Librefox
Posted: Wed 26 Dec 2018, 23:49
This project aims at enforcing privacy and security of Firefox without forking the project.
Librefox uses more than 500 privacy/security/performance settings, patches, Librefox-Addons (optional) and a cleaned bundle of Firefox (updater, crashreporter and Firefox's integrated addons that don't respect privacy are removed).
How to use Librefox :
Linux
Download and extract the last version of Firefox x32 release or x64 release
Download Librefox zip file and extract it
Copy the extracted Librefox files to the newly downloaded firefox directory
You can use directly Librefox by running 'firefox/firefox'
You can as well create a shortcut to 'firefox/firefox' to open Librefox easily.
https://github.com/intika/Librefox#inst ... structions
Zero unauthorized connection by default.
Download :
For 64-bit systems
https://github.com/intika/Librefox/rele ... x64.tar.xz
For 32-bit systems
https://github.com/intika/Librefox/rele ... x32.tar.xz
Recommended addons are not bundled and need to be installed manually
Cookie Master: Block all cookies and only allow authorized sites
First Party Isolation: Enable/Disable FPI with the click of a button
User Agent Platform Spoofer: Spoof a different UserAgent OS Linux/Windows/Mac
Browser Plugs Privacy Firewall: Sets of settings to prevent fingerprinting and security issues
uBlock Origin + IDCAC List + Nano-Defender List: Block web advertisement and tracking
Source : https://github.com/intika/Librefox
Further reading :
A discussion about browser fingerprinting
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads ... es.406103/
FigLeaf app
It combines several tools to give you full control of your private information across your entire internet experience.
https://figleafapp.com/
Firefox Profilemaker
This tool will help you to create a Firefox profile with the defaults you like.
You select which features you want to enable and disable and in the end you get a download link for a zip-file with your profile template. You can for example disable some functions, which send data to Mozilla and Google, or disable several annoying Firefox functions like Mozilla Hello or the Pocket integration.
https://ffprofile.com/
Firefox: Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks
https://www.privacytools.io/#about_config
Hardening Mozilla Firefox Quantum For Privacy & Security 2018 Edition
https://vikingvpn.com/cybersecurity-wik ... d-security
Firefox about:config edits
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?titl ... nfig_edits
Firefox about:config privacy and security settings
https://www.rationallyparanoid.com/arti ... urity.html
COMMENT : As a FF user, you probably use it on all your devices. Backup your FF profile once you are satisfied will your privacy tweaks and use this backup on all your instances of FF on all your devices. You will save a good amount of time, because tweaking FF for privacy is time-consuming.
about:profiles is where to find your profile directory (Root Directory).
If you prefer Chrome, fine. Your data are not important to you, fine. Some unsavory companies think your data is important and saleable.
On the other hand, you can flood such companies with a steady flow of data that are not related to your browsing sessions. Look for Noisy in Github and keep flooding Google, Facebook and lesser known tracking companies with a steady flow of data. Kodachi Linux 5.6 has this feature built-in.
Basic privacy tweaks :
beacon.enabled = false
browser.cache.disk.enable = false
browser.cache.diskcachessl = false
browser.cache.offline.enable = false
browser.pocket.enabled = false
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled = false
dom.storage.enabled = false
geo.enabled = false
geo.wifi.uri = 127.0.0.1
media.peerconnection.enabled = false
network.cookie.lifetimePolicy = 2
network.dns.disablePrefetch = true
network.http.sendRefererHeader = 0 (this will break a few sites)
network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer = false
network.http.speculative-parallel-limit = 0
network.prefetch-next = false
pdfjs.disabled = true
webgl.disabled = true
Further reading :
Attention: Librefox will use the default Firefox profile on start unless you assign a new profile to it.
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/24/libre ... ancements/
Librefox uses more than 500 privacy/security/performance settings, patches, Librefox-Addons (optional) and a cleaned bundle of Firefox (updater, crashreporter and Firefox's integrated addons that don't respect privacy are removed).
How to use Librefox :
Linux
Download and extract the last version of Firefox x32 release or x64 release
Download Librefox zip file and extract it
Copy the extracted Librefox files to the newly downloaded firefox directory
You can use directly Librefox by running 'firefox/firefox'
You can as well create a shortcut to 'firefox/firefox' to open Librefox easily.
https://github.com/intika/Librefox#inst ... structions
Zero unauthorized connection by default.
Download :
For 64-bit systems
https://github.com/intika/Librefox/rele ... x64.tar.xz
For 32-bit systems
https://github.com/intika/Librefox/rele ... x32.tar.xz
Recommended addons are not bundled and need to be installed manually
Cookie Master: Block all cookies and only allow authorized sites
First Party Isolation: Enable/Disable FPI with the click of a button
User Agent Platform Spoofer: Spoof a different UserAgent OS Linux/Windows/Mac
Browser Plugs Privacy Firewall: Sets of settings to prevent fingerprinting and security issues
uBlock Origin + IDCAC List + Nano-Defender List: Block web advertisement and tracking
Source : https://github.com/intika/Librefox
Further reading :
A discussion about browser fingerprinting
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/threads ... es.406103/
FigLeaf app
It combines several tools to give you full control of your private information across your entire internet experience.
https://figleafapp.com/
Firefox Profilemaker
This tool will help you to create a Firefox profile with the defaults you like.
You select which features you want to enable and disable and in the end you get a download link for a zip-file with your profile template. You can for example disable some functions, which send data to Mozilla and Google, or disable several annoying Firefox functions like Mozilla Hello or the Pocket integration.
https://ffprofile.com/
Firefox: Privacy Related "about:config" Tweaks
https://www.privacytools.io/#about_config
Hardening Mozilla Firefox Quantum For Privacy & Security 2018 Edition
https://vikingvpn.com/cybersecurity-wik ... d-security
Firefox about:config edits
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php?titl ... nfig_edits
Firefox about:config privacy and security settings
https://www.rationallyparanoid.com/arti ... urity.html
COMMENT : As a FF user, you probably use it on all your devices. Backup your FF profile once you are satisfied will your privacy tweaks and use this backup on all your instances of FF on all your devices. You will save a good amount of time, because tweaking FF for privacy is time-consuming.
about:profiles is where to find your profile directory (Root Directory).
If you prefer Chrome, fine. Your data are not important to you, fine. Some unsavory companies think your data is important and saleable.
On the other hand, you can flood such companies with a steady flow of data that are not related to your browsing sessions. Look for Noisy in Github and keep flooding Google, Facebook and lesser known tracking companies with a steady flow of data. Kodachi Linux 5.6 has this feature built-in.
Basic privacy tweaks :
beacon.enabled = false
browser.cache.disk.enable = false
browser.cache.diskcachessl = false
browser.cache.offline.enable = false
browser.pocket.enabled = false
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled = false
dom.storage.enabled = false
geo.enabled = false
geo.wifi.uri = 127.0.0.1
media.peerconnection.enabled = false
network.cookie.lifetimePolicy = 2
network.dns.disablePrefetch = true
network.http.sendRefererHeader = 0 (this will break a few sites)
network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer = false
network.http.speculative-parallel-limit = 0
network.prefetch-next = false
pdfjs.disabled = true
webgl.disabled = true
Further reading :
Attention: Librefox will use the default Firefox profile on start unless you assign a new profile to it.
https://www.ghacks.net/2018/12/24/libre ... ancements/