[tor-bugs] #16222 [Tor Browser]: Review networking code for Firefox 38

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#16222: Review networking code for Firefox 38
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     Reporter:           |      Owner:  mikeperry
  mikeperry              |     Status:  needs_review
         Type:  task     |  Milestone:
     Priority:  normal   |    Version:
    Component:  Tor      |   Keywords:  ff38-esr, tbb-5.0a3-essential,
  Browser                |  TorBrowserTeam201506R, MikePerry201506,
   Resolution:           |  GeorgKoppen201506
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Comment (by mcs):

 For WebIDE, I think we should set prefs. like this:
  devtools.webide.autoinstallADBHelper = false
  devtools.webide.autoinstallFxdtAdapters = false
 (prevent download and install of the extensions Mike mentioned)

 and:
  devtools.debugger.remote-enabled = false
 (which is the default setting except in FF Developer Edition)

 I could not find where devtools.debugger.enabled is currently used; back
 in FF 24 it was used to disable the JS debugger, but apparently no longer.

 And as Mike mentioned we probably want to set:
   devtools.webide.enabled = false
 because as soon as you open WebIDE, networking code starts to run that
 looks for Firefox OS devices, etc. on the local network (via the code in
 toolkit/devtools/discovery/discovery.js)

 Also, because we have disabled IndexedDB, when you open WebIDE it shows an
 error anyway: "Unable to load project list" (it uses IndexedDB to store
 info about the projects users are debugging).

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