 7bit or 8bit UTF-8
* [1] http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=267341
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=214729
* [3] https://stackoverflow.com/a/28531705 ***/
user_pref("intl.fallbackCharsetList.ISO-8859-1", "UTF-8");
/* 6102: Set encoding of incoming mail
* [SETTING] Display > Advanced > Fonts & Encodings > Incoming Mail ***/
user_pref("mailnews.view_default_charset", "UTF-8");
/* 6103: Set encoding of outgoing mail
* [SETTING] Display > Advanced > Fonts & Encodings > Outgoing Mail ***/
user_pref("mailnews.send_default_charset", "UTF-8");
/* 6104: Forces encoding in reply to be the default charset
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=234958#c2 ***/
user_pref("mailnews.reply_in_default_charset", true);
/** COMPOSITION ***/
/* 6105: Check spelling before sending
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=667133 ***/
user_pref("mail.SpellCheckBeforeSend", false);
/* 6106: Never send HTML only emails. (0=Ask, 1=Send as plain text, 2=Send as HTML anyway,
* 3=Include both plain text and HTML message bodies in message)
* Email that is HTML should also have plaintext multipart for plain text users.
* [1] https://drewdevault.com/2016/04/11/Please-use-text-plain-for-emails.html
* [SETTING] Edit > Preferences > Send Options > Send the message in both plain text and HTML ***/
user_pref("mail.default_html_action", 3);
/* 6107: Send email in plaintext unless expressly overidden.
* Sometimes HTML is useful especially when used with Markdown Here
* [NOTE] Holding down shift when you click on "Write" will bypass
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Plain_text_e-mail_%28Thunderbird%29
* [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1004181
* [3] https://markdown-here.com ***/
user_pref("mail.html_compose", false);
user_pref("mail.identity.default.compose_html", false);
/* 6108: Downgrade email to plaintext by default
* Only use HTML email if you need it, see above
* [SETTING] Edit > Preferences > Composition > Send Options > Send messages as plain-text if possible ***/
user_pref("mailnews.sendformat.auto_downgrade", false);
/* 6109: What classes can process incoming data.
* (0=All classes (default), 1=Don't display HTML, 2=Don't display HTML and inline images,
* 3=Don't display HTML, inline images and some other uncommon types, 100=Use a hard coded list)
* In the past this has mitigated a vulnerability CVE-2008-0304 (rare)
* [1] https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2008-12/
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=677905 ***/
user_pref("mailnews.display.disallow_mime_handlers", 0);
/* 6110: How to display HTML parts of a message body
* (0=Display the HTML normally (default), 1=Convert it to text and then back again
* 2=Display the HTML source, 3=Sanitize the HTML, 4=Display all body parts)
* (in trunk builds later than 2011-07-23)
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602718
* [2] https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/c1ef44a22eb2
* [3] https://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/mozilla/108153/ ***/
user_pref("mailnews.display.html_as", 3);
/* 6111: Prefer to view as plaintext or html
* true=Display a message as plain text when there is both a HTML and a plain
* text version of a message body
* false=Display a message as HTML when there is both a HTML and a plain text
* version of a message body. (default) ***/
user_pref("mailnews.display.prefer_plaintext", false);
/* 6112: Inline attachments
* true=Show inlinable attachments (text, images, messages) after the message.
* false=Do not display any attachments with the message ***/
user_pref("mail.inline_attachments", false);
/* 6113: Big attachment warning
* [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1081046
* [2] http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2949521 */
user_pref("mail.compose.big_attachments.notify", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 6114: Set big attachment size to warn at */
// user_pref("mailnews.message_warning_size", 20971520); // DEFAULT size
/** VIEW ***/
/* 6115: Disable JavaScript
* [NOTE] JavaScript is already disabled in message content.
* [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Thunderbird/Releases/3
* [2] https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3054315/is-javascript-supported-in-an-email-message
* ***/
user_pref("javascript.enabled", false);
/* 6116: Disable media source extensions
* [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/05/10/enable-media-source-extensions-firefox ***/
user_pref("media.mediasource.enabled", false);
/* 6117: Disable hardware decoding support ***/
user_pref("media.hardware-video-decoding.enabled", false);
/* 6118: Default image permissions
* 1=Allow all images to load, regardless of origin. (Default),
* 2=Block all images from loading.
* 3=Prevent third-party images from loading
* [1] http://kb.mozillazine.org/Permissions.default.image ***/
user_pref("permissions.default.image", 2);
/*** [SECTION 6200]: OTHER THUNDERBIRD COMPONENTS (CHAT / CALENDAR / RSS)
Options that relate to other Thunderbird components such as the chat client, calendar and rss)
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "6200 syntax error: this parrot is not tweeting!");
/** CHAT ***/
/* 6201: Disable chat functionality ***/
user_pref("mail.chat.enabled", false);
/* 6202: Disable logging of group chats ***/
user_pref("purple.logging.log_chats", false);
/* 6203: Disable logging of 1 to 1 conversations ***/
user_pref("purple.logging.log_ims", false);
/* 6204: Disable logging of system messages ***/
user_pref("purple.logging.log_system", false);
/* 6205: Disable typing notifications ***/
user_pref("purple.conversations.im.send_typing", false);
/** CALENDAR ***/
/* 6206: Disable calendar integration ***/
user_pref("mail.calendar-integration.opt-out", false);
/* 6207: Set user agent for calendar ***/
user_pref("calendar.useragent.extra", "");
/** RSS ***/
/** These features don't actually do anything as they aren't implemented
* [1] https://dxr.mozilla.org/comm-release/source/mail/base/content/mailWindowOverlay.js#649
* [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=458606#c9
/* 6208: What classes can process incoming data.
