Comments on: 9 Firefox Extensions to Protect Your Privacy

By: Data Protection

Data Protection — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:25:23 +0000

These add-ons may help keep your information private but they will not protect against all sorts of malware that commonly arise in social networking sites. Some good rules that I like to keep in mind are 1) never to open files that are sent to me from an unfamiliar source 2) never enter my password and username when prompted to by a seemingly familiar source; it is safer to restart the program and enter information on the main screen of the website 3) Make my passwords complicated using symbols.

By: New Proxy Sites

New Proxy Sites — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 13:33:59 +0000

PHProxy sites are good for getting around local URL based browser restrictions but you are basically entrusting everything you submit to an unknown server so… not suitable for confidential stuff

By: Pooch McGinty

Pooch McGinty — Thu, 29 May 2008 17:28:56 +0000

Basically none of this stuff can prevent you from getting raped so just be careful out there guys.

By: Brian Carnell

Brian Carnell — Fri, 23 May 2008 14:40:11 +0000

“I never consider Noscript a really security extensions. It disable javascript but even websites likes Google and similar that you consider trusted sites could be vulnerable at xss and so, even if you let noscript works with them, you’ll never keep really secure.
Noscript was good some years ago but now
the web is most based on js and use noscript is simple useless.”

Completely disagree. It’s all about reducing the risk. There are lots of sites I visit that are more than functional enough without running whatever js nonsense they’re running. Yes, my trusted sites could be vulnerable, but that’s not much of an argument against blocking js at non-trusted sites.

By: l33t

l33t — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:43:13 +0000

I never consider Noscript a really security extensions. It disable javascript but even websites likes Google and similar that you consider trusted sites could be vulnerable at xss and so, even if you let noscript works with them, you’ll never keep really secure.
Noscript was good some years ago but now
the web is most based on js and use noscript is simple useless.

By: Mike Gunderloy

Mike Gunderloy — Fri, 23 May 2008 11:44:46 +0000

Indeed, NoScript (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/722) is a great addition to the line-up; making JavaScript default to “off” is a great way to be more secure against attacks as well as preventing some information-harvesting.

I didn’t include Safe Cache (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1474), which helps prevent cross-site behavior tracking via included files, because I haven’t had good results running it. The code hasn’t been updated in a year and a half and it looks like FF3 is leaving it behind.

SafeHistory (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1502), preventing cross-site information sniffing via visited link displays, is another one that seems to be moldering.

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 23 May 2008 09:07:48 +0000

I’m surprised you left out NoScript. Safe History and Safe Cache are also good for the privacy-minded.

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:50:54 +0000

NoScript is a great extension for managing the JavaScript to allow on a page. You can basically tell Firefox to accept JavaScript from specific domains and also tell it never to. You can even allow it temporarily during the session.

In an era of XSS attacks and the overabundance of 3rd party JS files that can overstep the privacy line, this is a nice add-on.