Or a fork of Firefox like fennec
I’m not gonna lie, I’m a little bit of an extensions hoarder, which is bad for fingerprinting 😣, but I seriously do use the extra ones.
Vital:
uBlock - obviously, some people even suggest to only use this extension and nothing else to reduce fingerprinting. Make sure to enable those filters! Also check out the advanced mode, eliminates the need for NoScript.
Not Vital But Really Good To Have:
LibRedirect - Never worry again about visiting the original social media site, you can immediately be redirected to a proxy version of the site that doesn’t stalk you. Great when I’m forced to click a Twitter, Reddit, Youtube, etc. link. Unfortunately, some proxy services are dead (Instagram, Tiktok, Invidious is always under threat, etc.)
Bitwarden - Password manager
Dark Reader - Nice, especially on fingerprint resisting browsers like Librewolf that don’t let your browser/sites see your system settings to automatically pick the dark mode of a website. Have singed my eyes a couple times.
For Language Learners (like me):
Yomitan - The GOAT of tools, a popup dictionary that can be used to instantly look up the definition of a word in your target language, and connects with Anki, a flashcard app. I use it for making vocabulary cards from Japanese media I consume. Literally all the other resources are meant to be paired with this.
Asbplayer - Lets you add subtitles to whatever media you’re streaming and makes the text selectable. Paired with Yomitan, you can easily make Anki flashcards from the TV/Movies/Videos you watch.
Lap Clipboard Inserter - By using a clipboard extension with Textractor, you can hook a game/visual novel and auto-copy all the game text to a webpage, which can be paired with Yomitan (you guessed it!) to look up words. You have to turn it on for individual pages, so don’t worry about it constantly stalking you.
Neat, But Random:
Mastodon Streetpass - Helps you figure out if a person is on Mastodon by looking for a custom link on their site. Collects a list of them and tells you the date that it found the account. Basically just browse as usual and it will passively collect a list.
uBlock Origin Firefox Multi-Account Contaniners (and then use them) If you use some kind of webmail like google, hotmail, yahoo, then: Webmail Ad Blocker Remove FBclid and UTM
Optional Dark Reader Enhancer for Youtube
i fkin love noscript it pairs well with ublock origin
What advantage does it have compared to extended mode of ublock? I used NoScript years ago but switched to ublock to block scripts and resources.
I don’t think NoScript is a good idea in 2025. It breaks virtually all websites.
uBlock Origin + cookie banner filters should be enough
NoScript breaks every site and does little good.
breaking websites is a good thing actually, as it disables any and all javascript and webgl tracking (and you can unbreak a website anyway if you really need javascript for it to function)
I’m partial to this one
Surprised no one posted this link: https://awesome-privacy.xyz/security-tools/browser-extensions
Great resource btw, check out the website for other tools.
Library extension. Go to as page selling a book (Amazon, Powell’s, etc.) and the extension will show you if you’re local library has the book, how many copies, and if they’re available for checkout. You can then click through and put a hold on the book.
Great cure for impulse buying of books. I’ve read more and bought less since using it.
Wow! Brilliant! Unfortunately my local library is not in their catalogue. They do have a public catalog and even a way to get online books, also with search capabilities, so hopefully they can find a way to integrate. I submitted their data to the extension maintainers.
uBlock Origin
Sponsorblock
Multi account containers
Password manager like Bitwarden
Bypass Paywalls Clean
Do not use cloud password managers. If you can, self host your bitwarden instance.
My suggestion is KeePass (XC on PC and DX on mobile) with syncthing. It’s very flexible and useful for stuff beyond passwords, like ids, notes, emails etc
JShelter and Decentraleyes. And uBlock Origins, but it’s already popular without me. :)
What do people think about “I still don’t care about cookies”?
I have no evidence to back this up, but I’ve seen lots of reports that suggest if you just hide the consent form, you’re assumed to have accepted all of the cookies. This is why Consent-o-Matic is preferable.
ublock origin, nutensor(umatrix), twp, bypass paywalls clean, dark reader, vimfx
Many commenters mentioned ublock, but don’t forget to enable additional filters for shit like cookie banners or other annoyances
For android mobile I use Ironfox.
https://gitlab.com/ironfox-oss/IronFox
Its a fork of the now discontinued Mull browser.
