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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
Sorry, one more thing :) "Furthermore, if you're the only person in your city using Firefox with very different behaviour, that just makes you easier to fingerprint" If you do NOTHING, you are already unique. And not all FP&#
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
Last reply. sorry for bombarding you guys and gals. It doesn't disable updates, it only disabled the auto-installing of updates. Bit of a difference. However, I was reminded/prompted to change our default on extension auto-install
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
I've already typed quite a few replies, and I don't want to come across as all preachy. "into turning off TLS 1.3... (all real examples from posts like this)" The user.js does NOT disable any TLS settings. HTTP2 I talked
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
Hi :) First of all, these were my tweaks, which I shared with ghacks.net. Martin Brinkmann from ghacks.net published the first draft (the commentators at ghacks inspired me to clean it up etc). It has always been my settings and pushed as a
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
I've taken great pains to try and provide as much info as possible, in as easy non-jargon terms as possible, for the layman. I have also gone to great lengths (days on a single item, weeks to follow up on research and contact with expe
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
I refer to you my earlier comments about my background (for your info: take it or leave it), and about HTTP2 in particular. I agree with you that OFTEN the web is full of shit and bullsitters, but I would just like to say, that I am NOT one
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
form auto-filling is disabled for a reason. It is trivial for third parties to steal form data. It's an inconvenience for some, but does not break anything - websites still work. This is a known bug/issue for at least 8 years - an
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
Hi, Read my first comment at the top. I'm the owner, creator and maintainer of the ghacks user.js --- I understand it's not very usable for most people out of the box - but it's not aimed at most people. I have never gone out
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PantsyWantsy
7y ago
Hi, I created this one-time account to address some comments in this news item I'm Thorin-Oakenpants, the creator and maintainer of the ghacks user.js. I don't want to get into a long discussion, if you want that then bring it up