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# Firefox Privacy Settings
Go to Settings.
## General
#### Files and Applications
- Always ask you where to save files
#### Browsing
- Recommend extensions as you browse: Off
- Recommend features as you browse: Off
## Home
#### Firefox Home Content
- Shortcuts > Sponsored shortcuts: Off
- Recommended by Pocket: Off
- Snippets: Off
## Search
#### Default Search Engine
- DuckDuckGo or add any other privacy respecting search engine.
#### Search Suggestions
- Provide search suggestions: Off
## Privacy & Security
#### Enhanced Tracking Protection
- Strict
- Send websites a “Do Not Track” signal that you dont want to be tracked: Always
#### Logins and Passwords
- Ask to save logins and passwords for websites: Off
NOTE: Never save passwords in browsers. Use a password manager instead. Check out [recommendations, alternatives & reviews](https://github.com/the-weird-aquarian/privacy-settings#recommendations-alternatives--reviews).
#### Permissions
- Warn you when websites try to install add-ons: On
#### Firefox Data Collection and Use
- Turn off everything
#### Security
- Turn on everything
- Certificates >
- Query OCSP responder servers to confirm the current validity of certificates: On
#### HTTPS-Only Mode
- Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows
#### DNS over HTTPS
- Enable secure DNS using: Max Protection >
- Choose provider: NextDNS/Cloudflare or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from [this list](https://www.privacyguides.org/dns/).
Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query
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## Further Hardening
- For further hardening of Firefox, check out [arkenfox user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js).