commit dc4d9e4daef4f1e41db39adc3acfc9cee3ea0fca
parent e1b0eae740ad26234d094b6e1b28f6c19e821c7e
Author: Thorin-Oakenpants <Thorin-Oakenpants@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Oct 2019 04:04:41 +1300
revamp 0200s (#807), closes #0806
- split geo related vs language/locale related
- rip out intl.locale.requested
- rip out intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales
- add intl.charset.fallback.override
Diffstat:
| M | user.js | | | 53 | ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------------- |
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
diff --git a/user.js b/user.js
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
* INDEX:
0100: STARTUP
- 0200: GEOLOCATION
+ 0200: GEOLOCATION / LANGUAGE / LOCALE
0300: QUIET FOX
0400: BLOCKLISTS / SAFE BROWSING
0500: SYSTEM ADD-ONS / EXPERIMENTS
@@ -133,49 +133,52 @@ user_pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.discoverystreamfeed", false)
* [2] https://spreadprivacy.com/is-private-browsing-really-private/ ***/
// user_pref("browser.privatebrowsing.autostart", true);
-/*** [SECTION 0200]: GEOLOCATION ***/
+/*** [SECTION 0200]: GEOLOCATION / LANGUAGE / LOCALE ***/
user_pref("_user.js.parrot", "0200 syntax error: the parrot's definitely deceased!");
+/** GEOLOCATION ***/
/* 0201: disable Location-Aware Browsing
+ * [NOTE] Best left at default "true", fingerprintable, is already behind a prompt (see 0202)
* [1] https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/geolocation/ ***/
// user_pref("geo.enabled", false);
-/* 0201b: set a default permission for Location [FF58+]
+/* 0202: set a default permission for Location (see 0201) [FF58+]
* 0=always ask (default), 1=allow, 2=block
* [NOTE] Best left at default "always ask", fingerprintable via Permissions API
* [SETTING] to add site exceptions: Page Info>Permissions>Access Your Location
* [SETTING] to manage site exceptions: Options>Privacy & Security>Permissions>Location>Settings ***/
// user_pref("permissions.default.geo", 2);
-/* 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
+/* 0203: use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google when geolocation is enabled
+ * Optionally enable logging to the console (defaults to false) ***/
+user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
+ // user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
+/* 0204: disable using the OS's geolocation service ***/
+user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // [WINDOWS]
+user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // [MAC]
+user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // [LINUX]
+/* 0205: disable GeoIP-based search results
* [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
* [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16254
* [2] https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-stop-firefox-making-automatic-connections#w_geolocation-for-default-search-engine ***/
user_pref("browser.search.region", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
user_pref("browser.search.geoip.url", "");
-/* 0205: set Firefox language [FF59+] [RESTART]
- * Go to the end of about:support to view Internationalization & Localization settings
- * If set to empty, the OS locales are used. If not set at all, default locale is used
- * This is the language used in menus, about pages, messages, and notifications from Firefox ***/
- // user_pref("intl.locale.requested", "en-US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
/* 0206: disable geographically specific results/search engines e.g. "browser.search.*.US"
* i.e. ignore all of Mozilla's various search engines in multiple locales ***/
user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults", false);
user_pref("browser.search.geoSpecificDefaults.url", "");
-/* 0207: set preferred language for diplaying web pages
+
+/** LANGUAGE / LOCALE ***/
+/* 0210: set preferred language for displaying web pages
* [TEST] https://addons.mozilla.org/about ***/
user_pref("intl.accept_languages", "en-US, en");
-/* 0208: enforce US English locale regardless of the system locale
+/* 0211: enforce US English locale regardless of the system locale
* [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/867501 ***/
user_pref("javascript.use_us_english_locale", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
-/* 0209: use APP locale over OS locale in regional preferences [FF56+]
- * [1] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?bug_id=1379420,1364789 ***/
-user_pref("intl.regional_prefs.use_os_locales", false);
-/* 0210: use Mozilla geolocation service instead of Google when geolocation is enabled
- * Optionally enable logging to the console (defaults to false) ***/
-user_pref("geo.wifi.uri", "https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%");
- // user_pref("geo.wifi.logging.enabled", true); // [HIDDEN PREF]
-/* 0211: disable using the OS's geolocation service ***/
-user_pref("geo.provider.ms-windows-location", false); // [WINDOWS]
-user_pref("geo.provider.use_corelocation", false); // [MAC]
-user_pref("geo.provider.use_gpsd", false); // [LINUX]
+/* 0212: enforce fallback text encoding to match en-US
+ * When the content or server doesn't declare a charset the browser will
+ * fallback to the "Current locale" based on your application language
+ * [SETTING] General>Language and Appearance>Fonts and Colors>Advanced>Text Encoding for Legacy Content
+ * [TEST] https://hsivonen.com/test/moz/check-charset.htm
+ * [1] https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/20025 ***/
+user_pref("intl.charset.fallback.override", "windows-1252");
/*** [SECTION 0300]: QUIET FOX
Starting in user.js v67, we only disable the auto-INSTALL of Firefox. You still get prompts
@@ -1399,7 +1402,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // [DEFAUL
** 1337161 - hide gamepads from content (see 4606) (FF56+)
** 1372072 - spoof network information API as "unknown" when dom.netinfo.enabled = true (see 4607) (FF56+)
** 1333641 - reduce fingerprinting in WebSpeech API (see 4608) (FF56+)
- ** 1372069 & 1403813 & 1441295 - block geolocation requests (same as denying a site permission) (see 0201, 0201b) (FF56-62)
+ ** 1372069 & 1403813 & 1441295 - block geolocation requests (same as denying a site permission) (see 0201, 0202) (FF56-62)
** 1369309 - spoof media statistics (see 4610) (FF57+)
** 1382499 - reduce screen co-ordinate fingerprinting in Touch API (see 4611) (FF57+)
** 1217290 & 1409677 - enable fingerprinting resistance for WebGL (see 2010-12) (FF57+)
@@ -1413,7 +1416,7 @@ user_pref("privacy.firstparty.isolate.restrict_opener_access", true); // [DEFAUL
Spoof: enumerate devices reports one "Internal Camera" and one "Internal Microphone" if
media.navigator.enabled is true (see 2505 which we chose to keep disabled)
Block: suppresses the ondevicechange event (see 4612)
- ** 1039069 - warn when language prefs are set to non en-US (see 0207, 0208) (FF59+)
+ ** 1039069 - warn when language prefs are set to non en-US (see 0210, 0211) (FF59+)
** 1222285 & 1433592 - spoof keyboard events and suppress keyboard modifier events (FF59+)
Spoofing mimics the content language of the document. Currently it only supports en-US.
Modifier events suppressed are SHIFT and both ALT keys. Chrome is not affected.
@@ -1659,7 +1662,7 @@ user_pref("network.jar.open-unsafe-types", false);
user_pref("plugin.state.java", 0);
// * * * /
// FF63
-// 0202: disable GeoIP-based search results
+// 0205: disable GeoIP-based search results
// [NOTE] May not be hidden if Firefox has changed your settings due to your locale
// [-] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/1462015
user_pref("browser.search.countryCode", "US"); // [HIDDEN PREF]
