Firefox Telemetry Slice & Dice, in Linux (partial) 1/5/20 #2

Firefox Telemetry Slice & Dice, in Linux (partial) 1/5/2020

v.1.1

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This partial guide is for Linux only, not Windows.

This partial guide assumes you have installed from your distro's repos,
in this example for Debian GNU/Linux bullseye/sid. Your distro may have
different directories, so check first.

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PLEASE VIEW THIS DOCUMENT IN PASTEBIN'S *RAW* MODE

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* I have all telemetry options in about:config *disabled and locked* within a custom settings file.

* It used to be user.js, but now I use /etc/firefox/syspref.js and add what I need to.

* Here are a few lines from my much larger configuration:

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.feeds.telemetry", false, locked);

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry", false, locked);

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ping.endpoint", "", locked);

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.structuredIngestion.endpoint",	"", locked);

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.structuredIngestion",	false, locked);

    pref("browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.telemetry.ut.events",	false, locked);

    pref("browser.ping-centre.telemetry", false, locked);

    pref("browser.urlbar.eventTelemetry.enabled",	false, locked);

    pref("permissions.eventTelemetry.enabled",	false, locked);

    pref("security.certerrors.recordEventTelemetry", false, locked);

    pref("security.identitypopup.recordEventTelemetry", false, locked);

    pref("security.protectionspopup.recordEventTelemetry",	false, locked);

    pref("services.sync.telemetry.maxPayloadCount", 0, locked);

    pref("services.sync.telemetry.submissionInterval", 0, locked);

    pref("telemetry.origin_telemetry_test_mode.enabled",	false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.datacollection.infoURL",	"", locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.archive.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.bhrPing.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.cachedClientID", "00000", locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.coverage.opt-out", true, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.debugSlowSql",	false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.ecosystemtelemetry.enabled",	false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.firstShutdownPing.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.hybridContent.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.newProfilePing.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.previousBuildID",	00000, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.server", "", locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.server_owner", "", locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabled", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.shutdownPingSender.enabledFirstSession",	false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false, locked);

    pref("toolkit.telemetry.updatePing.enabled", false, locked);

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* I have the following directories owned by root (emptied first) with 000 permissions:

    ~/.mozilla/firefox/Crash Reports

    ~/.mozilla/firefox/Pending Pings

    ~/.mozilla/firefox/blahblah.default-release/crashes

    ~/.mozilla/firefox/blahblah.default-release/datareporting

    ~/.mozilla/firefox/blahblah.default-release/minidumps

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* Contents & Directories deleted via BleachBit every time I finish a Firefox session:
    ~/.cache/* (which includes the following:)
    ~/.cache/mozilla/firefox
    ~/.cache/mozilla

Within BleachBit, ALL Firefox boxes are selected and cleaned

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* Contents deleted every time I've updated Firefox:

    /usr/lib/firefox/browser/features/*

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* Files deleted every time I've updated Firefox:

    /usr/lib/firefox/crashreporter

    /usr/lib/firefox/minidump-analyzer

    /usr/lib/firefox/pingsender

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Those are a few examples.

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