Comments on: 10+ Best Firefox Security and Privacy Addons http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/ Cool Websites, Software and Internet Tips Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Partyurlaub Zrce http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-437733 Partyurlaub Zrce Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:44:55 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-437733 thats a cool list. i can recommend foxyproxy too. its a great tool. thats a cool list. i can recommend foxyproxy too. its a great tool.

]]> By: Police Officer http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-430577 Police Officer Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:52:38 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-430577 http://to./695 Each profile has a couple of add-ons: Adblock Plus [mozilla.org] - general catch-all to block things like doubleclick and the million other trackers CookieSafe Lite [mozilla.org] - for fine-grained control of what sites can set cookies NoScript [mozilla.org] - for fine-grained control of what sites can use javascript and flash Redirect Cleaner [mozilla.org] - for removing those "bounce links" that a lot of sites use to track you when you follow a URL off their site, with the cleaner you go directly to the destination URL RefControl [mozilla.org] - for clearing out or rewriting the referrer URL - prevents sites from knowing where you came from when you clicked a URL to their site, sometimes helpful in accessing poorly 'restricted' content Targetted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out [mozilla.org] - sets special cookies that sites may choose to obey to say "don't profile me" since these TACOs are not unique-per-user, I figure it can't hurt although it probably doesn't do anything User Agent Switcher [mozilla.org] - Lets your browser identify itself as a different browser - this is very important Ghostery [mozilla.org] - Informational Only - tells you what tracking sites may be tracking you on any given page (does not block them, and you get false alarms on sites where NoScript blocks javascript, but it is still good for situational awareness) Better Privacy [mozilla.org] - Blocks new stealth "super cookies" in Flash and DOM Storage Objects. VERY IMPORTANT http://to./695

Each profile has a couple of add-ons:
Adblock Plus [mozilla.org] – general catch-all to block things like doubleclick and the million other trackers
CookieSafe Lite [mozilla.org] – for fine-grained control of what sites can set cookies
NoScript [mozilla.org] – for fine-grained control of what sites can use javascript and flash
Redirect Cleaner [mozilla.org] – for removing those “bounce links” that a lot of sites use to track you when you follow a URL off their site, with the cleaner you go directly to the destination URL
RefControl [mozilla.org] – for clearing out or rewriting the referrer URL – prevents sites from knowing where you came from when you clicked a URL to their site, sometimes helpful in accessing poorly ‘restricted’ content
Targetted Advertising Cookie Opt-Out [mozilla.org] – sets special cookies that sites may choose to obey to say “don’t profile me” since these TACOs are not unique-per-user, I figure it can’t hurt although it probably doesn’t do anything
User Agent Switcher [mozilla.org] – Lets your browser identify itself as a different browser – this is very important
Ghostery [mozilla.org] – Informational Only – tells you what tracking sites may be tracking you on any given page (does not block them, and you get false alarms on sites where NoScript blocks javascript, but it is still good for situational awareness)
Better Privacy [mozilla.org] – Blocks new stealth “super cookies” in Flash and DOM Storage Objects. VERY IMPORTANT

]]> By: Crazy Dave http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-422433 Crazy Dave Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:33:32 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-422433 I see SmartGuy is living up to his name again.... I agree with his comment though... I see SmartGuy is living up to his name again…. I agree with his comment though…

]]> By: Tsedaka http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-419925 Tsedaka Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:40:48 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-419925 Thanks for this great article! If you want more Firefox add-ons, I wrote a post listing 83 Awesome Firefox Add-ons that every Web Designer must have! http://bit.ly/2s7GQS Cheers :) Thanks for this great article!

If you want more Firefox add-ons, I wrote a post listing 83 Awesome Firefox Add-ons that every Web Designer must have! http://bit.ly/2s7GQS

Cheers :)

]]> By: Grey http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-419704 Grey Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:07:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-419704 Just so you know, your Page Title Eraser link goes to GoldShift -- add-on 2362 instead of 2363. Thought you might want to fix that. :) Just so you know, your Page Title Eraser link goes to GoldShift — add-on 2362 instead of 2363. Thought you might want to fix that. :)

]]> By: Karl http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-419653 Karl Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:35:52 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-419653 Most of these sites are frickin' useless. When I clicked on a site, most of them said no longer available. Frickin' useless!! Most of these sites are frickin’ useless. When I clicked on a site, most of them said no longer available. Frickin’ useless!!

]]> By: Phil http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-419071 Phil Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:20:35 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-419071 Nice article. I run NoScript, BetterPrivacy, Refreshblocker and FlashBlock. This combination provides the most secure possible browsing experience you can have. If you really want to go to sites or just have a look around the net to see what is happening, I suggest using a LiveCD like PuppyLinux. Just search the name and it will take you to the website. Once you have it up and running you can remaster the image with the above add-ons. Happy Surfing Phil Nice article. I run NoScript, BetterPrivacy, Refreshblocker and FlashBlock. This combination provides the most secure possible browsing experience you can have.
If you really want to go to sites or just have a look around the net to see what is happening, I suggest using a LiveCD like PuppyLinux. Just search the name and it will take you to the website. Once you have it up and running you can remaster the image with the above add-ons.
Happy Surfing
Phil

]]> By: WulfTheSaxon http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-416197 WulfTheSaxon Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:32:56 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-416197 Looks like the Ghostery link got seriously mutilated by your CMS. Looks like the Ghostery link got seriously mutilated by your CMS.

]]> By: Waheed Akhtar http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-415195 Waheed Akhtar Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:05:02 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-415195 Nice list. I have also made an article and made a list of <strong><a href="http://www.smashingshare.com/2009/09/28/30-best-firefox-addons-for-web-designers-and-developers/" title="" rel="nofollow">30+ Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers</a></strong> Nice list.
I have also made an article and made a list of 30+ Best Firefox Addons for Web Designers and Developers

]]> By: Web development lucknow http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-firefox-addons-for-enhancing-security-and-privacy/#comment-404810 Web development lucknow Tue, 15 Sep 2009 11:07:54 +0000 http://www.makeuseof.com/?p=14482#comment-404810 COOL stuff , it really help. COOL stuff , it really help.

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