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<blockquote data-quote="Stopspying" data-source="post: 1009157" data-attributes="member: 69368"><p>You asked for extensions that are good for '<strong>Privacy, Security & low impact on browser'.</strong></p><p></p><p>It is possible to configure Firefox so as it is improved in those respects without the need to install many extensions, through 'About:config' as discussed these articles - </p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.digitalmunition.me/2020-guide-to-hardening-firefox/" target="_blank">2020 Guide to Hardening Firefox</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/" target="_blank">Firefox Privacy - The Complete How-To Guide | Restore Privacy</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://chrisx.xyz/blog/yet-another-firefox-hardening-guide/" target="_blank">Yet Another Firefox Hardening Guide | Chris Xia</a></p><p></p><p>Or you could start a new Firefox profile and use a ready made user.js if you don't want to have to make lots of tweaks yourself, such as - </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js[/URL]</p><p></p><p>If you want to stick to extensions I'd go along with those suggesting AdGuard and uBlock Origin. LibreWolf, a hardened fork of Firefox, suggests some more in its help pages that the are worth considering - </p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://librewolf.net/docs/addons/[/URL]</p><p></p><p>I can't help with Chrome, as I avoid it and G**gle if I can as I don't like a lot about their attitude to peoples' privacy and security.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stopspying, post: 1009157, member: 69368"] You asked for extensions that are good for '[B]Privacy, Security & low impact on browser'.[/B] It is possible to configure Firefox so as it is improved in those respects without the need to install many extensions, through 'About:config' as discussed these articles - [URL='https://www.digitalmunition.me/2020-guide-to-hardening-firefox/']2020 Guide to Hardening Firefox[/URL] [URL='https://restoreprivacy.com/firefox-privacy/']Firefox Privacy - The Complete How-To Guide | Restore Privacy[/URL] [URL='https://chrisx.xyz/blog/yet-another-firefox-hardening-guide/']Yet Another Firefox Hardening Guide | Chris Xia[/URL] Or you could start a new Firefox profile and use a ready made user.js if you don't want to have to make lots of tweaks yourself, such as - [URL unfurl="true"]https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js[/URL] If you want to stick to extensions I'd go along with those suggesting AdGuard and uBlock Origin. LibreWolf, a hardened fork of Firefox, suggests some more in its help pages that the are worth considering - [URL unfurl="true"]https://librewolf.net/docs/addons/[/URL] I can't help with Chrome, as I avoid it and G**gle if I can as I don't like a lot about their attitude to peoples' privacy and security. [/QUOTE]
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