Firefox setup - Early 2017
A list of my currently installed Firefox extensions.
This is just a list of my current Firefox setup mostly for my personal reference. All of the extensions are E10 compatible. Please feel free to recommend other open source extensions that you may know of.
My first step for this setup was to create an initial ‘hardened’ profile generated via the great Firefox Profilemaker website.
All of these extensions have been upgraded to WebExtensions by their respective developers aside from “No Resource URI Leak”.
Extensions
CanvasBlocker
License: MPL 2.0
Helps prevent websites from using the Javascript <canvas> API to fingerprint you. You have the choice of outright blocking the requests or replying with fake information.
Dark Mode
License: MPL 2.0
Aids in browsing at night by letting you switch websites to a dark color scheme. It has a white list to exclude sites and comes with multiple themes as well.
Decentraleyes
License: MPL 2.0
Helps protect against tracking by serving many popular libraries (e.g., JQuery, etc.) locally.
GNOME Shell integration
License: GPLv3
Provides integration with GNOME Shell and the extensions repository.
Google search link fix
License: MPL 2.0
Prevents Google from modifying the search result links when you click them and helps with privacy by preventing it from recording your clicks.
History AutoDelete
License: MIT
Automatically deletes history entries after a set time frame. It can also be configured to only clear certain domains.
HTTPS-Everywhere
License: GPLv3
Automatically switches many sites you visit to their secure (HTTPS) version.
Link Cleaner
License: GPLv3
Removes utm_* and Amazon tracking parameters from URLs.
No Resource URI Leak
License: GPLv3
Hides private and important metadata of your browser, usually obtainable using resource:// URIs, against the Web.
Privacy Badger
License: GPLv3
Privacy Badger automatically blocks spying ads and invisible trackers as you browse. If a domain appears to be tracking you on multiple websites the request is blocked from being sent to the tracking domain.
Reddit Enhancement Suite
License: GPLv3
A suite of tools to enhance Reddit.
uBlock Origin
License: GPLv3
An efficient ad blocker that is easier on your memory and CPU than many other alternatives.
Wallbagger
License: MIT
Allows you to send articles to your Wallabag instance so that you can read them later. It also has the ability to edit the title, tags, and delete as needed.