Let's share tips about how we could improve our Firefox

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Add the following to your AdBlock preferences:

||youtube.com/annotations_

No more annoying YouTube annotations ever.

*.google-analytics.*

Add this to your AdBlock custom filters to block Google Analytics.

>>42569075
Install https everywhere
Install noscript
Install adblock edge

In your about:config look for "browser.newtab.url". Change its value to "about:blank". No more retarded boxes when you open a new tab.

This may not be a part of your about:config, depending on your FF version, so create "config.trim_on_minimize", and set it to TRUE. This will free up any unused RAM whenever Firefox is in minimized state.

>>42569228
>config.trim_on_minimize
lol
>making firefox less responsive when minimizing, also only works on Windows


http://kb.mozillazine.org/Config.trim_on_minimize

>>42569306
I used it on Loonix, and have no issues with it.

>>42569325
on Loonix it doesn't even do antything.

>>42569349
It actually does. It reclaims about 15-20MB of RAM for me. My computer is old as fuck, so even such a small amount is welcome.

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If you're misfortunate enough to be stuck with using Gmail, then at least make your experience better. Pic related. It removes ads, frees up some screen real estate, hides unnecessary menus, and has some other neat options that you can play around with. Make your Gmail clean. It'll still be a botnet, but a better-looking one... ;^)

>>42569391
if you are such a poor faggot then this will be ideal for you https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/suspend-tab/

>>42569440
>Not knowing that Gmelius is an Australian botnet

>>42569440
Or you could use a regular email client like Thunderbird.

>>42569075
Just to add, also edit the following
>geo.wifi.uri

If you're using Windows, then set it to "local host". If you're on Linux, then just leave it blank. Tracking reduced.

>>42569511
Do you use an email client? If so, what are the benefits? I've thought of giving Thunderbird a go, but I can't think of any real reason why it would enhance my experience.

>>42569578
I actually don't know. I've never even considered using webmail.

>>42569578
Multiple emails

>>42569578
It's quite comfortable opening one program and have it manage all your accounts. You don't have to use the sometimes shitty web interfaces email providers use and in the case of POP3, you have all your mail stored on your harddrive.

>>42569578
I do, but not with gmail, I use it with a zimbra provider because the web ui sucks. I hated staying logged into google anyways and it was a pain, so I considered switching to a real e-mail client long ago.

I can do PGP easier if I want (though I don't really,) but other than that google has done a good job integrating pretty much every feature you expect.

>>42569710
Do they have customizable filters? I use filters to have my mail sorted to like 20 folders.

>browser.sessionstore.interval

This tells your Firefox how often it should back up your session info. A value of 60,000 means every 1 minute. Do with this as you please. I set it to 5 minutes.

>>42569760
I recommend session manager though.

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A few filters to consider for your AdBlock:

1. EasyList - for everyday ad annoyances
2. Adblock Warning Removal List - for those faggy websites that have a "please disable your adblock" pop-ups and shit. Lel, fuck them. Get a real job.
3. Fanboy's Annoyance List - this one will purge your Internet from G+, Fakebook, Twitter, and all that shitty crap buttons, +1's, etc. This filter is pretty aggressive, which is why I like it, so if you're a social media whore, then please avoid.

Update those filters regularly, as new websites are added to them now and again.

>>42569863
>2. Adblock Warning Removal List - for those faggy websites that have a "please disable your adblock" pop-ups and shit. Lel, fuck them. Get a real job.
You can "fix" all those sites with NoScript, though it's better to not use them at all.

>>42569907
>though it's better to not use them at all
I haven't come across any that are this annoying, but if I ever do, then it will be my first and last visit to a said website.

For tinfoil hats, just a failsafe option to consider, even though you should have already set up your Firefox to delete everything when you close it.

Got to about:config
Search for "clearOnShutdown"
There will be a bunch of entries.
Whatever is not set to "True", set it.
Obviously tailor it to your needs, but I have everything set to "True".

>>42569075
Pic related, my addons. Also, no plugins. StartPage is my search engine.

How secure am I?

Also, what are the about:config tricks I should do?

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>>42570008
whoops forgot pic

If you have a relatively decent Internet, this may speed-up your page loads. Test it out.

go to about:config
look up: "network.http.pipelining"
set it to "true", if it isn't already
then look for "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests"
set it to "8"

What this does is instructs your browser to send multiple requests to a website. Default for Firefox is set to "2", and the max is "8". In simplest terms, your browser sends in 8 requests, and starts loading 8 pieces of a website simultaneously, eventually combining them.

Worth a shot. So far I had no issues with it, though apparently some websites do not accept multiple requests or something.

>>42569075
Is there any way to script in changes to about:config?

It would be pretty cool to just run a script and change loads of about:config settings, then the second part of the script might download all recommended addons and stuff...

>>42569184
or just set it to startpage.

Why is adblock edge used over adblock plus?????

>>42569759
yes you can have local filters
or if you're talking about zimbra, yes

>>42570326
about:config is just an interface for the file prefs.js in your profile folder. You could write a script to edit that file.

Google Syndication is a domain used by Google Adsense to track your movement across the net - what you click, what you search, what you purchase, where you come from, where you go, etc. It basically build an online profile of you.

Add the following to your AdBlock options to block that disgusting website:

||googlesyndication.com^

>>42570199
Lol mine 32 by default

about:config --->>> network.prefetch-next

Use a "false" value for this one, if you value your security and privacy. What this does is stop websites from pre-fetching info from links on the page that you are viewing, based on what the websites "thinks" you might clock next. It could be pre-fetching info within it's own domain, or, worse yet, it could be fetching from another website without your consent.

