Is there a way to set the settings in Firefox's about:config page to "read only" so that addons cannot modify them?
I want to be able to lock in my tweaks to the settings in about:config so that addons and other third party applications cannot modify them without me first setting the permissions back to "read and write".
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How did you determine addons and 3rd party apps were doing the changes?
WebExtensions can't modify pref that appear on the about:config page like was possible with Legacy extensions.
You can lock specific prefs to make it impossible to change them from within Firefox.
See:
cor-el said
WebExtensions can't modify pref that appear on the about:config page like was possible with Legacy extensions. You can lock specific prefs to make it impossible to change them from within Firefox. See:
Thanks for the info!
WestEnd said
How did you determine addons and 3rd party apps were doing the changes?
I have not diagnosed that, I just want a way to lock it down from other users changing it. These are custom settings on a publicly accessible (by employees) computer.