When you’re using your browser, you might be leaking out valuable information. A lot of popular websites and dangerous websites track you through cookies or various methods. We’ve picked the best browser privacy add-ons that will secure your internet browser to protect your valuable information and confidentiality.
Best browser privacy add-ons:
TorGuard Browser Proxy Extension
A browser proxy masks and encrypts your IP address completely with SSL encryption. With a powerful proxy, websites cannot track you and form a digital footprint. Proxies are also great at preventing websites from seeing your location, and you can also unblock sites that have geo-restrictions.
TorGuard VPN has an awesome browser proxy extension for Firefox and Chrome. It’s super easy to install and use.
uBlock Origin
I’m sure that you have heard of Adblock, but have you ever heard of uBlock Origin? uBlock Origin is a lighter and faster alternative to Adblock that has many of the same features and options. With uBlock Origin, you can experience less memory consumption and more customization.
Disconnect Private Browsing
Disconnect is a great extension to have that helps you block tracking requests. By doing this, you are saving bandwidth and increasing the speed of your internet browser. In the extension, you can see a detailed list of what tracking you are blocking like advertising, analytics, social, and even content tracking.
Another useful feature is that Disconnect protects you from side jacking (an attacker can use stolen cookies to access personal data without having to know your password).
Disconnect is essential to use hand in hand with a VPN since it can stop third parties from tracking you based on where you’re going and what cookies you use. Founders of the addon claim you can speed up your loading times by 27%.
HTTPS Everywhere
Created as a collaboration between the Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, HTTPS Everywhere encrypts communication and secures versions of the websites you visit. This is done by the addon’s ability to rewrite requests that have unencrypted HTTP.
Web of Trust
Web of Trust is a great privacy addon that helps you have some piece of mind when visiting a website. The addon clearly lets you know who to trust based on their reputation rankings. They show you if a particular site has malware or tracking cookies to inform you whether a site is worth visiting or not. Overall, a great addon that lets you conveniently the safety of a site quickly.
Conclusion:
You don’t need to use each one of the add-ons. In fact, some of them like uBlock Origin are incompatible with add-ons like Disconnect (both perform similar functions). I would recommend using the TorGuard proxy extension if you don’t have a VPN, as well as uBlock Origin or Disconnect to block ads. Web of Trust is useful for checking out what people think of websites.
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