Posts Tagged With: safe
· May 13, 2008 at 6:48 am · Firefox Security, Firefox Usability
We are always talking about adding features to Firefox, what about for those people who would like to take them away? Better yet, how about adding features that let you take other features away? Ok, now I am even confusing myself.
Firefox has some great add-ons to use when it comes to blocking, filtering or checking out the sometimes shady information that may be passing through it.
LeechBlock - This extension is much more for saving you from looking at random stupid links when you should be working. If you can not keep yourself focused, you may need to add this to your own Firefox install.
Flashblock - Tired of seeing the offers to punch President Bush, the Pope or any other important person to win an iPod? The Flashblock add-on has your back as it will block all flash until it is told not to.
Adblock Plus - How could you not love Adblock Plus? Filter out the ads you don’t want to see - and automatically subscribe to filters so you don’t waste time setting these things up yourself. Not to mention, I did interview the creator of the script a few months back (very awesome guy!).
NoScript - NoScript allow JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from sites you trust. Some feel it is better to browse the Web this way to make sure you don’t get bit by something nasty by randomly surfing through pages.
CookieSafe - This extension will allow you to easily control cookie permissions. It will appear on your statusbar. Just click on the icon to allow, block, or temporarily allow the site to set cookies.
Know of another blocking or filtering tool that does a better job?
Tags: Ads, cookies, filter, Firefox Security, flash, javascript, safe
· June 28, 2007 at 8:06 am · Firefox Security
Hey I see you, walking down the street - keeping your eye on me. Don’t think that I am not on to your little tricks, because I know exactly what you are doing. You are tracking me aren’t you?
If you have found yourself in the same boat I am in right now you might want to pick up the TrackMeNot extension for Firefox. Not sure what its about? Here is how the creators explain it:
TrackMeNot is a lightweight browser extension that helps protect web searchers from surveillance and data-profiling by search engines. It does so not by means of concealment or encryption (i.e. covering one’s tracks), but instead, paradoxically, by the opposite strategy: noise and obfuscation.
You can learn more about TrackMeNot via the official web site as well. This is a great tool for not just the paranoid among us but the folks that want to stay protected as well.
Tags: cookies, extensions, fifefox, Firefox Security, safe, track, TrackMeNot
· February 2, 2007 at 10:36 am · Firefox Security
Need a different way to filter the Web you use? If you want to block certain types of Web sites, this Firefox extension might be the way to go.
Personal content filter based on user-defined preferences such as keywords, filtering sensitivity settings and URL exceptions. Password protected (default password is “foxfilter”).
Yet another interesting way of filtering content for your Firefox browser. The one feature I really like is the blocking by keyword. That is really neat, and have not seen it in too many other downloads like this.
+ Download and Install the FilterFox Extension for Firefox!
Tags: extensions, filter, FilterFox, firefox, keyword, mozilla, password, safe
· December 8, 2006 at 5:30 am · Firefox Security, Weekly Top Five
It is time yet again for the weekly top five. Last week I just looked at the most popular posts of the week, but this week I wanted to do something a little more serious. I think we should all look long and hard and see how secure we really are. There are steps you can take to become more secure - and here are a few extensions that can help you do it.
1. NoScript
2. WOT
3. McAfee SiteAdvisor
4. FoxyProxy
5. Fire Encrypter
Have one that I might have missed or overlooked? Leave a comment and share it with the rest of the class.
Tags: encrypt, extensions, firefox, Firefox Security, proxy, safe, SiteAdvisor
· October 27, 2006 at 7:39 am · Firefox Security
It seems like a few people are either confused or trying to cause trouble when it comes to the anti-phishing tools that are built into Firefox 2. Well, thankfully to debunk any myths there might be out there, Asa Dotzler has stepped forward to clear a few things up.
Sometimes it’s easier to just make shit up than to actually research a story. That seems to be the case with the (no byline) story at Platinax Small Business News.
The article starts off by claiming that to use the phishing protection feature “properly, you have to send Google a record of every single website you visit.” Not only is this blatantly false, but even the most cursory investigation of the feature would have revealed that.
Next, the writer tries to walk the absurdity back a bit by saying that “[phishing protection] does require an explicit opt-in”. But once again he’s wrong. Users get the benefit of this feature out of the box and without any privacy issues.
+ Read More of Asa’s Explanation of Phishing Protection in Firefox 2!
Tags: asa-dotzler, debunk, firefox-2, myths, phishing, safe
· September 20, 2006 at 8:01 am · Firefox Security
Torpark is a browser based on Mozilla’s Firefox that promises to give folks anonymous Web browsing. Why is this something new? Well, it is the first anonymous browsing tool that doesn’t require you make a dozen changes to your browser or jump through anymore hoops past installing to work.
Torpark uses the Tor network of internet routers set up by the Electronic Frontier Foundation that already has tens of thousands of regular users.
Whenever any computer connects to the net it freely shares information about the address it is using. This is so any data it requests is sent back to the right place.
The Tor network tries to stop this information being shared in two ways. First, it encrypts traffic between a computer and the Tor network of routers - this makes it much harder to spy on the traffic and pinpoint who is doing what.
Related Reading:
+ Official Torpark Web Site
+ BBC News - Free anonymising browser debuts
+ Boing Boing - Torpark is out
Tags: anonymous, browsing, EFF, firefox, mozilla, safe, Torpark
· September 19, 2006 at 9:19 am · Firefox Security
Have you updated your version of Firefox yet?
Mozilla Corp. Thursday updated its Firefox browser to fix 7 flaws, including 4 pegged by the open-source developer as “Critical.” Of the four critical vulnerabilities patched in Firefox 1.5.0.7, none are currently being exploited, Mozilla said in detailed descriptions of each fixed flaw. In fact, Mozilla said in several of the descriptions that it was not sure whether the specific vulnerabilities could be exploited, but had issued patches just in case.
+ Read More About the Security Threat!
Tags: exploited, firefox, mozilla, safe, threat, updates
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