# Arkenfox user.js

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Arkenfox user.js and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended for hardening Firefox against fingerprinting and tracking, doing more than default settings. Caveat: many settings don't work as expected.

## Why people recommend it

- Goes beyond default privacy settings (3 comments): "The Arkenfox user.js does all of this and more, but these options are not enabled by default." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46602602)) "The Arkenfox user.js user profile does this and more to mitigate fingerprinting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239192)) "probably as good as it gets in terms of privacy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46016868))
- Mitigates browser fingerprinting (2 comments): "it should, by default, use the Arkenfox settings (report spoofed values for language, screen size, fonts" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46865912)) "The Arkenfox user.js user profile does this and more to mitigate fingerprinting." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47239192))

## What people warn about

- Script seems to trigger a stop (1 comments): "there seems to be something about the script that is triggering you to stop" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47910994))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Just the Browser](https://hackerapproved.com/p/just-the-browser.md): 6 recommend
- [BetterFox](https://hackerapproved.com/p/betterfox.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Arkenfox user.js", https://hackerapproved.com/p/arkenfox-user-js/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).