codingowl

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   by codingowl 8y ago

   These are the basic basics for tweaking FF's about:config. There are many more. Try these and see how you fare... layout.css.visited_links_enabled set to false; geo.enabled set to false; media.navigator.enabled set to false; media.peer
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   by codingowl 8y ago

   ScriptSafe is light years better and easier IMHO than NoScript. NS tends to break most sites, whereas SS doesn't.
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   by codingowl 8y ago

   I don't seem to suffer from slowness with my FF setup. My home connection is 400Mbit/50Mbit unlimited. I surf heavily/code/SlingTV all the time. I also keep a similarly locked-down instance of Vivaldi on hand for email a
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   by codingowl 8y ago

   Most of the time in the Netherlands. Sometimes in Texas with IT friends. We do VPN sharing and passthroughs to mix it all up. Hence my wanting to set up more permanent solution like hosted, heavily VPN'd remote desktops with revolving
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   by codingowl 8y ago

   You don't need Tor to do this. Tor is slow and frustrating. I use a heavily-modified Firefox instance over a VPN with uBlock Origin, Privacy Badger, Disconnect, No Coin, Script Safe, Token Tracker Stripper, Neat URL and too many about:
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   by codingowl 8y ago

   Like most IT guys, I block everything possible: cookies (whitelist), CSS history, ads, beacons, tracking of all sorts, http/s referrer, webrtc, browser fingerprinting, DNS prefetch, and much more, passing all of this through a person