I use uBlock Origin and make some changes to the default settings. Have seen recommend configs, but haven’t gotten to implement them yet.
What do you do to make Firefox even more privacy respecting and secure?
Chameleon for anti fingerprinting, ublock, clearurls, noscript
Really shouldn’t use anything more than uBo since extensions make it easier to fingerprint you.
This is absolutely false. In a standard browser environment you are going to require a multitude of plugins to achieve various tasks. In fact; having uBo installed is in and of itself fingerprintable to the nth degree. An advanced fingerprinting suite can glean data from your browser based on which uBo lists you subscribe to.
With the sole exception being purpose-hardened browsers like Mullvad’s or Tor Browser; there is no reason to skip having plugins. You already fingerprinted yourself by running that one plugin.
https://lemmy.one/comment/9485
I go over many of my plugins and why I use them here.
- Canvas blocker - prevents some usage of javascript for fingerprinting.
- Change Geolocation - the actual reason that I use it is not privacy, but to prevent Google from forcing local results (I set my geolocation to Antarctica). However you can use it for privacy, specially if you live in a small town.
- Decentraleyes - prevents tracking through content delivery.
- Ninja Cookie - handles cookies banners, telling them that you don’t allow cookies. It’s one of those extensions where QoL is privacy, since those banners are often crafted in a way to tire you out so you allow cookies.
- uBlock Origin - I guess most people here know about it.
Decentraleyes - prevents tracking through content delivery.
Decentraleyes is AFAIK severely outdated. Use LocalCDN if you must, though I personally am not convinced there’s any real threat model where these are useful.
- Ublock origin
- noscript
- localCDN
- tampermonkey with anti ad blocker blocker scriipts
- ptivacy redirects
I also use ghostery, ad-guard, and one that cleans trackers from linked urls. I forgot what it’s called.
Both LocalCDN and any anti ad-block scripts are useless nowadays. uBO by itself does quite a bit of defusing itself as long as no other extensions conflict with it (so, make sure it’s the only ad blocker you have) (also enable the built-in annoyance filters. They deal with anti-adblocks as well)
Noscript can also be replaced with uBO’s dynamic filters/advanced mode. Read it’s wiki if you want to learn how
Please elaborate how LocalCDN is useless.
Anti ad blocker blocker scripts have been installed because of ad blocker blocker who blocked me using ublock origin. After enabling the anti ad blocker never bothered me again and since i have other user scripts and write my own occasionaly, tampermonkey isn’t useless at all.
noScript has a very convienient menu and is superior to ublock regarding usability (when it comes to selectivly blocking scripts). No need to read a wiki. Therefore I prefer it.
