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Does anyone have a link for that Firefox add-on that protects your privacy?

by Toshio 14y ago

sonicaa 14y ago
On Firefox, Options > Privacy, check "Tell websites that I do not want to be tracked". Not sure if all websites respect this setting.
- Toshio 14y ago
  Thanks, but that's not what I meant to ask. There's a Firefox add-on that knows about about all the privacy-invading companies out there, and prevents Firefox from connecting to their servers.
- kennu 14y ago
  It would be pretty optimistic to assume that Facebook wouldn't store your historical data, if you're deliberately logged in with your account but sending DNT: 1. Facebook's whole user experience pretty much relies on the historical data it collects of the logged in users' actions. (I mean this from the point of view that you are a Facebook user who doesn't want to receive profiled advertising as described in the article.)
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smoyer 14y ago
Ctrl-Shft-P is "Start Private Browsing" (also available in the "Tools" menu (on Linux). Private browsing is described here: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-browse-web-without-saving-info http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-browse-.... Chrome has a similar feature if you open a new "Incognito Window".
nekgrim 14y ago
Ghostery? https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ghostery/ https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ghostery/ or Priv3? http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/ http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/
- Toshio 14y ago
  Yep, thanks, Ghostery is the one I had in mind. I'll take a look at Priv3 as well.
chokma 14y ago
Request Policy Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy... Better than "Private Browsing" or "do not track" for 3rd-party surveillance, because it will not load other server's tracking images / javascript. Only downside: expect some frustration when shopping online. It will break your first attempt at paying for anything via 3rd party payment services (which often use 3-4 different redirects to obscure banking providers - and each redirect / iframe will fail, of course). You can whitelist those, but it is more work.
ams6110 14y ago
I use the hosts file from http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm That blocks advertising sites regardless of browser. I also have added facebooks's domains to my hosts file (needless to say I don't use Facebook).

Does anyone have a link for that Firefox add-on that protects your privacy?

by Toshio 14y ago

Does anyone have a link for that Firefox add-on that protects your privacy?

On Firefox, Options > Privacy, check "Tell websites that I do not want to be tracked". Not sure if all websites respect this setting.

Toshio 14y ago
Thanks, but that's not what I meant to ask. There's a Firefox add-on that knows about about all the privacy-invading companies out there, and prevents Firefox from connecting to their servers.
kennu 14y ago
It would be pretty optimistic to assume that Facebook wouldn't store your historical data, if you're deliberately logged in with your account but sending DNT: 1. Facebook's whole user experience pretty much relies on the historical data it collects of the logged in users' actions. (I mean this from the point of view that you are a Facebook user who doesn't want to receive profiled advertising as described in the article.)

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smoyer 14y ago

Ctrl-Shft-P is "Start Private Browsing" (also available in the "Tools" menu (on Linux). Private browsing is described here: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-browse-web-without-saving-info http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-browse-.... Chrome has a similar feature if you open a new "Incognito Window".

nekgrim 14y ago

Ghostery? https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ghostery/ https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/ghostery/ or Priv3? http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/ http://priv3.icsi.berkeley.edu/

Toshio 14y ago
Yep, thanks, Ghostery is the one I had in mind. I'll take a look at Priv3 as well.

chokma 14y ago

Request Policy Add-on: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/requestpolicy... Better than "Private Browsing" or "do not track" for 3rd-party surveillance, because it will not load other server's tracking images / javascript. Only downside: expect some frustration when shopping online. It will break your first attempt at paying for anything via 3rd party payment services (which often use 3-4 different redirects to obscure banking providers - and each redirect / iframe will fail, of course). You can whitelist those, but it is more work.

ams6110 14y ago

I use the hosts file from http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm That blocks advertising sites regardless of browser. I also have added facebooks's domains to my hosts file (needless to say I don't use Facebook).