[UPDATE] browsers > Firefox

re: Browsers

Significantly more private, and offers some nifty privacy features than Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari. After installing, there are a couple of small tweaks you will need to make, in order to secure Firefox. You can follow one of these guides by:

personally i don't agree - by default FF is a very noisy browser and Moz is using Google infrastructure for various things, telemetry being one of them (this is what led to the latest outage)

it also takes allot more than a few tweaks to beat it into submission, starting with the arkenfix user.js

that said, i personally still recommend FF over any other mainstream browser, but only because i'm not aware of a better candidate

also, the 12bytes link has changed - not sure which guide you might want to link to, but both are here

lastly, i took a quick look at the "Security Gladiators" link in that same section and personally i would dump that link immediately - this person/persons is an f'n moron(s)

don't take this personally - the following rant is directed squarely at them...

Mozilla Firefox is a privacy-friendly web browser.

... that has and continues to partner with a plethora of privacy hating mega-corporations like Google (associated with u.s./israeli intelligence), Microsoft, Facebook (associated u.s./israeli intelligence), Verizon, Comcast, Amdocs (israeli owned company tied to the 11-Sep-2001 terrorist attacks), etc., etc.

Since Mozilla Firefox is open source and has no corporation behind it that wants it to make money, Firefox doesn’t really have a need to track users. source

WHAT ??? FF is Moz's star money mill!

And researchers have audited the web browser multiple times.

...and they link to an audit of Firefox Accounts, not the browser

And so, Firefox does not track users and their activities on the internet.

right... they just send data to everyone else that does

But there are lots of other reasons why Firefox has gained so much popularity over the last couple of years.

utter nonsense - Firefox market share continues to tank like a lead balloon

again, it's a decent browser, but only after modifying hundreds of prefs and adding a few extensions

edit: i made the mistake of reading more of their "great" advice...

So what’s the best line of defense against problems such as web browser fingerprinting?

Well, no need for any difficult solutions.

The most pain-free way to do it is to use as plain vanilla and common version of a given operating system and web browser as is practically possible.

...or just enable RFP and dFPI in Firefox

It is best to use Tor browser without the Tor function as that is what most security experts recommend to users who want to reduce browser fingerprinting.

that's fine, if you don't watch HD video, play latency-sensitive games, trust a network that's funded in part by u.s. dod, and trust a network where the entirety of it can be run on a single box, such as by your ISP

Enable Global Tracking Protection

obsolete - "Enhanced Tracking Protection" needs to be set to "strict" - this enables dFPI

How To Turn On Do Not Track

Another useful feature.

useless - no one is forced to respect the DNT header

List of The Best Mozilla Firefox Security And Privacy Add-ons.

Privacy Badger

obsolete

The HTTPS Everywhere Addon

obsolete

NoScript

not needed with uBO (which they recommend)

uMatrix

no longer developed - largely replaced by uBO

Cookie AutoDelete

largely obsolete (dFPI)

User-Agent Switcher and Manager

NO! this can only compromise built-in anti fingerprinting (RFP)

Canvas Defender

largely obsolete (RFP, dFPI)

Decentraleyes

LocalCDN

Conclusion

That is it.

Not. Even. Close.

Lissy93 / personal-security-checklist

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