Or a fork of Firefox like fennec
- uBlock Origin
- NoScript
- JShelter
- CSS Exfil Protection
- Libredirect
- Indie Wiki Buddy
I also sometimes use the IceCat extensions, too:
- LibreJS
- LibrifyJS
- Reveal hidden HTML
- Searxes’ Third-party Request blocker
- Workarounds for nonfree JS
Jshelter is good. You know it works because many shady websites won’t even load bx they are big bad they can’t finger print you lol
For me:
- uBlock origin
- Libredirect
- Decentraleyes (Although I don’t really know how much it really helps for privacy)
LocalCDN is more up to date then Decentralize.
I use it with umatrix
No one mentioned Privacy Badger yet. Is there something I don’t know?
Most people will tell you that it’s been made obsolete now since (1) it doesn’t use behavioural analysis to detect trackers anymore, it just uses a pre-defined list of trackers to block (2) browsers (especially firefox) now have built-in tracker blocking (3) ublock origin blocks trackers by default anyway.
I don’t think it hurts to still use it, just as a belt and braces approach, but I suppose it’s possible it makes your browser fingerprint more unique.
Interesting. Fingerprinting is a good point, although I’ve switched to a combo of Vivaldi and Librewolf browsers so they’re already fairly unique unfortunately.
uBlock Origin is a lot better.
Privacy Badger can actually be detrimental because it makes you more unique while adding basically nothing useful.
I like how Privacy Badger replaces tracking icons/widgets. I’m guessing uBO just removes them outright? I haven’t really bothered to check the differences.
Yes ublock will just completely block/remove all tracking and annoyances, plus whatever other filters you enable.
i fkin love noscript it pairs well with ublock origin
What advantage does it have compared to extended mode of ublock? I used NoScript years ago but switched to ublock to block scripts and resources.
NoScript breaks every site and does little good.
breaking websites is a good thing actually, as it disables any and all javascript and webgl tracking (and you can unbreak a website anyway if you really need javascript for it to function)
I don’t think NoScript is a good idea in 2025. It breaks virtually all websites.
uBlock Origin + cookie banner filters should be enough
Ublock origin and privacy badger
For keeping cookies in bento boxes:
Those two are an absolute must for me.
JShelter and Decentraleyes. And uBlock Origins, but it’s already popular without me. :)
ublock origin, dark background and light text
Depends on the user.
For me it’s uBlock Origin, NoScript, Cookie AutoDelete and Binnen-I be gone
Dont forget SponsorBlock if you spend any time on youtube
I suggest FreeTube
Grayjay is better
Sponsorblock is magic. I don’t know how it doesn’t have trolls ruining it.
Users voting on whether a segment is good or bad. I always give a thumbs up to the segments that were well-defined and a thumbs-down to segments that cut off half a sentence unnecessarily etc.
I’ve never seen the option to vote, maybe it’s easier on desktop. I’m on revanced
uBlock Origin is the must have.
Personally I also use Dark Reader, NoScript, View Page Source and User-Agent Switcher.Dark reader is getting my browser slow lately. Is it just me?
I’m probably slow enough to not notice, or maybe the site is already cached when I’m done with noscript.
It also happened to me. Now I am using Page Shadow.
This seems so much better, thanks!
I’ll give that a go thanks
Same for me as well
happens occasionally, but not only “lately”, I have been using it for many years and it does (rarely, but occasionally) cause performance drops, yes
NoScript is duplicative with ublock medium mode, I am amazed people are still using it. It hasn’t been relevant for 5+ years by my estimation. Why use two addons when one you’re already using does it better?
https://github.com/gorhill/ublock/wiki/Blocking-mode:-medium-mode
Roughly similar to using Adblock Plus with many filter lists + NoScript with 1st-party scripts/frames automatically trusted.
Because I’m used to noscript, I’ve tried using uBlock in stricter than default settings but found it hard to get into their flag system.
I do not trust 1st party by default in noscript and am pleasantly surprised anytime a site works without js.The why is browser fingerprinting. Which Google started using as of January to track everyone.
https://abrahamjuliot.github.io/creepjs/
So if you go to ANY page with Google trackers, even in private mode, Google knows.
But having two addons will make your fingerprint even larger. So your argument doesn’t explain why you should use two addons instead on one that does it both.
No, you use one as the backup. That’s why I said use JShelter, but if a site breaks beyond use, switch IPs and then reload with NoScript instead to be more selective of what is blocked and what’s not. That way I can still block Cloudflare and Google and Apple and still let the actual site load. And JScreep seems (for me, YMMV) to treat each as distinct fingerprints.
IMO if you know you can have multiple fingerprint profiles anyway based on which combo of extensions you use that do roughly the same job, that’s a net benefit.
Adnausuem, Consent-o-matic
Surprised no one posted this link: https://awesome-privacy.xyz/security-tools/browser-extensions
Great resource btw, check out the website for other tools.
I’m partial to this one
Library extension. Go to as page selling a book (Amazon, Powell’s, etc.) and the extension will show you if you’re local library has the book, how many copies, and if they’re available for checkout. You can then click through and put a hold on the book.
Great cure for impulse buying of books. I’ve read more and bought less since using it.
Wow! Brilliant! Unfortunately my local library is not in their catalogue. They do have a public catalog and even a way to get online books, also with search capabilities, so hopefully they can find a way to integrate. I submitted their data to the extension maintainers.
