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PrivacyFox tweaks various preferences in Firefox in order to enhance the privacy of users; it will also try to enforce these changes to maintain your privacy online.

Affected Preferences

Preference Default New Description
media.peerconnection.enabled true false WebRTC can leak a users IP address from behind a VPN or proxy.
network.websocket.enabled true false Websockets can cause some dns requests to not be send over the active proxy.
network.http.sendRefererHeader 2 0 Tells the server which page the user came from.
network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer true false Tells the server which https page the user came from.
network.dnsCacheEntries 400 100 Number of cached DNS entries (lower number=more requests but less data stored).
privacy.trackingprotection.enabled false true This is Mozilla’s new built in tracking protection.
dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled true false Websites can get notifications if you copy, paste, or cut something from a web page, and it lets them know which part of the page had been selected.
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled true false Disables website control over rightclick context menu.
geo.enabled true false Disables geolocation.
geo.wifi.logging.enabled true false Disables logging geolocation requests.
browser.formfill.enable true false Disables saving of formdata.
browser.safebrowsing.enabled true false Disable Google Safe Browsing and phishing protection. Security risk, but privacy improvement.
browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled true false Disable Google Safe Browsing malware checks. Security risk, but privacy improvement.
browser.send_pings true false Allows websites to track users clicks.
browser.cache.disk.enable true false Disables caching on hardrive.
browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl true false Disables caching for ssl connections.
browser.cache.offline.enable true false Disables the offline disk cache.
webgl.disabled false true WebGL is a potential security risk.

References

STUN IP Address requests for WebRTC

Firefox security bug (proxy-bypass) in current TBBs

Tracking Protection in Firefox

Quantifying the effects of Firefox's Tracking Protection

Is WebGL a security concern?

DNS Prefetching and Its Privacy Implications

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