What are the "Must Have" extensions for Firefox

Some nice security ones being posted here.

Even better, much easier than eCleaner and more features. Thanks.

 

http://www.ghacks.net/2011/09/13/sh...atic-social-media-button-information-sharing/

 

I found a decent looking Bookmarks encrypt/hide extension. Seems to do the job, password protects, and names the link with a random address. Not tried it myself. Will give it a whirl and see what it's like.

A review here

Firefox extension page here

 

Another new one, thanks.

 

Adblock plus
Tab mix plus
all-in-one gestures

That's all I got.

 

SSL Collection : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/ivanristic/ssl/

 

I run Firefox plus Adblock Plus, NoScript, RefControl (set to spoof), CookieMonster and BetterPrivacy.

 

I've heard about tracker block, a good extension for blocking trackers. Does somebody know it ? It works like ghostery ?

 

I'm using it myself. It lists far more trackers to block than Ghostery does, however, it does not list the same trackers either. I have found quite a few trackers Ghostery lists and blocks, that TrackerBlock does not, and vice versa. Right now I run the tracking protections lists in ABP, Tracker Block and Ghostery. It would be nice to not have to need 3 different extensions for taking care of the tracking issue, but it is what it is I guess.

 

I use it as well, although not with Ghostery since NoScript provides web bugs protection. Working fine with Adblock Plus.

 

Thanks. I'll try with the 3.

 

Are you sure that EasyPrivacy and Fanboy's tracking lists do not cover everything? They are very comprehensive after all and combining them with forbidding 3rd party cookies and Noscript should be the perfect solution.

 

Calomel SSL Validation updated to 0.51 : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/calomel-ssl-validation/versions/?page=1#version-0.51

 

I think that ABP with easyprivacy, ghostery and tracker block is a little too much.

 

I agree. I only use ABP with Easylist+Easyprivacy and add this filiter: ||google-analytics.com^$third-party. Google analytics was removed from Easyprivacy as it supposedly can break some websites. Therefore I manually add it and I haven't come across any problems with my browsing habits. I think Easyprivacy covers most. You could always add Fanboys Enhanced Tracking List -http://www.fanboy.co.nz/filters.html-. I don't think you need Ghostery etc, with these.

 

I no longer use NoScript, and Ghostery is still blocking quite a bit even with both Fanboy tracking lists and TrackerBlock. If ABP covers it all, Ghostery shouldn't be needing to block anything I assume.

 

Not security related, but my "must-have" extension is Read It Later.

 

For the moment i'm trying ghostery and ABP with esasylist and easyprivacy.
I use ghostery to view if the trackers are blocked or not.

 

HTTPS Everywhere 2.0.0 development 2 available : https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere

2.0.0development.2 (2011-10-05)
* Enable YouTube by default
(also closes https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4032)
* Merge nsIContentPolicy disablement from stable
(closes https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3882)
* Context menu should work on error pages
(https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/3815)
* Fix the ASN setting button in the observatory prefs
(https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/4170)
* Make the Observatory much more efficient
* Ship 46 new rulesets
* Update for new Wikipedia HTTPS deployment
* Ruleset Fixes and Enhancements: Yandex, Identica, SBB, Polldaddy, XKCD,
Statcounter, Caltech, UCSD, FlickR, Android
* Disable broken: LastPass, Avast, EPEAT, Bloglines
* Improve the state of our translations-in progress
* Fancy new Python build scripts

 

HTTPS Everywhere is great but its default rulesets (353 KB) are pure overkill. Fortunately it is possible to delete the default.rulesets file and only use one's own, which can then be enabled or disabled as needed.

 

Preferences Monitor

-https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/preferences-monitor/?src=cb-dl-updated

 

Now that's different, ty.

 

Review about preferences monitor -http://www.ghacks.net/2011/10/24/firefox-preferences-monitor/

 

Add-on for Flash quality:
http://www.ghacks.net/2011/11/04/low-quality-flash-improve-flash-performance-in-firefox/

 

One extension that is proving very useful for me after I disabled Firefox cache: Lazarus: Form Recovery.

"Never lose anything you type into a web form again! Lazarus securely auto-saves all forms as you type, so after a crash, server timeout, or whatever, you can go back to the form, right click, "recover form", and breathe a sigh of relief..."