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enable DNT header by default
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pros and cons: see arkenfox/user.js#422 (comment) + follow-up comments
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earthlng authored May 29, 2018
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Expand Up @@ -918,15 +918,11 @@ user_pref("network.http.referer.defaultPolicy.pbmode", 2); // (FF59+) default: 2
* TBB (Tor Browser Bundle) which is specifically designed for the dark web
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1305144 ***/
user_pref("network.http.referer.hideOnionSource", true);
/* 1610: ALL: disable the DNT HTTP header, which is essentially USELESS
* It is voluntary and most ad networks do not honor it. DNT is *NOT* how you stop being data mined.
* Don't encourage a setting that gives any legitimacy to 3rd parties being in control of your privacy.
* Sending a DNT header *highly likely* raises entropy, especially in standard windows.
/* 1610: ALL: enable the DNT (Do Not Track) HTTP header
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>Tracking Protecting>Send websites a "Do Not Track"...
* [SETTING-ESR52] Privacy>Use Tracking Protecting>manage your Do Not Track settings
* [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref (e.g. in default PB Mode)
* [NOTE] If you use NoScript MAKE SURE to set the pref noscript.doNotTrack.enabled to match ***/
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", false);
* [NOTE] DNT is enforced with TP (see 0420) regardless of this pref ***/
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);

/*** 1700: CONTAINERS [SETUP]
[1] https://support.mozilla.org/kb/containers-experiment
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