This could potentially slow down your browsing just a tiny bit, but it's well worth the extra added security that you get in return. However, for those who have breddy gud Internet speeds, this setting won't slow you down.

>>42570433
8 is max, so 32 simply sends 8 anyway. Change it.

More About:config tweaks please.

>>42570600
>clock
click**

about:config --->>> network.http.sendRefererHeader

Set this fucker to "0". This will stop a referrer header from being sent to a website that you've just came to, so it will not know which website you came from. Less tracking, and no website needs to know where you came from. Fuck them.

How much of a nuisance is RequestPolicy?
I'm using the other flagship security addons, filters etc., but I've heard RequestPolicy is more troublesome than NoScript is (initally).

>>42570694
This breaks a lot of sites.
I use smart referer instead.

>>42570694
can this not also cause problems when navigating within a single site?

>>42570756
Initially, yes - you have to "train it". It is absolutely worth your time, though. Once you see how many requests some of your regularly visited sites send out without your consent, you'll fucking shit your pants. Some of the worst abusers are Jewgle and Fakebook. Not even once.

>>42570766
This could be an option, yes.

>>42570796
I haven't encountered any difficulties myself since setting it to "0", but if you do then try the following:

network.http.referer.XOriginPolicy
set it to "2"
this way refs are only sent if sending and receiving hosts match

>>42570813
Or look into RefControl

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/refcontrol/

>>42570877
meant for
>>42570796

>>42569863
Why not just install fanboy's ultimate list?

>>42570909
Does it include EasyList now?

>>42571000
>Fanboy Ultimate List (This includes Easylist, Easyprivacy, Enhanced Trackers List and Annoyances List)

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/filters.html

You have to start managing your cookies, unless you love being tracked.

CookieMonster is a nice add-on for that: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-monster/

You might also want to take a look at Self-Destructing Cookies and BetterPrivacy. Just make sure that you whitelist cookies that you actually need.

Self-Destructing Cookies handles most of cookies that you might pick up as you roam the Net. BetterPrivacy focuses more on flash cookies, and those nasty long-term cookies, that stay on your system for a long time, if not forever.

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I'm actually making a guide on debotnetifying Ubuntu, and the first part involves debotnetifying Firefox. Here's the text plainly:

Add-ons:
Adblock Edge
Disconnect
HTTPS Everywhere
NoScript (Optional, limits functionality unless you make exceptions for the sites you use regularly)

about:config:
browser.safebrowsing.enabled - false
browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled - false
browser.startup.page - INTEGER
datareporting.healthreport.uploadingEnabled - false
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled - false
dom.storage.enabled - false
general.useragent.override - "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0"
geo.enabled - false
geo.wifi.uri - "http://127.0.0.1"
network.dns.disablePrefetch - true
network.cookie.cookieBehavior - 1
network.cookie.lifetimePolicy - 2
network.http.sendRefererHeader - 0
network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer - false
network.prefetch-next - false
privacy.donottrackheader.enabled - false
toolkit.telemetry.enabled - false
browser.newtabpage.enabled - false
browser.newtab.url - "about:blank"

Settings:
Set default browser search engine to StartPage:
https://startpage.com/eng/download-startpage-plugin.html


You're going want to set the useragent override to "30" instead of 29 though, if you're using FF 30.

>>42571182
You're doing God's work anon.

Let /g/ know when you've finished, I would LOVE something like this in a "guide" format - I'm sure other anons would too.

>>42571081
>You might also want to take a look at Self-Destructing Cookies and BetterPrivacy. Just make sure that you whitelist cookies that you actually need.
I use cookie controller. Is cookie monster any better?

>>42571274
Just use the whitelist function built into FF.

>>42571318
Mah shortcuts / usability.

>>42571182
>dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled
Set it to "FALSE".

This one is a nice one, Anon. That you for mentionin git. Some websites actually track what you highlight on their website, or even what you type into their text boxes, even if you don't sent that text in, or press enter, etc. They don't need to know this shit, so don't give it to them.

>>42571337
Will that disable search box suggestions?

>>42571182
>network.cookie.cookieBehavior - 1
I would actually set it to "2" or "3", because "1" means "accept all cookies", if I am not mistaken. By contrast, "2" means "only accept cookies from the site that you're on", while "3" means "accept no cookies".

>network.cookie.lifetimePolicy - 2
Just to inform others, "2" is indeed a good option. It tells your browser to delete cookies when you close it.

Just to add another one that you don't have on your list:
>network.cookie.lifetime.days
This is an instruction for how many days the cookies are kept. "0" would be a good value for this. It's more of a back-up setting, since you likely have set your cookies to clear when browser closes.

>>42569075
paying for an internet connection?
welcome to the botnet
using any kind of electronic device?
welcom to the botnet
being a citizen in a first world nation?
welcom to the botnet

good luck trying to escape it.

profile sync daemon for linux.
puts browser profiles on ramdisk and syncs to disk every hour by default (you can change the interval)
significantly cuts down hard drive access

>>42571373
All of my suggestions are disabled by default. I don't need them. It's just an extra info exchange between you and whatever server this info originates from. So I wouldn't know whether it breaks or not, but if it does, then obviously do not use it.

>>42571444
>good luck trying to escape it

It's more like trying to minimize it - tracking, spying, data collection, etc. This does not eliminate any of this completely, but why make it extra easy for everyone? Those who want your info will get it (gooberment, NSA, and so on). Your average sites, however, will not.

>>42571182
>datareporting.healthreport.uploadingEnabled
I think that should be

datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled

All in all, good list. Thanks, anon.

>>42571182
>dom.storage.enabled - false
This breaks 4chin captchas, so you'll have to keep it as "true", unless you have a Pass. Another option is to look for "dom.storage.default_quota", and setting it to "1". This will allow only 1kb to be stored, and captchas will work.

