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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox (www.androidpolice.com)
submitted 11 months ago by AnActOfCreation@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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• Firefox offers better privacy and security than Chrome, with upcoming support for 200 new add-ons. • While Chrome dominates, Firefox gains ground with user-friendly browsing experience and open-source model. • Mozilla's focus on user privacy and transparency challenges Google's ad-centric approach, making Firefox a viable alternative.

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[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 37 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Since version 120 is coming to mobile soon with about 200 extensions (as mentioned in the article), can anyone recommend some good extensions that are newly added? I have ublock origin, HD YouTube, Google search fixer, clear url fixer, dark reader, privacy badger, and ghostery

[–] 31337@sh.itjust.works 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I think ghostery is owned by an ad company. I wouldn't trust it.

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seriously? I had no idea. That's kind of ironic if it is

[–] Zeroc00l@sh.itjust.works 24 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Yeah, privacy badger and ghostery are no longer recommended, unlock origin will do their job (better).

[–] dreamer@lemm.ee 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

What's wrong with Privacy Badger? Isn't that from EFF?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

There's nothing wrong with it, it's just not needed if FF blocks all 3rd party cookies outright. Privacy Badger was supposed to autodetect which 3rd party cookies were used to track you, there's no point if they're all blocked.

If you have sites that need 3rd party cookies to work please note you can add exceptions in FF settings. I've seen instructions telling people to disable tracking protection altogether in that case but that's a terrible idea.

[–] online@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

Google rewrites links in Google search (not that you use it but maybe you do sometimes). So, if you want the links you click in Google search to not go through a Google referral URL and instead go to the link advertised in the search result, then Privacy Badger is useful for this purpose.

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 1 points 11 months ago

Do I need to adjust any settings?

[–] yum@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised I haven't heard this before. Thanks! I will proceed to only use uBlock Origin from now on (although I really enjoy the auto-reject cookies)

[–] AceSLS@ani.social 2 points 11 months ago

uBlock can disable cookie popups, go to settings, filters and then scroll down to annoyances. Enable AdGuard Cookiebanners and Easylist Cookiebanners

[–] janAkali@lemmy.one 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Try libredirect, it automatically redirects links from twitter, youtube, imgur and many other spying platforms to alternative privacy friendly frontends. It is also very customizable: you can turn only some redirects and configure what particular site to use for each platform.

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 1 points 11 months ago

Good suggestion! I haven't heard of this before and it seems like a great tool considering how much things have changed recently on these platforms

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You've hit all the great ones, most of which were already available.

Have you added the bypass paywall clean filter list to ublock? Here's the url you can copy paste under "import" in the ublock addon settings: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters/-/raw/main/bpc-paywall-filter.txt

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 5 points 11 months ago

I haven't done this. Thank you so much for this suggestion!

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You don't need Privacy Badger and Ghostery anymore if you turn the Enhanced Tracking Protection up to "strict" in settings.

[–] Swarfega@lemm.ee 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Ghostery has been great for denying cookie pop-ups. I don't think this setting will replace this feature?

Edit...

Nevermind. I just read this comment which suggests uBlock Origin can also handle cookies!

https://lemmy.ml/comment/5981058

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 2 points 11 months ago

Oh even better! I would rather have settings in my browser instead of relying on extensions anyway. One of the many things I love about Firefox

[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You can also drop ClearURLs filter. Better filters that are more up to date exists exists on uBlock like Adguard URL Tracking Protection and Actually Legitimate URL Shortener Tool.

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I wasn't aware. It really seems like uBlock origin can do everything I had all those extra extensions for! Pretty impressive

[–] TheMadnessKing@lemdro.id 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. It's really a powerful tool that helps to keep the Web tidy and sane.

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 2 points 11 months ago

What amazes me is how much of the web is practically unusable without it... And yet the majority of users don't have it

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If LibRedirect becomes available, then definitely that. Redirects links from at this point twenty different services to more privacy-friendly frontends

[–] EddieTee77@lemdro.id 3 points 11 months ago

Thanks for the tip! That sounds like a great extension.