Comment by weirdentropy | Hacker News Reader

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Sure.

I use Firefox and install the following: - Disconnect

- Ublock Origen (choose 3rd-Party block lists to suit.)

- Privacy Badger (no set up, just install, it learns as you go)

In Firefox, use about:config to change the following: - Toggle dom.storage.enabled to False

- Toggle layout.css.visited_links_enabled to False

- Toggle media.peerconnection.enabled to False

- Toggle network.prefetch-next to False

- Toggle network.http.sendReferrerHeader to 0 (zero)

- Toggle network.http.sendSecureXSiteReferrer to False

These settings have worked for me with no issues. I bank, do all manner of things online with no issues. I do, however, see no ads, no tracking, faster page loads, clean experience all around.

> - Toggle layout.css.visited_links_enabled to False

Firefox lies[0] to scripts that try to access the style-state of visited links. You probably don't need to set this.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Privacy_and...

>In Firefox, use about:config to change the following:

Don't those settings have any adverse effect on any web services you use, such as say Gmail or any finance-related site you use, such as say Amazon? Everything works the same as before (except for now not getting ads and wasting bandwidth)? Pretty good if so. Not familiar with this area, hence asking.

I had just switched back to Chrome from Firefox because I couldn't find a working mix of add-ons and settings that didn't freak Firefox out. Going to give this a shot. Thanks.

Thanks! I'll give this a shot. Maybe finally a reason for me to ditch Chrome and go the Firefox route.

Pretty cool set up, but why no NoScript?

uBlock Origin in advanced mode can also block (and temporarily unblock) Javascript, much like NoScript.

For me, I found uBlock Origin's advanced mode easier to use than NoScript, while blocking the same amount; the only thing I sort of miss is that NoScript attempts to "fix" some pages so they work even without Javascript, while uBlock Origin does nothing more than preventing the scripts from running.

Do you have any experience with uMatrix?

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