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https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js

Thunderbird privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening
https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js

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Thunderbird privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js
Owner: HorlogeSkynet
License: mit
Created: 2019-03-17T09:19:15.000Z (over 5 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2024-09-29T19:11:32.000Z (about 1 month ago)
Last Synced: 2024-10-26T20:50:04.947Z (16 days ago)
Topics: anti-fingerprinting, arkenfox, email, ghacks, privacy, security, thunderbird, user-js
Language: JavaScript
Homepage: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/issues/646
Size: 481 KB
Stars: 153
Watchers: 11
Forks: 8
Open Issues: 1
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml
- License: LICENSE

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README

        # Thunderbird User.JS

> Thunderbird privacy, security and anti-fingerprinting: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

### 🟪 user.js

An `user.js` is a configuration file that can control Thunderbird settings - for a more technical breakdown and explanation, you can read more in the [wiki](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki/1.1-Overview).

### 🟩 Thunderbird user.js

[![License: MIT](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-yellow.svg)](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

The `thunderbird user.js` is a **template** which aims to provide as much privacy and enhanced security as possible, and to reduce tracking and fingerprinting as much as possible - while minimizing any loss of functionality and breakage (but it will happen).

Everyone, experts included, should at least read the [wiki](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki), as it contains important information regarding a few `user.js` settings.

It differs from the `arkenfox user.js` in that the focus is to keep Thunderbird as an **e-mail client** and disable as many web browsing features as possible. We believe web browsing should be done in a web browser, and not an email client.

- If you're using Thunderbird (< 68) with Tor we suggest that you install the [TorBirdy](https://addons.thunderbird.net/addon/torbirdy) add-on. If you are using Tor, you should also consider using [Tails](https://tails.boum.org/) or [Whonix](https://www.whonix.org/).

- If you're using **Gmail**, please check [this article about OAuth2](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki/3.1-OAuth2-Users).

- For information about [extensions](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions), see the Wiki.

- **Calendar** users should [see this page](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki/4.1.1-Calendar).

Also be aware that this `user.js` is made specifically for Thunderbird and is only being tested against releases with extended support (ESR).

### 🟧 Sitemap

- [Releases](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/releases)

- [Issues](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/issues)

- [Wiki](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet/thunderbird-user.js/wiki)

### 🟥 Acknowledgments

* @tya99 most of the ground work and initial port from the Firefox version of [arkenfox user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js)

* [@dngray](https://github.com/dngray) continual maintenance and Wiki

* [@HorlogeSkynet](https://github.com/HorlogeSkynet) continual maintenance

### 🟦 Related Projects

* [Privacy Handbuch](https://www.privacy-handbuch.de/handbuch_31p.htm)

* [Privacy Haters](http://r-36.net/scm/privacy-haters/file/README.md.html)

* [12bytes's user-overrides.js](https://codeberg.org/12bytes/thunderbird-user.js-supplement)