76-beta

extensions.blocklist.pingCountTotal is not used anymore in FF76+

scratchpad-scripts/troubleshooter.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-/*** ghacks-user.js troubleshooter.js v1.6.0 ***/
+/*** ghacks-user.js troubleshooter.js v1.6.1 ***/
 
 (function() {
 
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
   ]
 
   // any runtime-set pref that everyone will have and that can be safely reset
-  const oFILLER = { type: 64, name: 'extensions.blocklist.pingCountTotal', value: -1 };
+  const oFILLER = { type: 64, name: 'app.update.lastUpdateTime.browser-cleanup-thumbnails', value: 1580000000 };
 
   function getMyList(arr) {
     const aRet = [];

user.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******
 * name: ghacks user.js
-* date: 23 April 2020
-* version 75
+* date: 7 May 2020
+* version 76-beta
 * authors: v52+ github | v51- www.ghacks.net
 * url: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
 * license: MIT: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
@@ -272,12 +272,10 @@ user_pref("network.connectivity-service.enabled", false);
 /*** [SECTION 0400]: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING (SB) ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0400 syntax error: the parrot's passed on!");
 /** BLOCKLISTS ***/
-/* 0401: enforce Firefox blocklist, but sanitize blocklist url
+/* 0401: enforce Firefox blocklist
  * [NOTE] It includes updates for "revoked certificates"
- * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/
- * [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931 ***/
+ * [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/security/2015/03/03/revoking-intermediate-certificates-introducing-onecrl/ ***/
 user_pref("extensions.blocklist.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
-user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
 
 /** SAFE BROWSING (SB)
     Safe Browsing has taken many steps to preserve privacy. *IF* required, a full url is never
@@ -738,6 +736,10 @@ user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
 /* 1243: block unencrypted requests from Flash on encrypted pages to mitigate MitM attacks [FF59+]
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1190623 ***/
 user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest", true);
+/* 1244: enable https-only-mode [FF76+]
+ * [NOTE] This is experimental
+ * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1613063 */
+   // user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", true);
 
 /** CIPHERS [WARNING: do not meddle with your cipher suite: see the section 1200 intro] ***/
 /* 1261: disable 3DES (effective key size < 128)
@@ -779,7 +781,7 @@ user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true); // [FF60+]
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1400 syntax error: the parrot's bereft of life!");
 /* 1401: disable websites choosing fonts (0=block, 1=allow)
  * This can limit most (but not all) JS font enumeration which is a high entropy fingerprinting vector
- * [SETUP-WEB] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit.
+ * [SETUP-WEB] Can break some PDFs (missing text). Limiting to default fonts can "uglify" the web
  * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Allow pages to choose... ***/
 user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
 /* 1403: disable icon fonts (glyphs) and local fallback rendering
@@ -1132,7 +1134,7 @@ user_pref("browser.pagethumbnails.capturing_disabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
 /* 2605: block web content in file processes [FF55+]
  * [SETUP-WEB] You may want to disable this for corporate or developer environments
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1343184 ***/
-user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess", false);
+user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess", false); // [DEFAULT: false FF76+]
 /* 2606: disable UITour backend so there is no chance that a remote page can use it ***/
 user_pref("browser.uitour.enabled", false);
 user_pref("browser.uitour.url", "");
@@ -1415,7 +1417,8 @@ user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
       FF57: The version number will match current ESR (1393283, 1418672, 1418162, 1511763)
       FF59: The OS will be reported as Windows, OSX, Android, or Linux (to reduce breakage) (1404608)
       FF66: The OS in HTTP Headers will be reduced to Windows or Android (1509829)
-      FF68: Reported OS versions updated to Windows 10, OS 10.14, and Adnroid 8.1 (1511434)
+      FF68: Reported OS versions updated to Windows 10, OS 10.14, and Android 8.1 (1511434)
+      FF78: Reported OS versions updated to OS 10.15 and Android 9.0 (1635011)
  ** 1369319 - disable device sensor API (see 4604) (FF56+)
  ** 1369357 - disable site specific zoom (see 4605) (FF56+)
  ** 1337161 - hide gamepads from content (see 4606) (FF56+)
@@ -1718,6 +1721,12 @@ user_pref("privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior", 2);
    // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1477756
 user_pref("webgl.disable-extensions", true);
 // * * * /
+// FF76
+// 0401: sanitize blocklist url
+   // [2] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16931
+   // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1618188
+user_pref("extensions.blocklist.url", "https://blocklists.settings.services.mozilla.com/v1/blocklist/3/%APP_ID%/%APP_VERSION%/");
+// * * * /
 // ***/
 
 /* END: internal custom pref to test for syntax errors ***/