Further addon suggestions

Add on suggestions [and other privacy related suggestions] mentioned at the following websites for consideration/integration:

Prism Break: https://prism-break.org/en/categories/windows/#web-browser-addons

• Cookie AutoDelete
• Decentraleyes
• HTTPS Everywhere
• Mailvelope
• NoScript
• Privacy Badger
• uBlock Origin

Privacy Tools: https://www.privacytools.io/#addons

• Privacy Badger
• uBlock
• Cookie AutoDelete
• HTTPS Everywhere
• Decentraleyes
• uMatrix
• NoScript Security Suite

[Atavic]

IMHO Privacy Badger is superseded by ublock origin, here it has been asked:

Do uBlock just do that same job as privacy badger or should I use both?

uBo does more and all the features of PB are included. PB deals with 3rd party tracking only.

If you have customized your adblocker settings to block trackers as well, Privacy Badger may be partially redundant

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Also see:
https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js/issues/598#issuecomment-447567241
https://github.com/privacytoolsIO/privacytools.io/issues/335

[elypter]

there is also privacy possum which is supposedly more advanced

[elypter]

on top of those i have those privacy addons:
ClearURLs
UntrackME
Clean Links
ScriptSafe
Skip Redirect
Pure URL
Luminous

and those useful addons:

Violentmonkey
Redirector
Stylus
Chrome Store Foxified
Video DownloadHelper
Terms of Service: Didn't Read

[dimqua]

@Atavic

uBlock Origin protects using blacklists. Privacy Badger protects by automatically learning about trackers as you browse, which means Privacy Badger might catch things that uBlock Origin doesn't know about.

IMHO, uMatrix does this job better, since it can block things that these two addons don't know about. But it's only effective against 3rd party tracking too. That's why I think uBlock is a good addition to uMatrix.

[samuel8941]

I don't know where you guys are going with this. What's the point of adding extensions you like to a list?

People are capable of installing the extensions they like. That's what made Firefox big. I don't disagree with a list of good extensions, but maybe you should ask yourself if this is really that relevant right now when thinking about what a "Librefox" differentiates from a Firefox.

[Atavic]

Suggesting a few extensions may help in debugging issues for those that use them. Regarding ClearURLs, Clean Links, Skip Redirect and Pure URL I have substituted them with:
https://github.com/tumpio/requestcontrol

[elypter]

these addons are also a source of inspiration for features that could become a browser core functionality. there is a lot of potential for synergies and performance improvements. addons were originally meant as niche additions that only some users need. these addons however add core features from a privacy standpoint. making those work together and possibly integrate better in the future makes a truly private and practical web experience a reality.

[intika]

Extensions suggestion/recommendation will be removed from the project on next release, recommended and reviewed addons will probably be kept on an open issue like this one.

One single extension (that should include most needed privacy features) will be kept on the main project page...

Libefox needs to find its way as a browser.

Also a lot of settings will be integrated directly to the browser, and yes a list base could be helpful to shape what feature will be integrated on the browser.

[elypter]

a browser integration should be the final goal. privacy is a core feature and should not be treated like it's an optional extra. combining all the privacy addon features into a single addon or directly into the browser will remove many redundancies, improve control and performance. it is the right approach but also a very ambitious goal. many addons are big projects just for themselves. so maybe try to focus on providing better interfaces to the addons first and help addon developers implement them. this way you can already test the interfaces under practical conditions without having to write all the addon code first to get any feedback. there are many limiting factors in the webextension implementations. asking the addon developers what stops them from making a better addon also gives you a good hint what you have to modify for your own addon/browser integration.

@elypter Great reply in response to @samuel8941's comment. Couldn't have said it better myself. I haven't even heard of any of the addons you mentioned, but, I know stylUS : )

Further, Firefox itself has made some privacy related changes, that was previously possible only with addons. For example, I think Firefox does HTTPS by default now. Another thing is "referrer getting stripped" was also added (not sure if is the same as pure URL), etc. Overlap is another problem... we have quite a few addons that do the same thing like ad-blocking, but not all function similarly!

I think this "these addons are also a source of inspiration for features that could become a browser core functionality. " should be on a TODO list... There should be a table of sorts so users can see which privacy features are included (what is in the core), which addons are recommended, which addons are under review and which addons not to use (and why) <-- looks like table columns :)

So, having a wiki page with the "master chart for addons" is one way to do it.
Another suggestions is to have users submit addons for review. So, having another repo for addon suggestions by users and then, they go into review... similar to chocolatey package request, but maybe that is too much ; )

@intika

Wow... I had no idea (I am not using LibreFox) that there was a place for users to submit addon suggestions. Having this is a good idea...

Reason is take for example user agent spoofer. Chameleon is a WebExtension port of the popular Firefox addon Random Agent Spoofer...
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chameleon-ext/
https://github.com/sereneblue/chameleon
and LibreFox has its own recommendation: https://github.com/intika/Librefox/#librefox-addons

So, how does a user know, if a newer addon is better than existing one or takes care of something completely new (or is crap)? You want users to submit new addons and the tech. team to review. And, perhaps a wiki page can show that the addon was reviewed and recommended or not recommended, or is redundant because such functionality is built into the LibreFox browser.

With so many addon options, it is overwhelming, therefore, I think this is important. LibreFox WILL find its way, the clearer it is to the users how privacy options are set up, whether to user addons or not, and which ones, and overall how easy it is to use the browser, out of the box.

And lastly, I know this is asking much, as addons is just a smaller part of the core function of the browser : )

[Atavic]

What's a minimal list of must have extensions?

gorhill uBo
decentraleyes
noscript (or uMatrix) as discussed here
one for cookies on/off
one for trimming/clearing URLs?

Notices: Too many addons may lead to problems: pyllyukko/user.js#348 (comment)

and also may lead to unique fingerprinting, particularly for the extensions that modify the page's DOM, as explained in the XHOUND research PDF linked here

The upstream project's related issue hasn't lead to a minimal must-have extensions list (yet).

@elypter

"combining all the privacy addon features into a single addon or directly into the browser " -- sounds ambitious, I am not sure this is possible. Then, again, maybe with how WebExtensions work, it is!

"many addons are big projects just for themselves" -- absolutely. NoScript looks complicated as a user, can't imagine what the dev. feels like :-)

My suggestions has been to have a wiki page which shows by category, for example,

adblocker
user agent spoofer
cookie handler
etc.

and for each category a list of:

addons recommended
addons not recommended
addons under review
addons redundant
etc.

so, the process is transparent to users. They know they can suggest if they see something new or review if they have any doubts about an addon/privacy feature.