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Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

110 mentions on Hacker News by 78 people: 4 stories, 106 comments · first 2018-09-14 · latest 2026-03-07

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  1. …But it's not for everyone and using something this specific can be a problem in itself. [1]: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
    comment by worksonmine · 2023-02-19 · in New headless Chrome has been released and has a near-perfect browser fingerprint
  2. I recommend checking out some of the guidelines of the arkenfox.js for extensions. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-don...
    comment by morjom · 2023-02-03 · in Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
  3. pick one https://ffprofile.com/ https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
    comment by throwaway0x7E6 · 2022-11-30 · in Firefox Translations: Translate websites in your browser without using the cloud
  4. …3rd party cookies. Sometimes scripts too, for good measure, and some selected stuff from user.js ( https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js ). Separate profiles for each service just to make really sure important stuff doesn't get affected by…
    comment by rhn_mk1 · 2022-11-11 · in Ask HN: What do you do for online privacy?
  5. …be stripped down to be as lean as you want. [1] - https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch [2] - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [3] - https://github.com/netblue30/firejail
    comment by LinuxBender · 2022-11-08 · in Ask HN: Reasonable Linux distro that balances security, privacy and usability?
  6. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js https://gist.github.com/ryandaniels/33e443bb401dde665fce15dd... but yes, a single setting is necessary if you want to also opt out of any _future_ telemetry settings without always having to update your…
    comment by leeoniya · 2022-10-18 · in Firefox Private Browsing mode upgrade
  7. Privacy Badger is no longer necessary. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
    comment by v7engine · 2022-10-08 · in Ask HN: Which web browser do you use and why?
  8. This, it's also why it's in the category of "don't bother" https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#-don... not only that it will make your browser easier to fingerprint as one of the Tor developers pointed out.
    comment by dngray · 2022-09-17 · in Blocking web fonts for speed and privacy (2016)
  9. …you really don't need anything else. There are a few others that may have something to offer https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions for specific purposes.
    comment by dngray · 2022-09-15 · in “I don’t care about cookies“ web extension acquired by Avast
  10. …browser less private with that move as not everyone is going to write custom bleachbit rules. [1] - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [2] - https://www.bleachbit.org/features
    comment by LinuxBender · 2022-07-20 · in Just got this notice from my bank: No more Firefox
  11. …Origin supports their other features (some via lists). Arkenfox has a useful write-up on this: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions . I only have four extensions now: uBlock Origin, I Don't Care About Cookies, one for…
    comment by ssl232 · 2022-07-17 · in I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
  12. …cleaner to explicitly specify the search engine using e.g. "g<space>" when you want to search. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
    comment by pveierland · 2022-07-17 · in I've started using Firefox and can never go back to Chrome
  13. …privacy, and more importantly, which ones really don't add that much with recent Firefox updates: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
    comment by worble · 2022-06-09 · in Privacy Badger is a browser extension that learns to block invisible trackers
  14. …firefox profile on /tmp, and installs arkenfox user.js and some plugins I find useful. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [2] https://github.com/cmitsakis/tmpfox
    comment by cmitsakis · 2022-05-23 · in Firefox's protection against fingerprinting
  15. …is why common methodology now is very conservative. If you look at the research Arkenfox has done https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions they recommend very few extensions. > And with browsers shipping with fingerprinting…
    comment by dngray · 2022-04-12 · in Privacy-Respecting Software
  16. …- Browser Extensions: NO JUST NO. https://blog.privacyguides.org/2021/12/01/firefox-privacy-20... https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions - Video Platforms: These are not private - RSS Clients: There are better options -…
    comment by dngray · 2022-04-12 · in Privacy-Respecting Software
  17. …are less optimizations going on and less generated code being directly executed by the CPU. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/b4225baaf2f8d15f856...
