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It would be awesome to turn it into an extension that makes it a single toggle.

Someone1234 11y ago
I wouldn't use it since it: - Disables the malware and phishing lists/warnings. - Disables HTML5-video DRM (even if this has nothing to do with leaking data). - Geo location already brings up a popup (and thus disabling it seems petty).
- toxican 11y ago
  So we need a plugin where you can individually toggle each and every thing. (Just kidding)
  - LinuxBender 11y ago
    configuration mania is the name of it. It is missing a couple things, but most mentioned here are options.
- pmontra 11y ago
  I never saw a warning for malware and phishing in the browser. I do receive phishing emails obviously, but they are easy to spot. I read mail with Thunderbird and sometimes I check the source just to see which strange URLs they're using this time :-) If you read mail in the browser maybe disabling those checks is not wise. Agreed. Disabling HTML5 video DRM could be annoying and geolocation is solved by the popup, as you say.
- ljk 11y ago
  Aside from the things you listed, it's ok to disable the other things?
  - Someone1234 11y ago
    Maybe. Both several of the other things can be disabled via the normal settings UI, so disabling them via about:config seems unnecessarily indirect.
- _lce0 11y ago
  >* - Disables HTML5-video DRM (even if this has nothing to do with leaking data).* I would rather live in a browser without video support, than with DRM
  - icebraining 11y ago
    Mozilla provides EME-free builds of Firefox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534096
tomc1985 11y ago
So how about a checkbox for each setting?
pseud 11y ago
It could do with some updates (e.g. Pocket is missing), but most of these are set automatically (and can be toggled on/off en masse) by TinFoil: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tinfoil/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tinfoil/ https://github.com/cohjam/tinfoil https://github.com/cohjam/tinfoil

I wouldn't use it since it: - Disables the malware and phishing lists/warnings. - Disables HTML5-video DRM (even if this has nothing to do with leaking data). - Geo location already brings up a popup (and thus disabling it seems petty).

toxican 11y ago
So we need a plugin where you can individually toggle each and every thing. (Just kidding)
- LinuxBender 11y ago
  configuration mania is the name of it. It is missing a couple things, but most mentioned here are options.
pmontra 11y ago
I never saw a warning for malware and phishing in the browser. I do receive phishing emails obviously, but they are easy to spot. I read mail with Thunderbird and sometimes I check the source just to see which strange URLs they're using this time :-) If you read mail in the browser maybe disabling those checks is not wise. Agreed. Disabling HTML5 video DRM could be annoying and geolocation is solved by the popup, as you say.
ljk 11y ago
Aside from the things you listed, it's ok to disable the other things?
- Someone1234 11y ago
  Maybe. Both several of the other things can be disabled via the normal settings UI, so disabling them via about:config seems unnecessarily indirect.
_lce0 11y ago
>* - Disables HTML5-video DRM (even if this has nothing to do with leaking data).* I would rather live in a browser without video support, than with DRM
- icebraining 11y ago
  Mozilla provides EME-free builds of Firefox: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534096 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9534096

tomc1985 11y ago

So how about a checkbox for each setting?

pseud 11y ago

It could do with some updates (e.g. Pocket is missing), but most of these are set automatically (and can be toggled on/off en masse) by TinFoil: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tinfoil/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tinfoil/ https://github.com/cohjam/tinfoil https://github.com/cohjam/tinfoil