/*
My custom defined user.js browser settings for Firefox
ln -s ~/data/configs/browser.configs/user.js ~/.mozilla/firefox/<profile-folder>/user.js
Many of the following are taken from various user.js hardening profiles.
Primarily https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/blob/master/user.js
*/
/*******************************************************************************
* SECTION: History Related *
*******************************************************************************/
// PREF: Clear various settings when Firefox closes
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.offlineApps", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true);
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.sessions", true);
// user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.openWindows", true);
// PREF: Clear everything but "Site Preferences" in "Clear Recent History"
user_pref("privacy.cpd.offlineApps", true);
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true);
user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true);
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true);
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.sessions", true);
// PREF: Set time range to "Everything" as default in "Clear Recent History"
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
// PREF: Disable password manager (use an external password manager!)
user_pref("signon.rememberSignons", false);
// PREF: Require manual intervention to autofill known username/passwords sign-in forms
user_pref("signon.autofillForms", false);
/*******************************************************************************
* SECTION: UI/Theme related *
*******************************************************************************/
// Allow for loading of userChrome.css and userContent.css
user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);
// Fill SVG Color
user_pref("svg.context-properties.content.enabled", true);
// CSS Blur Filter - 88 Above
user_pref("layout.css.backdrop-filter.enabled", true);
// Restore Compact Mode - 89 Above
user_pref("browser.compactmode.show", true);
// Enable closetab to always be displayed
user_pref("browser.tabs.tabMinWidth", 0);
user_pref("browser.tabs.tabClipWidth", 0);
/*******************************************************************************
* SECTION: Omni-Bar Related *
*******************************************************************************/
// PREF: Don't trim HTTP off of URLs in the address bar.
user_pref("browser.urlbar.trimURLs", false);
// PREF: Do not submit invalid URIs entered in the address bar to the default search engine
// This breaks searching in the omnibar without a shortcut
// user_pref("keyword.enabled", false);
// PREF: Don't try to guess domain names when entering an invalid domain name in URL bar
user_pref("browser.fixup.alternate.enabled", false);
// PREF: When browser.fixup.alternate.enabled is enabled, strip password from 'user:password@...' URLs
user_pref("browser.fixup.hide_user_pass", true);
// PREF: Disable Displaying Javascript in History URLs
user_pref("browser.urlbar.filter.javascript", true);
// PREF: Disable "Provide search suggestions" in the omni bar (not history suggestions)
user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable "Show search suggestions in location bar results"
user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
// PREF: Disable form autofill, don't save information entered in web page forms and the Search Bar
// user_pref("browser.formfill.enable", false);
// PREF: Disable inline autocomplete in URL bar
// user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill", false);
// user_pref("browser.urlbar.autoFill.typed", false);
// PREF: Disable URL bar autocomplete and history/bookmarks suggestions dropdown
// user_pref("browser.urlbar.autocomplete.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable Firefox Suggest
// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/navigate-web-faster-firefox-suggest
user_pref("browser.urlbar.groupLabels.enabled", false);
/*******************************************************************************
* SECTION: Misc *
*******************************************************************************/
// PREF: When browser pings are enabled, only allow pinging the same host as the origin page
user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
// PREF: Disable remote debugging
user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", false);
user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", false);
user_pref("devtools.debugger.force-local", true);
// PREF: Do not automatically send selection to clipboard on some Linux platforms
user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false);
{{ if (hasKey . "firefox") }}
// Chezmoi defined configs
{{ if (hasKey .firefox "bookmarks") }}
// PREF: Export bookmarks to HTML automatically when closing Firefox (disabled)
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.autoExportHTML", true);
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.file", {{ .firefox.bookmarks | quote }});
user_pref("browser.bookmarks.max_backups", 5);
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
// PREF: Do not check if Firefox is the default browser
user_pref("browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser", false);
// PREF: Disable Pocket
user_pref("browser.pocket.enabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable "Recommended by Pocket" in Firefox Quantum
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories", false);
// PREF: Restore previous session on startup
user_pref("browser.startup.page", 3);
// PREF: Do not create screenshots of visited pages (relates to the "new tab page" feature)
user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true);
// PREF: Disable Extension recommendations (Firefox >= 65)
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.addons", false);
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.asrouter.userprefs.cfr.features", false);
user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false);
/* 0320: disable about:addons' Recommendations pane (uses Google Analytics) ***/
/* 0321: disable recommendations in about:addons' Extensions and Themes panes [FF68+] ***/
user_pref("extensions.getAddons.showPane", false); // [HIDDEN PREF]
user_pref("extensions.htmlaboutaddons.recommendations.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable Sponsored Top Sites
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites", false);
// PREF: Disable Snippets
user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.snippets", false);
// PREF: Disable downloading homepage snippets/messages from Mozilla
user_pref("browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl", "");
/*******************************************************************************
* SECTION: Privacy and Security Related *
*******************************************************************************/
// PREF: Enable Firefox Tracking Protection
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.pbmode.enabled", true);
// PREF: Enable insecure password warnings (login forms in non-HTTPS pages)
user_pref("security.insecure_password.ui.enabled", true);
// PREF: Send DNS request through SOCKS when SOCKS proxying is in use
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
// PREF: Don't monitor OS online/offline connection state
user_pref("network.manage-offline-status", false);
// PREF: Disable "Autofill addresses"
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.addresses.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable "Autofill credit cards"
user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable collection/sending of the health report (healthreport.sqlite*)
user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.service.enabled", false);
user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
// "Allow Firefox to make personalized extension recommendations"
user_pref("browser.discovery.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable Shield/Heartbeat/Normandy (Mozilla user rating telemetry)
user_pref("app.normandy.enabled", false);
user_pref("app.normandy.api_url", "");
user_pref("extensions.shield-recipe-client.enabled", false);
user_pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable Mozilla telemetry/experiments
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false);
user_pref("experiments.supported", false);
user_pref("experiments.enabled", false);
user_pref("experiments.manifest.uri", "");
// PREF: Disable face detection
user_pref("camera.control.face_detection.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable GeoIP lookup on your address to set default search engine region
user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US");
user_pref("browser.search.region", "US");
user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
// PREF: Don't use Mozilla-provided location-specific search engines
user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
// PREF: Do not automatically send selection to clipboard on some Linux platforms
user_pref("clipboard.autocopy", false);
// PREF: Don't reveal build ID
user_pref("general.buildID.override", "20100101");
user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.buildID", "20100101");
// PREF: Opt-out of add-on metadata updates
user_pref("extensions.getAddons.cache.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable sending Firefox crash reports to Mozilla servers
user_pref("breakpad.reportURL", "");
// PREF: Disable sending reports of tab crashes to Mozilla (about:tabcrashed), don't nag user about unsent crash reports
user_pref("browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport", false);
user_pref("browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable FlyWeb (discovery of LAN/proximity IoT devices that expose a Web interface)
user_pref("dom.flyweb.enabled", false);
// PREF: Disable Firefox Hello metrics collection
user_pref("loop.logDomains", false);