Harden Firefox privacy
Overview
This category contains privacy scripts for Linux.
These changes use Linux system commands to update your settings.
The following are privacy-focused tweaks to prevent browser fingerprinting and tracking.
See also: What is browser fingerprinting? | AmIUnique.org
Be careful running these scripts. This category includes scripts with high impact:
- 🟡 Some recommended scripts only if you understand its implications. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this this category.
- 🟢 Some safely recommended scripts. Safe-to use for any user.
Implementation Details
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Language: bash
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Scripts Count: 6 scripts
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Subcategories: 1
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Required Privileges: Root/sudo access
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Compatibility: Linux only
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Reversibility: All changes can be reverted
Apply now
These scripts are written using Bash (Shell script) scripting language.
Choose one of two ways to apply:
- Automatically via privacy.sexy: The easiest and safest option.
- Manually by downloading: Requires downloading a file.
Alternative 1. Apply with Privacy.sexy
privacy.sexy is free and open-source application that lets securely apply this action easily.
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. Additionally, you can apply only the recommended scripts, instead of applying all of the scripts.
privacy.sexy instructions
- Open or download the desktop application
- Search for the category name:
Harden Firefox privacy
. - Check the category by clicking on the checkbox of the category.
- Click on Run button at the bottom of the page.
Alternative 2. Download
You can choose to apply only scripts with less impact or also those with higher impact:
Consider restarting your computer for all changes to take affect.
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.
Standard
This script includes only Standard recommendation level.
Standard scripts in this category is recommended for all users. They help to improve privacy without affecting stability.
Download only standard scripts by clicking on the button:
Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:
Strict
This script includes Standard and Strict recommendation levels.
This script is only recommended if you understand their implications of every single change. Some non-critical or features may no longer function correctly after running this script.
Download Strict scripts:
Restore these changes if you decide to revert them by downloading the restore script:
Explore further
This category includes total of 6 scripts and 1 subcategories.
Explore its 3 subscripts and 1 subcategories:
Enable Firefox state partitioning (Total Cookie Protection)
Web browsers, including Firefox, save various data types such as cookies, cache, and site-specific details. While this data helps in providing a faster and personalized browsing experience, it can be exploited by websites to track your activities across the internet, potentially compromising your privacy. State partitioning, also known as "Total Cookie Protection", is a feature designed to enhance user privacy in Firefox. It works by allocating different, isolated storage spaces for every websit...
Enable Firefox tracking protection
Firefox provides an option for Enhanced Tracking Protection, which blocks trackers that gather information about your browsing behavior without disrupting site functionality. This feature also includes protections against harmful scripts such as malware that drain your battery. This script enables the "privacy.resistFingerprinting" preference, activating anti-fingerprinting. Beyond privacy advantages; enabling tracking protection may reduce load time by 44%. Note: If you are already using an ad ...
Enable Firefox anti-fingerprinting (may break some websites)
Fingerprinting Protection is a heavily developed experimental feature in Firefox. As part of a project to integrate features from the Tor Browser, Mozilla launched an anti-fingerprinting project in Firefox. This script enables the "privacy.resistFingerprinting" preference, activating anti-fingerprinting. As an experimental feature, it might cause some website breakages, such as impacting web speech functionality and favicons.
Disable WebRTC exposure of your private IP address in Firefox
Websites can obtain your local IP address through WebRTC's peer-to-peer protocol, facilitated by JavaScript. WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is a free and open-source project offering real-time communication (RTC) via application programming interfaces (APIs) to web browsers and mobile applications. It enables audio and video communication to work inside web pages by facilitating direct peer-to-peer communication, and thereby eliminating the need for plugin installations or native app downl...
Explore Categories
- Configure Firefox
- Configure programs
This action belongs to Configure Firefox category. Mozilla Firefox, colloquially known as Firefox, is a free and open-source web browser created by the Mozilla Foundation and its subsidiary, the Mozilla Corporation. By default, Firefox collects telemetry data and has other features that gather information about your downloaded files and browsed... Read more on category page ▶
This action belongs to Configure programs category. These scripts configure third-party applications installed on Linux distributions to harden their security and privacy to protect your data. They scripts differ from OS level configurations as they configure applications that are not typically native to Linux distributions, i.e., not included in... Read more on category page ▶
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