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Firefox Configuration Guide for Privacy Freaks and Performance Buffs

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    starchturrets
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    Nice article, and I agree with the claim that if Alphabet soup specifically targets you...you’re doomed. Hmm...are ads really benign? Most of them usually track users.

    Nice article, and I agree with the claim that if Alphabet soup specifically targets you...you’re doomed.

    While this data may be used for relatively benign purposes, such as displaying ads on web pages, all too often the intentions are far more sinister and invasive.

    Hmm...are ads really benign? Most of them usually track users.

    3 votes
    1. Lazarus
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      I know many folks who consider such behavior benign. Usually comes in the form of “I have nothing to hide” or “but what if I want better ads- I hate getting ones that mean nothing for me”

      Most of them usually track users

      I know many folks who consider such behavior benign. Usually comes in the form of “I have nothing to hide” or “but what if I want better ads- I hate getting ones that mean nothing for me”

      3 votes
  2. mcpeen
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    I use Firefox on all my desktop pcs since v57, but it's almost unusable on my galaxy s7. I've switched to Brave. I want to use Firefox everywhere but it feels unresponsive on android

    I use Firefox on all my desktop pcs since v57, but it's almost unusable on my galaxy s7. I've switched to Brave. I want to use Firefox everywhere but it feels unresponsive on android

    3 votes
  3. veggie
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    Good article, and I appreciated the effort they put into making this as easy as possible, but there's no way in hell the average user is going to do any of these. I really hate the lengths that we...

    Good article, and I appreciated the effort they put into making this as easy as possible, but there's no way in hell the average user is going to do any of these. I really hate the lengths that we have to go to expect the same basic level of privacy everyone took for granted 10 years ago.

    3 votes
  4. KehrBehr
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    Does anyone have a preference between ghacks user.js file and pyllyukko's user.js file? I've been wanting to do a decent comparison of the two, but haven't gotten around to it. I've been using...

    Does anyone have a preference between ghacks user.js file and pyllyukko's user.js file? I've been wanting to do a decent comparison of the two, but haven't gotten around to it. I've been using pyllyukko's for a while now because that's the one I was introduced to first, but I'm thinking about switching to ghacks.

    ghacks: https://github.com/ghacksuserjs/ghacks-user.js
    pyllyukko: https://github.com/pyllyukko/user.js

    1 vote