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by minitech 3474 days ago
> - Decentraleyes (locally emulates CDNs)

has to intercept every request

> - HTTPS Everywhere (why is this not the default behavior?)

has to intercept every request

> - OverbiteFF (support for the gopher protocol)

might have to intercept every request, and why do you need this

> - Random Agent Spoofer (change user agent at random)

has to intercept every request

> - uBlock Origin

has to intercept every request

> - uMatrix (possibly my single favorite Firefox extension; control JS and more, like NoScript on steroids and easier to use)

has to intercept every request

Stop installing so many stupid extensions. Random UA switching is especially pointless; “Decentraleyes” is a close runner-up. Firefox has performance problems, but I think you’re definitely seeing extension bloat if you have that kind of device.

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It's hardly stupidity. You're discovering different people have different priorities and that privacy is valued by some more than others.
>It's hardly stupidity. You're discovering different people have different priorities and that privacy is valued by some more than others.

Those BS plugins do very little for actual privacy (and even less if one is actually a target) and very much for CPU/memory.

I’m someone who also values privacy, but a few of the extensions in question almost certainly don’t offer enough value for their cost. Random UA switching makes you more fingerprintable. And this all on Windows 10…