user.js

commit c55ecbd8b2f48ff4d8f2350987913afa9f616237
parent 99eb835e7a8d23655c7f72c9641c192dcc2ad5ec
Author: Thorin-Oakenpants <Thorin-Oakenpants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Thu,  2 May 2019 00:30:27 +0000

0701: IPv6, MOAR info
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user.js
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1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/user.js b/user.js
@@ -395,9 +395,11 @@ user_pref("browser.send_pings.require_same_host", true);
 user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0700 syntax error: the parrot's given up the ghost!");
 /* 0701: disable IPv6
  * IPv6 can be abused, especially regarding MAC addresses. They also do not play nice
- * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it
- * [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done
- * at an OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups
+ * with VPNs. That's even assuming your ISP and/or router and/or website can handle it.
+ * Firefox telemetry (April 2019) shows only 5% of all connections are IPv6.
+ * [NOTE] This is just an application level fallback. Disabling IPv6 is best done at an
+ * OS/network level, and/or configured properly in VPN setups. If you are not masking your IP,
+ * then this won't make much difference. If you are maksing your IP, then it can only help.
  * [TEST] http://ipv6leak.com/
  * [1] https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/437#issuecomment-403740626
  * [2] https://www.internetsociety.org/tag/ipv6-security/ (see Myths 2,4,5,6) ***/