Privacy essentials
Essential add-ons for everyday security. Also, use startpage dot com, and Privacy Badger from EFF dot org. For special privacy (against governments), use Torbrowser instead. X = Experts only.
- 11
- Add-ons
- gracefool
- Creator
- Mar 27, 2023
- Last updated
Cookie AutoDelete
Control your cookies! This WebExtension is inspired by Self Destructing Cookies. When a tab closes, any cookies not being used are automatically deleted. Keep the ones you trust (forever/until restart) while deleting the rest. Containers Supported
Rated 4.6 out of 5CAD Team
243,652 users
Neat URL
Remove garbage from URLs.
Rated 4.6 out of 5Geoffrey De Belie
Add-on note
See also https://github.com/hyperfekt/webextension-remove-redirect
3,473 users
Redirector
Automatically redirects to user-defined urls on certain pages
Rated 4.5 out of 5Einar Egilsson
16,447 users
1,227,194 users
Privacy Settings
Alter Firefox's built-in privacy settings easily with a toolbar panel.
Rated 4.3 out of 5Jeremy Schomery
Add-on note
Just use the five big buttons at the bottom of the panel. Beyond that, it's still unfinished, and further use is for eXperts.
1,852 users
uMatrix
Point & click to forbid/allow any class of requests made by your browser. Use it to block scripts, iframes, ads, facebook, etc.
Rated 4.8 out of 5Raymond Hill
Add-on note
X. I generally only use if for referrer spoofing and strict HTTPS.
21,437 users
uBlock Origin
Finally, an efficient wide-spectrum content blocker. Easy on CPU and memory.
Rated 4.8 out of 5Raymond Hill
Add-on note
Faster and more powerful than AdBlock. Remember to also install the userscript github.com/reek/anti-adblock-killer.
Has an advanced mode that replaces RequestPolicy: It's even more annoying than NoScript, but you can't use Javascript and have privacy without it.7,840,433 users
Decentraleyes
Protects you against tracking through "free", centralized, content delivery. It prevents a lot of requests from reaching networks like Google Hosted Libraries, and serves local files to keep sites from breaking. Complements regular content blockers.
Rated 4.8 out of 5Thomas Rientjes
264,622 users
Location Guard
Hide your geographic location from websites. Report a fake location with the addition of random noise in order to protect your privacy. Per site settings with three configurable levels of accuracy or even the possibility to use a fixed location.
Rated 3.7 out of 5Kostas Chatzikokolakis
Add-on note
It's best just to keep location disabled altogether, but if you need to use location, this is the way to minimize privacy loss.
15,081 users
IDND
IDND pops up a warning message whenever the domain of the site you are visiting contains a suspicious mix of characters from different language scripts.
Rated 4.5 out of 5Aaron Irvine
46 users
NoScript Security Suite
The best security you can get in a web browser! Allow potentially malicious web content to run only from sites you trust. Protect yourself against XSS other web security exploits.
Rated 4.4 out of 5Giorgio Maone
Add-on note
Although it's quite annoying having to enable scripts when sites don't work, real security (eg. protection from Facebook cross-site hacks) is impossible without it. It also increases your privacy.
303,227 users