Are there any extensions or add ons you'd recommend to protect my privacy in Firefox? I already delete cookies, cache and history on exit.
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Firefox Privacy
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NoScript is a favorite of mine.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
AdBlocker is also very good.
-- Sucrose Octanitrate. Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode. 
Depending on how much you usability you want on your firefox, the ones I've seen spoken highly of are AdBlock Plus and NoScript (i.e. No JavaScript). I'm sure there are others here that use them and know what to do.
... Though apparently everyone's already said that. I don't know why those posts never showed up. --- The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself." >Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
As I noted in the duplicate thread, Yuku's been very wonky the last 24 hours, with threads and forums flipping forward and backwards in time; one moment a thread will have a message posted a minute ago, the next it's last post is 4 hours earlier.
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. 
The EFF offers Https Everwhere Does what it says on teh tin.
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Besides the mentioned no-script and ad-block I use the Request Policy plugin to stop the relentless tracking by google and facebook, it controls access to 3'rd party sites so I don't see 'like' and '+1' buttons everywhere. It also breaks a lot of websites and it can be a pain to work with, so it's definitely not for everyone and I would not recommend it to most people. It's a question of how much you care and how much inconvenience you are willing to tolerate. There are other plugins that do the same and some use a blacklist instead of a whitelist, which is more convenient but less secure.
E: "Did they... did they just endorse the combination of the JSDF and US Army by showing them as two lesbian lolicons moving in together and holding hands and talking about how 'intimate' they were?" B: "Have you forgotten so soon? They're phasing out Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
If you have flash installed, you might check out an addon called "BetterPrivacy", which gives various options for handling (and getting rid of) flash's cookies, which are different from regular cookies in various ways.
-Morgan.
Mm. Forgot about Better Privacy. Now that I've moved to the new computer, I need to reinstall that.
Oh, and on another level entirely -- look into http://www.opendns.com/]OpenDNS for your system's DNS lookup instead of your ISP's default nameservers. It's free, filters malware, phishing, botnets and a bunch of other threats, and also offers automatic lookups of alternative URLs when a link fails on you. I've used them for years, and they have a lot of recommendations. -- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Is there any reason to make an account with them? I see these options labeled "Premium DNS" and "Home", but it looks like I can do it without an account.
----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia.
None at all. You can use them without ever telling them your name. Take the Home option and then Premium DNS, then the orange "Get Started" button if you really want to set up an account with them. But making use of their services is as simple as replacing two IP addresses in your system's internet configuration -- the addresses in the "Completely Free" box right over the "Get Started Button".
-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak.
Ok, swapped over, and everything seems to be working. Except when I type a search string into the address bar, it doesn't do a Google search now, and instead searches on OpenDNS's search engine. Any idea how too get it back to Google again?
Edit: I've managed to put together a partial fix with a Greasemonkey script. It still loads the OpenDNS search page, but then it immediately loads Google. Wish it could go straight to Google, but oh well. ----- Stand between the Silver Crystal and the Golden Sea. "Youngsters these days just have no appreciation for the magnificence of the legendary cucumber." --Krityan Elder, Tales of Vesperia. 
I'm not sure how googles address bar search works.
But one of the ways that OpenDNS monetizes it's service is to serve ads instead of giving back a 'domain not found'. And if google depends on the 'domain not found' error to decide if you want a search or an actual url, I can see how this breaks things. edit: fixed my broken tags -Terry ----- "so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today" TF2: Spy
It's never bothered me, really, but Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDNS#Is ... edirection]addresses this in their article on OpenDNS. Quick summary: you can disable it by preference if you have an account, and in Mozilla there's an extension you can install or you can take the navclient sourceID out of the keyword search URLs.
For those who need detailed instructions on how to set this up: Quote:1. Select Control Panel from the Start menu.-- Bob --------- Then the horns kicked in... ...and my shoes began to squeak. |
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