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Title: How to configure Firefox for privacy and security
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# How to configure Firefox for privacy and security
## Caveats
- When copy/pasting commands that start with `$`, strip out `$` as this character is not part of the command
## Guide
### Step 1: install [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
Go to [https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/), download and install Firefox.
### Step 2: add [user.js](./user.js) to profile
> Heads-up: see [arkenfox/user.js](https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/) to explore more settings.
#### Start Firefox, paste “about:profiles” in address bar and press enter.
#### Find default profile root directory and copy to clipboard.
#### Download user.js to default profile root directory.
> Heads-up: replace `/Users/sunknudsen/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/rzrw17yo.default-release` with default profile root directory copied to clipboard.
```console
$ cd "/Users/sunknudsen/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/rzrw17yo.default-release"
$ curl --fail --remote-name https://sunknudsen.com/static/media/privacy-guides/how-to-configure-firefox-for-privacy-and-security/user.js
```
### Step 3: restart Firefox
### Step 4: install [Firefox Multi-Account Containers](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/) and [Privacy Badger](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/) extensions
#### Go to [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/) and click “Add to Firefox”.
#### Go to [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-badger17/) and click “Add to Firefox”.
> Heads-up: when asked to allow extension to run in private windows, check box and click “Okay”.
### Step 5: set default search engine to DuckDuckGo
### Step 6: configure containers (see episode)
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