79-beta

not deprecated, just hidden: default is false anyway

scratchpad-scripts/ghacks-clear-RFP-alternatives.js

@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /***
- This will reset the preferences that are under sections 4600 & 4700 in the ghacks user.js
+ Version: up to and including FF/ESR78
- up to and including Firefox/ESR 68. These are the prefs that are no longer necessary,
+
- or they conflict with, privacy.resistFingerprinting if you have that enabled.
+ This will reset the preferences that are under sections 4600 & 4700 in the
+ ghacks user.js. These are the prefs that are no longer necessary, or they
+ conflict with, privacy.resistFingerprinting if you have that enabled.
 
  For instructions see:
  https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@
     'webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info',
     'dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled',
     'ui.use_standins_for_native_colors',
+    'ui.systemUsesDarkTheme',
+    'ui.prefersReducedMotion',
     /* section 4700 */
     'general.useragent.override',
     'general.buildID.override',

scratchpad-scripts/ghacks-clear-deprecated.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 /***
+ Version: up to and including FF/ESR78
+
  This will reset the preferences that have been deprecated by Mozilla
- and used in the ghacks user.js up to and including Firefox/ESR 68
+ and used in the ghacks user.js
 
  It is in reverse order, so feel free to remove sections that do not apply
 
@@ -12,6 +14,31 @@
   let ops = [
     /* deprecated */
 
+    /* 78 */
+    'media.autoplay.enabled.user-gestures-needed',
+    'toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled',
+    /* 77 */
+    'browser.urlbar.oneOffSearches',
+    'browser.tabs.remote.allowLinkedWebInFileUriProcess',
+    /* 76 */
+    'extensions.blocklist.url',
+    /* 74 */
+    'geo.wifi.uri',
+    'geo.wifi.logging.enabled',
+    'privacy.userContext.longPressBehavior',
+    'webgl.disable-extensions',
+    /* 72 */
+    'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint',
+    'toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled',
+    'dom.indexedDB.enabled',
+    /* 71 */
+    'devtools.webide.enabled',
+    'devtools.webide.autoinstallADBExtension',
+    'offline-apps.allow_by_default',
+    /* 69 */
+    'gfx.downloadable_fonts.woff2.enabled',
+    'plugins.click_to_play',
+    'media.autoplay.allow-muted',
     /* 68 */
     'browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.disableSnippets',
     'browser.aboutHomeSnippets.updateUrl',

scratchpad-scripts/ghacks-clear-removed.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /***
  This will reset the preferences that have been removed completely from the ghacks user.js.
 
- Last updated: 12-April-2020
+ Last updated: 28-July-2020
 
  For instructions see:
  https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/3.1-Resetting-Inactive-Prefs-[Scripts]
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@
     /* 75-beta */
     'browser.search.geoip.url',
     'browser.search.region',
+    /* 79-beta */
+    'browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled',
     /* reset parrot: check your open about:config after running the script */
     '_user.js.parrot'
   ]

user.js

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /******
 * name: ghacks user.js
-* date: 21 Jul 2020
+* date: 13 Aug 2020
-* version 78
+* version 79-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
@@ -165,6 +165,13 @@ user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // [LINUX]
  * i.e. ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
 user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
 user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
+/* 0207: disable region updates
+ * [1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/toolkit/modules/toolkit_modules/Region.html ***/
+user_pref("browser.region.network.url", ""); // [FF78+]
+user_pref("browser.region.update.enabled", false); // [[FF79+]
+/* 0208: set search region
+ * [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your region (see 0207) ***/
+   // user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
 
 /** LANGUAGE / LOCALE ***/
 /* 0210: set preferred language for displaying web pages
@@ -175,13 +182,6 @@ user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/867501
  * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1629630 ***/
 user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
-/* 0212: enforce fallback text encoding to match en-US
- * When the content or server doesn't declare a charset the browser will
- * fallback to the "Current locale" based on your application language
- * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts and Colors>Advanced>Text Encoding for Legacy Content (FF72-)
- * [TEST] https://hsivonen.com/test/moz/check-charset.htm
- * [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/20025 ***/
-user_pref("intl.charset.fallback.override", "windows-1252");
 
