Liste d’extensions pour Firefox, pratique à avoir sous la main quand on croise un Firefox tout nu.
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To list your installed add-ons open a new tab (CTRL+T) and load
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To install a new add-on, click on one of the links below and click the big
Installbutton.
1. Most recommended
LocalCDN : Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers. Speedup slow internet connections.
It’s a living fork of the well known Decentraleyes that looks dead since 2023-08-30.
HTTPS Everywhere : Encrypt the web! HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension to protect your communications by enabling HTTPS encryption automatically on sites that are known to support it, even when you type URLs or follow links that omit the https: prefix.
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uBlock Origin : Efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
2. Personal preference
NoScript : Improve the security you can get in a web browser. Allow potentially malicious web content to run only from sites you trust. Protect yourself against XSS other web security exploits.
History Cleaner : Deletes browsing history older than a specified number of days.
I don’t care about cookies : Get rid of cookie warnings from almost all websites!
2.1. Very personal preferences
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When editing an Etherpad, I deactivate Vim Vixen by clicking on its icon. Otherwise your key strokes are interpreted as key shortcuts by Firefox and it goes wild very quickly. |
Awesome RSS : Puts an RSS/Atom subscribe button back in URL bar. Supports "Live Bookmarks" (built-in), Feedly, & Inoreader
3. Privacy hardening
To check you web browser privacy protection level you can use this EFF online tool : https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/
With the following add-ons you can reach an honorable score. And with a few additional about:config tweaks you break some websites but you can reach close to Tor Browser performances. I won’t detail those additional tweaks, if you need them use and support Tor Browser instead <3
If you use and like the Tor Browser, you might consider installer Snowflake everywhere on your other browsers to contribute to Tor as an entry point. It helps people in censored countries to bypass censorship.
3.1. Strong method
Firefox Multi-Account Containers : Firefox Multi-Account Containers lets you keep parts of your online life separated into color-coded tabs that preserve your privacy. Cookies are separated by container, allowing you to use the web with multiple identities or accounts simultaneously.
Temporary Containers : Open tabs, websites, and links in automatically managed disposable containers. Containers isolate data websites store (cookies, storage, and more) from each other, enhancing your privacy and security while you browse.
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Using both those add-ons, by default your tabs are open with temporary containers, and you can create new named containers and setting specific domains for them in order to keep wanted sessions alive. To keep a session :
When you’ll open this webpage again for the first time, it will ask if you really want to open the webpage in the designated container, and once clicked |
3.2. Lighter setup for lighter protection
Self-Destruction Cookies (WebEx) : Delete cookies when browser is closed or once the tab is closed to prevent possible trackings
With this add-on, you don’t have to configure anything, and all your cookies will be destroyed a few seconds after you close a tab (except for manually white-listed domains for which you want to keep sessions open). So, if you open multiple sessions on untrusted platforms (GAFAM…) at the same time, you’re not protected, but if you open those sessions with enough seconds of time distance, you are protected regarding cookies.
Note that you can also set up Firefox to delete any personal information at each window closing, giving you a similar control at window closing cost.
4. Honorable mention
Dark Reader : Dark mode for every website. Take care of your eyes, use dark theme for night and daily browsing.
Video DownloadHelper : The easy way to download and convert Web videos from hundreds of video-playing sites.
Meta-Press.es : The decentralized press meta-search engine I made and you can support here.
Meta-Press.es: search-engine