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Hello, this is your host, Archer72 for Hacker Public Radio
In this episode, what do you have to hide?
This topic was brought to my attention when I came across this video
from
The Hated
One
.
This youtube host is extremely privacy focused, and has interesting
opinions on not only US privacy and security topics, but also
internationally.
This particular video was regarding
locking down the
settings on Firefox.
The claim besides increasing security is to lower bandwidth and
memory usage and double rendering speeds.
While a lot of these steps the author took seemed excessive, they
might help you. I use a few of these settings as a takeaway to this
video, as well as an extension that I find very useful.
The author is correct in saying that our browsing habits track a lot
about your personal life, so here are a few steps that I did follow.
First, I selected
Strict Blocking
under
Content Blocking
about:preferences#privacy
Strict blocking Firefox setting
Next, I did not set my history settings to
Use custom settings for History
and
Always use private browsing mode
, this is maybe useful for
some.
Under
Address Bar
I left everything unchecked, besides
Search Engines
Firefox address bar settings
Next, check the box in Ublock origin settings enable Advance User
settings to enable more granular control.
Ublock Origin settings
Ublock Origin granular control
Now, change the default behavior of Ublock origin to
Block media elements
Block remote fonts
Disable JavaScript
By checking the boxes for these items
Transcript: How to configure Firefox settings for maximum privacy and security
Provide feedback on this episode.
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This show has been flagged as Clean by the host.
Hello, this is your host, Archer72 for Hacker Public Radio
In this episode, what do you have to hide?
This topic was brought to my attention when I came across this video
from
The Hated
One
.
This youtube host is extremely privacy focused, and has interesting
opinions on not only US privacy and security topics, but also
internationally.
This particular video was regarding
locking down the
settings on Firefox.
The claim besides increasing security is to lower bandwidth and
memory usage and double rendering speeds.
While a lot of these steps the author took seemed excessive, they
might help you. I use a few of these settings as a takeaway to this
video, as well as an extension that I find very useful.
The author is correct in saying that our browsing habits track a lot
about your personal life, so here are a few steps that I did follow.
First, I selected
Strict Blocking
under
Content Blocking
about:preferences#privacy
Strict blocking Firefox setting
Next, I did not set my history settings to
Use custom settings for History
and
Always use private browsing mode
, this is maybe useful for
some.
Under
Address Bar
I left everything unchecked, besides
Search Engines
Firefox address bar settings
Next, check the box in Ublock origin settings enable Advance User
settings to enable more granular control.
Ublock Origin settings
Ublock Origin granular control
Now, change the default behavior of Ublock origin to
Block media elements
Block remote fonts
Disable JavaScript
By checking the boxes for these items
Transcript: How to configure Firefox settings for maximum privacy and security
Provide feedback on this episode.
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