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it will also try to enforce these changes to maintain your privacy\nonline.\n\n## Affected Preferences\n\n\u003ctable\u003e\n\t\u003cthead\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cth\u003ePreference\u003c/th\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cth\u003eDefault\u003c/th\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cth\u003eNew\u003c/th\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003cth\u003eDescription\u003c/th\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\u003c/thead\u003e\n\t\u003ctbody\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003emedia.peerconnection.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eWebRTC can leak a users IP address from behind a VPN or proxy.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003enetwork.websocket.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eWebsockets can cause some dns requests to not be send over the active proxy.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003enetwork.http.sendRefererHeader\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003e2\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003e0\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eTells the server which page the user came from.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003enetwork.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eTells the server which https page the user came from.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003enetwork.dnsCacheEntries\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003e400\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003e100\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eNumber of cached DNS entries (lower number=more requests but less data stored).\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eprivacy.trackingprotection.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eThis is Mozilla’s new built in tracking protection.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003edom.event.clipboardevents.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eWebsites can get notifications if you copy, paste, or cut something from a web page, and it lets them know which part of the page had been selected.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003edom.event.contextmenu.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eDisables website control over rightclick context menu.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003egeo.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eDisables geolocation.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003egeo.wifi.logging.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eDisables logging geolocation requests.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003ebrowser.formfill.enable\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eDisables saving of formdata.\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\u003c/tr\u003e\n\t\t\u003ctr\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003ebrowser.safebrowsing.enabled\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003etrue\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003efalse\u003c/td\u003e\n\t\t\t\u003ctd\u003eDisable Google Safe Browsing and phishing protection. 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