1st off, I very rarely use chrome so the extensions for chrome were purely listed on tech sites or whatever so lets start with chrome.
27 of the Best Chrome Extensions You Should Check out Today
This lot are both firefox and chrome and I use every one of them except ghostery on firefox, but have tried it ion the past. Httpseverywhere is developed by the EFF and will force connection over SSL instead of cleartext on sites where SSL is enabled but not forced upon users.
5 Free Chrome & Firefox Extensions to Improve Your Privacy
Best extensions for Chrome and Firefox | PC Pro
These are all firefox extensionsn that may or may not have a chrome counterpart.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/donottrackplus/
This is an excellent addon that will probably piss more people off than providing any reasurance.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noscript/?src=cb-dl-users
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/?src=cb-dl-users
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disconnect/?src=cb-dl-users
More private alternative to google search
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/duckduckgo-for-firefox/?src=cb-dl-users
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/bluhell-firewall/?src=cb-dl-users
^^just installed that.
Well received VPN addon.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/zenmate-security-privacy-vpn/?src=cb-dl-users
If you don’t know what a user agent is probably best tyo avfoid tyhis onbe.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher/?src=search
My personal choice of password manager.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/keefox/?src=cb-dl-users
Another popular web based pw manager.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lastpass-password-manager/?src=search
And for cvleaning up after your session
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/clickclean/?src=cb-dl-users
Probably wasn’t the brightest idea starting this when I can’t even check which addons I’m actually using myself but pretty far fro,m the dumbest thing I’ve ever done either.
If you have any privacy/security extensions you use or have seen reccomended please share them below 🙂
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/flashblock/?src=ss
Block all flash on a page until you explicitly allow it.
Sucks that it can’t be used with no-script installed but this will probably be a m8uch bettert option for most.
Looks promising for detecting malware infected files before you download them but only just installed it.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/security-plus/?src=search
Previously all my ndownloads were checked using this.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/vtzilla/?src=search
Wasn;t sure how I managed to forget about these but maybe I’m the last person that should be mentioning backups :rolleyes:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/febe/?src=search
And to use alongside FEBE (^^) nis CLEO:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cleo/?src=search
And to go with those 2 is OPIE: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/opie/?src=search
Never really bothered with OPIE but the 1st 2 I use regularly, just maybe not in the most well thought out circumstances.
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