>>42571182
dom.storage.enabled - false
It breaks 4chanX for me

>>42569440
>GMail

Here's a Protip: Disable JS completely, and use the Plain HTML.
>faster loading
>no ads
>no fucking retarded time wasting site design

>>42571655
Or just use a IMAP you plebian.

>>42571182
Whoops:
>browser.startup.page - INTEGER
Should be
>browser.startup.page - 0

>>42571423
>>42571527
>>42571573
Thanks for the feedback, I'll update the draft.

>>42571651
see
>>42571573

>>42571787
Saw it, thanks

>>42571423
>network.cookie.cookieBehavior - 1
This'll fuck up 4chan for you

>>42569440

Gmail has ads?

loladblock

>>42570025

what settings do you use for Blender? it had almost everything disabled by default when i installed it

>>42569863
>Adblock
Hosts file*
.
http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm

>>42572916

No way to ad fanboy's ultimate list. So, yeah..

>>42573217
What?

>>42572291
No, accepting all cookies will not in fact fuck up 4chan

>>42573228

It includes multiple filter lists. Mostly removes crap like like +1 tweet and other tracking garbage..

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/filters.html

>>42569127
doesnt that break alot of websites?

>>42572916
how much better is this then ad-block plus? i might consider using this.

>>42573654
whynotboth

It's harder for websites to work around, but it misses things and you can't block ads that are stored on the same domain as the website they're displayed on.

>>42569098
disabling it doesn't work?

>>42573574
No. It is just calling home, to tell Google that this unique dude visited a website.
As a user, you wont miss anything by preventing this shit.

>>42573688
will this slow my pc down any? also which option is noob friendly to set it up? i dont like messing with registry or system files manually.

>>42569127
i put that in and it still dosent seem to show up with hits.

>>42574117
>will this slow my pc down any?
no
>also which option is noob friendly to set it up?
Can you follow instructions? It's easy.

>>42574132
>>42569127
>>42573574
if you use fanboys ultimate list, google-analytics is already in there

>>42572828
Text ads. And when you use adblock, you may still have empty space, where ads used to be.

>>42573847
For those who don't keep cookies, nor history, and don't have a Google or YouTube account, annotations have to be manually disabled on every video that has them.

whats the force html5 whenever possible addon

>>42574117
use Hostsman if you want the noob friendly way.

>>42574552
skype

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/memory-fox/
Memory Fox 7.4
by IDEVFH

Attempting to reduce both Browser and Flash RAM Memory usage. Memory Fox will promote the increase of available RAM memories for other application processes. Hopefully, fostering any attempts of Memory Recovery and Retention.

about:config customization:
Browser.cache.memory.capacity

Controls the maximum amount of memory to use for caching decoded images and chrome
This determines if and how much system ram Firefox will use to cache itself. The element does not exist and has to be created. The default value is set to automatic which means that Firefox uses a certain amount of RAM by default.

Source: http://www.ghacks.net/2007/02/26/firefox-memory-tweaks/

As far as that tweak goes, I don't remember having it for older Firefox versions. I don't know if the new Firefox has it. But I used to set it the amount of my RAM, lower than my RAM, just messing with it. Everytime, Firefox would crash eventually if I was browsing alot with a bunch of open tabs (5+), when my PC would return from sleep or hibernate Firefox would freeze. So I finally set it to -1 which is auto and haven't had any problems since.

There's some other tweaks I've done through about:config, like turning off Firefox animations, and another one that loads webpage faster that doesn't involve pipelining. It's something to do with how Firefox loads pages. I'm trying to find that one. Hopefully will post soon.

>>42574635
> I finally set it to -1 which is auto and haven't had any problems since.
Oh, just wanted to add that I recommend using auto for that configuration but of course it's totally up to the user.

>>42574635
This is how to disable Firefox animations btw:
search for browser.tabs.animate in about:config. Double click on it so that the value reads false, and close about:config

source:
http://lifehacker.com/5790172/disable-tab-animations-in-firefox-4

>>42574635
Found that tweak I was talking about. It's the 2nd one down in the following page:
http://www.techfragments.com/481/the-12-best-firefox-aboutconfig-performance-tweaks/

It's actually a couple of configurations.

what styles are you guys using? I'm using this one
http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=RS9pc53y

>>42574732
>2nd one down
3rd one down*, sorry
It's called:
>Graphics Rendering and UI Hacks

>>42574575
tryed, it keeps saying failed to save to disk.

i remember reading that having that large of a hosts file can slow things down quite a bit. is it even worth trying?

>>42570350
Personally I prefer DDG, it's more attractive graphically, it's minimalistic/ simplistic. It's customizable, and it does all of the same things. Also, it provides the !bangs for many networks, etc.

This is for about:config

browser.cache.disk.enable
FALSE

browser.cache.disk.capacity
"0"

This will prevent your browser from storing any cache at all on your system, so no website images, or backgrounds, or any of that crap. Only use it, if your internet connection can support it, because every page will start loading from a clean slate. For fast connections this wouldn't be an issue, especially is you utilize pipelining
>>42570199

This thread is like one of those rare threads where everything posted in here is useful and beneficial.

Wish I had something to add. =/

What domains should I whitelist in Self destructing cookies if I want the easy captcha on 4chan?

>>42570600
There is another one that falls into the "prefetch" category.

>network.dns.disablePrefetch

Set this one to "True". Pretty much the same idea - it disables prefetching, thus increasing privacy/security.

>>42571252
Actually I have a nicer list that I made for myself, I have just been adding peoples :config edits to it by simple copy/paste. I'll clean it up a bit later and maybe release it if you'd like that.

