Firefox is among the most secure mainstream browsers. Still, there are some loose ends. I recently stumbled upon this post that features Firefox privacy recommendations and tweaks to strengthen Mozilla browser security.

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  • @UsernamealreadyinuseEnglish
    11•11 months ago

    Article reading time: 43 minutes

    Summarised reading time: 1 minute (might have skipped over some parts)

    • Disable telemetry to prevent Firefox from sending usage data to Mozilla
    • Change your default search engine to a more privacy-friendly one, such as DuckDuckGo or Startpage
    • Enable tracking protection to block third-party trackers by default
    • Turn on the Do Not Track Protection to request websites not to track your browsing behavior
    • Disable the WebRTC to prevent your IP address from being leaked
    • Remove DRM to avoid installing proprietary software that may compromise your privacy
    • Install some recommended security add-ons, such as:
      • uBlock Origin to block ads and malware domains
      • Privacy Badger to block invisible trackers and learn from your browsing behavior
      • HTTPS Everywhere to force websites to use secure HTTPS connections
      • No Script to block scripts from untrusted domains
      • uMatrix to control the requests that your browser makes
    • @[email protected]English
      5•11 months ago

      it’s also quite wrong:

      • DNT requests can be ignored and are an additional data point to identify you (although the recent LinkedIn ruling could be a light in a tunnel)
      • Privacy Badger doesn’t do anything uBlock Origin doesn’t
      • HTTPS Everywhere isn’t needed since the option is now built into Firefox itself
      • you can block scripts with uBO, no need for NoScript
      • uMatrix has been deprecated
      • @leave_it_blankEnglish
        1•11 months ago

        Can you elaborate on the “umatrix has been deprecated”?

        • @MrOtherGuyEnglish
          2•11 months ago

          Development of uMatrix has been discontinued for quite a while. The extension works totally fine though, and in my opinion it provides vastly superior UI for managing permissions than anything else I know.

          • @leave_it_blankEnglish
            1•11 months ago

            Thanks, I was wondering since it was working fine as you said. But in the long run I will have to look for an alternative I guess…