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Use the right pref for disabling remote lookups for downloads
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`browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled` controls the whole
download protection feature and as long as
`browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled` is disabled, it
only does the local checks against a blacklist and a whitelist.
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Francois Marier committed Oct 21, 2015
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Expand Up @@ -231,9 +231,11 @@ user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.enabled", true);
// http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.malware.enabled", true);

// Disable safe browsing for downloaded files. this leaks information to google.
// Disable safe browsing remote lookups for downloaded files.
// This leaks information to google.
// https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/39.0/releasenotes/
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.enabled", false);
// https://wiki.mozilla.org/Security/Application_Reputation
user_pref("browser.safebrowsing.downloads.remote.enabled", false);

// Disable pocket
// https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/save-web-pages-later-pocket-firefox
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