user.js

commit 9b7771fe763f0750ae516de28951c320c00f786b
parent 2265b7352157eb1856dce07afae56c766b026fc5
Author: Thorin-Oakenpants <Thorin-Oakenpants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Mon, 10 Jun 2019 00:06:15 +0000

1401: document fonts => active, see #731

- https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/731#issuecomment-500255686
- reverting my change from last release
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user.js
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1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/user.js b/user.js
@@ -783,10 +783,10 @@ user_pref("security.insecure_connection_text.enabled", true); // [FF60+]
 /*** [SECTION 1400]: FONTS ***/
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "1400 syntax error: the parrot's bereft of life!");
 /* 1401: disable websites choosing fonts (0=block, 1=allow)
- * [WARNING] Blocking fonts can *sometimes* reduce JS font enumeration, but not entropy.
- * There are also other methods to fingerprint fonts. Wait for RFP (4500) to cover this.
+ * This can limit most (but not all) JS font enumeration which is a high entropy fingerprinting vector
+ * [SETUP-WEB] Disabling fonts can uglify the web a fair bit.
  * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Allow pages to choose... ***/
-   // user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
+user_pref("browser.display.use_document_fonts", 0);
 /* 1402: set more legible default fonts
  * [NOTE] Example below for Windows/Western only
  * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts & Colors>Advanced>Serif|Sans-serif|Monospace ***/