This one is very minor, but why the hell not! It prevents text from auto-copying to clipboard when highlighted... which I didn't know was happening. Not a big deal, but meh.

about:config >>> clipboard.autocopy >>> "False"

>>42575136
Yup, I've been thinking of making an infographic, which could become the "official /g/ Firefox guide", so it could be posted from time to time to get plebs to make their browsers better. If you could do that, then that would be neat. I'll probably still do one as well, whenever I stop being a lazy ass.

>>42575205
http://www.logicalincrements.com/firefox/index.html

>>42571182
Would someone want to be so kind as to tell me what each of those about:config options mean?

I don't know how important this one is, and I don't know much about it myself, so if you have some info, then please expand on this. All I know is that there is such a thing as "frecency", and it sets preferences for your Firefox Awesome Bar suggestions, and searches and such.

Personally I do not use any of that predictive stuff. I do everything manually, and have all of that disabled.

What I did was go to about:config, searched for "frecency", and set all of them to "0". Nothing broke, heh, but I am not sure exactly if that makes any difference at all.

Anyone?

>>42575205
I'm also a graphic designer, so an infographic could be done as opposed to a simple list. Depends, I suppose. Maybe we should make a website instead and have a bunch of organized guides, tutorials, etc. listed on it. /g/'s personal anti-government site. Hm?

>>42574827
anyone?

>>42575249
I posted a source with my about:config tweaks
>>42574635
>>42574696
>>42574732

What do you mean though?
In Firefox if you go to the address bar, type in about:config, answer the prompt, and you'll be taken to a page where you can configure and add settings for Firefox.

>>42575304
Fucking derp, my bad. thanks.

Any recommended styles you use?

>>42575249
Just Google it, son.

>browser.safebrowsing.enabled - false
>browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled - false
There two send requests to Google whenever you browse the Net to run the website that you are visiting against Google's malicious websites list. He suggests setting it to "false", so contact with Google is never made. I am on the fence about this one. As much of a botnet as Google is, their list might help you avoiding viruses and such.

browser.startup.page - INTEGER
http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.startup.page

datareporting.healthreport.uploadingEnabled - false
This sends info to Firefox servers about your Firefox performance/crashes, etc. Use "false" to prevent this.

dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled - false
Sometimes websites track what you copy from them, or what you type on their website. This option prevents this.

dom.storage.enabled - false
Don't use this, as it breaks 4chin captchas. There is a post here about how to go around this.

general.useragent.override - "Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:29.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/29.0"
This one spoofs your browser set-up. Every time you wisit a page, they see which browser you use, which version, etc. You can manually change it to send any info to sites that you want. You can even pretend to be an Applefag using Safari.

geo.enabled - false
Disables your geographical location

geo.wifi.uri - "http://127.0.0.1"
Same. Disables browser-based tracking, as it looks info right back to your own host, instead of sending it out.

network.dns.disablePrefetch - true
I would set this to "false", actually. There are a few posts about prefetching in this thread, and why it isn't very secure.

Cont.

>>42575371
Thanks anon, much appreciated.

>>42575366
https://github.com/alecdtatum/Minimal-Firefox-Dark
i like that one

How do I make Firefox search on directly on Google when writing in the address bar?

>>42575409
Isn't that default setting?

>>42575249
network.cookie.cookieBehavior - 1
Set this to either "2", allowing cookies only from your current website, or "3" - allowing no cookies to be stored on your computer. "1" allows all cookies in, even 3rd party, so don't use that setting.

network.cookie.lifetimePolicy - 2
Any cookies that may have been stores expire once you close your browser.

network.http.sendRefererHeader - 0
This prevents the current website that you are on from knowing which previous website you came from.

network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer - false
Same as above.

network.prefetch-next - false
Disables prefetching. Very good!

privacy.donottrackheader.enabled - false
Set this one to "true". Firefox asks websites not to track you. Many websites do not comply, but it's a good idea to have this on.

toolkit.telemetry.enabled - false
This one I don't know about, but will look into. Mine is set to "false", currently, but I do not know what it does.

browser.newtabpage.enabled - false
I think that this is to open links in a new tab, instead of a new page.

browser.newtab.url - "about:blank"
When you open a new tab, it opens as a blank page. Looks clean.

>>42575453
No sometimes it guesses it as a website and adds ".com" automatically.

>>42575409
Set your Keyword.URL in about:config to the following:

http://www.google.com/search?complete=0&ie=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=

It should work. Report back.

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>>42575480
I don't see it

>>42571182
Keep up the great work anon. Maybe you are going to do a window debotnetification next?

>>42575409
i used to use >>42575480 but doesn't work anymore in new versions so i have to install Keyword search addon

>>42575494
Then create it yourself as a new "string", then add the url.

Alternatively, there is an add-on called "keyword.URL Hack!" I don't know if it does it for you, but you might as well try.

>>42570350
ABE doesn't have a retarded whitelist, it's a fork of ABP and carries the same functionality otherwise. Either one works just as well so long as you know how to navigate them. I personally use ABE though due to some difficulties I had disabling the whitelist in ABE.

2 more for about:config

browser.cache.offline.enable
"false"

browser.cache.offline.capacity
"0"

This disables offline website cache storage. I don't think that anyone does "offline" browsing anymore. It's 2014. The default is to allow up to 500MB of storage. Yeah... do the "false" and "0" as shown above to disable this lunacy altogether.

Question: Is there a way to alter the search bar in such a way as to not redirect incorrect queries or simple words back to google and instead have them rout to startpage?

about:config --->>> dom.popup_maximum
Set this to "1" or "2". I have it at 2 just in case.

