Your favorite browser add-ons

1. 2017-06-23 at 2:35 AM UTC

   #21
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition

   Originally posted by inb4l0pht I mostly use Tor browser with no extra add-ons. In my normie browser uBlockO, HTTPS everywhere, canvas blocker, mpv integration for opening kiketube vids in a dedicated player, as well as several about:config tweaks to improve privacy and reduce fingerprinting.

   
   I just use a separate copy of firefox with everything turned off proxied directly to the SOCKS5 tor gateway
   
   I never did trust the tor bundle, especially after our good friends at the FBI exploited the legacy build of Firefox it used to be bundled with
2. 2017-06-23 at 3:15 AM UTC

   #22
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by aldra I just use a separate copy of firefox with everything turned off proxied directly to the SOCKS5 tor gateway
   
   I never did trust the tor bundle, especially after our good friends at the FBI exploited the legacy build of Firefox it used to be bundled with

   
   Yeah that's one way to do it, reminds me of back in the day when torbutton was just a firefox add-on and you had to configure everything manually.
   
   I like the anti-fingerprinting features built into the browser bundle (though FF with JS turned off and the Tor user agent is probably good enough), and these days they seem to stay pretty up to date with the latest firefox ESR, so I'm pretty comfortable with using it.
   
   Also, not sure if you know about Tor stream isolation, but you can set it to use a different circuit (and therefore exit IP) for each destination address by putting IsolateDestAddr next to the socks port in torrc. The bundle does this automatically and it probably improves anonymity.
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3. 2017-06-23 at 3:34 AM UTC

   #23
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   I didn't know that, would help a lot with avoiding timing attacks. I don't generally use tor for exit nodes but I'll keep it in mind
4. 2017-06-23 at 3:46 AM UTC

   #24
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   I suppose I have noscript and whatnot. A bunch of stuff gets blocked.
   
   I was reading the other day about a protection ring(?) tho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection_ring). Would additional addons just be in Ring 3, or would they need access to 1 and 2 as well depending on what they did?
   
   I actually don't really know if that's applicable, but it seemed interesting.
5. 2017-06-23 at 3:52 AM UTC

   #25
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   Completely unrelated, rings relate to how your computer sections and protects the memory it's currently working with.
   
   The kernel or operating system has access to ring 0 and everything higher, but programs you run like a browser will only have access to ring 5 and higher, so that they can't interfere with the memory Windows is using. Different applications also have 'protected' memory segments that stop them from interfering with each others' memory, but it's really a lot more complicated than I can condense into a paragraph
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6. 2017-06-23 at 3:54 AM UTC

   #26
   

   aldra JIDF Controlled Opposition
   Typically an addon or plugin will run within the same memory space as the browser itself, but it's sometimes possible to 'sandbox' them so that they cannot access anything outside of their own little segment. That would stop most plugins from working correctly though as they need access to your browser's memory to be able to detect and block ads, for example
7. 2017-06-23 at 3:55 AM UTC

   #27
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole
   Oh alright. Thanks.
8. 2017-06-23 at 3:56 AM UTC

   #28
   The Self Taught Man Black Hole

   Originally posted by Sophie Firefox is my main browser even on my android so.
   
   HTTPS Everywhere.
   NoScript
   Hackbar
   Live HTTP Headers.
   Firebug.
   HTML5 Canvas Fingerprint Blocker.
   Ad Block Plus.
   Disable WebRTC
   Random Agent Spoofer.
   World IP.
   Youtube Downloader.
   
   I used to have iMacros as well but then i figured out how to use Selenium with Python.

9. 2017-06-23 at 5:01 AM UTC

   #29
   

   SBTlauien African Astronaut

   Originally posted by benny vader so are they good add ons for tor ?

   
   I personally wouldn't use any aside from no-script, which I think comes with the TOR browser bundle.
10. 2017-07-20 at 5:15 PM UTC

    #30
    

    SBTlauien African Astronaut
    Fire Fox
    -Grab and Drag - Allows grabbing and dragging for touchscreen devices
11. 2017-07-20 at 6:18 PM UTC

    #31
    

    benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    whats a good web page > png add on for firfox ???
    
    i couldnt remember its name but it was good. it can save the entire length of a web page in png.
    
    have it during mozzilla 3.x days.
12. 2017-10-18 at 10:48 PM UTC

    #32
    

    SBTlauien African Astronaut
    Here's two more FireFox extensions I came across that are really nice...
    
    Grab and Drag - Scroll vertically on touchscreen devices(works well on my SP3)
    Text to Voice - Select text, right-click, and select "Speak It" to have the text read aloud
13. 2017-10-18 at 11:32 PM UTC

    #33
    

    AngryOnion Big Wig [the nightly self-effacing broadsheet]
    Bluhell firewall
    Video down load helper
14. 2017-10-19 at 1:13 AM UTC

    #34
    The Self Taught Man Black Hole
    Baby ill penetrate ur ring O any dai