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# Privacy Prefs
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## Purpose
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2016-09-23 19:04:46 +03:00
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Firefox contains a number of [`about:config`
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preferences](http://searchfox.org/mozilla-central/source/modules/libpref/init/all.js)
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that can improve user privacy. E.g.,
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* [https://github.com/fmarier/user.js/blob/SeaGL/user.js](https://github.com/fmarier/user.js/blob/SeaGL/user.js)
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* [securefox ideas etherpad](https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/securefox)
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* [Referrer Improvements ideas etherpad](https://public.etherpad-mozilla.org/p/referrerimprovements)
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This [Shield Study](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield/Shield_Studies)
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add-on sets these preferences to non-default values, so we can measure [user
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feedback and their effect on Firefox
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usage](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/Shield/Shield_Studies#What_data_do_Shield_Studies_normally_collect.3F).
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## General Setup and Install
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1. Install `shield` and `jpm`: `npm install -g shield-study-cli jpm`
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2. Clone this repo and change to its directory
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3. `npm install`
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4. `shield run . -- -b Aurora`
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