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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What extensions would you absolutely recommend to someone who use Firefox? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 day ago by kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Or a fork of Firefox like fennec

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[–] scytale@lemmy.zip 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I like how Privacy Badger replaces tracking icons/widgets. I’m guessing uBO just removes them outright? I haven’t really bothered to check the differences.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 23 hours ago

Yes ublock will just completely block/remove all tracking and annoyances, plus whatever other filters you enable.