Maximize/"Harden" Firefox privacy settings (via Mental Outlaw YT channel and Chris Xiao's Yet Another Firefox Hardening article and Unix Sheikh's Choose your Browser Carefully article): Install Ublock Origin Install Decentraleyes Install Always active Window - Always Visible Install Canvas Blocker (on librewolf no need) Install Classic mode for Wikipedia Install Colorzilla Install Cookie AutoDelete Install Measure-it Install FastForward Install Firefox Translations Install Github Gloc (reads lines of code on github repos, requires personal access token) Install LocalCDN (conflicts witht Decentraleyes) Install FastForward Install NoScript Install Chameleon Install User-Agent-Switcher and Manager Install OverbiteWX Install OneTab (set OneTab to not open up on startup) Install Return YouTube Dislike Install Alter (redirect for nitter, invidious, teddit, scribe, bibliogram, etc.) Install bypass-paywalls (not official, go to https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome) Install DuckDuckGo Lite Search (Librewolf has this by default) Install Stack Overflow Prettifier Install SponsorBlock for Youtube-Skip Sponsorships (under Misc, enable invidious 3rd party) Install ClearURLs Install Always active Window Install DarkReader (in DarkReader menu under More, set to Static) Install Vimium-FF Insall Vue.js devtools Install WAVE Evaluation Tool Install Manjaro Theme (matcha-dark-azul for blue, matcha-dark-sea for green) Set Default Search Engine to Duck Duck Go Lite Get Firefox to remember nothing through Preferences setting Set Firefox to never visit non https websites Disable smooth scrolling about:config settings (Optional): Turn off Javascript media.peerconnection.enabled set to false #breaks real-time audio/video media.navigator.enabled to false #breaks real-time audio/video media.gmp devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged to false datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled set to false app.normandy.enabled set to false extensions.pocket.enabled to false extensions.formautofill.available set to blank extensions.screenshots.disabled set to true extensions.webcompat-reporter.enabled set to false privacy.resistfingerprinting set to true #noticeable performance and stability impact, proceed with caution. privacy.firstparty.isolate to true network.dns.disablePrefetch to true network.predictor.enabled set to false network.prefetch-next to false network.http.sendRefererHeader to 0 #sites with forms and logins may break network.http.referer.XoriginPolicy to 1 network.cookie.lifetimePolicy to 2 pdfjs.enableScripting to false identity.fxaccounts.enabled to false geo.enabled to false dom.webnotifications.enabled to false security.ssl3.rsa_des_ede3_sha set to false security.ssl.require_safe_negotiation set to true security.tls.version set to at least 3 (4 highest setting as of 2021, but not necessary according to Mental Outlaw) security.tls.enable_Ortt_data set to false browser.shell.checkDefaultBrowser = false browser.formfill.enable set to false browser.cache.disk.enable set to false browser.cache.disk_cache_ssl set to false browser.cache.memory.enable set to false browser.cache.offline.enable set to false browser.cache.insecure.enable set to false browser.privatebrowsing.autostart set to true browser.urlbar.speculativeConnect.enabled set to false browser.urlbar.maxRichResults set to 0 browser.search.suggest.enabled set to false plugin.scan.plid.all set to false (same, couldn't find) browser.ping-centre.telemetry set to false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry set to false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry set to false browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.section.highlights.includePocket to false browser.tabs.crashReporting.sendReport to false browser.tabs.tabmanager.enabled to false browser.uidensity to 1 (makes the browser's tabs not so huge for firefox 89+) browser.chrome.site_icons to false (removes favicons) browser.tabs.tabsmanager.enabled to false accessibility.force_disabled to 1 (improves performance) extensions.unifiedExtensions.enabled to false (to remove item visually, remove all extensions from list) devtools.onboarding.telemetry.logged to false toolkit.telemetry.enabled to false toolkit.telemetry.server Delete the URL and leave it empty toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled set to false toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled set to false toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled set to false toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled set to false toolkit.telemetry.unified set to false toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled set to false toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled set to false webgl.disabled set to true privacy.firstparty.isolate set to true security.ssl.enable_false_start set to false go into ublock origin and check the 'Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses' box. go into usr/lib/firefox/distribution and open/create package.json and input the following: { "policies": { "DisableAppUpdate": true, "DisableFirefoxAccounts": true, "DisableTelemetry": true, "DNSOverHTTPS": { "Enabled": false, "Locked": true }, "DontCheckDefaultBrowser": true, "NetworkPrediction": false, "PromptForDownloadLocation": true, "SearchEngines": { "PreventInstalls": true }, "SearchSuggestEnabled": false, "NetworkPrediction": false } } The following isn't privacy related, but turns off proton in firefox, which makes better use of screenspace: browser.proton.enabled set to false browser.proton.modals.enabled set to false browser.proton.doorhangers.enabled set to false browser.proton.contextmenus.enabled set to false browser.sessionstore.resum_from_crash false Copy the chrome directory into the profile ($HOME/.librewolf/*.default-release) This feature isn't officially supported anymore so enable it by heading to about:config and find/set: toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets : true Custom Caret Widths for Text Cursor: In about:config, add these new custom properties (they don't exist by default): ui.caretWidth (set to number, and set to 10) ui.caretBlinkTime (set to number, and set to 0 to disable blink) Go into Ublock Origin, Under Filter List, open Annoyances and click all checkboxes (blocks annoying cookie confirmation popups amongst others). Disable JavaScript JIT Compiler: javascript.options.baselinejit false javascript.options.ion false javascript.options.wasm false javascript.options.asmjs false In about:preferences#privacy: Enable secure DNS using Default protection. Use custom secure DNS, under Max Protection, input mullvad's DNS server: https://base.dns.mullvad.net/dns-query