It basically regulates how many simultaneous pop-ups a webpage can open up. 1 is usually enough, I'd say, so use that to prevent flooding. The default is set to "20" for whatever reason...

about:config --->>> media.autoplay.enabled

Setting this to "false" would prevent some embedded media (like videos) from auto-playing on a website. It only works for certain video extensions, but you might as well turn it on.

Don't worry, YouTube will still auto-play just fine.

>>42575287
Can't you just put it on the wiki?

>>42575690
Yes of course, but I meant a nicer, custom designed website as opposed to the same old wiki shit. Just a thought.

To disable WebGL, if you're into this sort of thing, search for "webgl.disabled", and set it to "true".

>>42575707
>Just a thought.
Oh no, it's an excellent one. :3

>>42575707
A Wiki would be much easier, though. But, just for shits and giggles, add a whole bunch of ads on your website, if you do decide to make it.

10/10!

>>42575707
You mean like this?

http://www.logicalincrements.com/firefox/index.html

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>a thread from last year

>>42576068
All of these add-ons are more or less standard practice these days for those who give a damn about salvaging at least some of their privacy. It's nice to see this!

>>42576110
Definitely nice to see, but there's a lot of room for improvement.

>>42576110
>standard practice
>tfw keeping up on internet privacy is nearly a full time job
Not everyone has the time and knowledge we do.
There has to be a way to simplify this. If we don't only a handful of neckbeards will ever be free.

>>42576139
>There has to be a way to simplify this.
that's what this thread is trying to do but it's not a derptop thread so no one cares

Is there a voice search addon for recent versions of FF?

>>42575962
It's lacking some info. Is there a way to add it?

>>42576190
>voice search
you mean like text-to-speech or what?

>>42576244
not that im aware of im assuming there's a way to contact the owner though

an easier route would be to create another or add it all to the wiki

>>42576139
I am glad that Adblock has gained popularity, but as far as other add-ons, a vast majority outside of /g/ never even heard of them.

>>42576396
i think people are becoming more concerned about privacy they just don't know how to go about doing something about it

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>tfw this thead is going no where while the shitposting continues everywhere else on /g/
never change /g/ents

>>42576481
thanks to >>42576068 post
i added https everywhere to my addons now.

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>>42576517
you're welcome anon

> about:config
> layout.word_select.eat_space_to_next_word

This determines how a word is selected when double clicked.

FALSE - just the word is selected
TRUE - a word with 1 space behind it is selected

Some might be interested in this.

http://www.logicalincrements.com/firefox/

>>42576708
nice anon. we need something people can add to because this >>42576596 rarely gets updated yet it's still the place people link for muh privacy

>>42570025
just downloaded self destructing cookies
Shit won't stop popping up. There must be a way to disable this pop up shit every time it deletes a cookie right? Only had it for 5 minutes and its already annoying the shit out of me

>>42576830
go into the addon settings and untick notifications

...

You could just develop a new web browser.

Here is a Firefox addon I don't see recommended much. It was made by the people at CMU (one of the top CS research places on the planet). The addon is called Perspectives.

http://perspectives-project.org/firefox/

>Perspectives is a new approach to helping computers communicate securely on the Internet. With Perspectives, public “network notary” servers regularly monitor the SSL certificates used by 100,000s+ websites to help your browser detect “man-in-the-middle” attacks without relying on certificate authorities. Because anyone can run a network notary server, you get to choose who you trust to validate SSL certificates, a powerful concept indeed!

>>42576875
sounds easy enough

>>42576879
interesting. how come it's not on mozillas addons page?

>>42576919
>interesting. how come it's not on mozillas addons page?

It is: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/perspectives/

is anyone still using ghostery?

>>42576949
no because adblock with the right filters defeat the purpose

https://panopticlick.eff.org/
Does anyone know how to make it so that webpages cannot see what plugins you have?

>>42576973
use noscript and dont allow the site or disable javascript completely (not recommended)

>>42576996
about:config
Find plugins.enumerable_names
Set the entry to nothing.

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whats happening

>>42577061
what does this do anon?

>>42577066
>whats happening
You're experiencing freedom.

>>42577066
allow 4chan, 4cdn, and google in noscript
allow 4chan to 4cdn and google to 4chan in requestpolicy

>>42577066
Request Policy and NoScript do that.
It's actually a feature of them.

Right click on the page, hover over RequestPolicy, hover over 4cdn.org, click "enable requests from 4chan.org to 4cdn.org" to fix.

Do that for whatever domains you want 4chan (and whichever websites you go to) to be allowed to access.

Also hover over NoScript, allow 4chan.org and 4cdn.org. Same process for allowing scripts as in request policy, basically.

>>42577085
It disables plugins from being seen by any site even with Javascript enabled

>>42577066
You probably disabled dom.storage.
Refer to this post"
>>42571573

>>42577128
why is this not enabled by default? does it break a bunch of shit?

I use HTTPS Everywhere and Ghostery. Noscript is installed but disabled; that's the nuclear option, I turn it on when I know that I am about to go somewhere unsafe or to investigate random links people post on here (never trust random links on 4chan).

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>>42577106 >>42577126 >>42577150
Thanks a lot guys it looks normal again although some options don't work like when you hover over a post number it doesn't show the pop up with the post and has an annoying red slash
>>42577088
i loled

>>42577258
That shouldn't be happening. Take a screenshot of your NoScript and Request Policy settings.

>network.proxy.socks_remote_dns = true
why has no one brought this up yet?

we need a thread with a desktop OP image so people will actually open the thread

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>>42577300

what is best for dealing with anti-adblock?

>>42577483
>waterfox
found your problem

>>42577499
dont use shit sites

>>42577483
>also captcha still doesn't work
Allow requests from 4chan.org to google.com
4chan uses google captcha shit, so you'll have to allow requests to at least that.
Not sure what the problem with hovering not working is.

