Update to privacy related "about:config" tweaks in Firefox #75

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2016-09-23T07:01:41Z

anonsubmitter commented

2016-09-23 07:01:41 +00:00

(Migrated from github.com)

I found these two threads about some about:config privacy enhancements that I thought might be of interest:
https://airvpn.org/topic/19582-hardening-of-firefox/
https://airvpn.org/topic/15769-how-to-harden-firefox-extreme-edition/

I especially found this part from the first link interesting:

network.http.send.RefererHeader"

sends the next website that you visit information from which site you come (e.g. by clicking on a link)
standard-value is "2" which means it does send these informations.
setting the value to "1" is the same, only if you click on images, the RefererHeader won't be send anymore.
setting the value to "0" disables the RefererHeaders completely.

The correct entry is however network.http.sendRefererHeader and I did not find the entry for HTTPS pages that the poster mentioned after that, so maybe they were merged into one entry?

I found these two threads about some about:config privacy enhancements that I thought might be of interest: [https://airvpn.org/topic/19582-hardening-of-firefox/](https://airvpn.org/topic/19582-hardening-of-firefox/) [https://airvpn.org/topic/15769-how-to-harden-firefox-extreme-edition/](https://airvpn.org/topic/15769-how-to-harden-firefox-extreme-edition/) I especially found this part from the first link interesting: > network.http.send.RefererHeader" > - sends the next website that you visit information from which site you come (e.g. by clicking on a link) > standard-value is "2" which means it does send these informations. > setting the value to "1" is the same, only if you click on images, the RefererHeader won't be send anymore. > setting the value to "0" disables the RefererHeaders completely. The correct entry is however `network.http.sendRefererHeader` and I did not find the entry for HTTPS pages that the poster mentioned after that, so maybe they were merged into one entry?