I’ve tried it a few times but tend to fall back to Fennec. While Librewolf on desktop is restrictive by design, it also still allows you tweak the settings to your liking (with some scolding). Ironfox felt much more locked down to me, and if a site was completely broken, I couldn’t do anything about it in the settings.
I went on the same path. I was surprised how many sites were broken in IronFox.
I know the mobile browser space is just weird overall, especially Firefox forks, but it definitely stood out to me. Things that work totally fine in Librewolf out-of-the-box were totally busted, and most settings are inaccessible.
I’m still keeping an eye on it though, as Fennec leaves a lot to be desired, and using a chromium-based browser like Vanadium won’t do it for me because I rely so much on the cross-platform sync functions.
Ublock origin and privacy badger
Category “how the hell isn’t this included by default” :
- Copy Plain Text: Adds an option in the right click menu to copy the selected text as plain text, without formatting
- Copy Link Text : Adds an option in the right click menu to copy the text of a link
- Markdown Reader: Show formatted markdown. I tried several extensions for this and this is the one I prefer personally. It has an index panel on the left which is sooo useful.
Category “Preserving your mental health online” :
- uBlock Origin: You really need to block those ads
- Consent-O-Matic: Never see a cookie pop-up again in your life (it auto accepts or refuse in your place).
- SponsorBlock: Skips Youtube sponsorships. You can define which ones you want to skip and which you want to watch (paid ads, self promo, etc)
- Return Youtube Dislike: Show the number of dislikes on videos. It’s not a real number, it’s extrapolated based on how many people with the app have clicked dislike.
- Youtube No Translate: Keeps titles, descriptions and audio tracks in their original language
Category “Usefull” :
- KeePassXC-Browser: To access your password database from your browser
- Whatever fingerprinting protection you can find (Canvas, Fonts, WebGL, etc… half those I used have been pulled, haven’t found a replacement for all of them)
Category “Would be nice if…” :
- A user agent switcher… if you want all websites to block you 😑
- NoScript: Block javascript and create custom rules to allow it only when and where you want. Or the reverse. It was great a few years ago but I’ve stopped using it because websites require allowing more and more otherwise nothing works and it’s hell can we cancel javascript please?
- Dark Reader: Dark mode for all websites. Can make some websites unreadable, but you can turn it off for that website. Makes everything much slower though so I don’t use it.
Pro-tip: you may not need Consent-O-Matic. There are uBlock Origin cookie banner filters that you can enable (even though they break some websites, even if it’s rare)
But Consent-O-Matic does not break websites (very rarely so), so it’s better than uBlock in that specific area.
BTW for plain text, ctrl+shift+V pastes as plain text.
For copying link text if you hold alt and drag you can select text without activating the link, then ctrl+C as usual.
I had no idea about the second one! I still like having a context menu option, right click + E seems much less of a hassle than selecting the text and copying, but it’s nice to know you can select part of a link! How did I never notice that you could in 20 years? 😅
Yeah alt+select doesn’t work 100% of the time too so the extension sounds nice lol
- ublock origin, first last and if necessary only extension you really need
- dark reader
- youtube shorts block - converts shorts links into regular video player with actual fucking seek/volume controls
- youtube sponsor block - I pay for my bandwidth, I decide what gets downloaded.
- privacy badger
You don’t need privacy badger anymore if you have ublock
Huh, I didn’t realize. I’ve had it installed forever, I guess I didn’t realize. Oh well, I just switched back to Brave and I don’t even have uBO installed anymore and it’s been fine.
Youtube Unhook lets you disable specific parts of the website: Shorts, Recommendations, Comments, and lets you redirect from startpage to subscriptions like in the olden days.
Bring back the dislike button or something like that for YT.
Doesn’t Firefox have reader mode with dark mode built in? Don’t get me wrong, I find that functionality indispensable, but I didn’t think it required a plugin.
Maybe? shrug I didn’t look too hard, I stumbled across someone talking about dark reader and was like ‘I must have this in my life.’
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