Re: Browser Privacy

2016-09-01 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 31 August 2016, Christian Stadelmann sent: > 1. HTTPS Everywhere – force-redirects to HTTPS on a list (whitelist) > of known sites. Doesn't break much stuff. I think this is a must-have. Actually, this is one *kind* of thing that I hate, because it causes breakage all over t

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-31 Thread Christian Stadelmann
Thanks for sharing this! Some more addons I use: 1. HTTPS Everywhere – force-redirects to HTTPS on a list (whitelist) of known sites. Doesn't break much stuff. I think this is a must-have. 2. RequestPolicyContinued – can be configured to disable _all_ requests from any server but the page source

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-28 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 08/27/16 18:32, stan wrote: Further experience with umatrix has shown me that the on off button to the left of the vertical line at the top, completely turns umatrix on or off for a site. To turn on or off individual cells, it is enough to click in the cell, and then the result shows under th

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-27 Thread stan
On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 13:09:53 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > Now I can play with it and see if it will let me view the > Weatherunderground radar image for Norfolk, actually Wakefield, Va. I > also had trouble viewing my ISP data usage numbers since I have to > stay under 25 GB per month I track tha

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-27 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 08/27/16 11:58, stan wrote: On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 04:09:26 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: After reading this I installed uMatrix and it apparently works well but for a few sites. the only way I can get any idea of what it is doint is in Firefox > Tools > Extensions > uMatfix > Logs which can displ

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-27 Thread stan
On Sat, 27 Aug 2016 04:09:26 -0400 Bob Goodwin wrote: > After reading this I installed uMatrix and it apparently works well > but for a few sites. the only way I can get any idea of what it is > doint is in Firefox > Tools > Extensions > uMatfix > Logs which can > display a lot of data for the p

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-27 Thread Bob Goodwin
On 08/25/16 08:41, Ahmad Samir wrote: I used to use NoScript up until a couple of years ago when loading pages took extra time*because of* NoScript which is just irritating. So I ditched NoScript (which over the years became*too much*) and switched to other methods to block troublesome javascrip

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-25 Thread Robin Laing
On 25/08/16 06:41, Ahmad Samir wrote: On 25 August 2016 at 03:14, Tim wrote: [...] I used to use NoScript up until a couple of years ago when loading pages took extra time *because of* NoScript which is just irritating. So I ditched NoScript (which over the years became *too much*) and switc

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-25 Thread Ahmad Samir
On 25 August 2016 at 03:14, Tim wrote: [...] > > At which point, you may as well have not bothered with using NoScript, > in the first place. Sure, this half measure has stopped some of the > nonsense (the other things that would also have loaded), but you're > still exposed to the risk that many

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-24 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 23 August 2016, Drew Samson sent: > I too have found browsing doesn't work without scripting yet still > find NoScript essential. Here is my typical usage - like 5 minutes ago > on cnn.com: > > Full protection of noscript = page doesn't load. 23 scripts blocked. > > 1 click

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-23 Thread Drew Samson
Just about every site I look at, doesn't work (at all, or usefully) without scripting. And usually it's not just scripting from the site, but it's scripting from half a dozen or more different services, some of which will chainload more crap from yet another set of services. Even if security w

Re: Browser Privacy

2016-08-23 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 23 August 2016, Drew Samson sent: > Perhaps this will help someone in their quest for greater online > privacy and enhance their computer security. If *only* safer browsing didn't have to venture into tinfoil hat territory... But the moment you start shutting off the hazar