N0x0n, 3 months ago

Hello thanks for your inputs !

Is there any reason you went this route instead of just using an user-overrides.js file for the standard arkenfox user.js file?

I’m relatively new to “programming” and file management and wasn’t aware of the user-overrides.js. I was sucked in by the testing, reading, and giving my best to understand each entry that I missed this crucial information. I’m reading through the overrides section in the arkenfox wiki and will change accordingly !

Does the automatic dark theme require enabling any fingerprintable settings (beyond just possobly determining the theme of the OS/browser)?

Nope. But by default enabling dark theme is fingerprintable. They know that I’m using dark theme in my browser, but… my eyes can’t live without it :(. I think this is a negligeable parameter, because there are too many dark mode user on the web. As long as it’s the native Firefox dark mode theme, this should be an okayish compromise.

<span style="color:#323232;">user_pref("layout.css.prefers-color-scheme.content-override", 0);
</span><span style="color:#323232;">user_pref("browser.theme.content-theme", 2);
</span>

How are you handling exceptions for sites? I assumed it would be in the user.js file, but didn’t notice anything in particular handling specific URLs differently.

I’m not sure what you mean, but by default I prefere that everything what’s happening in my browser needs user consent and manual interaction. I’m still looking for the switches to block all new requests asking to access microphone, location, notification…

Also the only sites I give permenant cookie exception are my selfhosted services (Because I mostly trust them ? XD) and everything else is deleted after each Firefox shutdown.

If I can’t acces the site or it’s broken, I mostly just leave and just find another ressource. This probably locks me out to a lot of sites, but that’s the trade off I’m willing to take.

To add some more fun, I also block all GAFAM at the DNS level on my pi-hole with some strict policies. If I need to acces them for any reason, I spin-up a throwable Virtual Machine.

I hope I answerd your question and thanks for your input ! Diving into user-overrides.js ! Thanks !