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Enabled Mullvad DNS over HTTPS and added usage guide

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how-to-configure-firefox-for-privacy-and-security/README.md
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## Guide
## Setup guide
### Step 1: install [Firefox](https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/)
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### Step 2: add [user.js](./user.js) to profile
> Heads-up: enables [Mullvad DNS over HTTPS](https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls/).
> 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.
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### Step 6: configure containers (see episode)
### Step 7: check for DNS and WebRTC leaks
Go to [https://mullvad.net/en/check](https://mullvad.net/en/check).
![Connection check](connection-check.png)
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## Usage guide
### Temporarily disable cookie and site data deletion (useful when Firefox is restarted to install update or one wishes to reboot computer while persisting Firefox sessions)
> Heads-up: “Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed” will be enabled again next time Firefox starts.
Start Firefox, paste “about:preferences#privacy” in address bar and press enter.
Disable “Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed”.
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## Want things back the way they were before following this guide? No problem!
### Delete `user.js` and set Firefox settings as they were before following guide.
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how-to-configure-firefox-for-privacy-and-security/user.js
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@ -21,14 +21,17 @@ user_pref("extensions.formautofill.creditCards.enabled", false);
user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
user_pref("identity.fxaccounts.enabled", false);
user_pref("layout.spellcheckDefault", 1); // Used to disable spellchecker… set to `0` for increased privacy
user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false); // Used to disable WebRTC (mitigating WebRTC leaks)… set to `true` to enable WebRTC
user_pref("network.cookie.cookieBehavior", 1);
user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2);
user_pref("network.cookie.lifetimePolicy", 2); // Used to delete cookies when Firefox is closed… set to `0` to enable default cookie persistence
user_pref("network.proxy.socks_remote_dns", true);
user_pref("network.trr.mode", 5);
user_pref("network.trr.custom_uri", "https://doh.mullvad.net/dns-query");
user_pref("network.trr.mode", 3); // Used to enable Mullvad DNS over HTTPS… set to `5` to disable Mullvad DNS over HTTPS
user_pref("network.trr.uri", "https://doh.mullvad.net/dns-query");
user_pref("places.history.enabled", false);
user_pref("privacy.donottrackheader.enabled", true);
user_pref("privacy.history.custom", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true);
user_pref("privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown", true); // Used to delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed… set to `false` to enable cookie and site data persistence
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.enabled", true);
user_pref("privacy.trackingprotection.socialtracking.enabled", true);
user_pref("signon.management.page.breach-alerts.enabled", false);