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===== Browser ===== | ===== Browser ===== | ||
- | The browser of choice is **Firefox** because it implements //containers// that allow to open different tabs that cannot read each other data. | + | The browser of choice is **LibreWolf** , a shallow fork of Firefox that removes telemetry and other annoyances. Firefox, and so LibreWorld, is chosen because it implements //containers// that allow to open different tabs that cannot read each other data. |
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+ | === DNS queries do not follow system-wide DNS settings === | ||
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+ | Firefox uses a special mode to do DNS that ensures encryption, but it ignores system-wide settings. | ||
+ | To ensure to use the normal DNS, one has to go to the special page ''about:config'', look for ''network.trr.mode'' and set it up to ''5''. | ||
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=== Temporary Containers === | === Temporary Containers === | ||
- | Temporary Containers fixes the problem. It needs a bit of setup, but it allows to open tabs by default in temporary ephemeral containers. The result is that easily each website only see their own stuff and it gets deleted quickly. It is still possible to setup a normal container for the websites where one wants to keep the state; for example to use webmail services. | + | Temporary Containers fixes the problem. It needs a bit of setup to enable the //auto mode//, but it allows to open tabs by default in temporary ephemeral containers. The result is that easily each website only see their own stuff and it gets deleted quickly. It is still possible to setup a normal container for the websites where one wants to keep the state; for example to use webmail services. |
- | === uBlock Origin === | + | === Bypass Paywalls Clean === |
- | When you connect to a page, most its data is downloaded to show ads and other bothersome material. uBlock Origin is a set of rules to stop those data to reach your computer. | + | Some website, like Quora, allows to use their content for free. Yet they put unreasonable restrictions like that one needs to be logged on. Bypass Paywalls allows to use this websites without interruptions. One logs in only if he needs to. |
- | === Bypass Paywalls Clean === | + | === EFF Privacy Badger === |
- | Some website, like Quora, allows to use their content for free. Yet they put unreasonable restrictions like that one needs to be logged on. Bypass Paywalls allows to use this websites without interruptions. One logs in only if he needs to. | + | Containers stop most classic invasive trackers based on cookies and being logged in. The Privacy Badger helps again fingerprinting and other techniques. |
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+ | === ClearURL === | ||
+ | Lots of websites love to mangle with their URL putting all kind of needless information in them. It may help the website to track from where the link comes, but it makes the link unwieldy and difficult to share. ClearURL helps minimize the URL removing needless information. Depending on the context it works automatically or when copying the link. | ||