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Are you for fucking real?

  • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    2 days ago

    I’ll see if I can export all modified flags but generally skim through about:config for references to “reporting”, “telemetry”, “pocket”, “browser.ml”.

    On desktops I also like to enable UI density == 1.

    In the settings GUI I generally disable sponsored links, autoplay stuff, studies and recommendations.

    prior to anything, I install ublock origin and enable its use in private browsing.

    Edit: if you use regular firefox for android (not beta, nor nightly), you can access about:config via chrome://geckoview/content/config.xhtml

      • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        24 hours ago

        Hey no prob - I’ve swept through a new install of nightly on another system to get a concise set of ideas together (personal preference / UX tweaks have a † prepended):

        #GUI configs:

        about:preferences#general

        • † check Open previous windows and tabs
        • † uncheck Ask before quitting with Ctrl+Q
        • uncheck Use AI to suggest tabs and a name for tab groups
        • † uncheck picture in picture video controls
        • uncheck Recommend extensions as you browse
        • uncheck Recommend features as you browse
        • uncheck Enable link previews

        about:preferences#home

        • uncheck Recommended stories
        • uncheck Sponsored shortcuts
        • uncheck Sponsored stories (disabled when you uncheck Recommended stories)

        about:preferences#search

        • Default Search Engine: duckduckgo (or whatever you’d prefer)
        • uncheck Suggestions from Nightly (Firefox)
        • uncheck Suggestions from sponsors
        • Search Shortcuts (remove google, bing, ebay, etc)

        about:preferences#privacy

        [right click and customise toolbar]:

        • † remove view recent browsing across windows and devices
        • † show bookmarks bar on new tab page only
        • † customise gui to remove spacers, add home button

        #about:config

        • † browser.uidensity == 1 (thinner top bar)

        falsify the following:

        • browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport
        • datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled
        • datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled
        • datareporting.usage.uploadEnabled
        • security.csp.reporting.enabled
        • toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun
        • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry
        • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry
        • browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ut.events
        • browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.enabled
        • browser.search.serpEventTelemetryCategorization.regionEnabled
        • dom.security.unexpected_system_load_telemetry_enabled
        • identity.fxaccounts.telemetry.clientAssociationPing.enabled
        • network.trr.confirmation_telemetry_enabled
        • nimbus.telemetry.targetingContextEnabled
        • telemetry.fog.init_on_shutdown
        • toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled
        • toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled
        • toolkit.telemetry.reportingpolicy.firstRun
        • toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled
        • toolkit.telemetry.unified
        • toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled
        • browser.ml.chat.enabled
        • browser.ml.chat.menu
        • browser.ml.chat.page
        • browser.ml.chat.page.footerBadge
        • browser.ml.chat.page.menuBadge
        • browser.ml.chat.shortcuts
        • browser.ml.chat.shortcuts.custom
        • browser.ml.chat.sidebar
        • browser.ml.enable
        • browser.ml.linkPreview.longPress