    comment by gruez · 2022-03-26 · in Chrome 0day is being exploited now for CVE-2022-1096; update immediately
  18. …pointing out this was previously known as the ghacks.net's user.js, and been available for years, https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by diegocr · 2022-03-19 · in Arkenfox: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking user.js template
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    Arkenfox: Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking user.js template
    story by ibraheemdev · 2022-03-18 · 8 comments
  20. The arkenfox user.js can also do this for Firefox. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js Contrary to what LibreWolf claims you do have to sacrifice usability though, including WebGL, DRM, Firefox Sync, autofill, history, and the occasional…
    comment by Comevius · 2022-03-18 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
  21. …ub.com/mozilla/gecko-dev/blob/c3ec016fafa4cea6a0... [10] https://kb.mozillazine.org/User.js_file [11] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/
    comment by dhx · 2022-03-18 · in Each Firefox download has a unique identifier
  22. I'm surprised to see so few recommendations for Arkenfox's user.js: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js It's a pain to go through all of it the first time, less so with subsequent updates, but it's extremely comprehensive for most Firefox…
    comment by ThenAsNow · 2022-03-14 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
  23. For desktop I recommend you use the arkenfox templates: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/ For addons in general I recommend sticking to this: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions For Firefox on Android I maintain Mull…
    comment by SubzeroCarnage · 2022-03-13 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
  24. …Decentraleyes and just have FPI enabled. Also, this is pretty much I do after installing Firefox. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
    comment by nabaraz · 2022-03-13 · in My essential Firefox fixes in 2022
  25. …the project is kind of a shitshow [7], so there's really nothing you can do to truly hide. [1]: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [2]: https://madaidans-insecurities.github.io/firefox-chromium.ht... [3]: https://www.qubes-os.org/ [4]:…
    comment by xvector · 2022-02-20 · in Be anonymous
  26. …great. But not as great as how fingerprint generalization works in a hardened Firefox[0]. [0]: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by sha-3 · 2022-01-23 · in The success of web browser Brave is a bad sign for Google – here’s why
  27. …the most significant preferences themselves made it into Firefox by the Tor uplift project[3]. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [2] https://librewolf.net/license-disclaimers [3] https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Tor_Uplift
    comment by circularfoyers · 2022-01-08 · in Open-source tests of web browser privacy
  28. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js plus rm /usr/lib/firefox/browser/features/*.xpi takes care of pretty much all of the firefox bloat for me
    comment by bashonly · 2021-11-29 · in Google Chromium, sans integration with Google
  29. …malware"? >Telemetry isn't surveillance. (honest question) Why is this necessary then: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by wintermutestwin · 2021-11-04 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
  30. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by keb_ · 2021-11-04 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom
  31. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js There are hundreds of settings that can be configured to harden Firefox. A lot were upstreamed from the Tor Browser via the Tor Uplift project. The afforementioned user.js is well documented and the most…
    comment by circularfoyers · 2021-10-25 · in Feds order Google to track people searching certain names or details
  32. …file is annotated so a quick Ctrl+F can help you find the exact settings you want to change. [0] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by aceki · 2021-10-22 · in Ask HN: Can Firefox be revived?
  33. …you have some time you can look through: - all the .enabled entrys in - all the .disabled entrys - https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by pentagone · 2021-06-10 · in Vivaldi 4.0
  34. …seems like a gross oversight. They have a great discussion on add-ons at the Arkenfox wiki [4]. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/localcdn-fork... [3]…
    comment by medstrom · 2021-05-05 · in ClearURLs – automatically remove tracking elements from URLs
  35. firefox: user.js repos (eg. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/ or https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/ ) chrome: ungoogled-chromium
    comment by gruez · 2021-02-24 · in Sponsored Top Sites
  36. …user.js [1]. It’s github repo also contains a lot of further information about fingerprinting. [1] https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js
    comment by surround · 2021-01-27 · in Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
  37. …appears to be some confusion but, from what I read, FPI is a superset of this partitioning stuff: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues/930
    comment by Caligatio · 2021-01-26 · in Firefox 85 cracks down on supercookies
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    User.js: Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting
    story by jonifico · 2021-01-19 · 0 comments
  39. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/master/user.js and search for [HIDDEN PREF]
    comment by h_anna_h · 2020-12-11 · in Anti-fingerprinting extensions tend to make fingerprinting easier
  40. I’m afraid their fingerprint randomizing methods may be doing more harm then good. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#smal...
    comment by surround · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks
  41. Randomizing fingerprints is generally a bad idea. See: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#smal...
    comment by surround · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks
  42. …to make sure every user has the same fingerprint, rather than randomizing it. More on that here: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions#smal...
    comment by surround · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks
  43. https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js is militantly maintained. It documents and make it easy to use many of the features upstreamed into Firefox by the Tor Project.
    comment by SubzeroCarnage · 2020-11-21 · in Cover Your Tracks
  44. …after startup no matter what. Not a big deal, but leaves a bad aftertaste from the upgrade. [0] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [1] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making...
    comment by jakobdabo · 2020-02-11 · in Firefox 73
  45. …user.js template for configuring and hardening Firefox privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by lioeters · 2020-01-06 · in Ask HN: How to Prevent Website(s) from Fingerprinting?
  46. …harder and improves my privacy online. Removing user.js would mean less privacy for me. [1]: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by humaid · 2020-01-05 · in Firefox considering off-by-default preference for loading user.js files
  47. …for many settings. It's also useful as a way to monitor new and deprecated settings. [1]: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by ilikepi · 2019-12-30 · in Switching from Chrome to Firefox
  48. …efforts by default. Please read: https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/#fingerprint [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js [2] https://www.torproject.org/ More Firefox privacy extensions: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-us…
    comment by temp128349 · 2019-10-28 · in Panopticlick
  49. I counter with https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by ilikenwf · 2019-10-15 · in Firefox Privacy How-To Guide
  50. …portal detection, and dns over https. These all call back to google and/or mozilla, cloudflare. https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    comment by ilikenwf · 2019-10-15 · in Firefox Privacy How-To Guide