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>>42577523
b-b-but why its just a 64bit version
>>42577533
im not exactly sure were to white list/allow it and what i meant about the hover over thing

take note for some reason i can never get my mouse curser showing on screen shots and recording but just look at the diffrent feature between the two browsers

>>42578228
take a look at opera how i can see other posts although in water fox i just get a slash on the post numbers

Is there any difference between Cookie Monster and Self-Destructing Cookies? Should I have both installed?

>>42578228
>b-b-but why its just a 64bit version
extension compatibility

sudo pacman -S dwb

>>42578261
i've never used cookie monster but self-destructing cookies works fine. i would avoid installing them both

>>42578273
well makes sense in that case

ut i found out that in my case right now i cant do the hover over post number thing even in safemode (must be config) like in opera in

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>>42578228

>>42578326
was everything working fine before you came into this thread and used some of the config tweaks?

>>42576848
thanks

>>42578346
thanks a lot for showing me anon! it works now!
>>42578361
yes it was stock (besides the geo.enabled) should i replace the config file (if its possible) or factory reset

>>42578281
Sucks. The built in noscript sucks. Can't block individual scripts, can only allow all scripts on a domain. For example last.fm has a ton (like 5+) of unneeded scripts from CBS, Amazon, etc. I can block all of them except for the bare minimum needed for the site to work in Firefox but in dwb all I can do it allow all scripts on last.fm. Shit sucks.

>>42578416
no there's nothing wrong with using the tweaks in the thread as long as you know what you're doing and they don't break anything.

instead you should read the thread and continue learning more. if you have a question just ask

>>42578416
So are links still crossed out for you?

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>>42578439
im not quiting i am still going to try use the tweaks im just wondering if i should start from scratch so i can try again or should i try fixing my configuration
it reminds me of my Gta modding days

anyways a better webm

>>42578460
yesems

>>42578488
what fork of 4chan x are you using? if it's mayhems you have to allow his domain with noscript/request policy

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>>42578506
i don't know where to go im new to this stuff i think is 4cdn.org

>>42578574
oh its yotsuba (thanks Yotsuba B theme)

>>42578574
i see request policy is red so something is being blocked still and in noscript you only need to allow 4chan, 4cdn, and google

>>42569184
finally!

>>42569075
>Remove location services
>This is somehow supposed to improve the user experience

Great, I love seeing generic ads for random things across the country rather than potentially useful local ads.

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>>42578602

>>42578673
>2014
>ads

Is this your first time here? Welcome, Anon.

>>42578740
nope

>>42578747
i like the ads on 4chan
j-list is over priced

>>42578740
alright it's either waterfox or you're script is broken.

are you using the native extension or 4chan x?

>>42578673
>ads
>useful
Shiggy-diggy-doooo!

>>42578792
well stock waterfox runs like normal firefox although I really think its the about:config file earlier
(also take note I used waterfox, opera and now my tablet [which im on right now] to post on 4chan)
and what exactly is 4chan x and native extensions as in?

>>42578890
4chan x is a script that improves 4chan and the native one is the same except has a lot less features and is built into the site.

im guessing the problem is waterfox, but who knows.

>>42578890
Native extension is entirely unmodified 4chan.
Google 4chan X.

If you aren't already using a userscript of some sort (AppchanX, 4chan X, etc.), you should be.

Anyone else having issues with the new firefox sync?

It keeps syncing when I open firefox and all my 4chan x setting are gone. I have to keep reopening firefox until it works and get my old settings back.

>>42578912
>>42578913
so is it this and where do i paste the script for it in

>>42578912


>>42578913


>>42579037
forgot link: https://4chan-x .just-believe .in/

>>42579037
Get the addon "greasemonkey"
Then download 4chanx.

>>42578980
>new firefox sync
are you running nightly?

>>42579037
>so is it this
if you mean is this causing your problem it's hard to tell with the little bit i know about your issue
>where do i paste it
first you need to get the greasemonkey firefox addon then go to https://github.com/ccd0/4chan-x scroll down and hit install (firefox)

>>42579083
you could use this 4chan x as well the one i posted is just a fork of this one

>>42569098
Thank you so much for this.

I don't suppose there's any way to make youtube videos default to max quality without an account/cookies?

>>42579097
>max quality
it depends if you mean beyond 720p. if not then get svptube and use mpc-hc to watch jewtube

>>42579094
>are you running nightly?
nope, stable 30.

>>42579104
>windoze software

Come on now. I thought it was a given that if you were interested in "debotnetification" you'd be using an open-source OS.

>>42575371

>>browser.safebrowsing.enabled - false
>>browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled - false
>There two send requests to Google whenever you browse the Net to run the website that you are visiting against Google's malicious websites list. He suggests setting it to "false", so contact with Google is never made. I am on the fence about this one. As much of a botnet as Google is, their list might help you avoiding viruses and such.

You are mistaken on this one. The lists are downloaded in advance and only compared to the list you already have.
It would be ridiculous to try to send the URL every time (it would slow down all connections, be a huge security risk, not to mention that virtually nobody would be willing to tolerate the privacy issue). About the only way this could help your privacy is that your browser should stop fetching the list.

Generally, it is not a good idea to turn this off.

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Not really as cool as Noscript or ABE, but i always install FlagFox. It just puts a little icon in the address bar that, when hovered over, shows the site's domain name, IP, and server location. If you click it, it'll show a map exactly where the site's server is located. Pretty neat IMO.