* (0=All classes (default), 1=Don't display HTML, 2=Don't display HTML and inline images,
* 3=Don't display HTML, inline images and some other uncommon types, 100=Use a hard coded list)
* [1] https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_31j.htm
user_pref("rss.display.disallow_mime_handlers", 3);
/* 6209: How to display HTML parts of a message body
* (0=Display the HTML normally (default), 1=Convert it to text and then back again
* 2=Display the HTML source, 3=Sanitize the HTML, 4=Display all body parts)
* (in trunk builds later than 2011-07-23)
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=602718
* [2] https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/rev/c1ef44a22eb2
* [3] https://www.bucksch.org/1/projects/mozilla/108153/
user_pref("rss.display.html_as", 1);
/* 6210: Prefer to view as plaintext or html
* true=Display a message as plain text when there is both a HTML and a plain
* text version of a message body
* false=Display a message as HTML when there is both a HTML and a plain text
* version of a message body. (default)
user_pref("rss.display.prefer_plaintext", true);
**/
/* 6211: Feed message display (summary or web page), on open.
* Action on double click or enter in threadpane for a feed message.
* 0=open content-base url in new window, 1=open summary in new window,
* 2=toggle load summary and content-base url in message pane,
* 3=load content-base url in browser
* [1] http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2502335 ***/
user_pref("rss.show.content-base", 3);
/* 6212: Feed message display (summary or web page), on select.
* 0=global override, load web page, 1=global override, load summary,
* 2=use default feed folder setting from Subscribe dialog; if no setting default to 1 ***/
user_pref("rss.show.summary", 1);
/* 6213: Feed message additional web page display.
* 0=no action, 1=load web page in default browser, on select ***/
user_pref("rss.message.loadWebPageOnSelect", 0);
/*** [SECTION 6300]: THUNDERBIRD ENCRYPTION (ENIGMAIL / AUTOCRYPT)
Options that relate the Enigmail addon and AutoCrypt
[1] https://autocrypt.org
[2] https://www.enigmail.net/index.php/en/user-manual/advanced-operations
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "6300 syntax error: this parrot is talking in codes!");
/** ENIGMAIL ***/
/* These used to be inversed, however it seems upstream has changed this behavior
* [1] https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_31f.htm ***/
/* 6301: Silence the Enigmail version header ***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.addHeaders", false); // Default
/* 6302: Silence the Enigmail comment ***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.useDefaultComment", true); // Default
/* 6303: Silence the version ***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.agentAdditionalParam", "--no-emit-version --no-comments");
/* 6304: Specifies the hash algorithm used by GnuPG for its cryptographic operations:
* 0=automatic selection, let GnuPG choose (default, recommended), 1=SHA1, 2=RIPEMD160
* 3=SHA256, 4=SHA384, 5=SHA512
* [NOTE] You should probably have a decent gpg.conf with things set. Examples
* [1] https://github.com/Whonix/anon-gpg-tweaks/blob/master/etc/skel/.gnupg/gpg.conf
* [2] https://github.com/ioerror/torbirdy/blob/master/gpg.conf
* ***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.mimeHashAlgorithm", 5);
/* 6305: Protect subject line
* 0=Leave subject unprotected,
* 1=Show dialog with "Leave subject unprotected" (changes value to 0)
* or "Protect subject" (changes value to 2,
* 2=Protect subject***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.protectedHeaders", 2);
/* 6306: Text to use as replacement for the subject, following the Memory Hole
* standard. If nothing is defined, then "Encrypted Message" is used.
***/
user_pref("extensions.enigmail.protectedSubjectText", "Encrypted Message"); // Default
/** AUTOCRYPT ***/
/* 6307: Choose whether to enable AutoCrypt
* [1] https://autocrypt.org/level1.html
* [2] https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/16186
* [SETTING] Edit > Account Settings > OpenPGP Security > Autocrypt > Enable Autocrypt ***/
user_pref("mail.server.default.enableAutocrypt", false);
/* 6308: Prefer email encryption with known contacts
* [SETTING] Edit > Account Settings > OpenPGP Security > Autocrypt >
* Prefer encrypted emails from the people you exchange email with
* [1] https://redmine.tails.boum.org/code/issues/15923 ***/
user_pref("mail.server.default.acPreferEncrypt", 0);
/*** [SECTION 9999]: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
Documentation denoted as [-]. Numbers may be re-used. See [1] for a link-clickable,
viewer-friendly version of the deprecated bugzilla tickets. The original state of each pref
has been preserved, or changed to match the current setup, but you are advised to review them.
[NOTE] Up to FF53, to enable a section change /* FFxx to // FFxx
For FF53 on, we have bundled releases to cater for ESR. Change /* to // on the first line
[1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/123
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "9999 syntax error: the parrot's deprecated!");
// ESR60.x still uses all the following prefs
// [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable them
// FF61
// 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
user_pref("network.jar.block-remote-files", true);
// 2613: disable JAR from opening Unsafe File Types
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1427726
user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
// * * * /
// FF62
// 1803: disable Java plugin
// [-] (part5) https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1461243
user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0);
// * * * /
// FF63
// 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
// [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1462015
user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
// 0301a: disable auto-update checks for Firefox
// [SETTING] General>Firefox Updates>Never check for updates
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1420514
// user_pref("app.update.enabled", false);
// 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
user_pref("services.blocklist.update_enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
// * * * /
// ***/
/* END: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "SUCCESS: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'!");