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Few notes about stored passwords
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pyllyukko committed Jul 21, 2015
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ln -s ../user.js/user.js user.js
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Do note that these settings alter your browser behaviour quite a bit, so it is recommended to either create a completely new [profile][15] for Firefox or backup your existing profile directory before putting the ```user.js``` file in place.

Whenever you want to update your local copy of the repository, just use ````git pull```` and restart Firefox.

### Android
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* Permanently enables [private browsing][8] mode
* Prevents Firefox from storing data filled in web page forms
* Disables [password manager](https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Remembering+passwords)

### UI related

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* Keep your browser updated! If you check [Firefox's security advisories][10], you'll see that pretty much every new version of Firefox contains some security updates. If you don't keep your browser updated, you've already lost the game.
* Disable all unnecessary extensions and plugins!
* Create different [profiles](http://mzl.la/NYhKHH) for different purposes
* Create different [profiles][15] for different purposes

### Add-ons

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* [DNT](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Do_Not_Track) is not set, so you need to enable it manually if you want (see the discussion in [issue #11](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/11))
* The ```network.http.referer.spoofSource``` and ```network.http.sendRefererHeader``` settings seems to break the visualization of the 3rd party sites on the [Lightbeam][13] extension
* You can not view or inspect cookies when in private browsing (see https://bugzil.la/823941)
* Installation of ```user.js``` causes saved passwords to be removed from the Firefox (see [#27](https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js/issues/27))

The [web console](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Web_Console) is your friend, **when** websites start to break.

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[12]: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/tracking-protection-firefox
[13]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/lightbeam/
[14]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/plugincheck/
[15]: http://mzl.la/NYhKHH

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See #27

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