>>42579094
wohh dude 4chan became 9/11 times better thanks this is amazing it feels so edgy i just like it a lot
although it doesn't bring up a window when i click a post number to reply i think it maybe waterfox good thing i have firefox too

>>42579285
Don't know how you're having trouble

>>42579285
do you have cookies disabled? if not it's definitely waterfox

>>42579194
solaris, bsd, symbian

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>>42579296
>>42579306
IT WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPlQpGeTbIE
COKIES ENABALD
>I feel you guys deserve a gift here is my steam ill gift you guys tf2 how is that

>>42579381
my steam buttfacemonkey0

>>42579381
>ill gift you guys tf2
no thanks i bought it 7 years ago. thanks anyway

>>42579427
well maybe you can sell it on this steam sale

>>42570025
i got better privacy for dem cookies it deletes flash cookies and everything also overwrite the firefox cookie management.
is "self destructing cookies" any better or it does the same thing ?

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>>42575458
Kept getting this error
Tried setting >network.http.sendRefererHeader - 0
and >network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer - false
to default and apparently it fixed it
Anyway to get it working for 4chan while enabling it?

>>42579513
Oh forgot to add
Thought my add ons had something to do with it while making that .png

>>42579513
I fixed it by going to firefoxes mail settings

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>>42571182
saving it.
thanks mah nigga

>>42579513

Just use the refconrol addon instead and set the refer on 4chan to forge.

>>42579546
>I fixed it by going to firefoxes mail settings
what does this even mean?

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Does anyone use DoNotTrackMe? Does it really do anything? I like how I can generate obscure email addresses that forward to my gmail. But other than that I doubt it does anything.

How do I get youtube to stop buffering even after is has done it already?

>>42579513
will that ex hentai thing remove the sad panda

>>42579575
no if anything it makes you less anonymous because it gives you a less common fingerprint

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>>42579600
Yes.

>>42579552
don't forget >>42576708

>>42579586
disable dash playback, youtube center can do that.

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>>42579638

>>42579554
Thanks it works.
But, is there a list I can use to block it for a large amount of sites, like Fanboys Ultimate list for Adblock? Or do I have to manually input each site?

>>42579671

If you set the default to block, it block everywhere, you make exceptions for the sites that it breaks manually.

how do I make it stop crashing

Disable disk cache or put your $HOME/.cache as a ram disk.
browser.cache.disk.enable false

Either type it in right or fail. This is just as bad as isps using dns to redirect broken requests.
browser.fixup.alternate.enabled false

Who knows what that next link has or what tracking information it is sending. Just don't do it.
network.prefetch-next false

Built in referer spoofing exists now in firefox. Policy 1 means same url as you requested, 2 is the same base url.
network.http.referer.spoofSource true
network.http.referer.trimmingPolicy 1

Don't get caught going to a fake unicode url. Show the punycode to know when the url is unicode to know every single time. No more trickery.
network.IDN_show_punycode true

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>>42579683
Alright, cool.
Appreciate the help anon

>>42569075
what's the point of disabling geolocation? I have to explicitly give permission for a site to use my location in the first place and it ended up being the wrong location anyway

>>42579728
>Either type it in right or fail.
>Don't get caught going to a fake unicode url.
i dont really understand what either of these do

>>42571651
Appchan x for greace monkey is working fine with this

>>42579789
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack

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Is there an update to this guide?

>>42579761
>what's the point of disabling geolocation?
Nothing since they can figure it out based on your IP address anyway, unless you have a VPN.

>ended up being the wrong location anyway
Doesn't tend to happen for most people.

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>>42574889
It's also becoming an ad/tracking botnet.

FYI You can add/customise your own !bangs in Firefox by right clicking the bookmarks bar >Add bookmark and filling in the info as per the image.

You'll have to know the search input url's though, so it's a little bit of work.

Here are mine, all in a "SearchEngines" folder:
Mobile Youtube (!yt)
>http://m.youtube.com/results?hl=en-GB&gl=GB&client=mv-google?client=mv-google&hl=en-GB&gl=GB&q=%s
Wikipedia (!w)
>https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=%s
Stack Overflow (!so)
>http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=%s
Google Maps (!maps)
>https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?&hl=en&q=%s
Amazon (!am)
>https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/field-keywords=%s
Google UK image search (!gi)
>https://www.google.co.uk/search?safe=off&tbm=isch&q=%s
Google (!g)
>https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=%s

Always use https.

>>42569075

There are some good tips here! Okay, here are a few addons that are worthwhile...

Ad-Block Plus (Turn off "allow non-intrusive advertising" if you wish. Subscribe to Easy List, Easy Privacy, Fanboy's List etc..).
Disconnect (Blocks trackers)
Disconnect Search (search proxied through Disconnect en masse, to avoid profiling. Can use any of the 5 major search engines)
Better Privacy (kills Flash supercookies)
DuckDuckGo Plus (full addon)
FireBug (WebDev and stuff)
FlashGot (Great downloader, web video ripper too. Lots of options
Greasemonkey (User script engine! A must have)
HTTPS Everywhere (EFF-developed, finds and uses HTTPS when possible)
LightBeam (Visual mapper of those collecting data on you, cookies and much more)
MediaCrush and Img.bi (Both of these are FOSS, privacy respecting pic/media hosting sites, in the vein of Imgur, and they have addons that make 1 click upload easy. You can also run your own instances too)
NoScript (Blocks tons of javascript, allow on a per-user basis. Requires effort on your part, but a good option)
Preferences Monitor (Lets you know when an addon or anything else updates your Firefox prefs)
Privacy Badger (EFF developed "Just Works" tracker blocker. Still in early development)
S3.Download Statusbar (Revival and improvement of Download Statusbar! Tons of options)
Self Destructing Cookies ( Fantastic!)
Stylish (visual panache!)
KeeFox ( IF you have KeePass 2.x, this allows you to use it for Firefox passwords and forms)

>>42579554
I'm still getting that problem even with that add on.

