Advice Request Firefox - A helpful Privacy Set-Up Guide

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Install the following Add-ons:

HTTPS Everywhere
uBlock Origin
uMatrix
Privacy Badger

Options > Home

Set HomePage & New Windows AND tabs to 'Blank Page'

Options > Search

Set Search Engine to DuckDuckGO & disable search suggestions.

Options > Privacy & Security

Enable Always use Private Browsing mode
Set tracking & do not track to 'Always'
untick all options in 'Firefox Data Collection & use'

Options > Firefox Account

Do Not Use One!

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Advanced Privacy Settings:

Type about:config into your navigation bar & accept the warning.

Disable WebRTC: Search for 'media.peerconnection.enabled' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE
Enable Fingerprint Resistance: Search for 'privacy.resistfingerprinting' > Double Click it to change it to TRUE
Disable the 3DES cipher: Search for 'security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE
Require Safe Negotiation: Search for 'security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation' > Double Click it to change it to TRUE
Disable TLS 1.0 & 1.1: Search for 'security.tls.version.min' > Double Click it & change setting to 3
Disable 0-RTT: Search for 'security.tls.enable_0rtt_data' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE
Disable Formfill: Search for 'browser.formfill.enable' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE

Disable All Disk Caching: > Set all these to FALSE:

'browser.cache.disk.enable'
'browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl'
'browser.cache.memory.enable'
'browser.cache.offline.enable'
'browser.cache.insecure.enable'

Disable Geo Location: Search for 'geo.enabled' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE
Disable Plugin Scanning: Search for 'plugin.scan.plid.all' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE
Disable Pocket: Search for 'pocket.enabled' > Double Click it to change it to FALSE

Disable ALL Telemetry: Search 'telemetry' > Set all these to FALSE:

'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry'
'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry'
'browser.ping-centre.telemetry'
'devtools.onboarding.telemetry-logged'
'media.wmf.deblacklisting-for-telemetry-in-gpu-process'
'toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled'
'toolkit.telemetry.bhrping.enabled'
'toolkit.telemetry.firstshutdownping.enabled'
'toolkit.telemetry.hybridcontent.enabled'
'toolkit.telemetry.newprofileping.enabled'
'toolkit.telemetry.unified'
'toolkit.telemetry.updateping.enabled'

 

[Windows_Security]

Maybe old info, but nice read on how Firefox gradually implements privacy features

Improving privacy without breaking the web | Firefox Data

 

[Kuttz]

I only think that uBlock or uMatrix is only needed, the rest I don't think add much. Privacy Possum is more powerful then Badger, as an ex developer on the original badger project is coding the backbone of Possum. Plus I believe HTTPS Everywhere is fairly redundant in 2018 with most common websites that people visit are already rolling out HTTPS by default.

~LDogg

Now I am trying out Privacy Possum. It works as intended. The below screenshot showing Privacy Possum working in action dealing an aggressive website

 

[LDogg]

Now I am trying out Privacy Possum. It works as intended. The below screenshot showing Privacy Possum working in action dealing an aggressive website

Glad it's working as intended! Such a great extension.

~LDogg