user.js
Betterfox
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| 697 | 70 | |
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| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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user.js
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Sign in with Google in Chrome
> Add noscript too
The Noscript extension becomes redundant with the uBlock Origin extension
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-don...
- Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought
- Perplexity Comet
- Achieving Great Privacy with Safari
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Zen browser had a backdoor enabled by default
If anyone is looking to stick with Firefox-based browsing, Iād recommend vanilla Firefox with arkenfox/user.js [0] and uBlock Origin.
[0]: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
- What, if anything, should I do about using Mozilla's Firefox
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Waterfox: Fast and Private Web Browser
Ah, interesting, I was unaware of user.js
It seems https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js is a comprehensive set of settings for that
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Does Firefox sell your personal data?
Arkenfox has a good user.js [0] you can use. Each comment tells you what the option their disabling is.
I had been putting one together based on it for newer machines (and it worked great), but just now when I went to look for it, I'm not sure what happened to it. Sorry I can't share mine.
If I recall correctly, you just plop the user.js into your profile. You'll want to do it from a fresh profile* and then any time you want to make a change, you'll make it in user.js instead of about:config. What I believe happens is every time Firefox start, it applies all the configuration options specified in your user.js.
[0]: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
- Double-Keyed Caching: How Browser Cache Partitioning Changed the Web
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Canvas Fingerprinting ā BrowserLeaks
Most of these extensions/add-ons are useless and actually makes your fingerprint more unique.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-don...
Betterfox
- Betterfox- A Firefox user.js for speed, privacy, and security
- Yokoffing/Betterfox: Firefox user.js for speed, privacy, and security
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Firefox update added more sponsored content on new-tab page
https://github.com/yokoffing/BetterFox
I set this up once, sometimes do a git pull, and honestly, I can't see "annoyances" others always complain about. Maybe I look at the wrong places / learned to ignore them. Or maybe it's BetterFox removing them. Worth a try
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Make Firefox Private Again
Yes, beta version for sure, possibly it works on the normal version.
Instructions: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/240
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Mozilla Firefox or Chrome which is best for MOBILE PHONE.?
You can apply Betterfox using USB debugging, but it takes time to set it up: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/issues/240
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Firefox memory usage and alternatives
or for more configurations, https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/
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Need advice: What browser would you recommend for someone who wants to sync between Linux, Mac and iOS
I use Brave/Firefox, so I might be biased, but I think they are the best options. If you want things to be lightweight, you could just remove some of the fat from Firefox using something like Betterfox.
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Betterfox: User.js to harden Firefox and optimize privacy, security, and speed
> Most of the preferences in this will actually reduce the target-able attack surface
Can you point to anything specific that reduces the attack surface?
When looking at the "securefox" config, it does a bunch of strange things, like enabling embedded TikTok links (https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/443710b0738ebc8f...) and disabling UITour (https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/443710b0738ebc8f...) which Firefox uses to highlight menus and is only accessible by approved Mozilla domains (https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/browser/app/per...).
It's a very strange mix of configs.
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Best Browser?
I didn't say Floorp was doing anything wrong, Betterfox is: https://github.com/yokoffing/Betterfox/blob/d2359e4e75a8a13fd28e3843cc1b0aac328370f8/LICENSE
What are some alternatives?
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Floorp - All of source code of version 10 or later of Floorp Browser, the most Advanced and Fastest Firefox derivative š¦
Better-Fox - An up-to-date user.js to speed up and secure Firefox [Moved to: https://github.com/yokoffing/BetterFox]
WaveFox - Firefox CSS Theme/Style for manual customization
idm-trial-reset - Use IDM forever without cracking
browser - Pulse Browser: An experimental firefox fork