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browser-extensions.markdown: cleanup outdated information or what I don't stand behind nowadays

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@ -167,11 +167,10 @@ These likely also exist, but just without the `vendor-` part when searhcing.
accessing each other's data.
* `browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored` & `browser.newtabpage.activity-stream.showSponsored` to `false` to stop sponsored links.
* `dom.security.https_only_mode` to `true` to force HTTPS and not need HTTPS Everywhere
* [Breaks IPFS companion subdomain gateway redirect](https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-companion/issues/855), see also [Firefox bug 1220810 Consider hardcoding localhost names to the loopback address](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1220810#c23)
* `security.certerrors.mitm.auto_enable_enterprise_roots` to `false` in order to not trust system CA store in case of enterprise MITM
* `security.OCSP.require` to `true` in order to not allow [OCSP](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCSP_stapling) soft fail. This may be a bit paranoid, but *only the paranoid survive.*
* (`privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing` = `true` so letterboxing is
used to hide real browser size. [Tor Browser support](https://support.torproject.org/tbb/maximized-torbrowser-window/))
* `privacy.resistFingerprinting.letterboxing` = `true` so letterboxing is
used to hide real browser size. [Tor Browser support](https://support.torproject.org/tbb/maximized-torbrowser-window/)
* (On Linux `widget.content.gtk-theme-override` (a string that has to be created by
user) to `Adwaita:light` so text boxes in dark themes become readable,
thank you [Dovydas Venckus](https://www.dovydasvenckus.com/linux/2018/08/20/fix-firefox-dark-input-fields-on-gnome/)
@ -181,38 +180,23 @@ These likely also exist, but just without the `vendor-` part when searhcing.
* `geo.provider.network.url` to `https://location.services.mozilla.com/v1/geolocate?key=%MOZILLA_API_KEY%` in order to send nearby WiFi networks to Mozilla instead of Google. See also [MLS Software](https://wiki.mozilla.org/CloudServices/Location/Software).
* `network.IDN_show_punycode` to `true` in order to see punycode instead of UTF-8 in case of spoofing attempt. However makes reading non-ASCII domains painful. E.g. Cyrillic alphabet
* `reader.parse-on-load.force-enabled` to `true` in order to allow reader use to be used on ~all websites and devices (regardless of low RAM?)
* (`toolkit.telemetry.server` to empty in order to not send telemetry (which may be blocked by filtering DNS providers such as AdGuard or NextDNS resulting high amount of failing queries))
Future note: [`network.dns.blockDotOnion;false`](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1497263) ?
#### DNS over HTTPS
* `network.trr.bootstrapAddress` DNS server to use for resolving the DoH
name, e.g. `149.112.112.112` (Resolver 2 of [Quad9](https://quad9.net))
* `network.trr.mode` depends, 2 to prefer DoH, but fallback to system resolver (or 3 to enforce DoH without fallback). ***If there is system encrypted DNS, just take 5 to at least benefit from the system DNS cache.***
* `network.trr.mode` depends, `2` to prefer DoH, but fallback to system resolver, `3` to enforce DoH without fallback) or `5` to explicitly disable.
* [DoH is required by Firefox ESNI support](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1500289) which encrypts SNI which would still leak which
sites you visit. [Another bug about ESNI + Android DoT](https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1542754#c3)
* I have ended up to recommending 2 as otherwise the DoH server going
down stops DNS from working on your Firefox entirely, which may be
more of a problem than unencrypted SNI as not everyone supports it.
* since then I have decided that 5 is the best option, because otherwise it goes past ***my*** Unbound setup. I hope Mozilla/Firefox will fix the two bugs linked above, so I don't have to choose between DNS under my control vs encrypted SNI.
* Are you using a VPN? Do they provide a DoH server? If yes, maybe the answer is 5 for eSNI?
* Are you using a VPN? Do they provide a DoH server? If yes, maybe the answer is 3 for eSNI?
* `network.trr.early-AAAA` `true` to hopefully prefer IPv6
* `network.trr.uri` for the actual resolver address, e.g.
`https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query` or `https://149.112.112.112/dns-query` (removes the need for `network.trr.bootstrapAddress` and allows `network.trr.mode` `3`?) or
[Privacy Guides list of Encrypted DNS Resolvers](https://privacyguides.org/providers/dns/)
`https://doh.mullvad.net/dns-query`
Some notes:
* You can confirm TRR working by visiting `about:networking#dns` where
you should be seeing DNS cache of Firefox and a lot of `TRR: true`.
* Quad9 became my preferred resolver through anxiety about other options
being small (and possibly more likely to go down) or commercial while
Quad9 is non-profit organization and 2019-03-20 apparently the default
fallback resolver of dnscrypt-proxy (at least in Debian).
* Quad9 while having filtering of malicious domains should be easy to figure
out as the problem if something doesn't work on my computers as due to the
previously mentioned bug I am mainly using it on Firefox.
* [While investingating how Android 9 Private DNS works, I also wrote a DNS provider comparsion here]({% post_url blog/2019-07-11-android-private-dns-in-practice %})
* [While investingating how Android 9 Private DNS works, I also wrote a DNS provider comparsion here on 2019-07-11]({% post_url blog/2019-07-11-android-private-dns-in-practice %})
#### SSDs