[Trisquel-devel] aBrowser patches

[Luke R.]

Hello,
After a considerably amount of searching jxself directed me to this mailing list. :)
I noticed bug: https://trisquel.info/en/issues/8760

This should resolve that issue and seveal others by adding the following lines to make-ubufox:
// Privacy & Freedom Issues
pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
pref("dom.ipc.plugins.flash.subprocess.crashreporter.enabled", false);
pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", false);
pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", false);
pref("services.sync.privacyURL", http://trisquel.info/en/legal);
pref("social.enabled", false);
pref("social.remote-install.enabled", false);
pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
pref("social.toast-notifications.enabled", false);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.0.name", asl);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.1.name", ask);
pref("handlerService.schemes.mailto.1.uriTemplate",);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.mailto.0.uriTemplate",);
pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.0.title", ask);
pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.0.uri",);
pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.1.title", ask);
pref("browser.contentHandlers.types.1.uri", );
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.name", ask);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate",);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.ircs.0.name", ask);
pref("gecko.handlerService.schemes.ircs.0.uriTemplate",);

I would also reccomend removing Google/Bing/Yahoo from default search engines. They can be replaced with freedom/privacy respecting ones such as:
https://startpage.com
http://www.seeks.fr
http://search.ipredator.se

I may do this once I find the code and have the time.

Additionally anyone can currently edit the Addons database. This is a pretty serious issue, since someone could just randomly register and replace all the valid download links to aBrowser extensions with rogue ones.

Thanks for your time.