Disable local IP leak on Firefox – WebRTC

Avoid sites fetching your internal IP by disabling WebRTC…

The native way:
– Go to about:config and set “media.peerconnection.ice.default_address_only” to true

And the old way:
– Use a plugin like “Disable WebRTC”
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/

What is WebRTC and what does it work for?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebRTC

Sources:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Media/WebRTC/Privacy
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/happy-bonobo-disable-webrtc/

AC.

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