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V-252908

CAT II (Medium)

Pocket must be disabled.

Rule ID

SV-252908r960963_rule

STIG

Mozilla Firefox Security Technical Implementation Guide

Version

V6R7

CCIs

CCI-000381

Discussion

Pocket, previously known as Read It Later, is a social bookmarking service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks. Data gathering cloud services such as this are generally disabled in the DoD.

Check Content

Type "about:policies" in the browser address bar. 

If "DisablePocket" is not displayed under Policy Name or the Policy Value does not have a value of "true", this is a finding.

Fix Text

Windows group policy:
1. Open the group policy editor tool with "gpedit.msc".
2. Navigate to Policy Path: Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Mozilla\Firefox
Policy Name: Disable Pocket
Policy State: Enabled

macOS "plist" file:
<key>DisablePocket</key>
 <true/>

Linux "policies.json" file:
Add the following in the policies section:
"DisablePocket": true