privacy.network

Properties

networkPredictionEnabled

A types.BrowserSetting object whose underlying value is a boolean. If true, the browser attempts to speed up web browsing by pre-resolving DNS entries, prerendering sites (using, for example, <link rel='prefetch' …>), and preemptively opening TCP and TLS connections to servers.

peerConnectionEnabled

A types.BrowserSetting object whose underlying value is a boolean. If false, the RTCPeerConnection interface is disabled. Note that getUserMedia() is not affected by this setting.

webRTCIPHandlingPolicy

A types.BrowserSetting object whose underlying value is a string. This setting allows users to specify the media performance/privacy tradeoffs which affect how WebRTC traffic will be routed and how much local address information is exposed. It may take any one of the following values, from least private to most private:

• default
• default_public_and_private_interfaces
• default_public_interface_only
• disable_non_proxied_udp
• proxy_only (only connections using TURN on a TCP connection through a proxy are allowed)

httpsOnlyMode

This setting allows your extension to determine if a user has enabled HTTPS-Only mode. This property is read-only on all platforms. Its underlying value is a string that may take one of three values:

• "always": HTTPS-Only mode is on.
• "never": HTTPS-Only mode is off.
• "private_browsing": HTTPS-Only mode is on in private browsing windows only.

globalPrivacyControl

this setting allows your extension to determine if a user has enabled Global Privacy Control. This property is read-only on all platforms. Its underlying value is a boolean where true indicates that the browser sends Global Privacy Control signals and false indicates the browser does not send the signals.

Examples

Set the webRTCIPHandlingPolicy property:

function onSet(result) {
  if (result) {
    console.log("success");
  } else {
    console.log("failure");
  }
}
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  let getting = browser.privacy.network.webRTCIPHandlingPolicy.get({});
  getting.then((got) => {
    console.log(got.value);
    if (
      got.levelOfControl === "controlled_by_this_extension" ||
      got.levelOfControl === "controllable_by_this_extension"
    ) {
      let setting = browser.privacy.network.webRTCIPHandlingPolicy.set({
        value: "default_public_interface_only",
      });
      setting.then(onSet);
    } else {
      console.log("Not able to set webRTCIPHandlingPolicy");
    }
  });
});

Browser compatibility