 /*** [SECTION 0300]: QUIET FOX
      Starting in user.js v67, we only disable the auto-INSTALL of Firefox. You still get prompts
@@ -485,9 +485,6 @@ user_pref("layout.css.visited_links_enabled", false);
  * [SETTING] Search>Provide search suggestions | Show search suggestions in address bar results ***/
 user_pref("browser.search.suggest.enabled", false);
 user_pref("browser.urlbar.suggest.searches", false);
-/* 0809: disable location bar suggesting "preloaded" top websites [FF54+]
- * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1211726 ***/
-user_pref("browser.urlbar.usepreloadedtopurls.enabled", false);
 /* 0810: disable location bar making speculative connections [FF56+]
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1348275 ***/
 user_pref("browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled", false);
@@ -587,7 +584,7 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1000 syntax error: the parrot's gone to meet 'is m
  * [NOTE] We also clear cache on exiting Firefox (see 2803) ***/
 user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
 /* 1003: disable memory cache
-/* capacity: -1=determine dynamically (default), 0=none, n=memory capacity in kilobytes ***/
+ * capacity: -1=determine dynamically (default), 0=none, n=memory capacity in kibibytes ***/
    // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.enable", false);
    // user_pref("browser.cache.memory.capacity", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF ESR]
 /* 1006: disable permissions manager from writing to disk [RESTART]
@@ -595,9 +592,9 @@ user_pref("browser.cache.disk.enable", false);
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/967812 ***/
    // user_pref("permissions.memory_only", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
 /* 1007: disable media cache from writing to disk in Private Browsing
- * [NOTE] MSE (Media Source Extensions) are already stored in-memory in PB */
+ * [NOTE] MSE (Media Source Extensions) are already stored in-memory in PB ***/
 user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.forceMediaMemoryCache", true); // [FF75+]
-user_pref("media.memory_cache_max_size", 16384);
+user_pref("media.memory_cache_max_size", 65536);
 
 /** SESSIONS & SESSION RESTORE ***/
 /* 1020: exclude "Undo Closed Tabs" in Session Restore ***/
@@ -744,6 +741,7 @@ user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_display_content", true);
 user_pref("security.mixed_content.block_object_subrequest", true);
 /* 1244: enable https-only-mode [FF76+]
  * [NOTE] This is experimental
+ * [SETTING] Privacy & Security>HTTPS-Only Mode (FF81+)
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1613063 */
    // user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode", true); // [FF76+]
    // user_pref("dom.security.https_only_mode.upgrade_local", true); // [FF77+]
@@ -814,7 +812,8 @@ user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.opentype_svg.enabled", false);
  * [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphite_(SIL) ***/
 user_pref("gfx.font_rendering.graphite.enabled", false);
 /* 1409: limit system font exposure to a whitelist [FF52+] [RESTART]
- * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed.
+ * If the whitelist is empty, then whitelisting is considered disabled and all fonts are allowed
+ * [NOTE] RFP in FF80+ restricts the whitelist to bundled and "Base Fonts" (see 4618)
  * [WARNING] Creating your own probably highly-unique whitelist will raise your entropy.
  * Eventually privacy.resistFingerprinting (see 4500) will cover this
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1121643 ***/
@@ -921,7 +920,7 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2000 syntax error: the parrot's snuffed it!");
  * [1] https://www.privacytools.io/#webrtc ***/
 user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);
 /* 2002: limit WebRTC IP leaks if using WebRTC
- * In FF70+ these settings match Mode 4 (Mode 3 in older versions) (see [3])
+ * In FF70+ these settings match Mode 4 (Mode 3 in older versions), see [3]
  * [TEST] https://browserleaks.com/webrtc
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1189041,1297416,1452713
  * [2] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy
@@ -1094,7 +1093,7 @@ user_pref("javascript.options.wasm", false);
    // user_pref("dom.IntersectionObserver.enabled", false);
 /* 2429: enable (limited but sufficient) window.opener protection [FF65+]
  * Makes rel=noopener implicit for target=_blank in anchor and area elements when no rel attribute is set ***/
-user_pref("dom.targetBlankNoOpener.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true FF78+]
+user_pref("dom.targetBlankNoOpener.enabled", true); // [DEFAULT: true FF79+]
 
