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Firefox keeps overwriting my Privacy settings

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dbbolton
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Every time I go to Preferences > Privacy after restarting Firefox, **my custom settings are gone and reset to the default "Firefox will remember history".**

This seems like a huge security issue if Firefox is actively ignoring and overwriting users' cookie settings.

My Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0

Every time I go to Preferences > Privacy after restarting Firefox, **my custom settings are gone and reset to the default "Firefox will remember history".** This seems like a huge security issue if Firefox is actively ignoring and overwriting users' cookie settings. My Build identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0

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dbbolton
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Best proof I can offer: http://imgur.com/a/q4LY2

cor-el
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That is probably OK.

If you see "(Never) Remember History" then that means that all history and cookie settings are set to the default value (i.e. cookies are enabled).
The "Use custom settings for history" selection allows to see the current history and cookie settings, but selecting this doesn't make any changes to history and cookie settings.
Firefox shows "Use custom settings for history" as an indication that at least one of the history and cookie settings is not the default to make you aware that changes were made.
If all History settings are default then the custom settings are hidden and you see "Firefox will: (Never) Remember History".
"Never Remember History" means that Private Browsing is active and "Always use private browsing mode" gets a check mark.
"Use custom settings for history" stays selected if at least one of the History or Cookie settings is not the default to make you aware that changes from the default setting have been made.

dbbolton
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You can see in the screenshot that I DID change a setting. Specifically I changed "Accept third-party cookies" from "Always" to "from visited".

When I restart FF, then select custom settings again, this item will be reset to "always".

cor-el
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Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem (switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance).

  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window.

If you do not keep changes after a restart or otherwise have problems with preferences, see: