User.js: FYI: change coming - get your cookie settings into your overrides NOW

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

• [x] update wiki page
• [x] pull the trigger - https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/572d16d5a5863c08da5ed3b96f96d1effba3eeb8

see #439 and earthlng's patch #477

I suggest users get the following into their overrides so our changes do not affect you as existing users

• 2701 network.cookie.cookieBehavior
• 2803 privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies
• 2804 privacy.cpd.cookies

I will pull the trigger in a few days

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

Note to self to update Wiki entry

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

^^ bump - reminder ... will pull the trigger soon, in a couple of more days

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

current

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:exclamation: SUPER IMPORTANT: Some data is deleted forever

• Some items are deleted when Firefox closes (section 2800)
  
  
  
  • We do not delete your passwords, or cookies or site settings...
  
  
  • BUT... and this may come as a nasty surprise to some, we DO delete history - download, form and browsing histories. If you want to keep them, comment out those preferences
  
  
  • Note: Since FF55 we disabled search & form history (0860)
  
  

:exclamation: VERY IMPORTANT: Cookies, Extensions & First Party Isolation

• All cookies are disabled (2701) by default
  
  
  
  • Cookies control access to local storage and IndexedDB
  
  
  • Extensions (not Legacy Extensions) have more limited options for persistent storage, and many use IndexedDB
  
  
  • If you block all cookies by default, then you will need to allow a cookie exception for some Extensions, including uBlock Origin, uMatrix, Stylus, and Violentmonkey
  
  
  • See Setting Extension Permission Exceptions
  
  
• First Party Isolation (4001) is enabled by default
  
  
  
  • In FF58 and lower, cookie extensions cannot control persistent storage with FPI Origin Attributes ^{1381197 fixed in FF59}
  
  

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:exclamation: SUPER IMPORTANT: Some data is deleted forever

• Some items are deleted when Firefox closes (section 2800)
  
  
  
  • We do not delete your passwords, or site settings...
  
  
  • BUT... and this may come as a nasty surprise to some, we DO delete cookies and history - download, form and browsing histories. If you want to keep them, comment out those preferences
  
  
  • Note: Since FF55 we disabled search & form history (0860)
  
  

:exclamation: VERY IMPORTANT: Cookies & First Party Isolation

• In v62 on, first party cookies only are enabled (2701)
  
  
  
  • In v61 and earlier, all cookies were disabled and users encouraged to use site exceptions
  
  
  • Cookies control access to local storage and IndexedDB, and unbreak sites
  
  
  • In FF62+ you now have many ways to control cookies and related persistent data
  
  
  • This is just our TEMPLATE change - use what works for you
  
  
• First Party Isolation (4001) is enabled by default
  
  
  
  • It is recommended that you clear (Ctrl-Shift-Del) everything (except passwords and site preferences) when first enabling this, so non-Origin Attribute data is wiped
  
  

--exclude this (in hindsight)
^[1] Fixed FF59, blocking cookies blocks extensions using IDB etc - see here
^[2] Fixed FF59, extensions cannot control persistent storage with FPI Origin Attributes

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

^^ nits or :+1: .. or the :rabbit: gets it

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

I'm OK with dropping the two sup notes, but I don't like discarding useful info, but then it is for old versions and the extension+FPI issue is noted in the user.js, and we still have the wiki page on extension exceptions, so yeah, I can drop them to keep it cleaner

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

last bump ... will pull the trigger tomorrow :rabbit: :gun:

[Thorin-Oakenpants]

https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/commit/572d16d5a5863c08da5ed3b96f96d1effba3eeb8