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Are you for fucking real?

    • Vik@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      17 hours 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
          4·
          3 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