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Vincent: /* About:config */ add tab restore settings

2018-12-21T07:57:01Z

About:config: add tab restore settings

← Older revision		Revision as of 07:57, 21 December 2018
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	\|false		\|false
	\|Prevent Firefox from closing when you close last tab		\|Prevent Firefox from closing when you close last tab
			\|-
			\|browser.sessionstore.restore_on_demand
			\|true
			\| rowspan="2" \|Avoid all tabs reloading at once when you restart Firefox.
			Tabs will be loaded on click.
			\|-
			\|browser.sessionstore.restore_pinned_tabs_on_demand
			\|true
	\|}		\|}
	[[Category:Android]]		[[Category:Android]]
	[[Category:Linux Desktop]]		[[Category:Linux Desktop]]
	[[Category:Windows]]		[[Category:Windows]]

Vincent: New settings

2017-09-26T22:51:41Z

New settings

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 media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=true
 </syntaxhighlight>
 [[Category:Android]]
 [[Category:Linux Desktop]]
 [[Category:Windows]]

Vincent: fix media.peerconnection.ice.no_host value

2017-07-07T04:34:05Z

fix media.peerconnection.ice.no_host value

← Older revision		Revision as of 04:34, 7 July 2017
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	* This can be used to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint fingerprint] your device and track you around the web.		* This can be used to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint fingerprint] your device and track you around the web.
	To stop the leak, go to <code>about:config</code> and change this setting<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">		To stop the leak, go to <code>about:config</code> and change this setting<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
	media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=~~false~~		media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=true
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
	[[Category:Android]]		[[Category:Android]]
	[[Category:Linux Desktop]]		[[Category:Linux Desktop]]
	[[Category:Windows]]		[[Category:Windows]]

Vincent: Add categories

2017-07-06T20:03:19Z

Add categories

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:03, 6 July 2017
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	media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=false		media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=false
	</syntaxhighlight>		</syntaxhighlight>
			[[Category:Android]]
			[[Category:Linux Desktop]]
			[[Category:Windows]]

Vincent: WebRTC IP leak

2017-07-06T20:01:56Z

WebRTC IP leak

← Older revision		Revision as of 20:01, 6 July 2017
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	[[File:Firefox History Settings.png\|border]]		[[File:Firefox History Settings.png\|border]]

			=== WebRTC ===
			[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC WebRTC] is a protocol that allows peer to peer communication between browsers. This is for example for audio/video chat. To allow faster connections to computer within the same local network, this protocol allows the browser to share all your local IP addresses.

			This has two major problems:
			* If a website contain malware, knowing your addresses is helping it to infect your network.
			* This can be used to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Device_fingerprint fingerprint] your device and track you around the web.
			To stop the leak, go to <code>about:config</code> and change this setting<syntaxhighlight lang="ini">
			media.peerconnection.ice.no_host=false
			</syntaxhighlight>

Vincent: /* Privacy */ add 3rd party cookies description

2017-07-06T19:37:02Z

Privacy: add 3rd party cookies description

← Older revision		Revision as of 19:37, 6 July 2017
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	=== 3rd party cookies ===		=== 3rd party cookies ===
			Cookies are pieces of information that a website can store on your computer. There are two types of cookies:
			* First party cookies: these are the cookies from the site you are visiting. They are used for example for the log-in functionality of most websites.
			* Third party cookies: they are set by other website. For example, any time you visit a website with a like button from Facebook, Facebook will set a cookie on your computer. This allows them to follow them on most of the website you are going to. This is used by advertiser to know the websites you go to and show you the same advertising on all websites. In practice, very few websites use this for functionalities. It is quite safe to disable them.
	Go to Preferences, and then, in the Privacy section, set Accept third-party-cookies to Never.		Go to Preferences, and then, in the Privacy section, set Accept third-party-cookies to Never.

	[[File:Firefox History Settings.png\|border]]		[[File:Firefox History Settings.png\|border]]

Vincent: Create page

2017-07-06T19:04:19Z

Create page

New page

== Privacy ==

=== 3rd party cookies ===
Go to Preferences, and then, in the Privacy section, set Accept third-party-cookies to Never.

[[File:Firefox History Settings.png|border]]