If you don't have this kit you will be bombarded to Temu's ads
What’s the upside down Z-Library icon in the lower left for YT?
this post was submitted on 24 Oct 2024
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Drop IDCAC and Privacy Badger, add consent-o-matic, sponsorblock and bypass paywall clean.
Check Arkenfox for Firefox config and extension recommendations.
https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions
Only use temp mails for unimportant, one-shot account, otherwise use an email relay.
It's insane how big a fight we have to put to JUST surf the damn Internet.
Ok any tips on how to manage email addresses to minimize their exposure and spam?
Yeah, use an email relay service like Firefox Relay, SimpleLogin, the one from Proton if you have an account with them (that's SimpleLogin behind)…
You can create email aliases, that will relay the email to your main address. Create a new alias for each website so they can't use your email address to correlate your identity and you can close it anytime, you can even configure an alias to only allow a set amount of messages and auto-close afterward.
Addy.io gives you email aliases as not to expose your actual email address. Everything gets funnelled into a single inbox of your choosing still. And the great thing is that if you use a unique email alias for all services, you know instantly who leaked your email address if you start getting spam. :D
Don't give out your email to spammers. Most legitimate businesses might send quite a lot of mail, but it's very often easy to unsubscribe so do that.
Why drop privacy badger? It's been working well for me.
Because it doesn't bring anything more than Firefox in strict mode and uBlock Origin.
FF blocks Facebook et al widgets in strict mode now? This is news to me, news indeed. Thanks for the tip
Not exactly.
uBlock Origin blocks the widgets (with the "EasyList – Social Widgets" blocklist, I don't remember if it's on by default). As would any other blocklist based blocked do like Privacy Badger, uBO is just better.
FF's strict mode has something called Total Cookie Protection that makes it so Facebook widget on site A cannot read the cookie dropped by the Fackebook widget on site B. It isolate 3rd party cookies for each website.
It also has built-in Facebook Container to isolate Facebook links.
Yeah I'm saving this thread this is good shit gotta check some of these innanet tips
Ublock origin already has privacy badger and no cookies functionality. Worst case nothing gets blocked. Also slower internet for you.
Privacy badger is not longer needed IIRC, its role is taken care by uBlock.
I'd actually recommend consent-o-matic instead of IDCAC. It actually selects the minimum concent for you instead of just hiding it.
EDIT: Ignore my blind confidence. CAD is (mostly) broken in recent FF versions. (See ivn's reply to this post).
Consent-o-Matic with Cookie Auto Delete and Firefox's Multi-Account Container tabs covers it all nicely for me.
Cookie banners get handled, cookies I don't explicitly want to keep automatically disappear when I leave the site/close the tab, and those I do want to keep can be given their own containers to keep them separated.
Cookie autodelete doesn't work with strict mode and you should use strict mode. Just drop it.
You don't need an extension to auto remove cookies with Firefox.
You're right. I'll be damned. That'll teach me to set-and-forget then not keep up with changes to Firefox and their effects on extensions. Thanks for the heads up.
Here's how to auto-delete cookies without an extension: https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/blob/128.0/user.js#L669
Set privacy.sanitize.sanitizeOnShutdown and privacy.clearOnShutdown_v2.cookiesAndStorage (I don't know if privacy.clearOnShutdown.cookies is still needed) to true.
To allow a website to keep cookies do CTRL+I on the address bar then check "Set cookie" in the Permissions tab.
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I’m not saying my setup is any better, but it currently looks like this:
- Firefox
- UBO
- SponsorBlock
- Return YouTube Dislikes
- DeArrow
- Archive.ph
I’m open to suggestions if anybody knows any better alternatives. I’ve had mixed luck with services that filter out YouTube’s crap.
IDCAC should not be on this list since it was compromised, ABP-style. consent-o-matic is probably better but the most direct replacement is "I Still Don't Care About Cookies".
Doesn't the "EasyList/uBO – Cookie Notices" filter in uBlock's settings do the same thing as IDCAC / consent-o-matic?
iI think consentomatic scripts the opt-out interaction. idcac probably just hides the popup.
What's ctrl-p do?
It opens a PDF version of any webpage. It may break some elements, but often gives access to text hidden behind paywall popups.
Invidious is it effectively dead
Who knows if they can actually gnd a workaround this time. They themselves where unsure about it.
When the alternative is dealing with the absolute horseshit quantity of ads that YouTube desperately wants to shovel down my throat, I'll take Invidious any day of the week.
It may not be in perfect condition but it's still good enough to use!
Ublock origin blocks YouTube ads though
Yeah, I haven't seen an ad on YouTube in years. I did prefer using Invidious or Piped, but they're basically dead right now.
Be careful with using Privacy Badger and uBO together as it might get in each other's way. I had YouTube detect me having ad block until I paused Privacy Badger for YT.
Install the LibRedirect extension and fiddle a bit with the settings to automatically redirect to privacy respecting alternatives away from ad heavy sites.
Install Freetube (which has sponsorblock already), then get the FreeTube redirect addon
NewPipe and FreeTube if you want YT subscriptions without ads
Addy.io or simplelogin for email account signups
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Also setting the browser to forget all cookies.
sponsorblock, return youtube dislike
I might start using Firefox once it has proper multi-account/profile features like Chrome.
I recently tried it but it's such a hassle to set up and switch between them.
I was able to get my profiles set up like chrome eventually. I'll have to remember what I did and post back
It's a little unintuitive, but it's there. I setup different browser instances to launch different profiles.
I did get multiple profiles, but it was still missing features that make it more accessible to work with like it does in Chrome.
It's almost there, it just lacks a bunch of definite features that would streamline it and integrate it better into the UI.
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