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127 changes: 30 additions & 97 deletions user.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
/******
* name: arkenfox user.js
* date: 17 September 2023
* version: 117
* date: 10 October 2023
* version: 118
* url: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
* license: MIT: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/master/LICENSE.txt

Expand All @@ -26,15 +26,10 @@

* RELEASES: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases

* It is best to use the arkenfox release that is optimized for and matches your Firefox version
* EVERYONE: each release
- run prefsCleaner to reset prefs made inactive, including deprecated (9999s)
ESR102
- If you are not using arkenfox v102-1... (not a definitive list)
- 2815: clearOnShutdown cookies + offlineApps should be false
- 9999: switch the appropriate deprecated section(s) back on
* ESR115
- use https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases/tag/115.1
* Use the arkenfox release that matches your Firefox version
- e.g ESR115: use https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/releases/tag/115.1
* Each release
- run prefsCleaner to reset prefs made inactive, including deprecated (9999)

* INDEX:

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -63,7 +58,7 @@
7000: DON'T BOTHER
8000: DON'T BOTHER: FINGERPRINTING
9000: NON-PROJECT RELATED
9999: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
9999: DEPRECATED / RENAMED

******/

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -305,14 +300,6 @@ user_pref("network.dns.skipTRR-when-parental-control-enabled", false);

/*** [SECTION 0800]: LOCATION BAR / SEARCH BAR / SUGGESTIONS / HISTORY / FORMS ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0800 syntax error: the parrot's ceased to be!");
/* 0802: disable location bar domain guessing
* domain guessing intercepts DNS "hostname not found errors" and resends a
* request (e.g. by adding www or .com). This is inconsistent use (e.g. FQDNs), does not work
* via Proxy Servers (different error), is a flawed use of DNS (TLDs: why treat .com
* as the 411 for DNS errors?), privacy issues (why connect to sites you didn't
* intend to), can leak sensitive data (e.g. query strings: e.g. Princeton attack),
* and is a security risk (e.g. common typos & malicious sites set up to exploit this) ***/
user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false FF104+]
/* 0804: disable live search suggestions
* [NOTE] Both must be true for the location bar to work
* [SETUP-CHROME] Override these if you trust and use a privacy respecting search engine
Expand All @@ -322,10 +309,6 @@ user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
/* 0805: disable location bar making speculative connections [FF56+]
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1348275 ***/
user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false);
/* 0806: disable location bar leaking single words to a DNS provider **after searching** [FF78+]
* 0=never resolve, 1=use heuristics, 2=always resolve
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1642623 ***/
user_pref("browser.urlbar.dnsResolveSingleWordsAfterSearch", 0); // [DEFAULT: 0 FF104+]
/* 0807: disable location bar contextual suggestions [FF92+]
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Address Bar>Suggestions from...
* [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/data/2021/09/15/data-and-firefox-suggest/ ***/
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -599,12 +582,6 @@ user_pref("network.IDN_show_punycode", true);
* [1] https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=pdf.js+firefox ***/
user_pref("pdfjs.disabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
user_pref("pdfjs.enableScripting", false); // [FF86+]
/* 2623: disable permissions delegation [FF73+]
* Currently applies to cross-origin geolocation, camera, mic and screen-sharing
* permissions, and fullscreen requests. Disabling delegation means any prompts
* for these will show/use their correct 3rd party origin
* [1] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/BdFOMAuCGW8/discussion ***/
user_pref("permissions.delegation.enabled", false);
/* 2624: disable middle click on new tab button opening URLs or searches using clipboard [FF115+] */
user_pref("browser.tabs.searchclipboardfor.middleclick", false); // [DEFAULT: false NON-LINUX]

Expand Down Expand Up @@ -653,11 +630,6 @@ user_pref("browser.contentblocking.category", "strict");
* [2] https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e5483fd469ab#l4.12
* [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Privacy/State_Partitioning#storage_access_heuristics ***/
// user_pref("privacy.antitracking.enableWebcompat", false);
/* 2710: enable state partitioning of service workers [FF96+] ***/
user_pref("privacy.partition.serviceWorkers", true); // [DEFAULT: true FF105+]
/* 2720: enable APS (Always Partitioning Storage) ***/
user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage", true); // [FF104+] [DEFAULT: true FF109+]
user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage.exempt_sessionstorage", false); // [FF105+] [DEFAULT: false FF109+]

