Re: [gentoo-user] Cleanify a Firefox Profile - how?

2017-02-23 Thread Walter Dnes 
On Fri, Feb 24, 2017 at 03:04:59AM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote

> ...and what mozilla says is all what they want me to know.  Or with
> other words: Are these really all places, where user tracking and
> such is stored? Flash cookies and Supercookies are also there?

  Mozilla can only tell you what they do.  "Flash cookies" are stored by
Adobe Flash in 2 subdirectories in your home directory.  I.e. .adobe and
.macromedia (Note the leading dot).  In the past, I used to...

rm -rf ~/.adobe ~/.macromedia
touch ~/.adobe
touch ~/.macromedia

  This would create zero-byte files, and Flash could not create
subdirectories with the same name.  I ran into 1 or 2 sites that refused
to work if I did this.  I don't have Flash on my main desktop anymore,
so no more worry about it.

  "Supercookies" are additional data added to your HTTP headers by your
ISP after it leaves your computer, and Firefox can't do anything about it.
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/11/verizon-x-uidh

-- 
Walter Dnes 
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleanify a Firefox Profile - how?

2017-02-23 Thread R0b0t1 
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 8:04 PM,   wrote:
>
> ...and what mozilla says is all what they want me to know.
> Or with other words: Are these really all places, where user
> tracking and such is stored? Flash cookies and Supercookies
> are also there?
>
> Cheers
> Meino
>

Mozilla is certainly not the one who would be trying to hide
information from you. Yes, your profile should be all of the
persistent data that Firefox stores, though your system configuration
(much of which can be accessed via Javascript) will still uniquely
identify your device. Flash may have it's own special location. Try
"about:cache" in the title bar (cache timing attacks could also
uniquely identify you). However, from what I could find, all browser
data seems to be tied to a profile (paths will have the random string
describing the profile somewhere in it).

You can't fight supercookies except with Tor and sometimes HTTPS as it
is your ISP modifying the data you send to servers. Personally this
should be illegal, but they have more money than anyone it affects.

R0b0t1.

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleanify a Firefox Profile - how?

2017-02-23 Thread Meino . Cramer 
Walter Dnes  [17-02-24 02:10]:
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 04:20:39AM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
> > Hi,
> > 
> > to install a profile I made and tested with my Firefox on another
> > computer *)  I want to "cleanify" that Profile to wipe all data left
> > bu using this surfing.
> 
>   See 
> https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-and-Update/Profiles-Where-Firefox-stores-your-bookmarks-passwords-and-other/ta-p/4608
> for a listing of what files store what in your profile.  You can delete
> ones you don't want.  Firefox will create a new default replacement next
> time you start.
> 
> ***IMPORTANT***
> 
> 1) you must ***NOT*** be running Firefox against that profile when you
> do the deletions.  Otherwise it will restore from crash-backup and/or
> memory when it exits.
> 
> 2) You ***MUST*** first open Firefox with that profile and then close it
> "properly" with either "File ==> Quit" or the {CTRL}{Q} keyboard
> shortcut.  Firefox has a "crash-recovery" option that allows it to
> resume a session if it is killed externally, e.g. "killall firefox".
> 
> -- 
> Walter Dnes 
> I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications
> 

Hi Walter,

thanks a lot for the informations!!:)

...and what mozilla says is all what they want me to know.
Or with other words: Are these really all places, where user
tracking and such is stored? Flash cookies and Supercookies
are also there?

Cheers
Meino

Re: [gentoo-user] Cleanify a Firefox Profile - how?

2017-02-23 Thread Walter Dnes 
On Thu, Feb 23, 2017 at 04:20:39AM +0100, meino.cra...@gmx.de wrote
> Hi,
> 
> to install a profile I made and tested with my Firefox on another
> computer *)  I want to "cleanify" that Profile to wipe all data left
> bu using this surfing.

  See 
https://support.mozilla.org/t5/Install-and-Update/Profiles-Where-Firefox-stores-your-bookmarks-passwords-and-other/ta-p/4608
for a listing of what files store what in your profile.  You can delete
ones you don't want.  Firefox will create a new default replacement next
time you start.

***IMPORTANT***

1) you must ***NOT*** be running Firefox against that profile when you
do the deletions.  Otherwise it will restore from crash-backup and/or
memory when it exits.

2) You ***MUST*** first open Firefox with that profile and then close it
"properly" with either "File ==> Quit" or the {CTRL}{Q} keyboard
shortcut.  Firefox has a "crash-recovery" option that allows it to
resume a session if it is killed externally, e.g. "killall firefox".

-- 
Walter Dnes 
I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

[gentoo-user] Cleanify a Firefox Profile - how?

2017-02-22 Thread Meino . Cramer 
Hi,

to install a profile I made and tested with my Firefox on another
computer *)  I want to "cleanify" that Profile to wipe all data left
bu using this surfing.


Is that possible? And if so -- how can I do this?

Cheers 
Meino




*) by tarring and unpacking it on the target computer at the
right place.