commit 572d16d5a5863c08da5ed3b96f96d1effba3eeb8
parent 29e2461cd1555b57edb1380fd257b2c260f861b3
Author: earthlng <earthlng@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2018 05:56:40 +0000
change cookies from block all to allow 1st party (#477)
* change cookies from block all to allow 1st party
see https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/439
* and fixup readme as well
Diffstat:
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/user.js b/user.js
@@ -19,10 +19,7 @@
* https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/1.3-Implementation
3. If you skipped steps 1 and 2 above (shame on you), then here is the absolute minimum
* Auto-installing updates for Firefox and extensions are disabled (section 0302's)
- * Some user data is erased on close (section 2800), namely history (browsing, form, download)
- * Cookies are denied by default (2701), we use site exceptions. In Firefox 58 and lower, this breaks
- extensions that use IndexedDB, so you need to allow exceptions for those as well: see [1] below
- [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/wiki/4.1.1-Setting-Extension-Permission-Exceptions
+ * Some user data is erased on close (section 2800). Change this to suit your needs
* EACH RELEASE check:
- 4600s: reset prefs made redundant due to privacy.resistFingerprinting (RPF)
or enable them as an alternative to RFP or for ESR users
@@ -1338,14 +1335,14 @@ user_pref("security.dialog_enable_delay", 700); // default: 1000 (milliseconds)
serviceWorkers :
***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "2700 syntax error: the parrot's joined the bleedin' choir invisible!");
-/* 2701: disable cookies on all sites [SETUP]
+/* 2701: disable 3rd-party cookies and site-data [SETUP]
* You can set exceptions under site permissions or use an extension
* 0=allow all 1=allow same host 2=disallow all 3=allow 3rd party if it already set a cookie
* [SETTING] Privacy & Security>History>Custom Settings>Accept cookies from sites
* [NOTE] Blocking 3rd party controls 3rd party access to localStorage, IndexedDB, Cache API and Service Worker Cache.
* Blocking 1st party controls access to localStorage and IndexedDB (note: Service Workers can still use IndexedDB).
* [1] https://www.fxsitecompat.com/en-CA/docs/2015/web-storage-indexeddb-cache-api-now-obey-third-party-cookies-preference/ ***/
-user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 2);
+user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
/* 2702: set third-party cookies (i.e ALL) (if enabled, see above pref) to session-only
and (FF58+) set third-party non-secure (i.e HTTP) cookies to session-only
[NOTE] .sessionOnly overrides .nonsecureSessionOnly except when .sessionOnly=false and
@@ -1401,8 +1398,7 @@ user_pref("dom.caches.enabled", false);
// user_pref("dom.storageManager.enabled", false);
/*** 2800: SHUTDOWN [SETUP]
- You should set the values to what suits you best. Be aware that the settings below clear
- browsing, download and form history, but not cookies (use exceptions or an extension).
+ You should set the values to what suits you best.
- "Offline Website Data" includes appCache (2730), localStorage (2710),
Service Worker cache (2740), and QuotaManager (IndexedDB (2720), asm-cache)
- In both 2803 + 2804, the 'download' and 'history' prefs are combined in the
@@ -1419,7 +1415,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
* However, this may not always be the case. The interface combines and syncs these
* prefs when set from there, and the sanitize code may change at any time ***/
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cache", true);
-user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", false);
+user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies", true);
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.downloads", true); // see note above
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
@@ -1432,7 +1428,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.clearOnShutdown.siteSettings", false); // Site Preferences
* [NOTE] Regardless of what you set privacy.cpd.downloads to, as soon as the dialog
* for "Clear Recent History" is opened, it is synced to the same as 'history' ***/
user_pref("privacy.cpd.cache", true);
-user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", false);
+user_pref("privacy.cpd.cookies", true);
// user_pref("privacy.cpd.downloads", true); // not used, see note above
user_pref("privacy.cpd.formdata", true); // Form & Search History
user_pref("privacy.cpd.history", true); // Browsing & Download History