/*** [SECTION 2800]: SHUTDOWN & SANITIZING ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2800 syntax error: the parrot's bleedin' demised!");
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -894,8 +866,6 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "5000 syntax error: the parrot's taken 'is last bow
// user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.frequent.enabled", false);
// user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.recent.enabled", false);
// user_pref("browser.taskbar.lists.tasks.enabled", false);
/* 5015: disable Windows taskbar preview [WINDOWS] ***/
// user_pref("browser.taskbar.previews.enable", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
/* 5016: discourage downloading to desktop
* 0=desktop, 1=downloads (default), 2=custom
* [SETTING] To set your custom default "downloads": General>Downloads>Save files to ***/
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1014,7 +984,7 @@ user_pref("extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled", false); // [DEFAULT: false]
/* 6012: enforce Quarantined Domains [FF115+]
* [WHY] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/quarantined-domains */
user_pref("extensions.quarantinedDomains.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
/* 6050: prefsCleaner: reset previously active items removed from arkenfox FF102+ ***/
/* 6050: prefsCleaner: previously active items removed from arkenfox 102-114 ***/
// user_pref("beacon.enabled", "");
// user_pref("browser.startup.blankWindow", "");
// user_pref("browser.newtab.preload", "");
Expand All @@ -1031,8 +1001,13 @@ user_pref("extensions.quarantinedDomains.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
// user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.available", "");
// user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.supported", "");
// user_pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", "");
/* 6051: prefsCleaner: reset previously active items removed from arkenfox FF115+ ***/
/* 6051: prefsCleaner: previously active items removed from arkenfox 115-127 ***/
// user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", "");
// user_pref("browser.urlbar.dnsResolveSingleWordsAfterSearch", "");
// user_pref("network.protocol-handler.external.ms-windows-store", "");
// user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage", "");
// user_pref("privacy.partition.always_partition_third_party_non_cookie_storage.exempt_sessionstorage", "");
// user_pref("privacy.partition.serviceWorkers", "");

/*** [SECTION 7000]: DON'T BOTHER ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "7000 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies!");
Expand All @@ -1057,8 +1032,8 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "7000 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies
/* 7003: disable non-modern cipher suites [1]
* [WHY] Passive fingerprinting. Minimal/non-existent threat of downgrade attacks
* [1] https://browserleaks.com/ssl ***/
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false); // [DEFAULT: false FF109+]
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha", false); // [DEFAULT: false FF109+]
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_128_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_ecdsa_aes_256_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_128_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.ecdhe_rsa_aes_256_sha", false);
// user_pref("security.ssl3.rsa_aes_128_gcm_sha256", false); // no PFS
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1111,7 +1086,7 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "7000 syntax error: the parrot's pushing up daisies
// user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
/* 7016: customize ETP settings
* [WHY] Arkenfox only supports strict (2701) which sets these at runtime ***/
// user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 5); // [DEFAULT: 5 FF103+]
// user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 5); // [DEFAULT: 5]
// user_pref("network.http.referer.disallowCrossSiteRelaxingDefault", true);
// user_pref("network.http.referer.disallowCrossSiteRelaxingDefault.top_navigation", true); // [FF100+]
// user_pref("privacy.partition.network_state.ocsp_cache", true);
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -1182,62 +1157,20 @@ user_pref("browser.messaging-system.whatsNewPanel.enabled", false);
* [SETTING] Search>Search Bar>Use the address bar for search and navigation>Show search terms instead of URL... ***/
user_pref("browser.urlbar.showSearchTerms.enabled", false);

/*** [SECTION 9999]: DEPRECATED / REMOVED / LEGACY / RENAMED
Documentation denoted as [-]. Items deprecated prior to FF91 have been archived at [1]
[1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues/123
***/
/*** [SECTION 9999]: DEPRECATED / RENAMED ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "9999 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!");
/* ESR102.x still uses all the following prefs
// [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable active ones
// FF103
// 2801: delete cookies and site data on exit - replaced by sanitizeOnShutdown* (2810)
// 0=keep until they expire (default), 2=keep until you close Firefox
// [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Cookies and Site Data>Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1681493,1681495,1681498,1759665,1764761
user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);
// 6012: disable SHA-1 certificates
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1766687
// user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", 1); // [DEFAULT: 1]
// FF114
// 2816: set cache to clear on exit [FF96+]
// [NOTE] We already disable disk cache (1001) and clear on exit (2811) which is more robust
// [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1671182
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1821651
// user_pref("privacy.clearsitedata.cache.enabled", true);
// 4505: experimental RFP [FF91+]
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1824235
// user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.testGranularityMask", 0);
// 5017: disable Form Autofill heuristics
// Heuristics controls Form Autofill on forms without @autocomplete attributes
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1829670
// user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", false); // [FF55+]
// FF115
// 7001: disable offline cache (appCache)
// [NOTE] appCache storage capability was removed in FF90
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1677718
// user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", false);
// ***/

/* ESR115.x still uses all the following prefs
// [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable active ones
// FF116
// 4506: set RFP's font visibility level (1402) [FF94+]
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1838415
// user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.resistFingerprinting", 1); // [DEFAULT: 1]
// FF117
// 1221: disable Windows 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://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/21686
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1844908
user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", 0);
// 7018: disable service worker Web Notifications [FF44+]
// [WHY] Web Notifications are behind a prompt (7002)
// [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/block-notification-requests/
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1842457
// user_pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", false);
// ***/
/* 9998: deprecated FF103-115 ***/
// user_pref("browser.cache.offline.enable", "");
// user_pref("extensions.formautofill.heuristics.enabled", "");
// user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", "");
// user_pref("privacy.clearsitedata.cache.enabled", "");
// user_pref("privacy.resistFingerprinting.testGranularityMask", "");
// user_pref("security.pki.sha1_enforcement_level", "");
/* 9999: deprecated FF116-128 ***/
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// user_pref("dom.webnotifications.serviceworker.enabled", "");
// user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.resistFingerprinting", "");
// user_pref("permissions.delegation.enabled", "");
// user_pref("security.family_safety.mode", "");

/* 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'!");