Pocket must be disabled.
Severity | Group ID | Group Title | Version | Rule ID | Date | STIG Version |
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| medium | V-252908 | SRG-APP-000141 | FFOX-00-000038 | SV-252908r960963_rule | 2025-02-11 | 6 |
| Description |
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| 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. |
| ℹ️ Check |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |