In this review we will guide you how to make firefox the most secure browser, we have compiled the top 10 extensions that can do the work in Firefox safer. Highly recommended reading for all those that are related to their activities with any confidential, financial, proprietary information leak which is totally unacceptable.
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Recently there was a clearly perceptible trend towards Chrome users transition back to Firefox. This is due to excessive appetite Chrome to system resources and the rejection of certain features of the policy of Google, which seems to be seriously intended to make him a full-fledged operating system. Well, Firefox – it’s not a bad choice. Especially if you are pump over his safety with the help of extensions of this review.
HTTPS Everywhere
What is HTTPS? This is the most secure today to surf the Web protocol that encrypts all data sent between the server and the browser, using algorithms SSL / TLS. Thus, even if someone intercepts them, you will not be able to read it and use it. Extension HTTPS Everywhere forces your browser to use this protocol consistently. Currently, the expansion of working successfully with almost all popular resource, so we highly recommend it for installation.
Ghostery
This expansion is so popular, and his work is so effective that in place of Firefox development, I would have already turned it functions in the standard features of the browser. Ghostery detects and blocks all extraneous elements on the page, such as buttons and widgets social networks, counters, scripts and more. In addition to ensuring your privacy and confidentiality, it leads to noticeable to the naked eye increase page loading speed. An absolute must-have for every lisovoda.
Disconnect
Disconnect, as Ghostery, allows you to remove the pages for tracking your web trackers and prevent them from collecting information about your preferences. The developers have included in base expansion data on more than 2000 track items, lock which can speed up the opening of the site by 27%.
NoScript
This addon allows you to stop the active scripts on various websites as long as you do not specifically allow them. In some cases, it may be uncomfortable, but in the long run greatly increases the safety of surfing. It is possible to add a trusted domain to the white list.
Blur
Previously known as DoNotTrackMe, this expansion is one of the best to protect your data. It not only allows websites to collect information about you, but also know how to protect your confidential information such as account passwords or payment information.
KeeFox
Most modern browsers have built-in solution for managing passwords, but they rarely work as well as customized solutions. Therefore, be sure to pay attention to this expansion, which will add in Firefox integration with one of the most powerful password manager KeePass. Start using it if you have not done so already.
BetterPrivacy
Despite the fact that this extension for quite a long time, has not been updated, it still ranks among the most needed. All because of the fact that BetterPrivacy able to cope with special The cookies are also called Local Shared Objects, LSO. They are used by many companies, including Google, YouTube, Ebay, to track the movement of users on a network. Now you can selectively or completely get rid of these spies.
Self-Destructing Cookies
Several years ago, the Internet and computer media raged real hysteria about the dangers of cookies (cookies). If you too think that they represent a threat to your safety, do not miss the expansion Self-Destructing Cookies. As the name implies, it provides self-destruct cookies as soon as you give them to leave the page. The site has proven to whitelist.
Bloody Vikings!
Ignore the name of this murderous expansion, it has nothing to do with the games.With it, you can not use your email address when registering on the website and apply for this one of the many services that offer disposable emails. You need only right-click on the field to enter the email address and select the context menu service, which will automatically create a temporary mailbox. After that, it will open in a new tab, and you will get a confirmation email, and then forget about it forever.
Clean Links
It is an indispensable extension that must be present in the arsenal of each user’s Firefox. It is able to recognize sponsorship, partnerships and any other “curves” link and turn them into normal. In other words, if you offer to click on a link likehttp://www.foobar.com/goto=https://www.yoursite.com, thanks to the expansion of Clean Links it becomes a https://www.yoursite.com/ .
What kind of extensions for security and privacy web experience you use? Or do not bother with similar problems?
