privacy-settings/Privacy Settings/Firefox.md

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

Network Settings

Click Settings

• Enable DNS over HTTPS: On

• Use Provider: NextDNS/Cloudflare or select Custom and provide URL for other secure DNS from this list

  Example: For Quad9, enter https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

Home

Firefox Home Content

• 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 don’t 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.

Permissions

• Warn you when websites try to install add-ons: On

Firefox Data Collection and Use

• Turn off everything

Security

• Turn on everything

HTTPS-Only Mode

• Enable HTTPS-Only Mode in all windows

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Further Hardening

• For further hardening of Firefox, check out arkenfox user.js.