 /*** [SECTION 2500]: HARDWARE FINGERPRINTING ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is mortal coil!");
@@ -1102,7 +1101,7 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2500 syntax error: the parrot's shuffled off 'is m
  * Initially a Linux issue (high precision readout) that was fixed.
  * However, it is still another metric for fingerprinting, used to raise entropy.
  * e.g. do you have a battery or not, current charging status, charge level, times remaining etc
- * [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code. see [1]
+ * [NOTE] From FF52+ Battery Status API is only available in chrome/privileged code, see [1]
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1313580 ***/
    // user_pref("dom.battery.enabled", false);
 /* 2505: disable media device enumeration [FF29+]
@@ -1370,6 +1369,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.cpd.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
 user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
 
 /*** [SECTION 4000]: FPI (FIRST PARTY ISOLATION)
+ 4001: FPI
  ** 1278037 - isolate indexedDB (FF51+)
  ** 1277803 - isolate favicons (FF52+)
  ** 1264562 - isolate OCSP cache (FF52+)
@@ -1388,22 +1388,29 @@ user_pref("privacy.sanitize.timeSpan", 0);
  ** 1506693 - isolate pdfjs range-based requests (FF68+)
  ** 1330467 - isolate site permissions (FF69+)
  ** 1534339 - isolate IPv6 (FF73+)
+ 4003: NETWORK PARTITON
+ ** 1647732 - isolate font cache (FF80+)
+ ** 1649673 - isolate speculative connections (FF80+)
 ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4000 syntax error: the parrot's pegged out");
 /* 4001: enable First Party Isolation [FF51+]
  * [SETUP-WEB] May break cross-domain logins and site functionality until perfected
- * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931 ***/
+ * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1260931
+ * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1299996 [META] ***/
 user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
 /* 4002: enforce FPI restriction for window.opener [FF54+]
  * [NOTE] Setting this to false may reduce the breakage in 4001
  * FF65+ blocks postMessage with targetOrigin "*" if originAttributes don't match. But
- * to reduce breakage it ignores the 1st-party domain (FPD) originAttribute. (see [2],[3])
+ * to reduce breakage it ignores the 1st-party domain (FPD) originAttribute, see [2],[3]
  * The 2nd pref removes that limitation and will only allow communication if FPDs also match.
  * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1319773#c22
  * [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1492607
  * [3] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/postMessage ***/
    // user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // [DEFAULT: true]
    // user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.block_post_message", true); // [HIDDEN PREF ESR]
+/* 4003: enable site partitioning (FF78+)
+ * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1590107 [META] */
+user_pref("privacy.partition.network_state", true);
 
