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Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

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🟪 user.js

Auser.jsis a configuration file that can control Firefox settings - for a more technical breakdown and explanation, you can read more in thewiki

🟩 the arkenfox user.js

License: MIT

Thearkenfox user.jsis atemplatewhich aims to provide as much privacy and enhanced security as possible, and to reduce tracking and fingerprinting as much as possible - while minimizing any loss of functionality and breakage (but it will happen).

Everyone, experts included, should at least read thewiki,as it contains important information regarding a fewuser.jssettings. There is also aninteractive current release,thanks toicpantsparti2.

Note that we donotrecommend connecting over Tor on Firefox. Use theTor Browserif yourthreat modelcalls for it, or for accessing hidden services.

Also be aware that thearkenfox user.jsis made specifically for desktop Firefox. Using it as-is in other Gecko-based browsers can be counterproductive, especially in the Tor Browser.

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🟥 acknowledgments

Literally thousands of sources, references and suggestions. Many thanks, and much appreciated.