Well, Mozilla seems to be making some pretty questionable decisions, So I’m considering switching browsers for the third (Is it the third?) time. The thing is, I really like the way Firefox works, so I’ve been trying out the more famous Forks like Waterfox and Librewolf, although I’m going for Floorp. However, I’m wondering: is using a fork enough? I mean, they are Forks maintained by other people, but is there a chance that whatever Mozilla does to Firefox could affect those Forks? Should I jump to a totally different browser like Vivaldi?
You can’t even turn all of this off via UI, but need to use
about:configoruser.js(the later needs to be explicitly enabled viaabout:configfirst).Here’s my setup (except some specific settings based on my personal preferences that are not related to privacy).
// Do not leak URLs, IPs, etc. to external services user_pref('browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled', false); user_pref('browser.safebrowsing.phishing.enabled', false); user_pref('network.trr.mode', 5); // DoH explicitly off user_pref('security.OCSP.enabled', 0); user_pref('browser.contentblocking.category', 'custom'); user_pref('app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled', false); user_pref('browser.urlbar.trending.featureGate', false); // Disable hidden extensions user_pref('extensions.pocket.enabled', false); user_pref('extensions.screenshots.disabled', true); // Remove new tab spam user_pref('browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsoredTopSites', false); user_pref('browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.section.topstories', false); user_pref('browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.topsites', false); // Disable telemetry user_pref('datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled', false); user_pref('datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.unified', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.server', 'data:,'); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled', false); user_pref('toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out', true); user_pref('toolkit.coverage.opt-out', true); user_pref('toolkit.coverage.endpoint.base', ''); user_pref('browser.ping-centre.telemetry', false); user_pref('browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry', false); user_pref('browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry', false); user_pref('breakpad.reportURL', ''); user_pref('browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport', false); user_pref('browser.crashReports.unsubmittedCheck.autoSubmit2', false); user_pref('app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled', false); user_pref('app.normandy.enabled', false); user_pref('app.normandy.api_url', ''); // Disable AI bullshit user_pref('browser.ml.enable', false); user_pref('browser.ml.chat.enabled', false); user_pref('browser.ml.chat.shortcuts', false); user_pref('browser.ml.chat.sidebar', false); user_pref('pdfjs.enableAltText', false); user_pref('pdfjs.enableUpdatedAddImage', false);