Firefox settings for a security-/privacy-conscious user
Will Dormann made a nice post with Firefox settings that a security-/privacy-conscious user may want to enable:
If anybody else is making the switch to (or back to) Firefox, there are a few settings that a security-/privacy-conscious user may want to enable:
- Enable the
Block AI enhancementstoggle to disable all AI-related nonsense globally.- Disable Telemetry & Data Collection.
- Disable "Firefox Home"
- Use "Strict" tracking protection
- Enable HTTPS-only mode
Bonus:
Inabout:config, set:
privacy.resistFingerprinting:truemedia.peerconnection.enabled:falsegeo.enabled:false