Post 3294584 by gzt@hulvr.com
(DIR) More posts by gzt@hulvr.com
(DIR) Post #3294182 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:09:47Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
btw speaking of, i got ublock origin for firefox, and i use a hosts file blocker too, are there any other recommended firefox addons for security and privacy?
(DIR) Post #3294183 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:28:37Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
im remembering why i didnt like noscript, having to whitelist each site is really annoying. im not literally rms idgaf about running same-origin javascript umatrix seems a lot easier to deal with but also because im one of those dipshits who makes a living as a webdev so i figured out its interface and what its doing in like 5 seconds
(DIR) Post #3294184 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:32:12Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
a couple of people recommended decentraleyes which i hadn't heard of before, this solves the other problem in that many if not most sites use jquery and bootstrap etc but the cdns that serve those do additional tracking, neat! also speeds things up by keeping local copies
(DIR) Post #3294584 by gzt@hulvr.com
2019-01-23T16:31:18Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@anna HTTPS Everywhere gets recommended, cookie cleaner is nice for making sure cookies and data get deleted (can make greylists and whitelists for sites), I really like multiaccount containers + temporary containers for this.
(DIR) Post #3294585 by miya@letsalllovela.in
2019-01-23T16:44:19.097439Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@gzt @moth @annaSmart HTTPS is better than HTTPS Everywhere. HTTPS Everywhere relies on cross-checking each address to their global whitelist (which makes you reliant on it adequately covering all the random websites you might visit), whereas Smart HTTPS assumes all websites run SSL by default, tries to run it, and only if it doesn't work does it fallback to HTTP (and adds it to your local whitelist).uMatrix is the most effective and efficient adblocker and yep Decentraleyes is super good from a security perspective plus makes sites faster. I wrote an article expanding on these recommendations here:https://edith.reisen/computers/security/browsers.html#extensions_security@elliafyi dont use ghostery!! Its closed source, run by an advertising company and actually tracks you if you dont opt out:https://lifehacker.com/ad-blocking-extension-ghostery-actually-sells-data-to-a-514417864Privacy Badger is the recommended set it and forget alternative:https://www.eff.org/privacybadgerthough you don't need it if you're using uMatrix
(DIR) Post #3294613 by orekix@weeb.academy
2019-01-23T16:44:54.467Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
@anna@witches.live a good cookie manager
(DIR) Post #3297163 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:53:53Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
lol im having a hard time getting tellonym to work because that site is a tracking nightmare
(DIR) Post #3297164 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:54:35Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
goddddddddd i wish i had the free time to make a federated curiouscat or even like a mastodon addon
(DIR) Post #3297165 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:57:28Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
oh! you need to whitelist unpkg.net and it works, you dont have to enable any facebook/google tracking
(DIR) Post #3297166 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T16:58:22Z
0 likes, 0 repeats
heres a working matrix for tellonym
(DIR) Post #3297167 by anna@witches.live
2019-01-23T17:00:31Z
1 likes, 0 repeats
after forwarding these instructions to RMS' mail spooler he was able to successfully wget tellonym and answer questions again