Firefox about:config: Privacy & Security

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Tyrizian

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Feel free to share your privacy & security settings that you use in Firefox about:config.

Some of us might be using something completely different than the other, so this might be a great way to learn off of each configuration.

I'll start first

Here is my current about:config that I use (Any suggestions are welcome).

Network:

network.websocket.enabled - boolean = false
network.dns.disableIPv6 - boolean = true
network.dns.disablePrefetch - boolean = true
network.prefetch-next - boolean = false

Browser:

dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled - boolean = false
dom.battery.enabled - boolean = false
dom.storage.enabled - boolean = false - NOTE: This setting may reduce and or break functionality on certain web sites.
browser.safebrowsing.enabled - boolean = false
browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled - boolean = false
browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled - boolean = false
browser.send_pings - boolean = false
browser.cache.disk.enable - boolean = false
browser.cache.memory.enable - boolean = false
browser.cache.offline.enable - boolean = false
browser.cache.offline.capacity - integer = 0
webgl.disabled - boolean = true

Geolocation:

geo.enabled - boolean = false
geo.wifi.logging.enabled - boolean = false
geo.wifi.uri - string = http://127.0.0.1

Stats Collection:

datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled - boolean = false
datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled - boolean = false
toolkit.telemetry.enabled - boolean = false
beacon.enabled - boolean = false

Integration:

loop.enabled - boolean = false
browser.pocket.enabled - boolean = false

Media:

media.peerconnection.enabled - boolean = false
media.eme.enabled - boolean = false
media.gmp-eme-adobe.enabled - boolean = false

Devices:

camera.control.face_detection.enabled - boolean = false
camera.control.autofocus_moving_callback.enabled - boolean = false
device.sensors.enabled - boolean = false

Encryption:


security.tls.unrestricted_rc4_fallback - boolean = false
security.tls.insecure_fallback_hosts.use_static_list - boolean = false
security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation - boolean = false
security.ssl.treat_unsafe_negotiation_as_broken - boolean = false

WebRTC:

media.peerconnection.enabled - boolean = false
media.peerconnection.turn.disable - boolean = true
media.peerconnection.use_document_iceservers - boolean = false
media.peerconnection.video.enabled - boolean = false
media.peerconnection.identity.timeout - integer = 1
 

frogboy

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I like the look of this, i will be implementing some i have missed. ;):D
 
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Ink

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@pablozi Thanks for sharing, I have added both. What pre-sets do you use on Privacy Settings and Policy Control?
 

enaph

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@pablozi Thanks for sharing, I have added both. What pre-sets do you use on Privacy Settings and Policy Control?
Policy Control:
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Privacy Settings:
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But please keep in mind, that I use Firefox for banking/PayPal/credit card transactions only!
 
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