The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web

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  • user.js

    Firefox privacy, security and anti-tracking: a comprehensive user.js template for configuration and hardening

    > Consent-O-Matic (auto fill cookie consent forms)

    This will modify the browser fringerprint making you more unique.

    I would not install so many extensions as you're trusting a huge number of organizations/people with privileged access to your browser. Anything that modifies CSS, Document Object Model (DOM) will make your browser stand out. That includes any extensions that modify what is requested etc. See:

    https://github.com/arkenfox/user.js/wiki/4.1-Extensions

    See https://www.privacyguides.org/desktop-browsers/#firefox, you really don't need to do anything more than that.

    > Facebook Container

    etc, not needed unless you login to multiple Facebook accounts.

  • nextdns

    NextDNS CLI client (DoH Proxy)

  • WorkOS

    The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  • chromium

    The official GitHub mirror of the Chromium source

    The last one is very anglo-centric (or at least centric to fully latinized languages). Do you not find the rules[0] in for example chrome working?

    [0]: https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/main/docs/i...

  • oisd

    oisd blocklist

    I use https://oisd.nl/ which has reasonably curated list on my router with unbound. Works pretty good.

  • hosts

    🔒 Consolidating and extending hosts files from several well-curated sources. Optionally pick extensions for porn, social media, and other categories.

  • Bypass Paywalls Clean is no longer on the Firefox add-ons website.

    You have to get updates here: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea...

  • Bypass Paywalls Clean is no longer on the Firefox add-ons website.

    You have to get updates here: https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-firefox-clea...

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    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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