begin Bob Marčan via users quotation of Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 03:53:07PM +0000:
> On Wed, 18 Dec 2024 07:14:12 -0800
> "Don Marti" <dma...@zgp.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 12/17/24 11:10 PM, Tim via users wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2024-12-17 at 18:31 -0800, Don Marti wrote:  
> > >> problem: Firefox quietly turned on ad tracking (see bug report from
> > >> Alan Cox  
> > >
> 
> > That's where writing /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json before
> > installing Firefox can help, and could be a good thing to check on a new
> > install along with firewall rules and other configuration.
> > 
> 
> Can we get a little more hints to use this feature?
> Maybe you can post your /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json?
> We are not all exactly experts to monitor all the "functionalities" that this 
> browser offers us.

The file is here:

  
https://codeberg.org/dmarti/browser-adfraud-protection/raw/branch/main/policies.json

The current two preferences that it sets to false are:

  dom.private-attribution.submission.enabled

  browser.urlbar.suggest.quicksuggest.sponsored

The advantage of setting these in /etc/firefox/policies/policies.json
is that they automatically take effect for all new users and profiles
(I try to only open certain sites in their own profile, and I don't
want to have to turn off the surveillance stuff every time)

Yes, I want to do something similar for Google Chrome, but I'm running
into the issue that the policy configuration file for Chrome has to be copied
into the same directory as the Chrome executable.

I need to figure out how to manage things so that updating or
reinstalling Chrome doesn't remove the policy configuration
file. Maybe I should install a script that copies the policy
configuration file into place, and run it as an init script or
systemd unit?

-- 
Don Marti <dma...@zgp.org>                   
https://blog.zgp.org/
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