 /*** [SECTION 4500]: RFP (RESIST FINGERPRINTING)
    This master switch will be used for a wide range of items, many of which will
@@ -1460,17 +1467,18 @@ user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate", true);
       FF60: Fix keydown/keyup events (1438795)
  ** 1337157 - disable WebGL debug renderer info (see 4613) (FF60+)
  ** 1459089 - disable OS locale in HTTP Accept-Language headers (ANDROID) (FF62+)
- ** 1479239 - return "no-preference" with prefers-reduced-motion (see 4617) (FF63+)
+ ** 1479239 - return "no-preference" with prefers-reduced-motion (see 4614) (FF63+)
- ** 1363508 - spoof/suppress Pointer Events (see 4614) (FF64+)
+ ** 1363508 - spoof/suppress Pointer Events (see 4615) (FF64+)
       FF65: pointerEvent.pointerid (1492766)
- ** 1485266 - disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (see 4615) (FF67+)
+ ** 1485266 - disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas (see 4616) (FF67+)
  ** 1407366 - enable inner window letterboxing (see 4504) (FF67+)
- ** 1494034 - return "light" with prefers-color-scheme (see 4616) (FF67+)
+ ** 1494034 - return "light" with prefers-color-scheme (see 4617) (FF67+)
       [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/@media/prefers-color-scheme
  ** 1564422 - spoof audioContext outputLatency (FF70+)
  ** 1595823 - spoof audioContext sampleRate (FF72+)
  ** 1607316 - spoof pointer as coarse and hover as none (ANDROID) (FF74+)
  ** 1621433 - randomize canvas (previously FF58+ returned an all-white canvas) (FF78+)
+ ** 1653987 - limit font visibility to bundled and "Base Fonts" (see 4618) (non-ANDROID) (FF80+)
 ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "4500 syntax error: the parrot's popped 'is clogs");
 /* 4501: enable privacy.resistFingerprinting [FF41+]
@@ -1589,23 +1597,31 @@ user_pref("media.ondevicechange.enabled", false);
    // [2] https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Web/API/WEBGL_debug_renderer_info
 user_pref("webgl.enable-debug-renderer-info", false);
 // * * * /
-// FF65+
+// FF63+
-// 4614: [2516] disable PointerEvents
+// 4614: enforce prefers-reduced-motion as no-preference [FF63+] [RESTART]
+   // 0=no-preference, 1=reduce
+user_pref("ui.prefersReducedMotion", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF]
+// FF64+
+// 4615: [2516] disable PointerEvents
    // [1] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/PointerEvent
 user_pref("dom.w3c_pointer_events.enabled", false);
 // * * * /
 // FF67+
-// 4615: [2618] disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas [FF44+]
+// 4616: [2618] disable exposure of system colors to CSS or canvas [FF44+]
    // [NOTE] See second listed bug: may cause black on black for elements with undefined colors
    // [SETUP-CHROME] Might affect CSS in themes and extensions
    // [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=232227,1330876
 user_pref("ui.use_standins_for_native_colors", true);
-// 4616: enforce prefers-color-scheme as light [FF67+]
+// 4617: enforce prefers-color-scheme as light [FF67+]
    // 0=light, 1=dark : This overrides your OS value
 user_pref("ui.systemUsesDarkTheme", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF]
-// 4617: enforce prefers-reduced-motion as no-preference [FF63+] [RESTART]
+// FF80+
-   // 0=no-preference, 1=reduce
+// 4618: limit font visbility (non-ANDROID) [FF79+]
-user_pref("ui.prefersReducedMotion", 0); // [HIDDEN PREF]
+   // Uses hardcoded lists with two parts: kBaseFonts + kLangPackFonts, see [1]
+   // 1=only base system fonts, 2=also fonts from optional language packs, 3=also user-installed fonts
+   // [NOTE] Bundled fonts are auto-allowed
+   // [1] https://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/search?path=StandardFonts*.inc
+user_pref("layout.css.font-visibility.level", 1);
 // * * * /
 // ***/
 
@@ -1685,6 +1701,20 @@ user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "5000 syntax error: this is an ex-parrot!");
      [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/123
 ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "9999 syntax error: the parrot's deprecated!");
+/* ESR78.x still uses all the following prefs
+// [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable them
+// FF79
+// 0212: enforce fallback text encoding to match en-US
+   // When the content or server doesn't declare a charset the browser will
+   // fallback to the "Current locale" based on your application language
+   // [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts and Colors>Advanced>Text Encoding for Legacy Content (FF72-)
+   // [TEST] https://hsivonen.com/test/moz/check-charset.htm
+   // [1] https://gitlab.torproject.org/tpo/applications/tor-browser/-/issues/20025
+   // [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1603712
+user_pref("intl.charset.fallback.override", "windows-1252");
+// * * * /
+// ***/
+
 /* ESR68.x still uses all the following prefs
 // [NOTE] replace the * with a slash in the line above to re-enable them
 // FF69