📝 Correction | elaborate on effect of browser tweaks #2347

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2021-06-18T10:28:25Z

imme-emosol commented

2021-06-18 10:28:25 +00:00

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Description

Add more notes to the browser tweaks.

Why I am making the suggestion

It would be nice to know more about the (side) effects of certain settings.
To better determine whether it is a change you want.

My connection with the software

Using the browser for development as well, some changes might have undesirable effects.

I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

## Description Add more notes to the browser tweaks. ## Why I am making the suggestion It would be nice to know more about the (side) effects of certain settings. To better determine whether it is a change you want. ## My connection with the software Using the browser for development as well, some changes might have undesirable effects. - [x] I will keep the issue up-to-date if something I have said changes or I remember a connection with the software.

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youdontneedtoknow22 commented

2021-06-18 10:48:05 +00:00

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That would have saved me a lot of time if it existed back in the days :D
Here's my list for things, which I didn't tweak with the reason:
network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy = 1 --> You can't watch videos on facebook anymore (I know you shouldn't have facebook, some of us still wants it. Also, I suppose Facebook videos are not the only one who will get affected by this)
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled = false --> You can't copy fotos and paste them in your browser anymore (for sending photos on web.whatsapp.com or pasting it to a website)
browser.send_pings = false --> I'm not sure why I didn't tweak this, it broke something but I didn't write it down.

Things may have changed, or I may have wrong conclusions. So this should be checked over again.

That would have saved me a lot of time if it existed back in the days :D Here's my list for things, which I didn't tweak with the reason: network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy = 1 --> You can't watch videos on facebook anymore (I know you shouldn't have facebook, some of us still wants it. Also, I suppose Facebook videos are not the only one who will get affected by this) dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled = false --> You can't copy fotos and paste them in your browser anymore (for sending photos on web.whatsapp.com or pasting it to a website) browser.send_pings = false --> I'm not sure why I didn't tweak this, it broke something but I didn't write it down. Things may have changed, or I may have wrong conclusions. So this should be checked over again.

rusty-snake commented

2021-06-18 11:23:21 +00:00

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This can be done in #2081.

Using the browser for development as well, some changes might have undesirable effects.

For this it's IMHO the best to use one profile for development and one for normal browsing.

browser.send_pings = false --> I'm not sure why I didn't tweak this, it broke something but I didn't write it down.

browser.send_pings is false by default.

This can be done in #2081. > Using the browser for development as well, some changes might have undesirable effects. For this it's IMHO the best to use one profile for development and one for normal browsing. > browser.send_pings = false --> I'm not sure why I didn't tweak this, it broke something but I didn't write it down. `browser.send_pings` is `false` by default.

youdontneedtoknow22 commented

2021-06-19 22:34:26 +00:00

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browser.send_pings is false by default.

oh, that's probably the reason why I wrote that one in my "not to tweak" list.

> `browser.send_pings` is `false` by default. oh, that's probably the reason why I wrote that one in my "not to tweak" list.

youdontneedtoknow22 commented

2021-07-10 18:09:32 +00:00

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Also, privacy.resistfingerprinting seems to affect the dark mode which may be important for some users. We shouldn't make people tweak everything and then hate on firefox for not letting them surf the web as they want.
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/ohmbw8/firefox_enabled_privacy_aboutconfig_darkmode_gone/

Also, privacy.resistfingerprinting seems to affect the dark mode which may be important for some users. We shouldn't make people tweak everything and then hate on firefox for not letting them surf the web as they want. https://www.reddit.com/r/privacytoolsIO/comments/ohmbw8/firefox_enabled_privacy_aboutconfig_darkmode_gone/

rusty-snake commented

2021-07-10 18:24:11 +00:00

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TBH this is the list that don't affect site. All other options (can) affect site. Some only a few sites (e.g. privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled = true or media.eme.enabled = false) and others more sites.

browser.send_pings = false
browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled = false
browser.sessionstore.privacy_level = 2
browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled = false
Disable Firefox prefetching pages it thinks you will visit next:
network.IDN_show_punycode = true
Looking for TRR, DoH or ESNI?

TBH this is the list that don't affect site. All other options (can) affect site. Some only a few sites (e.g. `privacy.trackingprotection.cryptomining.enabled = true` or `media.eme.enabled = false`) and others more sites. - `browser.send_pings = false` - `browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled = false` - `browser.sessionstore.privacy_level = 2` - `browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled = false` - `Disable Firefox prefetching pages it thinks you will visit next:` - `network.IDN_show_punycode = true` - `Looking for TRR, DoH or ESNI?`

Thorin-Oakenpants commented

2021-07-12 07:24:33 +00:00

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This can be done in #2081.

only just over three more months to go to celebrate the 2 year anniversary

This issue is effectively Part 4 of that list. I gave up waiting for Part 5 and have been wrecked many times over. Not sure why this takes almost two years

> This can be done in #2081. only just over three more months to go to celebrate the [**_2 year anniversary_**](https://github.com/privacytools/privacytools.io/issues/1430#issue-512923048) This issue is effectively `Part 4` of that list. I gave up waiting for `Part 5` and have been wrecked many times over. Not sure why this takes almost two years

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Reference: privacyguides/privacytools.io#2347