Advanced Plus Security TUXTALK - 2026 Configuration

[TuxTalk]

Are you sure CanvasBlocker is needed?

Firefox expands fingerprint protections: advancing towards a more private web | The Mozilla Blog

With Firefox 145, we’re rolling out major privacy upgrades that take on browser fingerprinting — a pervasive and hidden tracking technique that lets we

blog.mozilla.org

If you see how much Canvas Blocker detects, i think it is a good addtion to install. And its a Recommended Extension by Firefox.

 

[Kongo]

If you see how much Canvas Blocker detects, i think it is a good addtion to install. And its a Recommended Extension by Firefox.

Fingerprinting is just such a complex topic and most of the time you make it worse than better by installing additional extensions.

 

[TuxTalk]

Fingerprinting is just such a complex topic and most of the time you make it worse than better by installing additional extensions.

I removed the Canvas Blocker, it broke my Internet Banking.

 

[TuxTalk]

Switched from Ziggo Cable internet to Optic Fiber and installed my own Router

 

[Sorrento]

FritzBox are nice routers, I was going to buy one but it was difficult to source them in UK at the time I wanted a router so ended up with an ASUS, but Fritz are great!

 

[TuxTalk]

FritzBox are nice routers, I was going to buy one but it was difficult to source them in UK at the time I wanted a router so ended up with an ASUS, but Fritz are great!

I really like Fritz routers, So easy to config. It had the profile for my ISP in a dropdown menu, so select it and its configured for your provider and tv also works.
I dont like the Sagem Experia Box they ship out from the provider, nothing to set or adjust.

 

[Sorrento]

Same situation here the ASUS as other good routers easily configurable, the BT router my ISP sends out is OK but very limited IHMO worth upgrading & glad you are happy with Fritz...

 

[TuxTalk]

Switched to Quad9 DNS and this is now inserted into my FritzBox. So all devices are now pulling DNS requests through Quad9.