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comment by Grimeton · 2026-10-13 · in Firefox Enterprise

Collecting data for advertisers was also put under the "telemetry" umbrella with PPA. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/issues/1130#issu...

comment by mossTechnician · 2024-11-20 · in Firefox nightly is running an experiment featuring a Fakespot feed on newtab

…to blacklist certain extensions from certain sites, you abso-freaking-lutely can already... see: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... you want the `restricted_domains` field. It gets worse - Mozilla is the…

comment by horsawlarway · 2023-07-05 · in Firefox 115 can remotely disable any extension on any site

…already had a lot to begin with and then Microsoft added even more of their own on top of that. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/v4.11/READM... https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/deployedge/configure-micro... That alone…

comment by 4oo4 · 2023-05-11 · in We Must Fight for Firefox

This doesn't work. The only way to disable autoupdates on Firefox is to install a policy file: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates https://linuxreviews.org/HOWTO_Make_Mozilla_Firefox_Stop_Nag...

comment by b215826 · 2022-10-14 · in Why I Don't Use Netscape (1999)

Someone posted downthread to use this instead: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates It's from Mozilla.

comment by throwawayciv651 · 2022-01-25 · in Firefox about:config Menu Shortcut

Usually a much better option to about:config when available is a policy file: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

comment by encryptluks2 · 2022-01-25 · in Firefox about:config Menu Shortcut

…you should try a policy template to disable all together updates and the default browser check < https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates >

comment by hpd · 2022-01-10 · in I went back to using a ThinkPad from 2012

You can also enforce most of these settings in all profiles with a policy: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

comment by momenti · 2021-12-18 · in Firefox Profilemaker

https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by chromanoid · 2021-11-13 · in Enterprise-level Chromium removes view-source to prevent students from cheating

…it. You can find us in the `#install-update:mozilla.org` channel on https://chat.mozilla.org [0] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/#manualappupdate... [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/home [2]…

comment by todoslostacos · 2021-11-04 · in LibreWolf – A fork of Firefox, focused on privacy, security and freedom

I think you can also do it with an enterprise policy flag https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by irthomasthomas · 2021-09-28 · in Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow

…or you can specify system-wide policy by placing the file in /etc/firefox/policies." from https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... EDIT: alternatively, you can install the ESR version for 91, use the userchrome link…

comment by mfo4321 · 2021-09-28 · in Google sets burial date for legacy Chrome Extensions, fears for ad-blockers grow

DoH is configurable with GP or just a policies.json file if you want: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by woogley · 2021-07-08 · in Mozilla rolls out DoH to Canadian users of Firefox

…of these only control the default (it won't override a user personally choosing the setting). [0]: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... [1]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/canary-domain-use-appli...

comment by gnabgib · 2021-07-08 · in Mozilla rolls out DoH to Canadian users of Firefox

If you control the workstation, you could just set your DNS server by a policy. See: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... Of course that could be easily bypassed, but such a restriction could be easily bypassed…

comment by shawnz · 2020-11-19 · in Mozilla DNS over HTTPS (DoH) and Trusted Recursive Resolver (TRR) Comment Period

…work (through group policies). You or someone else reading may find this[1] and this[2] useful. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#dnsoverhttps [2] https://cloud.google.com/docs/chrome-enterprise/policies/?po...

comment by livre · 2020-11-18 · in Unbound DNS Blacklist

…disable it. I don't see Firefox dropping this option as it is important for enterprise users. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

comment by warhorse10_9 · 2020-04-01 · in 1.1.1.1 for Families

…be used to enable, disable, or specify the DoH provider but cannot yet specify excluded domains. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates

comment by extra88 · 2020-02-25 · in Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

You may find it noteworthy that Mozilla provides ways to configure this behavior as you please: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#dnsoverhttps

comment by Kalium · 2020-02-25 · in Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

If you want to control this via Group Policy, or system-wide, you can use the following policy: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#dnsoverhttps

comment by techntoke · 2020-02-25 · in Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

…those cases because the underlying problem is a lack of oversight, not an issue with Firefox. [1] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by jeroenhd · 2020-02-25 · in Mozilla’s DNS over HTTPs

…if it's not working, it may be because the domain administrators haven't bothered to support it. 1: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/f972ec60de7...

comment by kbenson · 2019-12-06 · in No to Chrome

…https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/customizing-firefox-usi... https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by SAI_Peregrinus · 2019-11-19 · in Windows will improve user privacy with DNS over HTTPS

For intranet/companies you should use Group Policies to install extensions: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates#extensions

comment by evilpie · 2019-11-01 · in Firefox to Discontinue Sideloaded Extensions

…to support enterprise deployment [5]. [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1433136 [2] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/mac/... [3] https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates [4]…

comment by arthurfm · 2019-06-04 · in Firefox Now Available with Enhanced Tracking Protection by Default

…chrome profile). Second, Firefox does have ADMX policies (ADMX being used primarily after Vista): https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates . I believe it took them so long because they were initially reluctant, user freedom etc. But I…

comment by amaccuish · 2019-05-30 · in Google to restrict modern ad blocking Chrome extensions to enterprise users

…And here's a link to details for configuration DNS over HTTPs. https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... (I work at Mozilla)

comment by hafta · 2019-04-11 · in DNS-over-HTTPS Policy Requirements for Resolvers

…for some examples. For addons and other options you can use policies.json file, see https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ...

comment by ksala · 2018-12-04 · in Firefox Profilemaker

I'm sure it'll end up in https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... if it gets officially added and released. Though I will say inspecting DNS for phishing protection is like watching your front door to catch a burglar.

comment by zamadatix · 2018-08-31 · in Firefox Nightly Secure DNS Experimental Results

…...but you could also save yourself a lot of time and just toggle the "disablePocket" group policy: https://github.com/mozilla/policy-templates/blob/master/READ... Still seems like a really bizarre thing to get hung up on when the extent…

comment by callahad · 2018-06-21 · in Firefox is back. It's time to give it a try