>>42580611

If you set ref control options for this site I.E. 4chan.org to forge it should work, at least it does here.

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>>42580618
>I.E. 4chan.org
Fuck, I'm retarded. Thanks for the help.

no1 gives a damn about who u are

>muh privacy

>>42580024
>not cleaning out cookies on shut down

fuck off google shill

>>42580693
source?

>>42580752
i just posted it.

http://www.browserleaks.com/proxy

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>>42580760
Same thing can happen with other blocking scripts

>>42580785
not with noscript

>>42580791
I'm pretty sure you can detect which scripts are whitelisted

>>42580821
no you can't,

>>42580796
IE master race

chrome and firefox are ad shills

>>42579600
well you also have to first register an account..anyways search google on how to get access to exhentai with the plugin

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>>42580882
>if hardcore

>>42580882
Seriously, what the fuck is this shit?
>implying you're not being fingerprinted anyway
>implying there aren't like only a dozen of common varieties of subscriptions
>implying using NoScript changes any of that

>>42580926
Noscript blocks all ads and dont give away all your filters

>muh adblock

>>42580825
yes you can? if a script is whitelisted it will be loaded, trivial to check.

>>42569075

Iceweasel

/thread

>>42580932
>using noscript
>this page needs javascript activated

>>42580932
>implying it can detect my custom list non subscription list
>implying custom lists are any different than noscript

>>42580943
whatever still better then leaking all your 100 "privacy" filters to every site

>>42580959
whitelist still blocks all ads on 4chan

>>42580961
see
>>42580960

>>42580882
I stopped using Adblock and use Noscript exclusively. This by itself will block 100% of third party advertising sites by default.

>>42580975
wasting time when you can just use noscript pleb

>>42580987
i use noscript and requestpolicy too retard

adblock lets me to block elements

>>42581002
noscript does that already

>>42581007
let me know when noscript element hiding helper is a thing

>>42581029
You don't need it, enjoy your privacy and memory leaking shit addon

How do I get noscript to block everything that adblock does?

>>42579097
get youtube hd, allows you to set default quality, player size and turns off annotations

>>42581042
>You don't need it
you don't get to decide that
> privacy leaking
as much as noscript leaks, firefox don't hide what extensions are installed
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21072738/detecting-noscript-not-the-tag-the-extension
http://webdevwonders.com/detecting-firefox-add-ons/
>memory leaking
i have 16gb ram, i don't give a fuck

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>>42581125
>see pic

Do what ever you went i will just be laughing at you all day

>>42581154
>see this
>>42581002

i have noscript installed too, you retarded fucktard

>>42581187
then why are you posting detecting noscript when you know you can block detection

>>42581213
you retarded faggot because there is no point on blabbering over adblock as it is the privacy issue of firefox and not that particular extension

if you block javascript adblock detection won't work too

>>42581243
>calling names

Yep adblock user detected

>>42581258
you are sharp aren't you?

if you can't argue back fuck off

adblock and noscript are not alternatives of each other, retarding over adblock because of "privacy leak" is null because every other single extension leaks its presence too, go bitch to mozilla for that. or configure noscript and happily use both.

>>42581258
Your point being?

>>42581287
My points is that you don't need adblock when you got noscript

btw are you adblock dev or just shill?

>>42581309
are you being dense on purpose?

i said i need adblock because i use element hiding helper, there is no easy way to block element with noscript.

>>42581309
I disabled ABE to see if I still got ads and I saw my first youtube ad in forever.

>>42581321
tell me one site where you need element hiding helper

>>42581322
noscript blocks youtube ads too

>>42571182
upload it on the /g/ wiki when it's done

keep up the good work

>>42581331
>tell me one site where you need element hiding helper

you fucking retard i use it ON MY LEISURE because I CAN.

i hide random <divs> of various sites because there are an eyesore, i don't like that part of that site etc. even if they are not ads.

stop being an assretarded clown

>>42581349
we are talking about privacy not your ADHD

>>42581370
look guy, read back my posts and realize this

EVERY SINGLE EXTENSION LEAKS PRIVACY

ok?

NOTHING TO DO WITH ADBLOCK

>>42581370
Which is why he's been trying to say that he uses it for the element hider the whole time. Good example of how /g/ likes to hate personal preferences for no reason.

>>42581388
Yes they can leak but no via javascript on every single fucking page

Its okey too use adblock if you need to hide things on pages because you go ADHD and autism

>>42581410
>Yes they can leak but no via javascript on every single fucking page

they can, this is why i use fucking NOSCRIPT in addition to other extensions. there is no point SINGLING OUT ADBLOCK


>Its okey too use adblock if you need to hide things on pages because you go ADHD and autism

contain your butthurt and ignorance retarded faggot. you presented zero knowledge aside from faulty "muh privacy" sperging and nothing else

>>42581449
I give up, i am just trying to spread awareness so dev do something about it but you just hate

So /g/, if I update FF, doi all the changes in the about:config carry over or are they reset by the update?

Also, I still use Mozbackup to backup all my setting. Is there anything newer or better?

>>42582144
I'll let you in on a secret, if you don't know already...

Open up new Windows explorer window, put %appdata% into the bar.
This is a special Windows folder, like %temp%, where programs can look to store settings and whatnot.

In this folder, lots of programs will be listed. There even should be a folder for Mozilla.

Now, when you update Firefox (or any other program like Chrome or whatever), the actual files "for the program" are overwritten/updated in C:\ProgramFiles. The settings are not touched (okay maybe some sqlite/db changes might be made but on the whole the settings remain as they were before the upgrade).

>>42579761
So don't disable it, and keep getting location-tracked by all websites at all times.