Disable Firefox Phishing Protection (Safe Browsing) (decreases security)

Overview

About this category

This category contains privacy scripts for Linux.

These changes use Linux system commands to update your settings.

Firefox's Safe Browsing feature, now referred to as Phishing Protection, is still internally recognized as "Safe Browsing" 1.

To provide protection against phishing and malware, Firefox transmits the following data:

Partial address information for visited webpages 2.
Details such as name, origin, size, and hash of contents for downloaded files 2.

This data is sent to Google Safe Browsing 2 to aid in issuing warnings for downloaded files and visited sites 2.

While Phishing Protection bolsters your security, it may decrease your privacy as it involves sending data about the websites you visit and files you download to Google 1.

There have been concerns about the potential for Google Safe Browsing to be used for censorship in the future, although this has not occurred as of yet 3.

Not Advised

This category should only be used by advanced users. None of its scripts are recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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These scripts are written using Bash (Shell script) scripting language.

Choose one of two ways to apply:

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Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.

Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy

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It allows selectively choose parts of this action to conduct. You can fully restore this action (revert back to the original behavior) using the application.

privacy.sexy instructions

Open or download the desktop application
Search for the category name: Disable Firefox Phishing Protection (Safe Browsing) (decreases security).
Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.

Alternative 2. Download

Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.

Reversible

This action is completely reversible, you can restore your changes to the initial/default state. The restore/revert methods provided here can help you fix issues.

If something goes wrong, use the Revert script provided above.

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This script includes Standard, Strict recommendation levels along with unrecommended scripts.

Not Advised

This script should only be used by advanced users. Some of these changes are NOT recommended for daily use as it breaks important functionality. Do not run it without having backups and system snapshots.

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This category includes total of 4 scripts but no subcategories.

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Disable blocking of unstable plugins in Firefox

This script sets "browser.safebrowsing.blockedURIs.enabled" to 'false', thereby disabling plugin stability blocking. Disabling this feature might have mixed implications: These plugins may include malware, which would compromise user privacy and data. frequent requests to download large amount of data. Disabling the blocking of unstable plugins can potentially expose the user to vulnerabilities associated with these plugins. • It removes the need for data communication via Mozilla servers `addon...

Disable Firefox application reputation checks for downloads

This script pertains to a feature that safeguards users from malware downloads. This protective measure operates by transmitting downloaded URL and file data to Google's servers. The script modifies "browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled" to a disabled state. This adjustment consequently disables application reputation checks for downloaded files. Inhibiting this feature concurrently disables remote lookups ("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled"). Read more: [Security/Features/Applica...

Disable Firefox malware protection

Mozilla Firefox maintains a list of known malware, and checks user downloads against this list. If the user downloads a file that matches an entry in the list, a warning can be displayed. This script modifies "browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled" to a disabled state. This preference dictates whether to enable malware checks. Disabling it halts the downloading of malware blacklists and ceases checks on downloads. It is active by default. Note that disabling this protection disrupts application r...