What are the "Must Have" extensions for Firefox

Thanks!

I downloaded it, and it does have some regex entries. It will take sometime to learn how to configure it properly, though. The official website isn't very helpful.

It has a default list, so it should make it easier to understand how it works.



By the way, is anyone familiar with an extention that allows controlling JavaScript like Chrome does? There are two things I like about Chrome, regarding JavaScript. When JavaScript is blocked, it reveals a JavaScript icon in the address bar where the user can allow it, and it's also possible to whitelist/blacklist by TLD (top level domain, such as *.com, etc). I wish this could be possible in Firefox, but so far found no extension. Bummer.

 

NoScript?

anyway, i may have changed my mind about blocking javascripts.
the web is not what it was 5 years ago and js are becoming more and more present everywhere.
which makes it even more of a headache trying to manage all this.

i think trying to 'fight' js is a losing proposition.

 

Not really what I want, though. I started to wonder, after seeing it as a reply to one of my security measures in Chromium, regarding JavaScript. https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=2065644&postcount=7

Considering that user x942 mentions even better than NoScript, I'm assuming he/she is doing the same for Firefox. The thing is, there's no way to do it natively, so it must be some extension... other than NoScript.

It's amazing the amount of extensions I got to use to have the minimal experience I got with Chromium, natively.

 

Right. Besides, ABP also uses Regex. But Wladimir Palant found that this can slow down the extension: That's why the ABP filter lists have been using "simple" rules for quite some time.

 

I mentioned elsewhere that I've given up trying other blockers and Privoxy and am now using just ABP (though I'm still not using any of the pre-made filter lists).

 

I think NoScript has that functionality. See: http://noscript.net/features/#blacklist

 

Have you tried it?

 

NoTrace is a project by ISISLab of the Informatics department of the University of Salerno:

It is still a bit rough around the edges and sluggish, but quite comprehensive and promising!

http://isis.dia.unisa.it/projects/NoTrace/index.html

 

Wow - a thread started six and a half years ago. That can be dangerous if someone is not paying attention to the date.


For me:

- Readability
- ABP
- Springpad
- Roboform Pro

Some interesting things mentioned. I'm going to check a couple out - especially RefControl.

 

I like Readability as well. Have you ever used Reader 3.4?

 

Don't forget RequestPolicy:

https://www.requestpolicy.com/

 

I gave it a try, and it does work great. That's its problem. After installing, I opened Softpedia and PCWorld, and to be able to view those websites properly, I had to create quite a few exception rules. Sadly, by right-clicking RP icon, we can only temporarily allow the scripts. Then, in the Preferences, there's no way to double-click Temporary to make it permanent. I actually had to write those rules from scratch again. Bummer.

I hope they can solve this, somehow. I'll have to see how to create a file to import those rules; maybe it gets easier that way.

Anyway, nice extension.

 

Well, that's easy since you can export your rules to a text file. You'll see that it's a very simple one.

BTW, have you noticed that RP offers an Initial Configuration button that adds a lot of default rules which make life a bit easier?

 

Yes, it is.

I did. Unfortunately, it only has services that are used by millions of users. So, Softpedia, etc are out of the equation. But, it's great it has that default list.

 

This is cute:

http://mycroft.mozdev.org/search-engines.html?name=sitecheck

http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/

 

That extension is really great, if you're used to Chromium. It's a nice replacement to Chromium's native features chrome://net-internals/#dns and chrome://net-internals/#events.

 

What about starting a Private Browsing along with the old 'Anonymizer Nevercookie' + Ghostery add-ons ?

 

I'm running Firefox with Private Browsing + RequestPolicy + AdBlock Plus with Fanboy Complete Adblock and country specific list + Abine DNT+. I also have a few more extensions, but not related with quite related with privacy...

DNT+ blocks what RequestPolicy can't block and whatever Fanboy's list doesn't have. I've seen it blocking a few trackers, especially from Omniture.

I wasn't familiar with Anonymizer Nevercookie. Will have to take a look at it.

 

I tried it for a few days a while back. It was just WAY too much work to use.

 

Hm, what would that be? AFAIK, RP blocks what you don't explicitly allow.

 

From what I could see, it (DNT+) apparently blocks what's in <noscript> tag. Go to -http://www.avgthreatlabs.com. DNT+ blocks a connection to Omniture, which I suppose it's coming from this code:

Code:

<noscript>
	<img src='-http://avgtechnologies.112.2o7.net/b/ss/avgthreatlabs/1/H.22.1--NS/0' height='1' width='1' border='0' alt='' />
</noscript>

At first, I thought it could be because DNT+ loads first , but in that case, it would also block connections to Facebook, Twiter, etc., which RequestPolicy blocks. Those other connections RequestPolicy blocks are in <script> tags.

So, I believe this is a limitation in RequestPolicy, as it doesn't seem to be filtering <noscript> tags. Or, I'm doing something wrong.

-edit-

Nevermind... It does block it. I had a momentary stupid moment. If JavaScript is enabled, of course the <noscript> tags won't make the connection, hence RequestPolicy not blocking, and also the reason DNT+ blocked the code, but not the actual connection. lol This obviously means that if JavaScript is disabled, then the <noscript> connections will occur, and RP will block it.

 

Yes, that's what I also found But that means that DNT+ blocks code once you whitelist a site in Noscript, doesn't it? On the other hand, why doesn't block RP 2o7.net once the site is (temporarily) whitelisted?

 

I'm not 100% sure how NoScript works, but I believe that if there's tracking code in a domain/sub-domain that you whitelist, then DNT+ would block it, provided there's a rule to detect it.

On a side note, I discovered an additional reason to keep DNT+. In AVG Threat Labs website, if you click Show more about threat activity, after you verify a domain, then RequestPolicy will prevent the website from loading that part. Oddily enough, that part comes from avgthreatlabs.com, so it should allow. But, it didn't. So, I started to temporarily allow connections, and I had to allow a connection to s3. amazons.com. Now, the Show more about threat activity works, despite DNT+ blocking that tracker, GetSatisfaction as it's named by DNT+.

In HttpFox, I see that in the Result column, there's no indication of the status. It's empty.

I tried in Chromium, only with DNT+, and it blocks it too. But, if I use KISS Privacy, then it's blocked as well. Due to KISS Privacy way of working, if you right-click the link and open it in an new tab, it will load Show more about threat activity box just fine, unlike RequestPolicy.

I'll keep DNT+.

 

@m00nbl00d: I'm still unsure why RP doesn't always block depending on whether the site is whitelisted in NS or not. But I agree that it's a reason why one should keep DNT+.

 

DNT+ or Ghostery?