Web Browsers

[Kulmbacher]

You can also configure ff via the policies.json, think it`s update resistent.

create firefox/distribution/policies.json

content of the file in case of telemetry:

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{
  "policies": {
  "DisableFirefoxStudies": true,
  "DisableTelemetry": true,
  }
}

there are many more possibilities.
Easy way to use via Add-On enterprise-policy-generator

You set all commands and the AddOn creates the policies.json for you ... -> firefox/distribution/policies.json

After that, deactivate or remove the AddOn.
Less is more ;-)

[dreamer]

If you don't want Mozilla to remote control your preferences then normandy must be disabled. There is no Firefox policy for that so must be done in the first file. This is what I have for regular Firefox version in MX Linux.

In
/opt/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/all-dreamer.js

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// dreamer custom configuration
pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
pref("browser.newtabpage.enabled", false);
pref("app.normandy.enabled",false);
pref("beacon.enabled",false);
pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled",false);
pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled",false);
pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", true);

In
/opt/firefox/distribution/policies.json

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{
  "policies": {
    "DisableAppUpdate": true,
    "DisableFirefoxScreenshots": true,
    "DisableTelemetry": true
  }
}

To be honest privacy in Firefox feels like a headache. Here is a browser privacy comparison:
https://arstechnica.com/information-tec ... -browsers/

[snl]

Furt 100x lepší než Chrome

[anticapitalista]

To those complaining about firefox security and privacy (rightly so IMO), why not use the Debian firefox-esr version instead?

[dreamer]

To those complaining about firefox security and privacy (rightly so IMO), why not use the Debian firefox-esr version instead?

Firefox ESR has the same privacy problems as the regular version. Debian packagers disabled Studies so this line is unnecessary for Debian firefox-esr:

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pref("app.shield.optoutstudies.enabled", true);

[anticapitalista]

I don't think Debian's firefox-esr has the same privacy issues as Firefox. It is surely more private (but far from perfect).
But maybe I read it wrong somewhere or Debian changed their privacy policy as regards firefox-esr.

[Mauser]

To those complaining about firefox security and privacy (rightly so IMO), why not use the Debian firefox-esr version instead?

Because I have modified regular Firefox in about:config that makes it more secure than the Debian firefox-esr version.

[jocester]

For security (not privacy) concerns one could consider the use of firejail.

[linexer2016]

Interesting this thread. I had long preferred FFox but since reviewing this thread and trialing Brave that browser is my preferred