Browser

🐺 Librewolf

Add Arkenfox’s user.js:

• Make a new browser profile: → about:profiles (urlbar) → Create a New Profile
• Place the user.js file in the new profile’s root directory.
• Place updater.sh & prefsCleaner.sh in there.
• Set the new profile as deafult & restart Librewolf.
• Run both prefsCleaner.sh & updater.sh to update Arkenfox.

Alternatively, there’s an AUR package.

Leave all site settings permissions at ask to allow. Check browser anonymity or security with TorZillaPrint & Browser Leaks.

See the Arkenfox wiki.

🦊 Fennec F-Droid

Fennec’s preferences are largely the same as Arkenfox’s, or supplemented for by uBlock Origin. Otherwise they’re not applicable, as the features (or un-features) are not present. See my comparison.

Enable ETP:

• ☰ → Settings → Privacy and Security → Enhanced Tracking Protection
• Enhanced Tracking Protection → ☑ Strict
• ☑ Tell websites not to share & sell data

Disable search suggestions:

• ☰ → Settings → Search
• ☐ Show search suggestions
• ☐ Show recent searchs

Disable AI:

• ☰ → Settings → General → AI controls
• ☑ Block AI enhancements

Extensions

• 🛑 uBlock Origin
• 🍪 I still don’t care about cookies
• 🌳 LocalCDN
• ↪️ Redirector

For userscripts, install Violentmonkey.

uBlock

Set uBlock to medium or hard mode, see either page for how to relax each per website, & disable JavaScript.

In Fennec, enable AdGuard/uBO – URL Tracking Protection & import Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool.

Redirector

An example redirect for Redirector:

• Example URL: https://website.com/
• Pattern include: (.*/website\.com/)(.*)
• Pattern type: ☑ Regular Expression
• Redirect to: https://frontend.com/$2

Multiple domains can be included like this:

• Pattern include: (.*/website1\.com/|.*/website2\.com/)(.*)

Network

DNS over HTTPS

Use Mullvad or LibreDNS:

• ☰ → Settings → Privacy and Security → DNS over HTTPS
• ☑ Max Protection → Choose provider:
  • Mullvad/LibreDNS (No Filtering)

If not on Librewolf, use Custom → Provider: https://dns.mullvad.net/dns-query or Provider: https://dot.libredns.gr/.

Tor & I2Pd

• ☰ → Settings → General → Proxy settings → Configure proxy
• ☑ Manual proxy configuration
  • SOCKS Host: 127.0.0.1
  • Port: 9050 (Tor)
  • Port: 4447 (I2Pd)
  • ☑ SOCKS v5
• ☑ Proxy DNS when using SOCKS 5

The relevant about:config values are:

network.proxy.socks 127.0.0.1
network.proxy.socks_port 9050 // 4447 for I2Pd
network.proxy.type 1 // 1 = enable, 5 = use system proxy
network.proxy.socks_remote_dns true // Set by Arkenfox

Also remember to set this:

network.dns.disabled true

Otherwise if the proxy isn’t running or connected .onion & .i2p addresses will be sent to your VPN or ISP.

Add FoxyProxy to access eepsites while the browser is configured for Tor or the clearnet:

• ☑ Proxy by Patterns
• Options → Proxies → Add
  • Title: I2Pd
  • Hostname: 127.0.0.1
  • Type: SOCKS5
  • Port: 4447
  • ☑ Proxy DNS
  • Proxy by Patterns → Pattern: *.i2p/*