Anti Fingerprinting + Privacy & Security Browser Extensions

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DATE: Feb. 7, 2022, 6:07 p.m.

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  1. List of browser extensions that support anti-fingerprinting
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  4. ⭐ AudioContext Fingerprint Defender
  5. ⭐ Canvas Fingerprint Defender
  6. ⭐ Font Fingerprint Defender
  7. ⭐ WebGL Fingerprint Defender
  8. ⭐ WebRTC Control - https://mybrowseraddon.com/ [Currently turned off to run Snowflake, a Tor Bridge extension that helps people bypass government censorship. Since Russia has blocked Twitter & FB, I run this to hopefully try and get a little help to the people caught on that side of the new 'iron curtain' https://snowflake.torproject.org/)
  9. ⭐ Check All Scripts with URLVoid (Disabled this, as I felt it was just taking up memory, and if I want to look up a site on URLVoid I can just go to https://www.urlvoid.com/ and run a scan from there)
  10. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/check-all-scripts-with-ur/inehjeemhpipbglglmjnnabcfpofeljm?hl=en
  11. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/check-all-scripts-with-urlvoid/
  12. ⭐ Disable HTML5 Autoplay
  13. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/disable-html5-autoplay-re/cafckninonjkogajnihihlnnimmkndgf/related?hl=en
  14. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/disable-autoplay/
  15. * Ghostery – Privacy Ad Blocker (Gorhill, the author of uBlock Origin says not to run any anti-tracking or anti-adblock software along side of it, so I stopped using Ghostery. https://twitter.com/gorhill/status/1442190128693264385)
  16. https://www.ghostery.com/ghostery-browser-extension
  17. ⭐ HTTPS Everywhere
  18. https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere
  19. ⭐ NoRef
  20. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/noref/
  21. Chromium: https://github.com/strazzere/Noref
  22. ⭐ NoScript
  23. https://noscript.net/getit
  24. ⭐ Random User-Agent (Note: this extension causes the most trouble with websites loading, but it does hide your metadata about which browser you're using - however, you might have to whitelist some sites or turn it off completely in some cases)
  25. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/random-user-agent/einpaelgookohagofgnnkcfjbkkgepnp?hl=en
  26. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/random_user_agent/
  27. ⭐ uBlock Origin - with most relevant adblocker filters installed (uBlock, AdGuard Base, EasyList) including custom ones like NoCoin, SMASHBLOCK, StevenBlack/hosts, CoinBlockerLists by ZeroDot1 uBlock / This list disables browser based miners such as coin-hive and others.
  28. https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock
  29. ⭐ IBA Opt Out from Google
  30. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/iba-opt-out-by-google/gbiekjoijknlhijdjbaadobpkdhmoebb?hl=en
  31. Doesn't appear to be Firefox version
  32. ⭐ I don't care about cookies (this is more of an annoyance remover than a privacy tool)
  33. https://www.i-dont-care-about-cookies.eu/
  34. ⭐ JavaScript Switcher (turn JavaScript on and off on the tab you're in)
  35. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/quick-javascript-switcher/geddoclleiomckbhadiaipdggiiccfje?hl=en
  36. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/quick-js-switcher/
  37. ⭐ MalwareBytes BrowserGuard (very good at blocking suspicious websites)
  38. https://www.malwarebytes.com/browserguard
  39. ⭐ OPSWAT File Security (this just scans every file you download with the OPSWAT engine)
  40. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/opswat-file-security-for/fjampemfhdfmangifafmianhokmpjbcj?hl=en
  41. Firefox: https://www.opswat.com/blog/enhance-security-your-firefox-browser
  42. ⭐ WOT Web of Trust, Website Reputation Ratings
  43. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/wot-website-security-brow/bhmmomiinigofkjcapegjjndpbikblnp
  44. ⭐ Netcraft Anti-Phishing Software (this is excellent for detecting websites that have been attacked with malicious software that can steal your CC details or have XSS exploits
  45. https://www.netcraft.com/apps/
  46. ⭐ Popup Blocker (Strict) - this is another anti-annoyance thing. It will block more popups than your browser typically will.
  47. Chromium: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/popup-blocker-strict/aefkmifgmaafnojlojpnekbpbmjiiogg?hl=en
  48. Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/popup-blocker/
  49. * Protect My Choices - ad tracker opt out software from the Digital Advertising Alliance https://youradchoices.com/pmc (This shouldn't matter because Ghostery and uBlock are already blocking the trackers, but if there are any new ones or ones slipping through, I'm opted-out of targeted advertising from them)
  50. ⭐ Your Ad Choices from the NAI (note: will not work with 3rd party cookies blocked as it sets a cookie in you browser telling the site you want to opt-out of targeting advertising) https://youradchoices.com/pmc
  51. ⭐ RoboForm Password Manager - so Opera is not saving any of my autofill data. I can't recommend this software enough. I've been using it for at least 15 years. It automatically saves all my usernames and randomly generated passwords to a cloud based server that was custom written by the company that made it (so it has no chance of being broken into like Apache or MySQL), you have one password, a master password, which Roboform doesn't know, and encrypts all your files on the cloud in AES encryption, so it will also auto-fill login and password fields on your phone as well. I use this everyday all day 24/7. https://tinyurl.com/RoboFormPasswordManager123 It's ABSOLUTELY worth every penny and much better than the free alternatives out there.
  52. ⭐ ZoneAlarm Anti-Ransomwear - due to all the ransomwear attacks, I found this to be one of the better solutions. It backs up your files and puts random folders all over your HDD with random files inside. These files should never be accessed under any circumstances, so when it detects them being modified, it will lock your PC so the ransomwear attack is stopped in it's tracks.
  53. https://www.zonealarm.com/anti-ransomware
  55. Weird Extensions
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  58. ✨ Amp Browser - This redirects websites that use Google AMP's framework, which makes sites load faster. With this extension installed, websites with AMP support load in seconds. However, sometimes the websites is unreadable and it makes it hard to share the URL it generates.
  59. https://ampbrowser.com/
  61. ✨ Decentraleyes - This is a free and open-source browser extension used for local content delivery network emulation. Its primary task is to block connections to major CDNs (content delivery systems) such as Cloudflare and Google, and serve popular web libraries locally on the users machine. This might have the exact opposite purpose to the extension above as it tries to bypass faster CDNs to direct you directly to the website. I've been using this and I don't see much speed impact, but it's probably excellent as an anti-fingerprinting tool. https://decentraleyes.org/
  63. There are also some very interesting tools from a company called CyDec Security. They make a browser extension called Anti-FP which is an all in one anti-fingerprinting tool with a variety of options, but you have to read the manual to learn how to use it properly. https://www.cydecsecurity.com/
  65. So far, since the writing of this article, I have played on and off with Anti-Fp. It is a very powerful tool, but constantly breaks just about every website you try and visit.
  67. They also make a tool called Browser Bubble which costs $50, but if it does what it claims, would make your browser completely bulletproof: https://www.cydecsecurity.com/bubble.html
  69. See also: https://www.privacytools.io/
  71. If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments below. Thanks and I hope this list has helped!
  73. Thank you and please share this with your friends/family/acquittances bring awareness of anti-fingerprinting, adblocking, tracker blocking, and other privacy and security extensions.
  74. If you would like to get in contact or found an error, an update, or anything else of importance, you can just send me a tweet @pogue25, or you can find my email here http://scr.im/poguetwitter and I would prefer if you used a PGP key, which you can find here: https://bitbin.it/vuu4W8xG/
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  78. https://tinyurl.com/AntiFPandPrivacySecurityExts
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