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FirefoxTelemetryDisable.ps1
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FirefoxTelemetryDisable.ps1
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<#
.SYNOPSIS
Disable Firefox Telemetry
.DESCRIPTION
This disables most/all known telemetry for Firefox.
.NOTES
Created by Jauder Ho
Last modified 11/1/2019
https://www.carumba.com
BSD License
Pull requests are welcome.
.LINK
https://www.carumba.com
#>
# Elevate as needed
# https://superuser.com/questions/108207/how-to-run-a-powershell-script-as-administrator
param([switch]$Elevated)
function Test-Admin {
$currentUser = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal $([Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent())
$currentUser.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltinRole]::Administrator)
}
if ((Test-Admin) -eq $false) {
if ($elevated) {
# tried to elevate, did not work, aborting
}
else {
Start-Process powershell.exe -Verb RunAs -ArgumentList ('-noprofile -noexit -file "{0}" -elevated' -f ($myinvocation.MyCommand.Definition))
}
exit
}
Write-Output 'Running with full privileges...'
function Disable-FirefoxTelemetry {
# https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/firefox-now-tells-mozilla-what-your-default-browser-is-every-day/
#Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox" -Name "DisableDefaultBrowserAgent"
If (!(Test-Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox')) {
New-Item 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox' -Force | Out-Null
}
Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox" -Name "DisableDefaultBrowserAgent" -Type DWord 1
}
Disable-FirefoxTelemetry