From 382ecaea6d3f5ed044619f2e652c443503c8b8c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brandon Rozek Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2020 23:17:32 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] New Post --- content/blog/firefoxprivacyconfigs.md | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/blog/firefoxprivacyconfigs.md diff --git a/content/blog/firefoxprivacyconfigs.md b/content/blog/firefoxprivacyconfigs.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c2d16c8 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/firefoxprivacyconfigs.md @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +--- +title: "Firefox Privacy Configuration" +date: 2020-06-26T22:35:05-04:00 +draft: false +tags: [] +--- + +Firefox has a great number of configurable options when it comes to privacy. I first discovered this as I was browsing [privacytools.io](https://www.privacytools.io/browsers/) recommendations. Mozilla also has a [privacy task force](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Privacy/Privacy_Task_Force/firefox_about_config_privacy_tweeks) documenting some these options. I later learned that there is a website called [Firefox Profilemaker](https://ffprofile.com/) that takes the user step by step creating a privacy preserving profile. + +Here are the list of settings in `about:config` that I found most interesting, + +| Flag | Description | +| ---------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | +| privacy.resistFingerprinting | Attempts to [resist fingerprinting](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Fingerprinting). | +| privacy.firstparty.isolate | Isolates cookies to the first party domain to prevent tracking across domains. | +| network.IDN_show_punycode | Render internationalized domain name (IDN) as Punycode equivalent to help against [phishing attacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IDN_homograph_attack). | + +[Hold Integrity released a tool](https://holdintegrity.com/checker) to check IDNs and see if there are any look alikes domains registered on the Internet. \ No newline at end of file